I’m close to giving up - Proof the algorithm is determined to KILL THIS CHANNEL

[@suntanironman]

Despite being subscribed, I honestly didn’t know you still posted videos. Yesterday I watched my first video of yours in months. But that was only after I intentionally searched out for your channel to see if you had anything new. To my shock, you had SOOOO MANY new videos (or at least new to me). I was thinking yesterday: Why haven’t I been seeing your uploads in my subscription feed?

[@pikemaster20]

This happens so much. Literally the same for me I rediscovered Shad after almost a year bc of KZbin not showing it to me. I can't understand how they don't show all of my subscriptions in my subscriptions feed. I really hope something changes soon

[@riptors9777]

I havent seen one of his videos in months on my recommended... i was wondering what is going on

[@r1crawford]

Why don't you go to Subscriptions? It gets a blue dot every time there is a new vid.

[@HaralHeisto]

Because you're not looking at the subscription feed. You're looking at the "home" feed, which now pushes new content *related* to things you're subscribed to instead of the channels you did subscribe to.

[@deb9711]

Yep I only found yesterdays video becsuse I watched Metatron and followed his link, Im also subscribed and havent seen one of Shads videos for ages.

[@Taima]

*video instantly shows up on my front page* hmm

[@shadiversity]

Yep, unless I make a video with truly explosive appeal, most videos get a fraction of the impressions they used to, and those explosive videos don't get nearly as many views they used to. A video that would have once easily reached a million views, now barely reaches 200k, and striking gold like that with a video is rare enough.

[@joundii3100]

Same, I literally got recommended this video 55 seconds after upload.

[@Taima]

@@shadiversity Lol I had a feeling I'd somehow get a reply. Situation really sucks. I'd also hate to see you go down some road of like nonstop hyper clickbait titles (like one channel I used to like watching till I got sick of it, GothamChess), so I hope you can find a balance of increasing your quantity without sacrificing too much quality but more importantly without sacrificing too much personal health and sanity.

[@zjjohnson3827]

It’s because it’s not the algorithm It’s that no one wants to listen to a discount TheQuartering say that everything Disney or whatever does is WOKE GARBAGE in every video

[@jeremiahjones1672]

This is the first shad video I've seen ina month, and don't even have the option to comment unless it's a reply

[@TacetCat]

I'll be honest: some of my favorite content you've ever made was just watching a passionate Australian man talk to the camera about swords or castles for 10+ minutes. I know this might suck to hear, but the increased production quality (while nice) isn't what the soul of this channel is about.

[@timmbot6082]

Nailed it.

[@00Rennah]

Same, the rants on fantasy, history and so on were much more my jam, I don't really care about pop culture weapon and stuff like that or political-adjacent stuff. But I might just be in the minority.

[@JakobKobberholm]

I completely agree. My personal click-through rate was higher years ago. Maybe I have changed, but looking at the past 50 videos or so, less than a handful pique my interest and production quality (past a certain minimum) is largely irrelevant. A significant portion of the videos have thumbnails and titles seemingly targeting 10-12 year olds and they completely turn me off, but I recognise that there could be people out there with the opposite view.

[@ervinughy2078]

The other aspect is that many people who "watch" videos only listen to them. Playing them in the background while eating, driving, gaming etc. Videos that seem like they require more attention might get skipped over.

[@Rafaela_S.]

Liked the old stuff, like commentary on fantasy weapons/armor or movie fight. As well as talk about myths/misconceptions about weapons/armor or other pre industrial/modern stuff. It felt like I learned a few things per video that are interesting, from the new videos I don't get that feeling anymore, so I don't even watch a lot of those.

[@kirilbulgariev]

We are with you!

[@PohjanKarhu]

​@@legitimatehumanbeing8746 Clearly we are. I've been on KZbin for 18 years. Shad is correct.

[@shadiversity]

Thanks for the support, it really means a lot.

