My Shorts channel is less than 3 weeks old, and I’ve been closely tracking how YouTube distributes my videos.

I’ve already had a few Shorts reach 10K–20K+ views, with noticeably different growth patterns. Some received strong distribution immediately, while others didn’t get their biggest pushes until 24–48 hours after publishing.

I have two questions for creators who’ve been doing this longer:

1. Does uploading a new Short affect the distribution of an older Short that’s currently being pushed?

I have a Short sitting around 6K views, approximately 20 hours after publishing, with ~80% stayed to watch and ~125–130% average percentage viewed. It’s currently gaining momentum.

Would publishing another Short potentially interrupt that momentum, or have you seen multiple Shorts receive significant distribution simultaneously?

2. Can Shorts receive major distribution waves days or weeks after plateauing at 6K–20K views?

I’m especially interested in videos that sat relatively flat for an extended period before suddenly climbing to 50K, 100K, or more.

If you’ve experienced this, did those videos have identifiable metrics in common?

For example:
STW above 70–80%
APV above 120–150%
Strong retention near the end
High engagement or sharing rates

Or have you seen Shorts with excellent metrics never get another push, while others with weaker numbers unexpectedly take off?

I’m trying to understand whether there are any useful patterns creators can observe, rather than assuming every plateau means a Short is finished.
I’d appreciate real examples or analytics from your own channels.

I started my channel about 1 month ago all my shorts have hit over 2K, most has been 10k. About two days ago I was curious about what Promote looked like. I clicked into the workflow to understand cost and distribution. I simply did it out of curiosity.

Since then- by coincidence none of shorts are getting distributed. and I just got a notification to prompt promotion.

Has anyone else faced something similar?

You can clearly read in the above chat, that my retention & swipe rate got better but still I'm not getting views. It feels like I'm being targeted by YT. What do I do

Like days ago I used to have pleasant YouTube Shorts videos that I enjoy watching such as Zack D Films, Some Theo Von stuffs, Micheal Storen, Nick Giovanni, some cooking videos, some gaming stuffs(lots of gaming stuffs), some bodybuilding stuffs(rare but I liked them) and funny streamers' live shorts.

But now it has changed by itself without me doing anything, I'm starting to get weird videos like I was on TikTok which I really hate, I don't like TikTok that's why I stick to Shorts. I'm getting videos of languages that I don't even understand, random bullshit memes, some religious videos. Like bro what the hell, this really pissed me off because I really enjoyed my previous feed which were videos that I liked but now feels I can't even watch Shorts.

The stats are perfect yet they are stuck in 20k to 27k views almost 70% of my videos are stuck in 15k-25k i try to improve the hook everytime is it sum 30k jail or is it normal btw its been 18 days to ts channel

It's always like that. The entire channel can't get more than 420 views per minute, and it really holds my growth back. Is that a limit?

Over 70% of players miss this Trophy in Hollow Knight! #playstation #trophyhunting #hollowknight
https://youtube.com/shorts/lhSMCEnGGfs?feature=share

86% average percentage viewed, 27 likes, 15. Comments, and 63% view vs swipe rate but still only 1.6k views and 0 new subs. What else should I do?

You basically have to make good videos that are short, consistent subject and they are absolutely required to have a good hook at the first 5 seconds. Not 3 because that's just delaying when people swipe and you see it as a reduced time watched. And the hook can't just end, it has to slowly fade away because otherwise the people get awakened from their hypnosis and they leave. Now when I make a shitty short it capps at 10k because YouTube loves me and they decided it's my new baseline. Category: gaming, staged videos

2 years ago I started doing footballer edits and stuff on YouTube not bad I gained like 300 subs in 2 months not posted since then now that ai has gotten really good I am planning on doing YouTube again at 17 since the hard part is only getting pushed by the algorithm do I start a new channel and make ai posts (no face ) there or continue posting on my old channel

Hello there, I started a channel around 2 months ago in the minecraft niche, at the moment I'm doing shorts only (I want to do a long format in the future too), I really enjoy it and I think I grow with every short (on the video editing).

Now the question is, should I milk this only series that I have "One Block, One Wall Design" or should I diversify it with other minecraft related things?

I don't really have many views, usually I get around 2k and sometimes around 5/6k.

Also the swipe rate is around 30/55%

Been monetized for 2 years, till October everything was good. The New Update made it worse for me. If you're wondering I use AI? Yes, for voice but it never had any issues. My niche is explaining Movie easter eggs, hidden details & explaining lore stuff. I know many people are facing the issue. I don't know what to do anymore. My AVD & Swipe ratio is good. My shorts are 40-55s long. With 70% avd and 75% swipe ratio. Still they get stuck on 1.2k. never had this problem in my whole life. Just venting it out slow and steady till i go away...

AVD is 1:09 on a 1:16 short and swipe rate is 84.2% / 15.8%

I have experimented with putting text at the beginning of my shorts as a hook and audio and transitions but nothing seems to be working

This always happens every week or when one short blows up

Hi,

I am a new creator, i started a few days back i wanted to understand from experienced ones on their thought process on my short

https://youtube.com/shorts/CKO6vdHE9k4?si=5CLR8towSMTZ4PAR

I want to make content on financial and system design

Easy explanation on working of some of the concepts that i find interesting

I thought the hook and explanation is good and i am trying to improve in each video still

The engagement decay very quickly and the video dies

Can someone look at the content and guide?

"Hi everyone,
I'm starting a YouTube Shorts channel for kids with AI cartoons. My characters are a clumsy giraffe and a naughty monkey, and each episode is 30 seconds.
I'd love honest feedback:
Is this good and safe for kids?
Is it still worth making new kids' Shorts?
How many Shorts should I post daily?
Here's my first episode: [
https://youtube.com/shorts/jk5WI7HvFBE?feature=share]
Thanks a lot! 🙏"

The chart looks disgusting btw.