My Shorts Didn't Get Views Till I Discovered This Secret 

Whoever started youtube channel in 2024, don't give up!! 👍

Shorts still work really great for me on my second channel. I mean, I am just small content creator and I work really hard (I also use a little bit of fame- ster, but that's a necessity nowadays). I just give all my videos small initial boost, and that caused them to spread literally everywhere, bringing more and more organic views day after day.

Shorts are insanely difficult to be consistent! You can make the best short and it will literally do nothing, upload a potato with googly eyes and it will go viral haha

Yeah. Decently sized shorts creator as a living here, Creativity needs to take a hit at the start, and my biggest tip for anyone starting shorts is.. Follow Trends don’t try and start trends at the start.

Stopping 12 year olds from saying "First"

4:32 cat appears

i did hear from rob and from people that work from youtube that when you have little short views that the youtube algorithm is trying to find your seed audience which is basically the algorithm trying to find a audience that will always watch your content

Remember: RU-vid is about passion, you’ll get famous one day, don’t give up and don’t be rough to yourself.

I find visual cues, ASMR-type content and building to the final product interesting, even though I love high quality content being uploaded, it does not please the younger audience who are totally into random things. It's insane how something seemingly "low effort" gains tons of views too but that's mostly because people know who they are. :3 I hope everyone keeps growing, its a struggle when some people only want to focus on big numbers indeed! It'll come. 🎉🎉

My first TWO shorts got some traffic and were picked up for the feed, then suddenly after those two - basically nothing at all. Even though they started out with good impression to click ratio and watchtime over 100% that really didn't plummet. Can't really tell what and why, honestly 😁

I started my channel posting dark psychology and teaching the reality of the world .. the start was little good.. I try to post one video every day.. but it becomes tiring as the day passes and no results... Now I am at a point where my shorts get hardly 5 views.. but I will try to put the things I learnt from this video... Fingers crossed 🤞🏿

I've dropped one short a day since September and it has blown up my channel. These tips are great advice except for that you SHOULD try to push people from your shorts to your longs. I have gained tens of thousands of extra views on my livestreams simply by linking them as related videos in my shorts. Good stuff vidIQ!

This video was very needed. We get stuck at around the 2k to 10k view mark consistently, and sometimes the watch time, CTR, and all other metrics are actually GOOD and STILL, they fall off of a cliff. Let me tell you, when our first short gets 1 million views, I will edit this message and let you know! ❤❤❤

Excited to apply!

I really need to get decent at storytelling... But I have a question. What would you recommend to art/beauty/dance creators whose shorts are often based on transitions or focused around the music? A lot of short videos of this type (for example, makeup transitions, and they don't have to be too dramatic like you've erased 60 years) have a lot of success, but mine and a lot of people's gain a decent amount of views, but rarely go viral. What can be improved about those? Is there a better way to hook people in besides adding text on screen? They kind of understand from the start it's an art or makeup transition video or, for example, a dance, so how do those big creators get people to watch the whole thing, while the rest of us can't?

Quality doesn't matter much with shorts if you're a small channel... they're very random... all you need to do is trick the algorithm, make shorts the algorithm likes while making sure people will also like it enough to push that like button every now and then (this rules out telling a story, as a small channel any short that's over 15-20 seconds is likely to fail)

Whenever I upload a good short it skyrockets to 2,000 views on average in an hour at most, and then stops instantly. I have no idea why and am struggling to fix it.

i have a question can my long form channel can get hurt by making short form videos

Great advice, I'm finally started to find my momentum with shorts. I had used some of those automated long form to shorts software, but they don't do what you need to do for a short to be really viral... You have to actually edit them as you say.

‘Videos are like a restaurant menu’ and I think shorts are like a conveyor belt sushi bar.

Perfect. This lets me know that you guys are actually putting in the work and although you are a bigger channel you still face the same challenges

Thank you for putting the lights in the description I was the one asked about them in your last video or video before last so thanks for adding them in the description appreciate it and appreciate the tips

I watched an earlier vid iq today thats around 5 months old mention younger channels should post one short a day analyze what works best. do you think that is still a good idea or is it best to only put out top quality shorts if your main focus is long video?

Though I am just starting to create RU-vid shorts, I have a suggestion for you. You can feature your cat in your shorts perhaps in a separate channel. Your cat is adorable and has potential to be viral😅

Great vid on Shorts, Dan! It also seems that using moving captions in your Shorts can be effective way to keep viewers' eyes on the screen as well

This is my short channel, and I want to make long videos too. I don't know how it works or gonna effect because I still haven't reached 200 subscribers.