[@derram0k]

Oh hey, is it gaslighting time already? We just had lunch. He intentionally does not post those rant videos to this channel. You're lying in order to make him stop expressing his opinion. @@nowayjosedaniel

[@Zoddlander]

@@shadiversity I think you are right! I didn't get a notice on the whip sword video(I rechecked my older notices)!? And I am a Subscriber!? Weird!? I hope they can fix this mess! Because I think YT was made for ANYONE to be able to put up a video no mater the quality! Hang in there Shad!

[@samuellowekey9271]

@@shadiversity Hey Shadster, Trump's coming in, things could change quickly, don't give up.

[@Fnordathoth]

The reason the forged in fire video got pushed is because it's drama. It's a video that is critical of something... The algorithm pushes drama and negativity as much as possible. I'm absolutely convinced. Example, when Prof. Dungeon Master posts a video that is seemingly scandalous according to the title I get a notification, if it's a crafting video, or anything directly about gaming, not drama I DON'T GET NOTIFIED. I have to intentionally go to his channel in order to see the majority of his content.

[@asahearts1]

How could he do this?? Wow, that is insane! Kind of a hot take on swords in video games. Gamers will be shocked to hear this.

[@shanus11]

they also push react content it seems, it may also have something to do with other videos have, sword, fight etc. these might be suppressed words by YT

[@JohnathanFallSeasonGuy]

Every now and again I have to erase my KZbin history just to reset the algorithm, because all I get recommended is doomer drama and TikTok trashing.

[@TheHeroicE]

Bruh, don't give up. Talk with your boy Metatron. He seems to have found the tricks of the algorithm

[@shadiversity]

Thanks, I've already talked with Metatron and he suggested I try doing daily content, which is what we're going to try. I just don't know how long I can maintain it.

[@IgnusIncubus]

The problem is that Metatron's channel didn't get shadowbanned (not as much as Shad's, anyway) so he could do something about it, but it's kinda too late now for Shad. Starting over, from the zero, would be better at this point

[@LOCUS_LUCAS]

@@shadiversity Have you tried farming the hell out of your videos to make daily shorts of them? I think robinswords does that, and he always pops up in new people's feeds.

[@Jake-ALGSxNBPL]

​@shadiversity Daily content is definitely tough to do especially with the stuff you and tyranth do but keep trying. As the largest medieval/fantasy weapons channel on KZbin it'll only hurt other creators in the same genre if they see you give up. Never stop moving forward

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

@@shadiversity In order to keep it up, you have to go separate from Tyranth and do a lot more solo unfortunately.

[@ROLLTHEMBONES]

Stop using the home tab people. Use the subscriber tab if you want your favorite creators to stay afloat.

[@tyriana..340]

Yes, plus it's far more relevant than endlessly scrolling throught stuff you *might* be interested in!!

[@himfalathiel4012]

Exactly!

[@HG-wl2fm]

I never realised people used the home tab - it never suggests stuff I want to actually want to watch

[@xzenderx]

I literally only use home tab to find new channels lmao. Its HORRIBLE for your subbed content.

[@ImminDragon]

I honestly haven't been to the home tab in about ten years. I have no idea what it even looks like. And now, on investigating it, it looks like a notice that my watch history is off. I certainly wasn't expecting that.

[@CalebMaclennan]

This is the first video in months since the last time you posted one saying the algorithm was trying to kill the channel to show up on my recommendations. Seriously, first one in months, it is only the YT drama ones that it ever tries to show me. And I like your stuff and I've watched tons of it. AND I SUBSCRIBE! And like most of the ones I have watched.

[@Cosmodjinn]

Use your subscribe tab, not your home tab. Order the list by upload date. You will be happier for it because the content in your subscription tab is what you actually want to see. If you want recommendations, just look to the right of your video.

[@wangusbeef86]

Man, imagine youtube making a 1.7m channel struggle. Its not the KZbin I grew up with anymore...

[@szneka12]

@@m.c.murdoch6 this

[@haydenwalter3799]

​@@m.c.murdoch6you can look through shads most viewed videos and see that your statement is inaccurate.

[@Francoenter]

​@@m.c.murdoch6bullshit, his channel has always had goofy shit since the very beggining. Some of his oldest videos aren't even sword or medieval related.

