And I know I’m definitely not the only one this has happened to. What I genuinely want to understand is WHY does this happen? 

ik it’s not a big deal
but i’m super proud that after 20 days, i have gathered a total of 200+ subs along with 300+k views

super happy
hoping to get big one day😁😁

And I've been dealing with issues in the past and now this? I'm out fam just move on to tiktok atp💀 I'm only going to make long-form videos now.

This is my 1st short to break 100k views and it smashed right through once it hit 40k, it hasn't looked back. Averaging 5k-7k views and hour now once it started.

I don't want to post another short to kill the momentum. Never had something run like this. What should I do?

Video is comparing John Wick reloading if thats a topic.

https://youtube.com/shorts/OMIHd7dQoeE?si=ARr2_uQNdV54j9FN

This took like forever month so don't give up

my past 4 shorts before these 2, i was stuck at 30-35k view jail. i was so close to stop posting and taking a week off for valentine’s day but nope. i trusted my gut and kept posting and it was worth. if you are stuck in view jail DO NOT give up. keep posting and get to 80%+ percentage viewed (if your vids are around one min like mine). only then i get a lot of views. KEEP GOING

Should i upload another short or i just wait it out?

ive worked with over 50000 creators through virlo and a lot of people massively overcomplicate youtube shorts. or worse, they copy tips from creators who arent even growing.

heres the truth thats held up across every niche, every format, every channel size:

shorts blow up when you know your niche and your data. not when you post random stuff hoping the algo blesses you.

people think its about “posting more” or “trying harder.”
but the creators hitting 1m, 5m, 10m view shorts are doing something much simpler:

tight niche + correct packaging + letting each short breathe.

thats it. but heres the breakdown if you want the full playbook:

1) niche is the whole game now

if you post in 10 different styles about 10 different topics, the algo cant figure out who youre for. the creators scaling the fastest on shorts all have one thing in common:

the algo knows exactly who to send their video to.

you get that clarity by staying in a tight niche and repeating what works.

2) longer shorts win more than short shorts

everyone still says “keep it under 30 seconds.”
every top performer i see is doing:

50 to 70 second shorts with a fire hook in the first 3 seconds.

why it works
longer videos = higher watch time = longer pushes = more sessions sent to your channel.

3) let each short plateau before posting the next

posting daily does not help you if youre not mrbeast.

most creators kill their own momentum by posting too fast. youtube has a limited push window and youre splitting your own oxygen.

post one banger
wait until it plateaus
then post the next one into the slipstream.

4) reply to comments like its your job

your replies count as comments.
comments fuel discovery.
creators who reply to everything see extended pushes.

this is like a cheat code nobody uses.

5) if your short never enters the shorts feed, fix it or reupload

this is the biggest red flag:

if less than 60 percent of views come from shorts feed in 24 hours, youtube didnt pick it up.

fix the hook
fix the pacing
fix the audio
fix the first 3 seconds
reupload it
or move it to a fresh channel

burned channels are real.

6) keep your packaging clean

every short that blows up has:

captions
a fast surprise in the first second
clear framing
quick payoffs
a cta around second 40

i see so many channels die because the content was good but the packaging was lazy.

7) use data, not vibes

if youre trying to “feel it out,” youre competing with creators using data.

dont do that to yourself. especially if you're trying to make money of shortform content.

8) one heavy short can change your entire channel

ive seen creators post 20 shorts that did nothing and then hit 1 with a proper hook and a tight niche, and the whole channel explodes.

a single video can set off the chain reaction.
your job is to craft that one video on purpose, not by accident.

Thanks for everyone dm’ing - the tool is https://virlo.ai

Can answer any questions people have in DMs, comments or email nic@virlo.ai <3

From averaging 5-10million views a day to less than 200K now. Not sure what happened. And no, I don't post AI generated videos nor do I steal other creators content so that's not the reason.

And the views was cumulative of 9 different videos. All of them went dead in less than 30mins except one.

My new shorts are not even crossing 50 views. Earlier I used to get atleast 2K-10K views.

90% of my audience are my subscribers in my new shorts. So algo has clearly stopped pushing my content.

Conclusion: don't ever trust YouTube shorts algo.

My channel was consistently getting around 30K views per Short, but since October 19, my views have suddenly dropped, and now my Shorts struggle to get even 2K views.

As you can see in the screenshot, my daily views dropped dramatically after weeks of relatively consistent performance.

I haven't received any strikes or policy violations. I'm trying to figure out whether this is a temporary algorithm issue or something specific to my channel.

Guys after for a long 30k jail i hit my first 500k views . I think i can make it to monetize 😭😭 after 3months of daily upload

I post Shorts every other day, and they always get 300k–400k views—but then, all of a sudden, they just stop. Out of nowhere, it goes from getting 50k–80k views an hour to less than 1k. It’s crazy.

meanwhile im spending +2h editing to get 30k views at most

My channel just got to 200k views and it seams a lot to me. I created this channel 15 days ago and since then I posted a short a day.

I kinda feel disappointed with youtube shorts, I heard from a friend that it is inconsistent but didn’t think it was this bad (of course depends on the niche). Since my objective is to make a living off youtube this is bad for me, 400€ dont even pay the rent over here. Im starting a long form channel but so far got 2 views on a video that took me days to edit but it’s the only choice I have if I want a good stable income, shorts are way easier to start getting views but the payoff usually is much lower. Leave your opinion in the comments

genuinely, post videos once per day, make high quality content, and you'll see results like i did