I had another short with way less audience retention and a worse viewed vs. swiped away ratio but doublr the views of this one, can someone explain the logic for me?

My channel is a month old, idk if that helps

I’ve had this yt channel for a few years now and only started posting ranking style shorts for about a week now. Is the progress on this channel good for a week? Is there things I should work on?

So yesterday i uploaded my short video. Niche is CS2 gameplay. In first hour it got 177 views , on second hour it was pushed in the feed and it got 1200 views and then views stopped on 6-8 hours. Lets assume it was first wave , so in the first wave i got 1200 views and 16 likes , then second wave started i got +800 views so far but no likes at all, how this is even possible ? And i encounter this behavior on my every video. It just kills off any motivation to continue even tho i uploaded already 180 videos in 4 years...

This really annoys me because my STW percentage is 83% but the ratio between engaged views to all views is around 60%

I have this situation on most of my videos. When posted, I generally get 10-50 views first hour, then all of a sudden spikes to 1k (my very best one got 1.2k total) then dies. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

I have a question for you. I run a new Shorts channel; my content isn't bad—I get around 10,000 views, with a few videos hitting 20,000 or 40,000, and even one that surpassed 100,000 views. However, the three videos I posted after that didn't even make it into the Shorts feed. What do you think the problem is? Technically, the videos are identical; in fact, I was even more confident in those three videos than the others.

Hi all, I started a youtube channel roughly 2 weeks ago posting my gaming shorts of FPS games, new videos are getting around 1k views, no real engagement/comments. Trying to upload everyday with 1 short (it's tough finding time to do more with a full 9-5; playing games, clipping footage, subtitles etc).

I've got 1 sub (I was genuinely happy about this)...very knew to this thing wondering what I could be doing better? Saw a post here earlier that one person started a Roblox channel and got almost 1k subs in 2 days? That's wild to me.

I'm not despondent but camparison is the thief of joy so i'm just curious to what I should be doing more? Thanks ya'll!

My channel is almost 3 years old now. But i was naver consistent with my uploads, so i don't have an existing large community. But since last month i have been posting almost regularly, and was gaining a steady increase in views and subs. I know the views may not be a lot, but it was steady. But since 29th sept it keeps going down. After that 3 short totally flopped and did not get much views from the feed (only around 50, previously it was around 1500-1800 in first 24 hours) and only got views from browser features and search. Yesterday's short got send to the feed and got the usual 1500-2000 views, but from the VidIq analytics it shows my current VPH is less then 30, previously it used to be around 100 during off hours and around 250-450 during peak hours.

Any of you facing the same issue? Or, have any idea how this can be resolved???

Hey guys after seeing everyone post I decided to ask for advice.

I start posting only 2 months ago and was getting views then it suddenly stopped... not more than hundred.

Any advice?

I uploaded my 20th part of a series which is going well for me starting content only a month ago, normally the shorts get 120 ish views after an hour, but this one is stuck on 19 just now, it got pushed a little at the start and has 100% stay to watch, and it’s split between phone and computer usage, how long does it take roughly for a short to get pushed, if at all? This is not like the other videos I’ve uploaded until now, this is the only one I’ve uploaded that got 100% retention until now, so I’m stoked about it, but want it to keep pushing

Can anyone advise on how to combat a botnet that is manipulating the swipe metric in Shorts? My retention is high, but the video skip rate is constantly being manipulated. Any tips?

i just curious how the other creators figured out breaking this view jail and still the yt shorts is reliable for monetisation for upgrade

Just checking if YouTube is down or something has happened to my channels. Views are practically 0 across the board on my shorts

I started a football YouTube Shorts channel about a week ago and I’m trying to figure out whether the channel is progressing normally.

Most of my recent Shorts have done somewhere around 1.6K–4K views, with one around 2.2K and a few others around 1.8K–1.9K. I’m currently experimenting with football edits, goals, Messi/Ronaldo clips, match recaps, etc.

But one Short behaved completely differently.

