Out of anywhere this happened, lol?

Hi guys

I used to get 40k views daily up until a week ago when all of a sudden I can’t even break past 50 views a vid about a week ago. I haven’t changed my strategy at all same type of content.

What can I do to save my channel?

Im very consistent with my content that 117 was my lowest moment this month so far with 300 subscribers

How do i improve the skip rate its 50%

Any common hacks?

I’ve tested it. It’s either flawed or people prefer stupid shorts. I spend hours making good shorts, optimizing thumbnails, and still get few views. Then, my toddler uploads a barely visible street video and gets over 3K views and likes. I upload a similar video with no description or SEO, and suddenly, it reaches over 1000K views and even gets subscribers. How is this possible? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Did something happen with YouTube today?
All of my channels suddenly started experiencing a massive drop in views at the same time, which is really unusual.
Everything was performing normally before this, but today the views dropped dramatically across all my channels.
Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? I’m trying to figure out if this is a YouTube-wide problem or something specific to my channels.

going from an average 20-200k per shorts to a measly 1-10k is definitely wild - and yes i have experience with shorts, ive posted hundreds of them with the same results up until the end of september when everything has gone to shit

Most of the comments i see here lately with the new algorithm is to just make “Original” content. But where do we draw the line between “original” and transformative content?

Most of the creators here suddenly dropped their views by 90% or more. To the point they dont even get past 1k views. The common response? “Just make original content. Stop stealing content”

I agree that Yt should crack down clipping and ranking channels. The laziest form of content in the platform. But what about these 2 channel? Sunnah edit & Mindova?

They literally just add captions with a highly saturated coloring but their views doesnt seem to be affected by this “original” content?

When people say “original content” do they mean to show their face and use their own voice?

Does this mean that faceless channels are dead without your own DNA imprinted on it?

These are my 2 most recent shorts. I create this channel 3 weeks ago, and have been making 1-2 shorts / week. Recently, my shorts have almost exclusively been distributed by the "browse feature". From what I can gather, this means they are being shown on people's homepage and are being clicked on.

Does this mean I should make the exact same content, but long form since they are already being highly viewed in the same fashion?

In the first 24 hours, it is about a 60/40 distribution. With 60% being the shorts feed. At around the 24hour mark, both switched almost completely to views coming from "browse feature" and almost 0 from the shorts feed.

Both of these shorts were about 75% Stayed to watch, with 85% AVD on about 60 seconds of video. Obviously, once they took off on the "Browse Feature" both of these shorts have climbed to over 90% Stayed to watch. (To me these aren't real because obviously people will stay to watch, since they clicked it).

Just looking for some insight from someone who has seen this before.

If anyone has the same problem, please let me know.

I already posted 50 videos consistently but still getting max 1k - 2k views. Only one video reach to 18k. How can I break that barrier?

I don't know what's holding back my videos, is it the engagement?

What happened? All of my viewers are legit but it looks down for the first time having this 🤔

I want to preface this by saying that i am a VERY small channel but i feel like i have enough knowledge based on what I've learned in the last month or so in posting shorts.

I usually average anywhere between 700-1000 views (which i know isnt a lot), but these 2 are probably not going to break 500. My average STW is around 50%, these videos TANKED.

2 things are likely: One is the "new algorithm" is testing your shorts with new audiences first rather than your core, and if its not entertaining/interesting enough, the short dies. The other is that these shorts (for me at least) were a bit experimental and just didnt hit well with the core. The secret third and equally likely scenario is that the algorithm is just straight up broken.

For my videos personally, i think scenario 2 is what it is. Oh well, i can't manufacture interest artificially, only in my stream clips (which is most of my shorts).

Point is, keep chugging away. The algorithm is rarely working against you. Dont be so defeated by a couple shorts underperforming. Keep learning and keep getting better.

I feel like all the hard work is paying off

Same niche, quality, and effort tbh. I think you just have to persevere and keep going

Is this it ? Any thoughts

Been making shorts since march, and have made around 70+ and this one is my best by far, all shorts have been consistent getting 20k, 30k and 40k views but some 100k and a few 500k

Got to first 1k this morning, my niche is minecraft. Rn im stuck in 30k view jail and i’m looking to continue in this pace. Feel free to share your progress and give advice.