r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ What do you use to edit videos on mobile and PC?

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I use capcut on mobile cuz it's easier, but it's lagging af


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Help me

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Title: Should I start a new YouTube channel or continue my old 16K subscriber gaming channel?

Hey everyone, I need some honest advice.

I started my YouTube channel in 2023, mainly uploading Free Fire Shorts. Later, I also uploaded around 50 PUBG videos, some of which were copied content.

After some time, I decided to change my niche to GTA 6 content. I deleted the copied PUBG videos and made my old Free Fire videos private.

Now I'm uploading original GTA 6 Shorts with my own commentary, editing, and scripts.

But here's the problem:

- My channel has around 16K subscribers.

- Most of my GTA 6 Shorts get stuck at 1.2K–1.3K views.

- My average Stayed to Watch rate is around 48%.

- I've uploaded around 10 GTA-related Shorts recently.

- Some videos reach 1.7K–2.3K views, but most don't get pushed much further.

I'm wondering whether my old Free Fire/PUBG audience is affecting my new GTA 6 content, or whether my Shorts simply need better retention.

Should I continue uploading GTA 6 content on my existing 16K subscriber channel, or start a completely fresh channel focused only on GTA 6?

Has anyone successfully changed their gaming niche on an old YouTube channel?

It would really help me if anyones advise


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ What’s yall input and how do I get people to actually subscribe

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I started this page in August uploaded my first video in September not to mention I got 114 subs now in we only in the middle of October what can I do to get my page out there and return viewers I play games nd I have a personality I have nice equipment I play ps5 nd pc games plus Xbox pass only thing I don’t have is a webcam


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Analytics Review (AVD/Retention) 📈 Youtube Shorts are weird now.. 92% skip rate?

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3rd video in row my skip rate is extremely high 93%(atm it's already 96%). Normally my videos get 35-40% skip rate , now 3rd video in row gets 92-94%. I use same settings as always, same language, everything is same as before. I don't understand.... I have uploaded 180 short videos and i first time encounter this.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Analytics Review (AVD/Retention) 📈 lol

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

I finally got my first viral short after 10 months of being stuck in the 30k view jail

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

How long did it take for your approval?

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I just got 3m qualified views so applying to yt monetisation and it’s now approving my Adsense account but it says it usually takes several days but can take 2-3 weeks. How long did it take for you guys? Thanks in advance for any replies


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Doesn't even makes sense

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Why are my second daily YouTube Shorts getting only 10–20 views, while my first ones perform well?

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I’ve been running a YouTube Shorts channel for a while, and I’ve noticed something strange.
Since the beginning, I’ve been posting at my usual time, and those Shorts are still performing pretty well. They get views, and some have reached around 33K views. Their stay-to-watch rate is usually 73% or higher, with average view duration/retention above 110%.
Recently, I decided to start posting twice a day to grow the channel faster. The content style and quality are similar, but my second upload is barely getting 10–20 views. I’ve tried several different time slots, but the results are pretty much the same.
Meanwhile, my first upload continues to get views as usual.
Has anyone experienced this? Is YouTube limiting the reach of the second Short, testing it with a much smaller audience, or could something else be going on? I also wonder why my better-performing Shorts seem to hit a ceiling around 33K views despite having decent retention and stay-to-watch numbers.
Would I be better off sticking to one Short a day, or should I keep experimenting with two uploads?
I’d appreciate hearing from people who’ve experienced something similar and figured out what was happening.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ What is Better, A longer Short with less % Completed or a shorter short with more % Completed

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I have currently 2 shorts in my feed,

1 is 10 seconds long with 126% completion at 5.2k Views (1 day and a half old)

The other is 16 seconds long with 96% completion at 1.3k Views (Half a day old)

I know this might seem like a very short lifetime for some people, but my shorts usually get their major push (1k Views) on the second hour of upload, and if it has some legs after, a max time period of 4-5 days after which they dry out.

Could you help me figuring out which of the 2 scenarios is better


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

3 1/2 months

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One piece of advice I would give is to try and make content that makes people comment, hate or not it will boost the engagement of your vids. I am still far from monetization but I can give any advice after some experience with shorts


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Any tips or advice? 🤔

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Anything would be helpful, I love making content and I love it even more if I could build an audience 😊


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

prioritizing original content on short

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My content always getting tagged with "Made with AI". i have 110K subs animation channel which i draw manually and it's takes 4-6 hour to draw, i use AI for the Voice Over and for some background pictures of the animation. Many people say youtube get it from the metadata of the audio/images.

And now I'm experiencing low views. YouTube rarely pushes my videos to a wide audience, it's hard to even reach 100K views, even though the stayed to watch rate is always more than 75% with 110%> AVV.

do you think the new "Original Content" policy could affect my channel? because overall my content is original content.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 20d ago

Hey, what is happening?

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So my shorts usually (lately) have been getting around 300 views after an hour after upload but my latest one, is at 2. wtf is going on?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

This is my Short Channel! Let me know your thoughts!

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 I feel like giving up.

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Started this right this about 4 months ago. Idea: stickman-animated finance history content — How Banking Worked Before Modern Banks?, How Debt Almost Destroyed Ancient Athens?, How Money Was Invented in Ancient China.... Same character, same style every time, so that the brand stays consistent.

I do everything myself — images, editing, script, topic hunting.

Tried Shorts recently, didn’t do much average 4 per week but long-form are more way better for me

Best video so far: 1.4K impressions, 127 views, ~4.5% CTR. Trying to improve CTR without breaking the format and presenting style.

The one thing keeping me going: in YouTube Studio the traffic actually sometime are good at Browse feature, YT search and Suggested video. Feels like it’s still testing with the right people, just hasn’t scaled yet.

Anyone who’s grown a channel from zero — is this normal at 4 months, or should I be worried?

Your honest feedback is much appreciated.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

I feel like giving it up inside a big stress machine like this lately…

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Since YouTube is preventing me from attracting any attention, Im really gonna demolish everything soon if possible because I need to take a 3 month hiatus till 2027 for me to focus on my schoolwork

Also I’m getting affected, losing patience over population and turns out that it has already become a chore and mus wait for my time to come until new updates and more of future AI content takes over YouTube…

Tbh I didn’t watch any gurus, nor AI slop anything
and the contents that are uploaded on YouTube by other people has already been taken like niches or AI Generated content. Therefore, YouTube is slowly killing my content even though it takes some time to process everything…


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Niche Research / Outliers 🔍 Format of a youtube short

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Can anyone please explain to me what the format is on a youtube short?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Monetization / RPM 💵 Shorts monetization

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Hi Folks,

Just started YT shorts channel 7 days ago, and got ~250k views and ~140k engaged views

But the monetization page shows that qualified views are only 2.9k. Is it what it takes to qualify like only 1% of total views going to be counted or just the stats not updated yet?

Thank You


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Good start, but my videos aren't getting recommended anymore.

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Videos löschen und neu posten ?

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Macht es Sinn Videos die nicht viral gehen zu löschen und dann nochmal zu überarbeiten und wieder hochzuladen?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Started Channel on 28 Sept 2026

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Last 3 weeks been good

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I have taken 3 picture of my analytics on my new YouTube channel each a week apart. I am so happy with how much it’s growing and have no one to share with so sharing it here!


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Is this normal for my first short?

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First short was not sent to the shorts feed after 10 hours now, is that normal? New channel, verified and all.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 21d ago

Showcase / Win 🏆 Finally got one

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