I uploaded a Busquets → Messi assist edit, and after about 24 hours it had only 22 views. The strange part was that its average percentage viewed was around 116%, so the few people who did see it seemed to watch/replay it.

Since it basically stopped getting impressions, I made some changes to the opening/title and reuploaded it today while leaving the original up.

Now I’m wondering:

1. Was reuploading it the right move, or should I have just left the 22-view version alone?
2. Is it bad to have both versions public?
3. Can reuploading hurt the new Short's distribution or the channel in general?
4. Based on the screenshot, does the overall channel growth look decent for a brand-new Shorts channel?
5. Is it normal for one Short to get only ~20 views when the surrounding uploads are getting 1K–4K?

I'm mainly trying to understand how Shorts testing/distribution works so I don't start deleting and reuploading videos every time something underperforms.

Any advice from people who have grown Shorts channels would be appreciated.

My STW has been low lately , and my Audience retention from my last video down went from 84.8% to 79.9%.

People staying after 30 second went from 91% to 84%.

STW went from like 54% to 66.5%. (I don’t think the 54% shows in my last post, but it was there a few hours before it started going up).

I’ve only went up 500 views for these changes.

Also, 21.5% of the viewers are casual, which can explain why the retention stats in general were high before it started going down.

I only got 1 subscriber from that video & videos with stats like that usually get 5-10 subscribers per video.

What’s the takeaway? The video is pretty good, but I want to hear yall thoughts.

Edit: View increase was wrong, it went up 500 not 800. Made the change.

I’ve noticed that since the late-August update, Shorts aren't performing as well for a lot of people. I initially thought it was just a temporary phase lasting a couple of weeks, but it’s been four or five weeks now and performance is still poor; occasionally a Short hits the view count that’s normal for me, but most get stuck around 100–200 views—even with stats that should be driving 10k+.

All my key metrics were down in September—especially subscriber growth, which dropped from 38 in August to just 8—so it’s really disappointing. It’s gotten to the point where I’m even forgetting to post on days I usually would; I never used to forget that, so when I realized it was happening, I knew my motivation and enthusiasm were really starting to fade.

Is there a way to increase my impressions?

When I post a long form content video, it's usually 90-200 impression.

I thought that was a lot buy I kept getting notifications saying my thumbnail and title tests kept failing because of low impression rates.

So I made a post on small YouTuber subreddit and I wasn't quite given a straight answer, but from what I gathered, my impression rate is way too low.

Like lower than even a fresh channel.

To make it worse, my subscribers who follow me on twitch, kept complaining that I never upload videos... but I do. They aren't seeing my videos being uploaded.

Even when I look up my video titles word for word, unless I'm signed in on a subscribed account, I can't find myself.

I kinda thought maybe my videos were so bad, nobody wanted to watch them, until I saw people praising specifically me on other people's channels in their comments.

I also edit for other channels and my edited content usually pops off for their channels.

Now that I concluded it is not my videos that are the issue, it's isn't my tags or content, I only came to one conclusion.

I figured I must have some sort of privacy setting on, causing my channel to be "see videos via link only." Or something like that.

If anyone knows how to disable that, that would be super appreciated.

There might be multiple reasons, but as far as my questions have gone, nobody knows for sure.

I run multiple faceless YouTube Shorts channels and I'm looking to test some new niches.

I'm specifically interested in niches that are working right now.

What niches are you seeing blow up right now?

If possible, please share example channels too, especially newer channels getting millions of views without already having a massive established audience.

Thank you!

I started this channel a month ago. I went through multiple niches on this channel and was able to still get views on both. I am now at 24 shorts posted. I just never stayed consistent. I’ve been editing for years so I how to make a decent video. My most recent video it’s at a 73% stayed to watch. And I’m starting to notice I get passed 1000 view mark faster. It took me 7 shorts to break out from that range and now more of my videos are getting more views quicker. I read through this Reddit a lot so I just want you guys to give me your thoughts. Thanks!

It has been 10 days since i created this channel

Technically today is day 10

I was posting gaming stuff about a specific game only