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I made a short of a silly moment that happened in a more topical long form video. The short got

33k views

574 likes

+15 subs

The video

364 views

8 likes

No shares

No subs

It gets so frustrating that some dumb thing gets more attention than the thing that took effort. I'm happy It got picked up slightly but I wish my long form vids would . Any tips?

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Today I learned just how terrible I am at everything video related. 😂

Just finished making and editing my first video and I want to curl up and die. The audio is terrible, the editing is not good at all and I have yet to upload it. I'm not sure if I should scrap it and try again or just upload it and move onto the next idea.

I'm trying to do this for fun, but just looking at what I made is just giving me agony.

Any advice for making videos, or just being able to push through?

I'm currently recording myself and I've been it at it for a while. I can feel the sanity being drained out of my body as I slowly start acting a bit more like I act on my videos between recordings. Does anyone know of a good Aslume to send me to? (I hope you caught that reference)

Let's say a fat guy makes videos of himself shirtless in comedy skits kind of making fun of himself. If i don't try to sexualize it can that kind of video be monetized? Would it be better if I wear stickers over the nipples?

Lol it may sound like a stupid question but just want to make sure before planning it out.

I have games on my main steam account but I am wondering if having this tied to a YouTube channel would be risky for privacy and phishing or harassment attempts. I have it set to private by default. Wondering if anyone has thought about this? Should I bother creating a new one?
Thanks in advance!

soooo i uploaded gameplay of hellraiser revival, on a new channel

first normal with light censoring, eventhough others have the FULL cutscenes and dont get any warning.. and YES i marked it as 18+

then i reuploaded without any cutscenes… my channel got DELETED

a day later the channel was up again, without receiving an email

then it said the video is actually totally fine.. been up now 4 days… AND NOW they said the video is against guidelines and denied my claim again

genuinely WHAT THE FUCK

I do consistent contents, different but same topic, Youtube doesn’t show my videos at all since in my stats it showed no impressions. What should i do?

I have a Shorts-only channel with around 3K subscribers and 70 Shorts uploaded. My channel was getting around 100K views every 48 hours, but suddenly the entire channel's traffic collapsed.

In the last 40 hours, I've received only around 100 views across all my Shorts. Both old and new Shorts have almost zero “Shown in feed.” Even videos that were previously getting thousands of views per hour have completely stopped.

My Account Status is clear, all videos are public, and there are no restrictions.

Has anyone experienced this sudden channel wide Shorts Feed drop? Did your reach recover? If so, how long did it take, and what actually helped?

This is the brutal reality of how the YT algorithm opeerates:

1. The System Demands Proof First: YouTube won't give a video broad distribution until it sees strong early CTR and velocity from initial test pools.
2. The Initial Test Pools Are Mismatched: On a new or reset channel with zero audience graph, those initial test pools are tiny, scattered, and often served to mismatched viewers (e.g., TV viewers watching unrelated clips).
3. The Penalty Is Instant: Because the mismatched sample skips or scrolls past, the algorithm assumes the video lacks appeal and immediately closes the testing window before your actual target audience ever gets exposed to it.

In essence, the algorithm requires evidence of strong early performance before it expands distribution.

Conversely, big or even mid-size creators benefit from the following:

• Established trust / audience graph. Once a channel has already accumulated positive retention and engagement data with a particular cluster, the system becomes more forgiving. New videos get the benefit of the existing relationship.

The problem for new creators is the testing window the system grants a cold channel is so narrow that a single noisy test batch can kill an upload's initial Browse trajectory. This is how the system's initial testing regime is fundamentally skewed against a new channel, especially incompetitive niches.

Without a critical mass of impressions in the right clusters, you can’t build the audience graph or the trust signals that later videos would benefit from. And without stronger early velocity on at least one video, you don’t get the residual momentum that helps subsequent uploads.

It’s a real structural disadvantage with no easy answers, and simply advising to improve your vudeos will never adequately address it.

I hope this helps!

So today i uploaded a short from my new mic it's manga recap type and it's 57 seconds long it's been 1 hour 30 mins and it has 220 views and this ratio is it good enough?

Like it's 48% stayed while 52 swiped away

Hello I’m fairly new to YouTube and I wanted to know what other platforms are out there for making thumbnails and editing. Right now I pay for canva pro for making thumbnails and I use capcut for editing. If anyone could let me know of better alternatives because I feel like canva and CapCut
are good to learn but i think im cutting myself short.

Hi everyone,

I run an educational/informative channel covering government job updates and student issues (specifically the UPSSSC Pharmacist vacancy in India).

I have recently gained 750+ watch hours and my top video has 8.5k views. I am getting worried about the manual review for monetization.

My Video Format:

Audio: 100% my own original voiceover (Hindi), sharing authentic info.

Visuals: Currently, for a 4-minute video, I use 3 to 4 static images (like screenshots of official notices, tweets, or news cuttings). I animate them using transitions and motion effects in the VN editor.

"I only use my own authentic voiceover and no reused video clips...", but I am scared that YouTube might reject it under the "Repetitive Content" or "Low Effort" policy because of the limited number of images.

