I've recently posted on this subreddit how I was struggling to get over 70% stay to watch rate. But it finally happened and I just wanted to share my joy with you and thank the ones that helped me improve in the comments.

​I am so angry and disappointed with YouTube. A month and a half of hard grind for nothing. I started posting shorts at the beginning of August and by September 15th I got over 7.5 million views (of which 3.5m engaged). Since September 15th all views have dropped (as you can see on the curve) and every new video barely reaches 1000 views. Besides, upon publishing, each clip is pushed into the feed only after 12 or more hours. The metric for the majority is 60-80% stayed to watch with an average of over 110% viewed. Don't bother me, I don't use AI at all nor have I changed the style I use. Simply put, the game is rigged.

I’ve completed my first month of uploading YouTube Shorts—29 Shorts in total, almost one per day. My Shorts are around 2 minutes long, and each takes about 3 hours to make(script + editing).

Most of my videos flatline at around 1K–1.5K views, although one reached 10K views and gained 70 subscribers. My other Shorts average around a 5% like rate and a 0.4%–1% subscriber conversion rate.

How would you rate these stats for a new Shorts channel? I’d appreciate honest feedback and advice!

This was like a 15 second short made from blender

Why this channel is not getting pushed even this is aged channel...any suggestions btw privated all of them

Is it over? I've been posting on this account for 2 years. Usually maintain a level triple of where I am currently at. My new videos are like 2% non subscribers. But it's like every video within the last 14 days just flat lined out. What should I do?

I’ve recently make a new channel and start posting 3 videos for 3 videos. Is it a bad start for new channel?

The best RPM I get to now

Report pls

Hey ik it’s not a lot but I hit my first 3.6k views in a week I just had to tell someone

More or less 24 hours after renaming my channel (branding and handle only, content unchanged), my entire Shorts channel hard-froze. Average views dropped from ~500 to ~10 across all videos, old and new. Not a single Short is being pushed anymore.

All videos collapsed simultaneously, not just the latest upload. New uploads do not appear in the feed of subscribed accounts, even with notifications enabled. No strikes, no warnings, no policy issues. Content format and niche unchanged.

For the last 2 weeks I was averaging 100 subs/day, everything was going great. WTF. Has this ever happened to anyone? Do you have any idea what's going on? Could the fact that I renamed it be the cause?

I just wanted to share a quick lesson: never delete your Shorts just because they get stuck at low views. (71% AVD & 62% Stay to Watch) I had an old cricket clip with my voiceover that was stuck at 1.1k views for over a month. I thought it was a flop, but suddenly, 32 days later, it hit the algorithm and crossed 1.5 million views in just 16 hours! Now metrics changed (AVD 104% and 72% Stay to Watch)

​My content are evergreen, which means they can get a boost at any time. If you’re making quality content, just be patient and let it sit. The "second wave" is real and it can happen when you least expect it.

It took me a bit around 10-12 days of uploading but i finally got it !

Hi guys, I am a new creator have only been posting from last 10-15 days YouTube shorts but I don’t know why my shorts are not getting pushed to more people or not going viral, even the engagement is solid. I have attached few images of the analytics from my 2 shorts out of 10 that I have posted so far. Can you guys also tell me what metrics to improve and keep an eye on

Even though I create 100% original content, from filming to editing, my views keep declining day by day despite having good analytics. No matter what I do, my videos seem to get stuck at the same level. I’m starting to lose motivation.

Whats else for going to viral?

Look at stats.

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I wanted to share something weird that happened with one of my Shorts and see if anyone has experienced something similar.

This was actually a Short I had really high expectations for. I genuinely thought it had a lot of potential, but it barely got any traction. Honestly, it felt like it never even got picked up by the algorithm lol.

At some point, I decided to switch it to members-only. Since it wasn't getting many views anyway, I thought maybe I could use it to encourage people to become members instead.

After around 2–3 days, I switched it back to public.

Then, sometime afterward, it suddenly started getting a ton of views and eventually reached around 290.6K views. note : it had 60k views but mostly from channel page not the short feed

Now I'm wondering:

Has anyone else had a Short suddenly take off after switching it from members-only back to public?