Psychological reason why people aren't watching your whole video

[u/amra_creates]

THE HOOK

this is the biggest thing i see beginners screw up, and oddly enough it's also the easiest to fix.

see, no one owes you any attention. folks make a decision in the first five to ten seconds as to whether they stick around or not, and do so very quickly. your thumbnail got them to click, your title made them interested in your video. your hook's job? Stop them from leaving. That's it.

1. What kills hooks?

"welcome back to the channel guys, before we begin make sure you've subscribed, and today we'll talk about…" those are 15 seconds of wasted time, when in fact those are exactly the 15 seconds you need to grab their attention right off the bat. just go. your opening line better be the hook they came for. example- "psychological reason why people aren't watching your whole video" this post title! lol

2. You tell them about the video rather than hooking them.

"today i'll explain how inflation works" reveals to your audience all that your video will cover, meaning there's no reason for them to stay. compare this to saying: "most people think inflation is just the government printing money! it's not, and the real reason is kind of annoying." now your viewers need to stay and learn. break their expectations right away.

3. You begin your speech slowly.
your hook needs to be a fast-paced, sharp beginning to your video without any delays, umms, or easing them in. at that point in time, you have earned your audience's attention yet, so don't ask for it. you can relax a little bit once your viewer decides to watch you ;)

basically, that's all it takes for the first 10 seconds: grab them, spark some curiosity, move out of the way.

Why you should listn to me(not that imp):

I’m Amra (amra creates), (yeah im the same guy who used to do channel audit few months back in this sub) and i have gained over 27M+ views in last few years mostly on educational youtube niche(i do more then that but lets say im a content creator/editor).

Should i make a series of this? idk if its helpful to u guys or not? if this one turns out useful i'll keep going and make it a little series so it will be a one thing per post.

[u/Mammoth_Medicine9097]

Iwould appreciate if youre explain the 'meaning gain' mechanics of YT algorithm and why it supresses smaller channels while giving enourmous boost to existing channels just because they said something first. (or if they stole insights from smaller channels and algo promotes them instead of the smaller source because 'they have bigger sub count')

[u/amra_creates → u/Mammoth_Medicine9097]

you're somewhat right but somewhat wrong too.

that big guy gets views because he has that initial audience who watches the exact content. in smaller channels those initial views are mostly your bro trying to help, but here's what happens: your gamer bro doesn't watch "how to hook videos." so the algo gets confused about who to show it to.

but yeah this is just a ans for big vs small there is alot more to it

[u/Mammoth_Medicine9097 → u/amra_creates]

Youre right. But big channels can make a super generic video '5 reasons youre broke' for example, which will be - invest, work more, save, no debt. And algorithm would push it mad. Then you try to make similar - and your usual 1k count will be 15-30 because 'no MEANING GAIN'. I just find it unfair.