How DELETING YouTube videos could grow your channel 

Note: I should have made it clearer that this also impacted getting suggested views down the side of other videos and recommended a lot more too, it wasn't just the homepage ✅ WATCH ME NEXT - IT'LL STOP YOU MAKING THE BIG MISTAKES I DID! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rv6UF1uguM4.html&t ✅ I DELETED THIS APP AND IT HELPED MY RU-vid GAME A TONNE ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TFUzELL_NxY.html ✅ THIS IS HOW YOU'LL GET MORE VIEWS OVER NIGHT ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OaRLap_D07I.html&t ✅ THE REASON I DELETED MY VIDEOS AND MY ORIGINAL PLAN ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rv6UF1uguM4.html&t

I've spent a lot of time on RU-vid and NO ONE is creating content as valuable as this with respect to youtube growth. You're smashing it Ed, thank you 🌿

I’m one of the new subscribers that binged your content!

Just gave you a standing ovation at my desk...by myself! I noticed when you started promoting one video at the end of your videos a while back, so I started doing it too and have also seen the results you mentioned! I really appreciate your content!

I appreciate how u dig into and analyze the numbers. You looked at the analytics available and came up with your very own hypothesis. Big congrats on taking the leap to test out your theories - it shows that you're much more dedicated and thoughtful than most creators out there

One of the issues with using "search terms" or "searchable titles" is that people typically won't subscribe after getting the information they're looking for. By transforming a "search topic" into a title that makes them want to know what the video is about, you can get them to watch that video & if it's done well, they're more likely, as you said, to want more & potentially binge your content & subscribe. Great video as always, challenging the status quo with actual data & great information!

I am one of those that binge your content, and also share the links of your videos 😂. Great job Ed, great teaching. Congrats. ♥️

I remember looking for an old video on the channel before realizing you unlisted it. But the growth you’ve had since then has been amazing to see from the outside. Thank you for sharing!

One of the best videos on youtube strategy and analytics that i've watched this year, probably in the last few years..

I have been watching for a long time now! You definitely deserve what you have gained thus far! All the hard work and risks paid off. I know for sure a lot of creators, including myself, look at creating content in a much different light now. Congrats bro 👊🏼

So good! The other thing worth noting that is insanely successful about your channel is the COMMUNITY you've started amongst everyone watching. Everyone subbed genuinely LOVES you and your content and it makes us do things like binge your channel and comment and vote on polls etc. (I normally don't comment on a lot of channels but with yours, it almost feels like leaving a comment is the SMALLEST thing I can do as a sense of gratitude for all the value you just gave me! and everyone else in the comments are pretty cool too! Love it here.)

your channel's content is in my opinion FAR more HELPFUL than other channels like Nick Nimmin, Matt Par, Dan Lok, .... while they mainly discuss theoretical infos that the concreators FIND UNUSEFUL.,YOU made videos with both practical, easy-to-come-true theories and real footage so helpful!

This is honestly one of the most insightful videos I’ve seen. I have one video on my channel that blew up, and I couldn’t figure out why until today when I looked that the “average views per viewer” metric and saw that it had the highest out of all my videos. Thanks again for the amazing content!

I swear Ed, you've gotta be my no. 1 favourite YT coach. And yes, can confirm that videos that cause readers to ask questions do well. My highest CTR vids (12% to 15%) have very "oh my god, what could this possibly be?"-style titles. Of course, I'm still yet to try this but, fingers crossed.

I think a big reason you’re so successful is your videos deliver huge value while maintaining a high level of entertainment. You’ve DEFINITELY helped me out a lot, and I can’t wait to try this out next. THANK YOU 🙏

Wow, the topics you pick are always so relevant to me. I had actually been considering deleting some of my earlier, poorer quality videos even though they bring my channel the most traffic because they simply don’t match with the new direction I want to take my channel. I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos! Cheers.

Been looking forward to this video, worth the wait 👍😀

I say it under most videos but wow I really appreciate this channel. Almost everyone else in this niches sounds scammy and repeats the same content. This guy actually shows the work great stuff

Thanks a lot for this video, the change in strategy from “search” to “homepage” views is something I never considered. I always made “search” video thumbnails and titles. I realize now that 1 video I made in the past was “homepage” oriented and that one indeed also has a lot more clicks like that. Will be trying this strategy out - thanks again! 🙌🏼

I remember trying to learn so much about youtube, wasting time on channels like vidiq, and in just under 10 minutes, you taught me more about youtube than any of them ever have. You went over clear details that many people did not noticed without going over the obvious stuff like audience retention that litteraly everyone knows about. This video was very helpful. Thank you!