[@wangusbeef86]

@@m.c.murdoch6 That wasn't all his content back then, he did discuss anime and fantasy medieval stuff from indoors because he was held back by health issues, he started to do practical testing like he always wanted after he got surgery done to fix some of those issues.

[@wangusbeef86]

@@maxwell_edison He has that many subscribers because hes done this for so long and he talks about anime/comics stuff now and then so there's overlap with more than just the sword and castles niche

[@greenhat8978]

I true knight never gives up

[@Peak_Aussieman]

Nor is he burnt out. He retires precisely when he means too...

[@babilon6097]

Your low-production-quality content from the beginning of this channel is why I subscribed to you.

[@damachinen]

Exactly. Think of Colin furze.

[@ZharSTFU]

Yeah I miss the days he was just sitting in his chair yelling machicolations!

[@nemzianblaze6788]

@@nowayjosedaniel you say that but I haven’t seen him even mention the word woke on this channel and I’ve been watching all his videos for the past two months he only mentioned the channels struggles in this video the first one about it and a few ones after the first

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@nowayjosedaniel he is not talking about woke on this channel, and he makes shad bankrupt videos like once every 6 months, and you can see he had to fire workers (Nathan and Nate). Are you from reddit?

[@shadiversity]

The changing nature of my content was always in response to what the audience liked watching. I've made the occasional old school video and they usually bomb hard (analysing fantasy castles, best weapon for fantasy race), but a lot of the new content is also just like much of the old stuff just done with better production quality like analysing fantasy weapons, reviewing swordfights from movies or battles, reacting to sword stuff online and more.

[@sackofclams953]

Maybe a shift in content could sneak you past the algorithm? Perhaps you could try your hand at black smithing or making bows. Traditional camping/ adventuring/ survival could be neat. Maybe a new fantasy book club to promote up and coming authors. You might just need something new that stays on brand

[@JohnathanFallSeasonGuy]

Or make videos trashing TikTok community’s, seems like videos like that get hundreds of views.

[@Nate88isboss]

Def some kind of a change in pace or something

[@samuelmold9825]

Please Shad, hold on!!!! The winds of change are starting to blow. Please hold on 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@shadiversity]

I'm trying

[@johns9652]

Recently was pleasantly surprised to see you on Valiant Rendegade. Hold the Line! HOLD! 6th letter of English alphabet YT. EDIT: Typo, corrected "hole" to "hold"

[@damachinen]

​@@shadiversitywhatever the case, you seem like a cool dude who I'd like to have a good time with. Cheers from West Vic, and if it doesn't work out in the end, it'd be a terrible shame, but I wouldn't think any less of ya. God bless.

[@Winnetou17]

@@shadiversity Here's a couple of ideas that might work: 1) more reaction videos - reaction content, basically speaking your mind about something recent still seem to be doing well, and I can't lie, I do watch a good fair amount of it. Of course, on people that I resonate with, that I'm intersted in hearing (either for genuine curiosity or for confirmation bias) 2) make series. That is, content that is split up in multiple parts, having a cliffhanger at the end of each part, except the last one. Ok, maybe the cliff hanger isn't required. Special care must be taken to make sure all parts are interesting otherwise mid-series the interest might drop off and kill the series early. Ideas for series: a) simply split some content - the idea here is to produce the same, but have more videos which might get more impressions.... thinking now about it I'm not so sure anymore, but who knows, maybe there's a nugget of an idea here that can make this work b) have contests - these are usually engaging by nature as you're curios who's going to win. Good potential for drama. Hard to setup though, so I can't tell if it's doable c) actual series - saaay, a Phalanx's tour of the world - where a Phalanx character (giving a personality too would be awesome) fights in all kinds of wars across the globe across the time, each episode showing just one instance, showcasing when it would've been good and it would've sucked. Bonus points in this fictional example: why a phalanx is better than a storm trooper :D Something like sword fails looks good. Not sure how sustainable having daily videos is. Both for you and your crew and for your viewers. And more content in general. Having saturation is a real thing nowadays. I already watch too much KZbin daily and for me personally I doubt it would work. I have to admit, I'm not a true Shad, I only watch whatever KZbin randomly chooses to promote from your videos once a month or so. Sometimes I do check some other videos from you, but overall I don't watch much, since there's other topics (PCs, CPUs, Linux, Open Source, right to repair, batteries, traffic, specific video games) that interest me more and take my time. If I'd stay and only watch KZbin instead of also working (I'm only several decades short of retiring lol) I'd very likely watch all your videos. Just remembered - I remember hearing something among the lines that weapons aren't to be promoted anymore, mostly because of USA's problem of not having lunatics going haywire in some school. And that because of that some gun channels were hit hard for no fault of their own. If that's the case, maybe now that Trump is back in office, this might change course and your channel might be back having normal impressions. I wish you good luck in your adapt endeavor. If Shad were a lone swordsman fighting some big YT monster with an unreachable head, what would Shad do ?