This is some awesome advice 😎

I have been trying some of these tips on my shorts, not quite there yet but this has given me more clarity, Thank you

Thank You for this! Just like all ur other informative videos. I need it

Nice info. Thanks!

Can we only edit on desktop? I don’t see the option on mobile. I cannot change my thumbnail nor can I edit the actual short. Help?

Thanks for tips

Solid advice!

Yea I make shorts to post everyday. It’s so hit and miss

Thank you so much! I have been struggling with Shorts but this such a big help! Keep grinding everyone! Hopes that we can get that Silver Play Button soon! ❤

Where can I get lights like those in the background???

Just started youtube doing shorts. Hoping to get it done. Thank you for this video!

Newbe here. Considering making a long form video, saving it but also edit it and save the part that sums everything up and using that as a short.

I have this channel on Would You Rather theme, which got exponential growth from September till December, unfortunately I started this channel from 1st January 2024 and it is getting view on an average 3K, but the algo is acting wired these days to the entire theme, big channels were getting on an average 50k views, but now they are getting less than 5K views, RU-vid sometime is really wired place, the effort, time is going for toss!

I'm taking it slow now to refuel myself pumping out content is great I agree sometimes you don't give yourself time for new things or new idea's.

I’ve been posting gaming shorts consistently since probably June of last year, and today I hit 600 subscribers! While I’m proud of my progress on RU-vid, I lost my son back in November and it’s been the hardest part of this whole journey… Staying consistent afterwards felt impossible, so I’ve just been taking it easy and doing daily shorts rather than working on a big projects for now. I haven’t really come up with a content strategy or anything either, and I know it’s pretty important to do that if I want to take things to the next level. So if you guys have any advice or suggestions feel free to let me know! God bless! 🙏

THIS IS SO HELPFUL! I am trying to just get to my 1000 subscribers and the watch hours and I am SPENT AND DONE and totally had a meltdown this week trying to do diy craft videos 5 days ( almost ) a week. Like I can not humanly do another crappy craft and that's just it ! Being creative doesn't come on demand! And it takes money and time to actually make it, step it out, shoot it, edit it and I have been so upset from all of this. Part of my frustration comes from younger youtubers that seem to make 5 videos and get millions of views ( i do wonder if its from a Boost$$) All of that said I am going to go back and look at my shorts from some of the tricks you mentioned and see what happens. Its a lot easier than covering ALL of my kitchen cabinets with sky blue contact paper to look relevant for a DIY ! I can't wait to try these tips you posted! wish me luck and check out my station ! I am trying lol

My shorts were getting decent amount of views, after I recieved an email about My channel doesn't sufficient channel history Anyone could help me about this matter?

the tension loop makes so much sense

Keep up the great work, you've got this!

what if i posted a short and it got 7 impressions and its been 2 days. and no other data on that short at all? i dont have any data for viewed vs swiped away. its been 2 days

I bet you haven't realized this, but the titles of RU-vid Shorts have changed to only being 1 line rather than the entire thing. Check out any RU-vid Short with a decently long title and you will see the entire title will not appear. 😮

Yall on fire fr with the features for creators!

I’m short

I only get up to 8K on shorts, then all of a sudden i got almost 350K for one video i didn't even exert on effort to make. I just wrote my comment on a popular TV drama that had no closure for their two main characters. It got about 600 subs, too. I actually do not understand why 😂 I think, indeed, people are invested in a story.... With some shorts, i only get barely a hundred when i spent so much time editing them. Oh well...

4:32 - 4:40 cat 😺 in the background ❤😂

Can you tell me how many seconds of the video count as viewed vs swiped away ratio?

Yes, thank you for sharing, it's very good and wonderful

I do gaming shorts I have a hard time with the hooks on some of my shorts? Anytips for gaming video hooks?

After doing all of these, I've come to realize that none of it matters for small channels. Just find a trending hashtag and cross your fingers.

The cat in the background said, "but and so," so I was intrigued, but then I got distracted by the cat, so I had to rewind the video 🤔😂

Can i ask you should I put tags to my shorts or it is not good to my short video ?