Great video Ed (as always) Things I'm going to change after this and see how it goes: - Unlist any videos that are no longer within my targeted niche - Move back down to one well picked end screen - Try to identify videos that fit the best in the end screen specific to each video - Analyze the results and tweak as needed I'll let you know how it worked!

Am I the only one who was just waiting to see how Ed would transition to the end screen video?? Very nicely done Ed!

Thanks Eddie for all the ideas you share and the exciting way you present them. Most of the content that is shared via your channel differs a lot from other channels (though theirs are also great) but yours sticks out better. Thanks💙

I love how your channel is all about growing on youtube, how to get people to click on your videos, how to get longer session times etc. And it actually works because I binge watch your videos, you pop up on my suggested page (that's how I found you btw, just a few days ago), I click on your videos from the browse page. I keep coming back to your channel and watch your videos on repeat and take notes at the same time. Out of the all "youtube gurus" on youtube, you are the only one that actually has really helpful vides. Keep on with the good work.

I did it two months ago, I unlisted 260 videos it was really hard to do, actually I was sad.... BUT I am already starting to see changes for the better. Also I took your advice and started editing better and cutting out fluff and boring parts to make my videos overall better, and better retention rate. Thanks to Ed

Do you recommend doing this for shorts too? I do a lot of shorts and only 30% of them come from the home page, more than 50% comes from the Shorts Shelf where end screens would not be there but I could leave a link in the description.

Love the Update! Been doing the same for the last couple of months. I'm starting to see a little bit of growth, doesn't help how a lot of my content is now seasonal too

I've literally been contemplating doing this with my channel. It is so relevant for us creators who have been here for such a long time on RU-vid. Thank you for sharing and breaking this down so well. I will definitely be doing this with my own channel.

You really put the pressure on yourself to follow up with a great end screen video pitch! 😂 You stuck the landing! 10/10 from me. You make really quality content, so I am glad you are starting to get the recognition and we are all seeing that it really works!

“I always feel bad about teaching you this stuff and then using it on you” 😂😂🙌🏻 Yeah , man!! 😂 Excellent ,excellent ,excellent info, thank you !

Ed, you're the BEST. I love your editing/motion graphics and the humor performance is spot on. You're definitely my fav and the most binge-able (?) in this genre. Keep it up!

I watched this like 5 times and have been editing my end screens all night. Let's hope it helps and thank you very much for this amazing video and of course all your bingeable content! 💯

What are your thoughts on unlisting your first videos that aren't very good compared to what you're making now? My worry is that people may find them first, and not give my newer videos a chance because of the lower quality. I have only been uploading for a few months, but I try to continuously improve, so I'll probably (and hopefully) feel this way about my current videos a year from now, but my first videos were pretty rough. I kind of treated them like I was just taking the plunge and starting, and then I started to actually learn and improve. (Your channel has helped a lot!)

This channel is better than vidIQ

HOW DID I RU-vid NOT RECOMMED THIS? this video is not only one of the best video i've seen, it teaches a lot of stuff I didn't even think about and shows that those things work! Incredible work as always!

Just hopping on to say THANK YOU! I've implemented the same way of linking the end screen on the end of my latest video today and boom, I've got a whole load of new views on an old video! Don't think that's ever happened before. Most people I think will be watching your videos twice too (second time with a notepad) . This is SO jam packed with great advice. I also need to go through and un-list some early ones. Big huge massive thanks. Still the best channel out there! 😀👍👍☀

All those community posts/stories has made me look so much forward to this one!

Wow! How did you get morgan freeman's voice?

I love how you make educational content for us RU-vid creators entertaining and informational. You are one of the RU-vidrs I try to emulate as much as possible in my poise and content (not just a talking head haha). Thank you for all your videos! Keep them coming!

Thanks for making this. I pivoted my channel and unlisting my videos helped immensely. It was painful to watch all my metrics drop, but now, less than a year later, everything is on the rise again!

YES I ALSO BINGED🔥🔥🔥

Dude.. Just tell me what happened after you deleted your videos...Jeezzz

Always brilliant. It’s breaking that psychological link to search that is really tricky. We are so used to focusing on it. But YT is so much better at reading the content of videos now. It doesn’t rely on titles anymore.

You're honest and strategic. Combined with your creativity you've inspired me to create this channel which I'll be launching later this month... This has been very helpful. Thanks.

PAUSED at 2:44 RESUME. The ending though - too funny!!!! You are raising the bar for your niche. This channel is getting mentioned in chats of others I follow. Grateful for every video you make because you’re solving problems I’m having. Thanks!