[@MattvonPressburg]

i dont see any of your video in my recomendation feed for months, i only am able to see them all thanks to membership notifications.

[@deb9711]

Yep that appears to have happened to me too.

[@atk9989]

How about you use the subscription feed instead. I always look at subscriptions first and home after

[@luukpeeters9474]

Go to subscriptions, fuck the homepage and recommendations, it's brainrot

[@Spiritus_Invictus]

Same here. I got to know his swordfighting video thanks to the review of Metatron. It's insane.

[@Jpow5734]

Stop using recommendations, use your subscriptions menu.

[@shidderalpha2293]

The fact that your better-than-film quality swordfight has gotten a sixth of the views of a random sword review from five months ago is criminal. The content hasn't changed. It's a bit higher quality, Tyranth adds some live testing where there used to be speculation, and yet for what seems to be no good reason, views have been dropping almost consistently for the last two years.

[@juusotarnanen6188]

Hope things get better!

[@presleybaldwin3756]

Stay strong Shad, I've been watching your channel for years and I'm not going to stop watching now. Hope things get better for your channel soon.

[@SheriffJoe420]

Well, damn, this is just depressing...

[@Rastamanjungle]

Bro remember how u started, as a nerd guy who is into castles. I really loved your castle content and some of the movie Tvshows reviews like the star wars show which u r so emotional about. I dont remember any castle videos lately but im getting a lot of recommendations about your sword stuff which i dont personally like. It just swords or other stuff and the videos are too long. I like longer views about castles as there is so much to talk about, just return to the roots my man. Also instead of building ur own fake castle you could start visiting europe castles and do tours with use of drones etc also you could see some parts of the world, get new audience. I mean if you came to Poland we got at least 21 castles that are still in good conditions and videos like "american, australian, someone abroad loves our castles" people love those kind of videos. I can help you will videomaking stuff in Poland like so many other "fans" of yours would help you in other european countries.

[@Rastamanjungle]

machicolations aaaa !!!

[@alasdaircook3030]

He visited the UK and did several castle videos there but that’s the latest I’ve seen in terms of castle based content. I’m sure it’s pretty hard to travel and make content tho especially living in Australia. He’s got to keep the current content going AND go make more in other countries

[@hugo3627]

@@alasdaircook3030 I watched those videos, they were pretty cool. Dont watch the other videos though. I definitely don't watch the Knights guild of terrible media and politics takes.

[@j-b-l8147]

To be honest dude, and I hate to be this blunt because I respect your channel and what you guys do, I have clicked on many of your videos but have rarely watched them through to the end. The premise and thumbnails are interesting and attention grabbing, but my rotted brain can't sit through the whole thing because the content isn't dense enough. I blame myself for this as well as social media algorithms for killing our attention span, but you are right when you say that it is a landscape of "adapt or die". So sorry man

[@phunguyenquang1342]

Same. His shorts are doing great though.

[@shadiversity]

Interesting observation, I hope the videos will appeal to you again but at the end of the day my content isn't going to appeal to everyone, but the metrics prove there is still a massive audience that like to watch my videos if they are notified that those videos exist.

