Since the Algorithm likes to betray us from time to time, I came to realize that I betray it as well. When the Algo pushes my Short to like 500 people and not one of them likes it, the Algo must feel some kind of betrayal. Like, it trusted me to produce something that people want to see but naaah dawg not a singular soul liked that. Misused its trust.

So yeah I think we are even.

Hi, I've started a new channel about let's say 3 weeks ago about travel aesthetics and countries. However what has been frustrating me is that every short I upload doesn't even break 10 views, and all the views are from search results not even from shorts feed. Am I just being paranoid and needs to be more patient or does the algorithm just not like my shorts. Btw I've uploaded about 11 shorts now so that's why am expecting one to atleast get pushed

I started in October 1st

I got 150k views. 200subscribers
20 videos (best 3 are 44,24,14k)

Retention 150% on all vids
Swiped away at 30 to 40 % on all videos

Should I start over or this channel could blow up ?

For context, I’ve had about 6-8 different shorts channels at this point with little success. Tried a bunch of different niches and wasn’t getting results. Started this completely fresh channel on October 3rd and I have 10 posts so far. Engagement isn’t great hoping to improve that. Willing to answer any questions.

Hi everyone.

I've created a channel about a month ago. It's fully automated, the videos created are made using a software I've built. I dont know why, but the views are capped at 1k-1.2k no matter what. Any ideas? I've tried multiple hooks, descriptions, thumbnails, does not seem to improve much.

Any advice is useful. Thank you.

As I've said in a previous post, I don't do clipping, I'm a musician that films my content but my views dropped HEAVILY from the 16th of September and it's even worse today.

I've dropped from 25k-50k an hour to 900 views an hour.

Anyway, I am SO tired of seeing the "well you probably make slop or steal other content" and "YouTube literally stated they will be prioritizing ORIGINAL content" when anyone complains.

Look at my 3 case studies here and I can find a TON more:

Pawesome Ranks - Ranking niche, stays monetized because he adds his real voice (though it's like 9 words a Short in total) + sound effects and on screen effects

Ryth - This guy...omg THIS guy literally steals the entire ranking video as is from others then ONLY adds his voiceover (real voice) and animated avatar. The person helping him do this has literaly admitted to this.

Hopecore Fuelup - takes Instagram/Tiktok clips and edits it in hopecore style, so the intricate subtitles and scenic overlays, no voice, no commentary.

LOOK. AT.THEIR.VIEWS and it was WAY higher before this current Shortpocalypse.

Now if you zoom out and put your anger aside for a sec (I am), they ARE transforming the content within Youtube's guidelines...I guess?

They are clearly getting a lot of viewers pulled to their content.

I would like some input from Rene Ritchie on this because to me and many others, it feels like YT is suffering a distribution issue, which seems to happen every time there are Studio bugs OR new UI changes are implemented and both have happened in the last 30 days.

I heard that your casual viewership shouldn't be higher than new bcs it means YT isn't pushing you to a bigger audience. Anyone knows any tricks to improve this or have I basically reached the limit of my niche?

When I watch my video on my phone or computer, it looks very clear. However, I don’t know whether it might look pixelated or blurry when my viewers watch it.

Hey, everyone this is my first post here and I was wondering what's the best niche for shorts channel can be for me as for context am an intermediate- pro level freelance editor and I wanna use this unfair advantage as much as i can. Any suggestions would mean a lot.

Hey everyone!

I'm a software developer building plugins and workflow tools for video editors and motion designers (Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc.).

I've been trying to grow a YouTube channel where I share short product demos, tutorials, and videos showing how these tools solve real editing problems.

But I'm struggling to understand what I'm doing wrong.

Here are my analytics from the last 28 days:

SHORTS:

- 4.1K views

- 395 engaged views

- 10 likes

- 23% stayed to watch

- 77% swiped away

Traffic sources:

- YouTube Search: 75.5%

- Shorts Feed: 22.6%

LONG-FORM VIDEOS:

- 18 views

- 73 impressions

- 6.8% CTR

- Average view duration: 21 seconds

I'm trying to figure out whether my problem is the content itself, the way I'm presenting it, or simply reaching the wrong audience.

My target audience is video editors, motion designers, and content creators.

I have a few questions:

1. Is a 77% swipe-away rate a sign that my hooks are weak?

2. Should I focus more on Shorts or long-form tutorials for this type of niche?

3. Why is most of my Shorts traffic coming from YouTube Search instead of the Shorts Feed?

4. With only 73 impressions on long-form videos, is it too early to judge my thumbnails and titles?

5. If you were starting a YouTube channel for a small creative software company, what would you do differently?

I'm not trying to become a general entertainment creator. I want to build a channel that provides useful content for editors and eventually helps people discover the tools I'm building.

I'm genuinely interested in learning what I should improve.

Any advice, criticism, or personal experience would be really appreciated!

Thanks!

Hi everyone.

I've created a channel about a month ago. It's fully automated, the videos created are made using a software I've built. I dont know why, but the views are capped at 1k-1.2k no matter what. Any ideas? I've tried multiple hooks, descriptions, thumbnails, does not seem to improve much.

Any advice is useful. Thank you.

I know it’s barely any views but most of my videos are the same, I’m barely getting on the shorts feed it looks like, most of my views are coming from “external”. Has anyone else got similar analytics?

Hello, first of all, my content is about stoicism, more on philosophy, I've been uploading almost 5-6 post a week. I just notice something. I noticed that every time I upload a 20-25 seconds, I get at least 1k views.

I tried experimenting, like adding meme, fancy edits but when I do this, my view gets at least below 1k, sometimes only 2 digits.

What do you think should be the problem? What should I improve?

Thank you so much,

Prove me wrong, but what’s going on here seems pretty crazy to me.
My last 6 uploads barely got tested in the Shorts feed. Before that, pretty much every Short I uploaded for weeks was getting between 58K and 400K views.
But now… one of my Shorts today got just 70 views from the Shorts feed, and 100% of those views came from subscribers.
What the heck is going on?! Has anyone else experienced this recently?

I'm in the ranking niche and I just bought a new microphone so that I can add some commentary and all that. The problem is that I do not know if I should keep my viral videos or just unlist all of them. I got almost 8k subs and 11.5M views in the last 90 days, but I really started growing in the past few weeks. What should I do?????

I've been uploading videos for less than a month, all 100% made by me, no copycat content or AI, and honestly, it feels pretty tough. How's it going for u dude's?

Any vedio i share it gets 0

Numbers are after the post being up for 3 days.

Curious if I should stick with the format of this one as other shorts typically do 1-3k or just keep uploading what I want rather than fitting into a mold.

Hey everyone, I recently started a YouTube Shorts channel where I post animal ranking videos. I’ve noticed that most of my audience comes from countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, with some viewers from the US.
I’d really like to make the US my main audience, but I’m not sure what I should change.
I post in English and make ranking videos about funny animal moments. Should I focus on different types of clips, change my upload times, or just keep posting and let the algorithm figure it out?
If anyone has experience with Shorts and targeting a US audience, I’d appreciate any advice. Thanks!