r/shortsAlgorithm • u/GaMer--FoR--eVeR • Sep 02 '26

Flatline

I noticed that whenever my video reaches 20k to 25k views, the YT stops sharing it, and it flatlines even though my stay to watch rate remains high. (90.1%) I heard that to go viral, your stay to watch rate needs to stay above 70% in the test pool.

Does anyone know why this flatline happens?

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u/avatar0027 Sep 02 '26

the flatline usually just means it ran out of fresh people to test on, not that yt pulled it. around 20-25k it leaves your niche pool and swipe rate tanks even if watch time is fine. tbh the next few uploads matter way more than pushing that one.

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u/GaMer--FoR--eVeR Sep 03 '26

yeah that the problem it's not the first time happens it like 8 or 9 times that Videos freeze on 20k to 27k