I only found your channel recommended in my home page about a month ago and now watch your videos regularly :D

That hook into the next video at the end was a work of art! Made me chuckle! Thanks for this video! I really appreciate your story telling skill, definitely admire it enough to take some tips!

EPIC - you are inspirational! I have a side interest in how big-data and machine learning works, and your scientific approach through analytics is a joy to watch: keep up the fantastic work! Inspiring us all to make RU-vid a more interesting, and better, place!!

Dude I am absolutely binging your content right now. It is helping me grow my own channel so much. Also your videos ae so entertaining. Its cool how you can put such a fun spin on RU-vid channel growth. Keep up the great content!

The stuff in this vid is actually quite profound. I didn't even realise some of the metrics in this vid were even available (and I'm super honed into the metrics, or so I thought!). Thanks so much for this mate.

Its always a good vibe when you upload, I've been watching you regularly for a long time and your tips always make me improve as a RU-vidr on here

Hi Ed, your strategy really works on me as I'm a subscriber and big fan of your content. So much that I am currently working on rebranding my channel and seriously upping my game with my content. I'm really looking forward to seeing the results when I have finally finished all the planning..... kind regards 👍🏻

Yep, I'm one of those you mentioned who crave your next video. You taught me that quality trumps quantity in upload frequency and I try and focus on giving the best value I can in my vids. Well, I mean I always did, but you broguht it to my attention even more, Thanks man. Your vids are the shiznit.

Your channel is hands down the best content creation and growth channel on RU-vid. Thanks for always teaching the BEST stuff.

I’ve been a long time viewer and I finally subscribed. This video was the most entertaining video I’ve watched of yours! It was also PACKED full of great information!

Thanks for pioneering this strategy for us! I know you’re learning from others but you’ve made it your own for sure 👏🏼

I’ve been binging too. What you don’t mention here is the quality of your videos and the fact that you’re genuine and easy to watch 😃

I've watched a lot of your videos, and have found them very helpful with the storytelling. Sometimes experimenting, or changing things around can actually. Congrats on the growth

Major video! Been looking for someone to give me better info than "Niche down" and "see what similar creators are doing" as if I wasn't already doing that. This was great

Been watching your videos since last night and I learned so much to improve my channel. Thank you.

I was bing watching too 😁👍 Awesome info and thanks for showing where the button went, it used to be right there in analytics till they moved it in the abyss. Looking forward to your next one.

LOL! Another great video. RU-vid showed me one of your older videos from 2000 maybe? It was good but you've come a loooong way.

I was sitting here trying to come up with good titles and came across this. I'm going to change me strategy. Thank you!

This is the only video I've ever seen that has talked about these analytics and how they really work! I didn't know Average views per viewer was even a thing! Thanks for sharing, so helpful+

I had to subscribe today. Your content peaked my interest in the last few days. This video really helped me understand the importance of titles for my content. Thank you so much for sharing what actually works 🙂

This is another level of creativity and content! I have just shared your channel with all my other friends! You are GOLD!!!!

Can't think of other youtuber that represents information like you do, it is soo easy to understand and keep you engaged until the very end, and its for all of your videos, you deserve at least a milion subs, amazing work, keep it up !

Hi! It’s so funny that you did a video on this topic, because I was one of those people that watched that “monetization video” multiple times to learn. I binge watched it because there aren’t a lot of videos out like that, that experiment with how quickly someone can get monetized. It’s discouraging because it feels like every niche has been saturated with content already. Also I agree, just using one suggested video is a much easier choice, because I don’t usually go back and watch the “other” suggested video anyways :)

The end of the video was priceless and I was laughing because I was already going to watch it but your level of honesty made me want to leave a comment first!

Oh Ed, you sound like you’re not feeling well. I hope you get better soon mate. Also, I love your videos. Yes, I first clicked because of your thumbnail and the wording, but I stayed because your information is very helpful, you explain everything in a way that’s easy to understand, and you’re able to be funny and entertaining while educating us. Thank you Ed. If my channel ever takes off, I’ll know it’s because of you. 🥰

I’m glad I found your channel! I have watched several videos in the last week.

I definitely binge your content, its just too useful and entertaining not to! I would really like to see some more tips on how you speed up content creation like the studio video and the one where you have custom mouse buttons to help you edit faster.

So glad this video doesn't have too many views. You're literally giving away the secret recipe here! Just kidding, but not about the secret sauce. Great video!