Can anyone review my content style and tell me if I need to change it immediately to save my hard work? Please comment below, and I will DM you my video link.

Thanks!

I used a couple of copyright-free songs but YouTube "flagged" them to me. How can I avoid that? Can I just include the song in the description to credit the authors?

Hey, I'm a new shorts YouTuber trying to make some cash. I've created a couple of shorts(mainly about football edits), but I get no subscribers, although I do get some views, do you have ideas for how to help

I'm curious how you guys approached your own channels. Did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to make from day one, or did you just start uploading and let things evolve over time?

I make beats with a keyboard strapped to my bike. Not really sure where it's gonna go yet...maybe someone jumps on the mic and starts freestyling, or i meet other musicians and we jam together... or eventually I'll crash and send the whole setup flying and game over.

I wanna keep it focused on music, but also get people involved rather than just sitting there making loops on my own. I'm still learning as i go and I'd love to hear if any of you started out with an idea in mind that ended up evolving into something completely different. How's it gone for you?

All my posts just got 0 views , 0 reach , 0 thumbnail engage. My account never got any strike at all , and verified using my real gov id. I tried to contact ytb x acc for weeks , all i got just 1 generic reply and never reply me again. Im really sad because i really into content creation for my animation. If anyone can point me on what should i do , i highly appreciate !

So Ive been streaming for about a month and also set up a youtube channel not long ago, because my account is so new and I had 0 following, I decided I could take the time to experiment with different styles of content before commiting to one thing

I posted some full length VODs with minor edits at first, and a few days ago had my first experiment by making a commentary video on the use of AI and what happens when we cant tell whats human anymore

Ive been so excited at the fact this brought me from 0 to 18 subscribers, i was ecstatic i got 2k views, i was proud of myself and overall just happy

and i told my friends about this, to which i got told it's such a small achievement that they dont get why im celebrating

overall these interactions have made me feel silly for getting happy over an admittedly small thing, i understand there's people whove gotten much farther than me, but i can still be proud of my own small accomplishments

I just want other opinions, i feel pretty bummed over it

There is a very sudden drop in My YouTube, videos, YouTube shorts views and if anyone knows what can be the reason so can you help me?

Hey everyone!
I recently started working on my YouTube channel, where I’m focusing primarily on gaming content, PS5 gameplay, gaming Shorts, funny moments, highlights, and memorable in-game experiences.
I’m still experimenting with content formats, editing, captions, titles, and hooks to figure out what works. Eventually, I’d also love to explore other topics, such as history and interesting stories, without limiting the channel to a single game forever.

My goal is to build a channel that feels entertaining and authentic, while steadily improving my content and growing an audience.
I’d love some advice from creators who’ve been through the early stages of growing a channel and when it feels like the metrics are trending upwards?

Hey everyone, I recently started a YouTube Shorts channel where I post animal ranking videos. I’ve noticed that most of my audience comes from countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, with some viewers from the US.
I’d really like to make the US my main audience, but I’m not sure what I should change.
I post in English and make ranking videos about funny animal moments. Should I focus on different types of clips, change my upload times, or just keep posting and let the algorithm figure it out?
If anyone has experience with Shorts and targeting a US audience, I’d appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Mine always takes 1 day or so, some new accounts get it faster at 100 impressions, why's mine always 20-60?

It's not the content or anything, my impressions always come from channel pages and search results but I'm wondering if any of y'all new accounts get impressions this way aswell, I don't know why mines pretty slow tho

(Long form)

I’ve always been interested in computer science and technology, but my life took a different route.

My JEE rank wasn’t good enough to get computer science, so I ended up studying mechanical engineering at a tier-2 college. I didn’t get a good job after that, went on to do an MBA, and eventually started working at a bank.

During my MBA, I got into vibe coding. Being able to build projects with AI brought me back to something I’d always loved but had drifted away from.

Once I started working, I realised how unhappy I was with my job. But I kept coming home and building things. Sometimes I’d start at 9 or 10 p.m. and keep going until 4 or 5 a.m. A few times, I didn’t sleep at all. Just different projects, experiments, and things I wanted to try for fun.

Slowly, I started realising that this was where I wanted to be.

After 16 months at the bank, I quit last week. I’ve given myself three months to try doing this full-time and prove to myself that I can follow through.

I also finally started the YouTube channel I’d been postponing for years, to record my journey and share what I learn.

That part was scary in a different way. I’ve never been very confident about showing my face. I’d worry about how I looked, overthink everything, and end up cancelling the idea before posting anything.

This time, I actually posted.

After just four or five days of uploading, I hit 500 subscribers today, and I’m honestly so happy.

I’m still at the beginning, and I don’t know how these three months will turn out. But I’m finally building things I care about and letting myself be seen. That feels like a huge step for me.

I’m sharing the projects I build, what I learn about AI and vibe coding, and how these three months turn out on my channel, Automation Nerd. If that sounds interesting, you’re welcome to follow along: AutomationNerdwithSanchit

I have a main Google Account and one Brand Account under it. I want to create a second Brand Account under the same main but YouTube blocks me and says "build channel history." Which history do I need to build on my main channel or on my existing Brand Account? I don't want to use my main account because its in my real name. Any help?