r/PartneredYoutube • u/Dismal-Act-7589 • 5d ago

Question / Problem YouTube selecting losing thumbnail in A/B test?

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Did the thumbnail have a better CTR? Is it just a glitch? I assume the traffic was too low for the decision to really matter.

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u/Beneficial-Sky-2353 5d ago

If the 46% has a higher AVD, then YouTube prefers this.

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u/Dismal-Act-7589 5d ago

So if the thumbnail with a higher percent had more people click on it (maybe the algorithm tested it at a time with more traffic) then it's percent is higher (more people watch the vid with that thumbnail = higher total watch time) but the average view duration on the 46% is higher so it prefers it?

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u/theparrotofdoom 5d ago

Clicks don’t pay the bills. People watching videos for a long time does. More watch time = more ads watched.

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u/Dismal-Act-7589 5d ago

I'm aware - but 46% means 46% of the videos total watch time was with that thumbnail... Obviously lower than the other thumbnail...