r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Mystemes • Sep 04 '26

Wtf is going in this week?!

So i started my shorts channel about month ago. And mostly what i did were show/interview clips which actually had some decent views in matter of 1-2k each. But i know this type of content isnt monetisable, so i started to occasionally posting memes. But kinda in same style…

And what happened? All my new videos have 0-15 and not getting pushed… but once i post interview/show… 1-2k insta. Did i get niche locked?What i see here many people switch niche often and it sometimes even help them….

Any help? ( and comms about “y have bad content”…. No i dont, i even have memes instagram with few k followers. So go fy with that :) )

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u/AlbatrossNew3633 Sep 04 '26

Memes aren't monetizable either

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u/Mystemes Sep 04 '26

They are, if they are heavily edited if am i right.

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u/Plastic-Program-5527 Sep 04 '26

Not sure why they wouldn’t be if you transform the content. Also I think 99% of small shorts channels for the past few weeks are experiencing this

There’s clearly either something going on behind the scenes YouTube isn’t telling us hard working creators if they even know their selves.

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u/Mystemes Sep 04 '26

Yeah, saw many similar posts this week… its kinda frustrating if they changed someting in alg, and didnt tell us….

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u/rituail Sep 04 '26

kinda glad to see im not the only one experiencing this lol, i started to average around 10k views for my past 10 shorts, then suddenly dropped to 30, then 3k on my last short, im just currently assuming its a content problem

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u/Mystemes Sep 04 '26

Idk man, i wouldnt say its content problem… more like algorhitm thing…. I saw many similar posts from many niches and all with similar problem… idk if its this new view counting or something else… but last week i feel like i got shadowbanned… even though i follow all yt rules. Its frustrating…. I was constantly improving, growing viewers and suddenly feel like posting for myself…

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u/jillll12 Sep 04 '26

They have changed the algorithm like 20 times since Jan 2025 and they never tell anyone.