4:35 aww cute cat in the background

The best approach to achieving viral success on RU-vid is by offering something distinct from others. Highlight what sets your channel apart and create videos that break the mold, catering to popular interests while presenting a fresh perspective. By delivering content that resonates uniquely with your audience, you increase the likelihood of capturing their attention and going viral.

one of the biggest issues that people don't talk about is your subscribers are actually hurting your channel. if they are not watching your video when youtube pushes to them first that actually hurts your channel

Did the method “but..so..but..so “ and story telling tips my numbers “ AVD :116.7% STR :60.7% - 39.3) I’ll update yall in a week to see where it goes if yall wanna know 😅

My shorts are in English but not shown in English-speaking countries at first. It was not like this before...

This was really helpful as someone doing long form and shorts, this helped clarify a new strategy, thanks guys!

I have 60-75% on long form and I got 20 views, and over 65% on swipes and 120% retention getting 1K up to 3-4K. Can somebody explain this?

Persistence, patience, and hard work are the keys to success. Best wishes to all beginners, myself included, on our journey to reaching our goals.

How do I make viral science shorts that explain fundamental scientific principles?

i like making shorts and love adding music . but my partner says thats not what you do , but i say if you can you can

Thanks for the tips! What I don’t understand is why RU-vid throttles my shorts. I’ll pop off a really good one that gets over 200k views on Instagram and TikTok but it’ll only reach 10k on RU-vid. Makes no sense. I can’t crack 10k if my life depended on it. Yet those other platforms let me explode regularly.

sadly, in my case, I get less views in shorts when I do live stream (as maybe fall into long form video)

Is there an advantage to uploading shorts from the phone rather than desktop version?

Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Vidiq, your the best👌 Am still learning, what a journey.

4:36 Nice cat, looks just like mine

Thanks for the video! Making shorts for a new Quiz channel appears to be challenging. I'm still trying to figure out what type of shorts will work best for this channel.

My Shorts get way more hits than my longer videos

Very good tips as always!

What do you recommend for music channels like me? I do some talking at the beginning but my videos are more about the music

Honestly I just want to be able to get a good concept of how the algorithm really works, seems random at times to me

Thanks for Sharing Nice Advice Thank-you VidlQ 💖 ❤💛

Great advise! Thank you.

Once my shorts channel blew up it got terminated. Idk why it did but i'm waiting for a real person to review it through twitter😅

Interesting Advice!

Love Jenny's work, insperational!

I made a new account for Anime edits the first video did nice, but everything else 0 views.. Nothing working i deleted those and one day i work up at like 1AM at night and just upload a short.. Woke up to 6k I'm like.. So I used that time for like 2 weeks it worked 1k to 3k views ☺ but then next week 0 views on every other video, bro why is RU-vid shorts this way there not showing anyone the video bro even tiktok or Reels would at least show 10 people 😢

This is my go to channel and this is the only channel on RU-vid that I am subscribed to and I like is the only one that I am subscribe to the other life

I still don't understand the process. One of my shorts blew up to 7K+ and then stopped even though it was 55% viewed by the impressions given out. Over 250+ likes and comments, but then RU-vid said nah. LOL. But I have stopped from doing a short a day to 3 a week.

is there a chance to be monetized by remixing yt shorts?

Yeah, cool stuff! Not much for shorts lately, but will give it a try soon again! Cheers and good luck everybody!

I like the cat in your background. Send it (him / her) over!

I subscribed 🎉 ty for the info. Celebrating 5 k subs

anything can blow up in today's world. I feel like quality doesn't matter in this regard

Some handy tips there thank you 😁👍

My youtube shorts have suddenly stop getting views. Even if it is a trend. I see other people do the trend and they get lots of views but when i do it i barely get 10. Don't get me wrong I add tags , hashtags in title and description. I also try to give best editing. I just don't know why the algorithm is declining me.

I’m very passionate about my content but I’m still struggling to get noticed. Went down to a few posts a week from posting everyday but still nothing. Is it time I got ‘the message’ or I keep doing what I do and cross my fingers🤔

Sheesh I’ve done 42 shorts a week since August 2023 and 7 million views later

Im not a fan of shorts. they take away from me making my long form content, and i just dont watch shorts much. Can you recommend a good AI shorts maker that will take my long form content and make decent shorts? Ive tried a couple different ones and just dont like the results.

Has the vidIQ channel ever gone over some of the mobile editing tools that were highlighted at 7:27? I would like to see a video about that!

My shorts were getting decent amount of views, and all of a sudden... BARELY NOTHING!. Frustrating and kinda makes you lose motivation :(

I had a couple channels on schedules that killed me in the end. Within a year I was burnt by both, and didn't enjoy it.

Let’s keep grinding guys! Don’t give up