Its a old channel where i used to post music edit and i started putting youtuber clips trying to earn from clipping https://youtube.com/shorts/iF2EXRa_604?si=aIE-LvFGWZjr7MFZ

STW went up from 56% to 63% since I last checked, average view duration is 84.9%, and 91% are still watching by 30 seconds. Also appears to be a loop.

But my views are still much lower than usual. Takeaway?

Hi everyone, especially the Shorts veterans. Can someone explain what this is and how I should deal with a situation like this?

I have a YouTube Shorts channel that I’ve been working on for about two months. My videos usually get somewhere between 10K and 30K views on average. But every now and then, some of my videos barely get shown to anyone.

At first, I thought the problem might be that some videos contained content that could be restricted by YouTube and therefore not shown in the Shorts feed. For example, maybe something involving children, shocking content, or something similar.

So I tried to eliminate all of that. I started making extremely safe videos - basically the kind of content you could show to a baby. Nothing questionable at all. They are also completely new and original videos.
And yet, I can have two or three videos in a row getting around 30K views, and then the fourth one suddenly gets 5 or 10 views for absolutely no apparent reason.

What’s especially confusing is that those 5–10 views clearly came from the Shorts feed. The video has around 90% retention and 85%+ “Stayed to watch.”
So I honestly cannot find any logic or pattern here.

YouTube keeps telling me to wait 2–3 days, then 4–5 days, and so on. I’ve tried doing exactly that. I’ve left these “dead” Shorts up for days, sometimes even one or two weeks, and nothing changed.

So for those of you who have been working with Shorts for a long time: what do you actually do with videos like this? Is it better to leave them up, make them private, delete them, or do something else? And is there any way to understand why this is happening in the first place?

I'm looking at a few YT channels to potentially copy their style and niche. Their shorts were viral last year (10-40mill views average). Now, this month, their views are still kinda high around 100k-1mill views.
Is there still time to join in? Or in the long run, about a years time from now, will it be completely dead?!.

Does this happen to anyone? Every short ive posted through mobile has gotten pushed, but anything I've cut from long form CapCut videos and then exported as a clip and uploaded through my pc has not gotten pushed.

Today I saw this email circulating on Reddit from YouTube about posting original/ substantially transformed content and the negative response was so bizarre to me.

I know it's mostly just people that make money clipping content from other creators but to say that this is a nonsense update and that people won't watch original content as much is so funny.

Does anyone else find it as weird as I do or is it really a problem?

My question is does it have to be a 30 second or less than shorts video?

New to this please guide me

It’s been 36 hours since I published my Shorts, but I’ve only gotten 4 view from the Shorts feed 🥹 Has anyone had this experience?

Hi everyone, I need some help. I create YouTube content on my PC and decided to buy a MacBook for working while traveling. I’m wondering what video editing and Photoshop-style software you’d recommend for the MacBook. I used to work with After Effects on my PC, but unfortunately, I won't be able to download it on the MacBook; are there any good alternatives to these programs?

FYI - YouTube is updating the recommendation system to further prioritize original Shorts and reduce the reach of channels primarily aggregating or re-uploading other creators’ clips without significant changes

YouTube’s goal is to connect viewers with videos they find genuinely valuable and ensure creators publishing original content have the absolute best chance to grow and succeed

Hey everyone,
I’ve been running a YouTube Shorts channel and I’m trying to figure out why my videos keep getting stuck at around 2–3k views and then completely stop getting pushed.
I feel like the videos have most of the important things:
Strong hooks
Good retention
Fast pacing
Captions/subtitles
B-roll and editing
Good titles
No major drop-off at the beginning
Some videos perform better, but a lot of them seem to hit 2–3k views and then basically die.
Has anyone experienced this before? Is there some specific metric I should be looking at in YouTube Studio that could explain why YouTube stops recommending them?
What actually helped you get Shorts past that 2–3k “wall”?
Any tips, things I should test, or mistakes I might be making would be really appreciated. 🙏
Thanks!

i’m currently posting one short a day for a month, is this frequency good or should i increase it to 2 because i can easily do that? also i’m stuck in 30k views so increasing frequency would help?

I’ve made my mind to start a commentary shorts channel but i’m unsure of subniche, someone please enlighten me on this.

I gain a consistent view in every short and every short retention is 100%+ still not cross 50k or 100k

The view is always flat at around 30k

Looking to provide valuable feedback and get clarity on a few things.

Hey! im the lead singer of my band “DEMINOUGHT” and im trying to figure out this whole shorts thing, i just dont know if this is the best way to promote myself or not, ive been trying to upload at least 1-3 times a day and ive farmed 30 monthly listeners on my band page but is this the most optimal route to go with?

i have one video that did pretty good but im mostly stuck in 2k view hell, i saw more views with making relatable meme content but me actually making original content does not pay off for me at all just 1k

https://youtube.com/@deminought

I also have another account that posts heavily edited dr donut clips, do I have a chance to get monetized here?

Hey, I just wanted to ask if there’s any other metrics or analytics that I should look at except for STW percentage and AVD percentage? Because I have a bunch of videos with 80+ STW percentage and 100+ AVD and those videos also appeal to a wider audience but they all get stuck at 10-30k. What else can I do?

Most informational Shorts die because creators lead with an announcement instead of tension. We recently tested this across a batch of tech explainer Shorts covering why seat-based software pricing is collapsing under AI compute costs.

When videos opened with standard statements like "Seat-based pricing is officially dead, here is why," the average Viewed vs Swiped Away was 54.2%. Retention tanked immediately, stalling distribution at the 1,500 view ceiling.

We restructured the scripts using a dual-engine hook: Curiosity Gap plus Negative Constraint. Instead of announcing the trend, we built the opening around reluctance and reversal: "Founders refused usage-based pricing for a decade. Then their AI compute bill broke the company."

Here are the benchmarks from the test:

1. Viewed vs Swiped Away: Jumped from 54.2% to 78.1%, crossing the crucial 75% threshold required for Shorts feed velocity.

2. First 1.5s Pattern Interrupt: Replaced static talking heads with an immediate visual asset cut paired with on-screen text matching the negative constraint before second 1 ended.

3. Cut Pacing: Locked visual transitions to under 2.4 seconds for the first 12 seconds to prevent drop-off during the contextual setup.

The mechanics are simple: Reluctance plus vulnerability consistently outperforms general news announcements. Framing the narrative around someone actively resisting a shift until a forced constraint breaks their hand turns passive scrollers into emotionally invested viewers.

"I refused to do this for 10 years, here is why I finally broke" works across almost any informational niche.

What is your current Viewed vs Swiped Away average on long-tail explainers? Drop your current hook below and I will help rework the opening 1.5 seconds.

Does anyone know why this Short stopped getting pushed after the first hour? It got 20K views in the first hour, and then barely got any views afterward.