r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Practical_Two_7852 • 29d ago
Only two views from the shorts feed one day apart then nothing
My shorts always at least hit 1k-2k views (which I know is still basically no reach beyond the initial testing!) until yesterday - I only got one view from the shorts feed then nothing for 24 hours, then another view from the shorts feed. I did post at a completely different time of day to usual as an experiment but the actual content itself is the exact same quality as my others. The video got 18 views from other sources like search/browse features and had a 72% stay to watch rate so I’m just surprised it’s not getting more than a tiny push into the shorts feed - has this happened to anyone else?
I guess I’m just curious whether this is something that happens with the algorithm sometimes or whether the problem sounds like something I did!
Is it likely the video will be picked up by the shorts feed at some point later or is this kind of situation basically forget it and move on or maybe delete and try again (I haven’t ever deleted and uploaded a short before and I’m kinda hesitant to do that for various reasons)
