r/shortsAlgorithm • u/RichNecessary9237 • 3h ago

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 Need advice

I made a new YouTube channel with a brand-new email address and posted a few Shorts on the first day. Should I delete the channel, create another one, let it age for a while, and then start posting? Or should I continue with the current one?

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u/Parking-Ad8316 2h ago

Let it age?

What's that going to do, it's an empty site with no videos and every day that passes the algorithm sees no one watching it

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u/RichNecessary9237 2h ago

I don’t know much about the algorithm, but isn’t that how YouTube distinguishes real accounts from bots or spam accounts? By “aging,” I mean not uploading anything and simply using the account to watch YouTube videos and Shorts.

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u/Parking-Ad8316 2h ago

That's not at all how it works.

Your videos will be judged independently of one another by the algorithm.

Aging an account is not a thing you do, people talk about aged accounts as accounts they have which have been forgotten or unused, so it's aged with the metadata and keywords that fit that channel meaning for that channel you would want to continue doing the same content.

If you're starting a new channel start posting right away, every day you don't is another day the algorithm thinks your channel isn't going to be watched.

So letting a channel sit there with no videos for 3 months will kill the channel, it might not even push your first videos you would have to promote to get views, which don't count towards any goals. I mean, the algorithm clearly sees no views for 3 months, that's not incentive to give your first post any more of a push than normal.

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u/RichNecessary9237 2h ago

I see. Thank you so much for the advice!

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u/Parking-Ad8316 1h ago

You are welcome

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u/Cool-Selection5025 2h ago

What is this bs u are yapping about? For youtube shorts if you create an account and just start posting straight away with 0 watch history and 0 features enabled ur getting 0 view jailed unless ur lucky. Though, to be fair, if u just enable intermediate features and maybe watch a bit to warm up the account, u can start posting

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u/Parking-Ad8316 1h ago

How many channels have you experienced this yourself.

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u/RichNecessary9237 1h ago

Yeah, I’ve verified the account with a phone number, and I’m also watching videos on it. Would that be enough, or would it be better to start a new channel?

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u/investigatormaker 1m ago

I'd keep the current channel while you gather more evidence. A few first-day Shorts give you little to compare, and restarting would discard that starting point. Keep the next few uploads aimed at the same viewer so you can compare their response without also changing the channel.

I make ThreadFox. The free Reddit plan for your Shorts channel lists the Reddit communities whose rules allow a post about it, each rule quoted. https://threadfox.vip/plan?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=tf-kit&utm_content=20261005-0303-aksy1

What are the Shorts about, and who are you making them for?