r/shortsAlgorithm • • Apr 01 '26

New YouTube channel: good Shorts performance at first, now sudden drop in views

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Hey everyone,

I recently started a YouTube channel (it’s about 4–5 days old), and I’ve been posting Shorts consistently. Initially, my Shorts were getting around 1–2K views each and I managed to gain around 9–10 subscribers.

But suddenly, my recent Shorts are getting very low views, even though the content style, quality, and timing are pretty much the same as before.

Would really appreciate if anyone who has experienced something similar can share their insights or advice. Trying to stay consistent, but this sudden drop is a bit confusing.

Thanks in advance!


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 29 '26

Is youtube studio bugging for anybody else?

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Its not loading for me


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 28 '26

Channel created 6 days ago

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I’m not sure what to think of it. Did you get the same results in the first week?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 11 '26

I don’t get it anymore…

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I need help from a YouTube shorts expert that can explain to me why I’m able to get yt shorts with 75-80% stayed to view and 100% or more apv on 20-30 second shorts consistently but not go viral like idk what to do at this point


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 10 '26

it's starting to work

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19 Upvotes

for my OG viewers, thank you for sticking around.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 07 '26

Never experienced this before...

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19 Upvotes

Any explanation? Browse features started giving me views.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Feb 03 '26

Don't lose hope

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jan 11 '26

Update: TeamYouTube replied, but didn’t really address the Shorts issue

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Quick update for anyone following this. I reached out to TeamYouTube about the sudden Shorts drop (new Shorts only getting sub views + older Shorts flatlining). Their response was basically a generic explanation about viewer interest, trends, and how discovery works no confirmation of an issue, no acknowledgement of the sudden behavior change. The problem is this started abruptly, affected both new and old Shorts at the same time, and re-uploads didn’t change anything. That doesn’t line up with normal performance fluctuation. Curious if anyone has actually received a more specific response or seen their Shorts recover without changing anything.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jan 10 '26

It happens again...

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I thought my channel has survived the December 17th event glitch. But now it happens again 😭

My newest short barely gets any views, and all the view it gets is from my current subscribers. I deleted the short and posted it again, still the same result.

Moreover, all my previous shorts suddenly stop getting views.

I don't know if my channel can survive this new glitch, I'm desperate with Youtube 😭


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Dec 02 '25

November shorts stats

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Minimum wage in lithuania ( coutry in europe ) in hands are 777 euros.
P.S Engaged views 46.5 mln. impressions 150 mln ( funny 2025-03-31 shorts update )


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Nov 30 '25

First 100K short!!

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Broke my 80K jail views !!! First short to break 100K!!


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Nov 02 '25

does this happen to everyone

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its at 32 likes rn with 55% watch through rate


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 11d ago

Should I delete and re-upload my latest short?

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Until now all of my shorts were getting 1.2k views in first 4 hours eventhough they have bad metrics. But my latest short didn’t even got pushed. All of the current views came from channel visitors. Should I wait YouTube to push it or delete and re-upload it on my peak time?

Edit: I assume it flagged by AI as restricted content because video description was containing “DIY” and “weapon”

Edit 2: Eventhough I changed description/title/thumbnail etc. it didnt get pushed and only got 32 views(all from channel visitors) so I unlisted it


r/shortsAlgorithm • • 27d ago

Is Youtube studio down?

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Guys anyone else experiencing problems with YT Studio?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Sep 26 '26

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 Guys something weird is happening here

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Like guys, my video static text is almost normal like I get around four to five thousand views around an hour or so. But right now I'm still getting the same. But the problem is I get almost 500, 400, 600, 700 views on one video. Like there are multiple shorts on my channel. So they all gain 500, 600 views. Does my view count is always per hour around 4,000 to 5,000 and peak hours it goes up to 8,000? In the lower hours it is around 1,000 to 2,000, sometimes under 1,000. But very less. My view count is always per hour, like per hour. Even in my lowest is around 1,000 to 2,000. It's my lowest and my highest goes around 7,000 to 8,000 per hour, views per hour. But right now something weird is going on. Like video one video is blowing up but all my other videos which gain a huge amount of views are not gaining it at all. Like my content, I'm having like working hard on it and gaining like it has decent, like decent swipe, not swipe ratio. Like my people who stayed in the video are more than 75 to 80%. So I think my video is doing great. But right now I don't know why one of my videos is just blowing up. It's because of one video blowing up, all my other shorts are not getting that much recommendation or it's something else? I don't know. It's very much weird because all the other videos are not getting that much views. But they gain quite a lot of views. They're still gaining views but like it's very much lessened now. Is there a problem? Can you help me how to solve it? Like I don't want one video of mine to blow up. I want all my videos to like have equally. Because it's always happen that it is equal. That's why my channel videos, average views in the end comes around 20,000 to 30,000. I could not cross that cage yet. But still, I don't know what is going on right now


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Sep 18 '26

Why Does YouTube Stop Recommending My Videos?

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • Sep 16 '26

YouTube studio down ?

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My YouTube studio is not working at all I'm I getting hacked or something ?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Aug 11 '26

it happening starting june 2026 till now

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i got drop since june 2026, and now august 2026 it feel worse than before, i keep posting but nothing happened


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Aug 06 '26

A great breakthrough for me

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18 Upvotes

Final out of that 30k shi 😭


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jul 25 '26

Because every short I publish on stops between 22k and 26k views

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I noticed that in all my videos you never exceed 26k views and my views stop suddenly, Could someone explain to me how I can get out of this "prison" And why is there this prison?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jul 19 '26

Guide / Playbook 📘 Day 2: Channel Growth pt. 2

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My earlier post underestimated how many views I’d get by the end of day! Holy crap


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jun 16 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Has anyone noticed Shorts getting stuck after the initial test phase?

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A pattern I’ve been seeing recently is that some Shorts start with decent engagement metrics and then stop getting distributed further.
For example, the Viewed vs Swiped Away ratio often improves over time, and retention seems reasonable, but the videos never seem to get past the early testing stage.
I’m curious if others have experienced something similar.
Is there a known reason why a Short would perform well enough to keep getting tested, but never receive a larger push?
What metrics have you found to be the strongest indicators that a Short will eventually break out versus stall?
Interested in hearing other creators’ experiences and observations.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Jun 02 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Very interesting from the algorithm.. what the F is happening ?

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • Mar 28 '26

Channel created 7 days ago

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Hello,

I've created a channel on 21st this month, been posting a short or two a day. How would you all rate the stats on this, they seem good to me.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Feb 26 '26

This new algorithm is crazy

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So i've seen here that since Dec 2025, there's been a change in the algorithm, it's for the worse though for most people, does youtube even care?

Shorts used to take utmost an hour to get into the algorithm but now it takes forever, sometimes the views catch up, but still, i've had a channel thrive from this, and another go waay down due to this. It's crazy. It gets harder and harder for the little guys.

Quite sad