I think this is exactly the video I needed. My channel has been struggling with low view counts for a while and I've been wondering why. I thought I knew who I was making videos for but this video made me think: "is it worth hiding old videos that get views but no subscribers and very little interest in my broader channel?" I have a bunch of reviews on here that get a lot of views because of search, but those people just wanna see the review and then they leave. I don't have money to buy tons of espresso gear for review, in fact I'm broke! I'll try this out and hopefully it could help my channel start to become a thing again

This is next level stuff! You're quickly becoming my favourite RU-vidr to watch!

Can’t wait to put this into action, as it makes so much sense. Just gave my last upload a decent end screen plug so I’m gonna keep an eye on that one. Love the lives as well Ed. Learn as much from those as I do your videos. I can’t wait to get that live function as well as it seems like it will work well for my channel to keep people interested throughout the week. And the video hype seems great as wel.

I unlisted about 30 videos from my channel, the ones before i decided to stay with the current niche. I remained with 83 niched videos. Hardly wait for the results! Congrats , you make extremely useful videos. SUBSCRIBED

I def learn alot from your videos my man. Ive been combining all of your info into my content and my recent videos are starting to take off so thank you.

Thanks for this buddy, seems to be working on my channel in the last few hours!

Hey mate, I saw you on twitter and watched your video on reworking thumbnails and titles of underperforming videos, your advice in it is solid. I watched, I'm practicing and I moved on, then earlier today saw your video on... I don't recall the exact topic but for me the take away was the importance of comment strategy (that's where I subbed) and now I am here. There's alot of people that pretend to give youtube advice, most is unactionable and generic so I ignore them, they get lucky every once in awhile (thats what I first thought when I saw you 😆💀😆). I was mistaken, you are the real deal mate. Thx for the vids.

Thank you for this video. I have been stalling on taking this step, even though I know it is for the best. This is the kick up the ass I needed 😊

I am starting out and creating content on RU-vid. I watched many of your videos and I was looking forward to see your results. This is such an eye opener 😃 and will implement your suggestions 👍

I've binged your videos too. They're all really enjoyable to watch while also teaching people about retention on RU-vid. I even learned from the previous video to this one and even recently did the same thing and unlisted most of my videos. And yes I did think about this for a while. My viewers are all interested in my challenge runs in Monster Hunter. Anytime I would make a video on something else non challenge related they always tended to drop in views because of what you mentioned. It didn't feel good doing unlisting my videos (including my popular ones) but I knew that those videos were not good for my channel long term. They were mostly top 10s, discussion videos, and even a series of videos about something completely different that had less than a 1000 views. I believe I might be the only Monster Hunter RU-vidr that's doing this. Once I understood my audience and know that I love doing the challenges that they crave to watch, That's exactly what I'll do. Give them what they want. And make them all interesting for retention while I'm at it too. Thank you Ed!

Such great tips. This is about the 10th video I've watched of yours since coming across Film Booth a couple of days ago, and now I'm subscribed.

Gonna have to watch again, I was mesmerised by your editing techniques! Also blown away by how you debunked the rigid rules about targeting search keywords in titles 🤯

Thanks for the insight. Always helpful man! Trying to get like you one day!!

Dude, your content is on FIRE! You gave me so many ideas to try and implemnet, that I have enough to do for the rest of the year 😅

DUDE! This one was quite helpful. Got a few things to tweak on our channel now that I'm excited to try. Thanks!

Thank you for all of your great tips. You are great at what you do 🎉. I’m working on integrating your tips and wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your content. Each time I’m so filled with ideas I can’t wait to run to my Studio and manage my videos

Easily the best RU-vid teacher on here because you make it entertaining as well as incredibly insightful and interesting!

Excellent analysis again. I have considered removing my 2 most watched video because they do not directly relate to woodworking. After your video, I am going to give this more consideration.

I love your videos, you have found a way to make informational videos really entertaining; it seems like you are the only RU-vidr on this subject that actually applies the tips that you all give.

You are always on my suggested feed… but I’ve already watched what’s suggested because I think I binged it all already 😂

Binged watching as well 😅. Thank you so much for all this hard work

Well you definitely got me with the title and then gave me valuable content I didn’t know I wanted. Straight rockstar!

Really good editing sequences here! Love the book throw and the video competition segment! Keep it up dude!

Ed. You broke this down beautifully! Thank you so much!!!!!

I had a good laugh when you throw that Rule Book!! :) try try again ...Informative as always.

Just needed one of your vids to convince me to a subscription. Really good content every RU-vidr should hear

That was well worth the wait !!!! My eyes are dried out and shrivelled up to the size of peas but hey this video was spot on !!! I use to do the keyword research thing until I realised that search is not the best traffic source. Search is great when starting out for sure as it helps you get discovered. Just wish I learnt how to pivot to suggested before I got burnout . Back in the game now though thanks to your channel 👍