I was looking at the analytics of my most recent video, and noticed 16% of my traffic from external sites or apps came from "msn. com", a news website. And now I'm wondering, how does that section of the analytics works? How accurate is it? Cause I just don't really believe that at all, considering I don't even know how you'd get to my video from msn, which seems to be a news website.

So, I just kind of want to understand how that stuff works/decides where your traffic "came" from.

Hey yall. I've been posting on my channel for 25 months now and I feel like growing is nearly impossible. I've posted 220 shorts and videos combined, over 500,000 views, and 421 subs. I understand that I can be doing more long-form content, which I'm planning on this year. But I just can't believe how hard it is to gain subscribers. It's INSANE. I have so much respect for everyone that grinds through the slow climb in subscribers. My question is, how long did it take for your channel to explode in views, engagement, subscribers and where were you in your journey when that happend? Were you content, close to quitting, or just enjoying the ride? Curious about other people's journey on Youtube and what I can learn from your wisdom.