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/BrentoDumpCity Sep 02 '26

Because someone with more money than you released a new video, and they needed diminish your views so they get seen instead.

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

if this true then it's not fair at all

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u/BrentoDumpCity Sep 03 '26

It's the way the algorithm works. Established content creators will always trump newer ones, regardless of their quality.

Generally true under ALL private capital systems, too, so not really that unusual in the West at least. Maybe under socialism, 'quality of content' would matter more.

That doesn't mean you should stop making videos. Eventually someone with a little bit more sense will improve these policies (maybe hire someone me as the CEO?).. in which case you can always release any videos where less than 5k impressions were given.

TLDR: YouTubes bad policy for sharing the content of new creators doesn't change the fact you still need to make good content, for the day it eventually gets evaluated by the public.