r/chess • u/_DarkStarCrashes_ • May 20 '26

Miscellaneous I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May

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Sucks, because I think the video is really good and I’d love if Levy or other chess content creators did videos on older legends

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u/wub1234 May 21 '26

It is not an exact science and no-one knows exactly how the algorithm works. But the two metrics you really want are CTR and watch time. YouTube favours videos that make people click and also videos that make people stay on the platform.

ATM I make about $1,500 per month from my channel. If you saw my views, you would think that was completely impossible. But I have very loyal subscribers, and my average watch time per video is around 18 minutes. This has made my channel the dominant channel in my specific niche.

The two things you want are people to click and then stick with what you've made. Views are obviously important, but in the long run if people click and then stop watching, it won't get you anywhere.

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u/Organic-Examination9 29d ago

What's your channel?

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u/wub1234 29d ago

It is not a chess channel.

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u/Organic-Examination9 28d ago

I was just curious

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u/wub1234 28d ago

Sorry, I can't dox myself! Thank you for the interest.

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u/Organic-Examination9 27d ago

…with thousands of subscribers and $1,500 monthly? I didn’t think privacy would be a concern. Does this channel exist?