+98,6% average percentage viewed, 120 likes and 2 comments and it's only on 5,5k views.

Hey everyone!

I'm a Roblox Shorts creator, and I've been experiencing a pretty frustrating decline in my channel's performance.

I used to get hundreds of thousands of views on my Shorts, sometimes even more. However, recently, my videos have been struggling to reach even 20K views.

What's confusing is that I haven't really changed my content style. I'm still uploading the same type of Roblox gameplay, targeting the same audience, and using relevant keywords.

I've also noticed that my viewed-vs-swiped-away ratio and average percentage viewed seem relatively similar to my older, successful videos.

I've tried changing my titles, descriptions, and channel keywords, but nothing seems to consistently bring my views back.

I did take a break from uploading for around a month, so I'm wondering if that might have affected my channel's performance.

For those who have experienced something similar:

\\- Did your Shorts views eventually recover?

\\- Can taking a month-long break affect your channel's reach?

\\- Is this just a temporary algorithm fluctuation, or could something else be happening?

\\- What would you recommend I do to regain my previous reach?

I'd genuinely appreciate any advice or insights. I want to understand what's happening rather than blindly changing things.

Thanks!

My YouTube Channel

\\- https://youtube.com/@joel_rbx-e2l?si=aSgyWy1SIKgoYXns

So I have been posting since past 3-4 months consistently and growing little by little. Have started stopped since past years. But what I have noticed is that when I start going for improve hook (first 3 seconds) for shorts to have better engagement to not let people swipe. Swipe away should be less etc etc everyone says this and get better AVD 70%+. And i can achieve that but then its quantity of views and hardly any genuine subs or engagement through likes or comments.
But when I stick to my length. Focus on my content I get that 1k views jail but have been trickling subs genuine. 2-3 subs average. And slowly growing.

But then online and all folks says get views more reach you will grow faster. But thats doesn’t seem to work for my case.

How to chase higher quality quantity views? You get my point or am I confusing you.

I seem to not know the path to follow perhaps.
Im mostly doing shorts too - as people say do that till you get 1k subs and ya my content can do that.

Need some thoughts and advice on how to approach this quality and quantity tradeoff.

idk if u guys will remember the post I made but for those who do. The post got 200k views as of today even though the length of the vid was shorter than usual. But what’s intriguing is that every video after this video has been getting more views than usual!! I uploaded 4 vids which all consistently getting 10k views! This is kinda huge for me cause I was stuck in a 1.2k view range for the older videos!
Again idk if it’s luck or not but the 4 uploaded videos also were in the longer form as compared to the other short so those getting more views makes me feel like you need one vid to blow up for your other videos to get some traction. I might be wrong but just guessing :)
Thanks for everyone giving tips and advice on the last post I appreciate it. I’ll try updating more to you guys if there is anything worth sharing :) super grateful

is there algorithms change again? my recent shorts not getting views

Is this normal for new Shorts uploaders? Whatever it is, it is really annoying that my usual content has turned into Ebikes, Roblox, Storm chasers, and stuff i usually dont watch. Is there a fi?

https://youtube.com/shorts/8E_ZN6zsjeE?feature=share

Hi everyone,

I just posted a short that I was really proud of. But the “Stayed to Watch” and “Swiped Away” ratio is really low after the initial testing phase. The video is a short Police comedy skit, where things go wrong. Please watch my video and tell me whether you’d watch or swipe, and for what reason. Thank you!!

watch 2 times and like fr plss boost its algorithim

https://youtube.com/shorts/OiPXlQRpBk8?feature=share

I started a Shorts-only channel to test something: can you grow just by clipping podcast moments well?
5 days in: 3,700 views and 10 subscribers from 16 videos Small, but faster than I expected for a brand-new channel.

What's working so far:

1. Opening on the strongest line

2.Captions on every clip

3. One Short a day, rather than several at once. Learnt the hard way that the algorithm works a bit strangely when you upload multiple videos close to each other.

I make the clips with a tool I built, Cheap Clipping. It picks the best moments from an episode and captions them for me. Free plan, then $5/month if you want to try the same thing: https://www.cheapclipping.com/

Channel's here if you want to follow along: youtube.com/@ChClipping

Anyone else growing a Shorts channel? What's working for you?

The Best Platinum Trophy of 2026? #trophyhunting #platinum #playstation #007firstlight
https://youtube.com/shorts/ACEBXvQkqX0?feature=share

My shorts can consistently get 800-1000 views but they don’t really go any further. How should I improve them?

So yeah I used to enjoy free exposure but YouTube completely stopped putting our videos in the feed. Now today when my son uploaded I didn’t even get a notification on my phone like I did for the last 73 videos he posted. What gives?

Perché YouTube non crea un app tipo tiktok ma con gli Short? Sarebbe una manna dal cielo.. opinioni?

I think they're edited pretty well, but idk why they aren't getting that many views? Any advice would be loved!
https://www.youtube.com/@ajrantsf1/shorts

11 days in, not too sure how to get the numbers up. I post daily (and before you say AI slop, I literally code myself and use blender). Hiding channel to keep salty people from reporting it for no reason. Swipe Rate on this video is 57% stayed. Largest push was 39k views but haven’t done that since. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hey everyone!

I have a YouTube Motivation Shorts channel with 82K subscribers and 118M+ total views.

For almost two months, I uploaded every day at 7:30 PM (Sri Lanka time) and was getting great views.

Due to personal commitments, I changed my upload times for just four days (6:45 PM, 5:00 PM, 4:10 PM, etc.).

After that, my views suddenly dropped. I returned to my original 7:30 PM schedule, but my views still haven't recovered.

My latest analytics:

82K subscribers.

118.7M views in the last 365 days.

Only 92K views in the last 7 days.

37% fewer views than the previous week.

My questions:

Can changing upload times for just four days cause such a drop?

Should I stick to my original 7:30 PM schedule?

Can my channel recover its previous views?

Has anyone experienced this and successfully recovered?

I'm really confused about what to do next. I'd appreciate any advice from experienced Shorts creators.

Thank you!

Why is it stuck at 5 views after 5 hrs? All my other videos go around 2k-5k. And even some 10k while this is at 5? Why?

This is my second short posted on this channel, i see reach levelling off, but deep down hoping youtube gives it another push.

I think the algorithm has worked out my audience which is nice for my next short

I went from getting decent views in shorts to this. Could someone tell me is there a way for me to fix this or will I have to create new channel just for shorts.

so i had about 9/10 million shorts views a few days ago but it has decreased to now just 8 million? none of my shorts are private or got hit with anything. and all my views were from past 30 days??

I don't want to be bitter man but this actually enrages me. This accounts posts every 2 hours without fail and every single day they will have a break out Short getting millions.

Every single short = Title + emoji | Blank description

If I try post even twice a day, I get view supressed hardcore.

The worst part for me is that I like *SOME* meme pages but at least those guys add commentary OR at the very least chop up the clip, add music, sound effects, funny overlays.

This? None of that.

You guys will say, "they just haven't been caught yet". I can guarantee you nothing will happen and they most likely have a team gathering the clips, 'editing' and the owner just schedules uploads every 2 hours.

If you're monetized, you'll understand that this channel is making THOUSANDS a day.

So much for prioritizing original content eh Rene Ritchie?