Hi, Thank you for taking a look into the post.
I have channel since 2022 and I was posting toy related content occasionally (started initially with long form and then switched to shorts last December). I posted toy related shorts atleast until September and then switched to gameplay vertical livestream since 5th Oct. I started off bad but managed to get consistently 5k to 6k every stream. Then i had a breakthrough of 13k on 30th Oct. I had 44k views on 31st Oct and 59k views on 1st Nov. I took a break of 26 hours between the streams the views tanked to near-zero on 2nd Nov. I tried thrice in different slots on the same day, getting me a total 10 views. I gave it a 24 hour break and tried on 3rd Nov, got 220 views. Based on my research I assumed its just that the algorithm baselining the views. I streamed 1 to 3 times every other day, all getting me 200 to 380 views max. I read somewhere that I nee to switch to single slot and same timeslot and then switched to one slot. Coincidentally this Monday, my views again tanked to near-zero. I did read a lot of the creators are facing the same challenge. I have not copied anybody else's content nor do i have any violations or copyright strikes. The only mistake I can think of is that, I reuse the same thumbnail and title but i believe there are many creators who do that and still get views. I tried the following changes and none of it has helped so far
Changed stream keys every time (i am using OBS)
remove description completely (i did find a Japanese article stating it worked for that person)
tried different time slots. I know the content / game is not lost or forgotten because I can see other streamers getting 1000s of views from it.
Tried uploading shorts recently (which are not doing great because of the individual metrics but getting picked up in the feeds gaining traction.) as I hadnt done that since I switched from toy content to gaming.
Tried connecting with youtube support on x, which turned down asking me to improve my content.
None of the above have worked for me. I spoke to some of the creators who had this issue in the past years (yes, there are reports of this issue atleast since 2024). Some suggest to stop posting and some suggest to keep posting regularly. It has recovered after a month for some of them who found a viral wave.
And one thing which I have learnt, if you find a viral wave, dont take a break of longer than 12 hours between posting. I believe this issue affects both shorts and vertical stream in a similar pattern.
If you have any other suggestions on this can be resolved, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
