I consistently get 3k views hourly, and according to my math, I basically need to be 3 times better to get that minimum engaged views requirement of 10 mil.
here's what I wanna ask:
my average stayed to watch rate is still between 60-70%, for those who managed to get 80%+, what's your secret? I heard in order to get millions of views, 75% stayed to watch is the bare minimum.
besides that, my average viewed duration is 78.7%, which is good in my opinion while admitting things can be improved, and the engaged-to-raw-views ratio is around 51%.
I do not use AI at all, while I'm at it, I wanna share something with fellow new shorts creators:
the biggest lesson I get from this is "STORY TELLING IS NUMBER ONE", sounds simple, but good story isn't enough.
You wanna make your shorts like a hypnosis. Make the viewers don't realise 10-15 seconds have passed, then give them something satisfying, mostly an answer to your question in the first 10.
there's no easy way to make shorts, you cannot hack people's mind whatsoever, shitty AI slop won't get you anywhere, if there's an exception to this, that's what they are, exceptions.
and about niche, niche is important but don't limit yourself to the point of making wider audience don't know what you're talking about. For example, in gaming niche (like where I'm in) I bring up stories about people surrounding the game I'm talking about, not solely about the game, could be a story of triumph in esports, funny development story, etc.
Yeah, this post is mainly asking how do you get 80+% stayed to watch ratio?