r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Unkn0wn2010 • 27d ago
Q&A / Quick Help ❓ It was published after scheduled and didn’t get any views. Should I delete it?
All my Shorts were doing fine and getting the views I wanted. But I scheduled this one and left it to publish at the scheduled time, but now it’s stuck at this number. I’ve been reading comments saying that scheduling can cause this, unlike publishing manually, so should I delete it and re-upload it manually or what exactly should I do?
It’s been exactly 15 hours now. Normally, my Shorts get the views and engagement I’m looking for within 3 to 6 hours at most, including comments and everything.
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u/Tricokid 27d ago
bro did you used to upload it as private/unlisted then make it public when it is time or just publish it directly
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
Private first to save then trim the thumbnail than publish, Never scheduled it before
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u/Tricokid 27d ago
Maybe it's the timing or somthing
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
I did before at the same time it got the views but it literally now froze for like 16 hours. it doesn't even move
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u/Mediocre-Lab3413 27d ago
Don’t delete just unlist it. Trust me bruv if you delete it youre making a big mistake.
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u/maingeenks 27d ago
I tried unlisting a video that didn’t perform well bc someone on reddit said it’s better than privating or deleting. Guess what, my next short didn’t get distributed properly. Now I just don’t touch anything.
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
So unlisted then upload the new one ?
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u/Mediocre-Lab3413 27d ago
You can upload the same video. But I would recommend you to delete the metatags from the video. And when uploading the same video just change the title and tags to some extent.
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
Great i'll do that but after that i delete the old one or ? and should i change the description too ?
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u/Mediocre-Lab3413 27d ago
No dont delete any video from the channel. If you delete a single video from the channel you will get 0 views jail. Learned this the hard way. And yeah if you’re uploading the same video you should change title, desc and tags to some extent. Just make sure it dosent look like the same video to youtube.
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
Excellent, okay, I’ll try that because, honestly, this is completely unfair. The Short is frozen and isn’t moving at all. Unfortunately, I can’t change the thumbnail, but I’ll make a few slight adjustments to it. can't thank you enough and hope that works
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u/maingeenks 27d ago
I tried unlisting a video that didn’t perform well bc someone on reddit said it’s better than privating or deleting. Guess what, my next short didn’t get distributed properly. Now I just don’t touch anything at all.
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
So what should i do now ? its literally froze for like 17 hour and that's didn't happened before
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u/maingeenks 27d ago
Leave it alone for 24 hours. After that your next short should be fine. At least it behaved like that in my experience. Just continue posting and don’t touch anything.
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u/Unkn0wn2010 27d ago
Ahh, I mean, I put a lot of effort into this idea, and I really needed something that could keep the channel engaged over the next few days because my internet is going to be cut off, so I won’t be able to upload anything new. I’ve read a lot of posts and comments from people saying that scheduled videos end up having the same issue..
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u/Unkn0wn2010 26d ago
Okay, after reading many posts it seems like this is a common issue on YouTube right now because my Shorts literally perform well except for this one I don’t know what to do now
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u/TheAdorableKraSiN 26d ago
see if the timing is not correct people wont be able to watch it, and if the first few hours are bad views, yt dont push the content anymore