[@ammar7371]

Hi Shad I am a long time watcher To be honest with you I feel your videos in the last two years are less scirpted and more bloated than befor ,and sometimes they are boring to me. I believe only blaming the algorithm will not help

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

The production quality has been the best ever. Your work is awesome. The team is awesome. I do so wish I could support the channel but unfortunately I can't due to sanctions.

[@shadiversity]

Thank you for watching and the encouragement, that's more than enough.

[@Gool349]

I would suggest that you do more Game/Movie castle reviews...I always loved those the most and I dont know why you stopped. If you are commiting to the grind of daily content it seems like those might be nice lighter and easyer to produce content between the higher production value and effort productions plus there are tons of fictional castles out there to review from big franchises which might have a lot of their fans coming to your channel. best of luck! :)

[@Azorees-oj5zr]

This is a good idea.

[@SenatorAri]

True. That's how I found the channel. Dragons Dogma castle review. Swords I don't really care that much for.

[@Gool349]

@@SenatorAri same! Shad was always primarily the castle review guy for me...of course lotsa people tune in for sword content but why not broaden your range and make more for the castle/architecture fans while also tapping into gaming/movie pop culture

[@GeraltofRivia22]

I agree. His review of the castles in Dragons Dogma is my favourite video of his. Would definitely help the view count doing it when a hype game releases.

[@quanlinglingjrchicken3946]

Don’t quit on us, we still need to learn the way of the sword

[@quanlinglingjrchicken3946]

@@nowayjosedanielseveral vids before this one have not been anything related to whatever you brought up tf

[@szneka12]

I've been subbed for YEARS and I don't even remember when was the last time I watched an entire video of yours. It's not the algo. It's the content. I'm saying it as a fan.

[@hermannheine6726]

Got all recent videos recommended. On two seperate Accunts - one even without subskription. Not all of the topics were interesting to me tho. So I did not click all of them. The Forged in Fire video is a great example of appealing to new audiences and reaching more people - it has a catchy title and refers a big popular brand. I think thats why its performing so good. Your Swordfight video is appealing to shadiversity and medieval authenticity community, there it is where its perfoming good. The FiF video has a bigger target group.

[@atriox7221]

KZbin is progressively getting worse at showing people the videos they want to check out, I fear we will never fully recover in that regard, and even if we did it will be after a crippling portion of valuable channels have shut down, and countless other high potentials missed their chance to take off. Kind of like losing much of a generations best people in a war, then having an insanely low population in the following generation due to the separation of so many families during said war, with effects rippling through numerous following generations are vivid reminders of what was lost.

[@babilon6097]

To be honest the sword reviews are somewhat repetitive. Especially katanas.

[@shadiversity]

Please check the video tab and you'll see sword reviews are like one in 7 videos of even less. That you think most of my videos are sword reviews just shows how few videos you've seen

[@tremere3337]

Please don't...EFAP needs you. Everyone does...

[@GeraltofRivia22]

FNT especially.

[@critter30002001]

I am sorry to hear what is happening. It has been amazing to see real content by a real religious, family man, who cares about the material, and people. I pray God will help you through this.

[@kingcrimson4554]

Agree

[@SeekerOfTruth13]

DON'T GIVE UP

[@loadeddemigod2919]

Man this is a blast from the past. The last time I saw one of your videos was before covid. Kinda wild that the one youtube recommended is the one talking about how you are close to giving up and within 40 mins of you uploading it.

[@ZlataChernis]

yeah, like, YT wth? If u wanna save the channel why dont u just stop drowning it?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

if you want to see videos from your subs you must use the subscriber tab not the home tab. KZbin will not show a lot of subs videos in the home but recommend whatever it thinks you should watch

[@cylzyl6363]

this is the first time in months any of your videos showed up on my recommendation page. I am a long term subscriber and usually click every time a video of you shows up. edit: i just realized that is what this bell thing is for.

[@ImminDragon]

Have you considered going to the subscriptions page instead of recommendations?

[@r1crawford]

@@ImminDragon This is the biggest thing for me. I go to Subscriptions to see the stuff I've subscribed to.

[@luukpeeters9474]

Disregard recommendations, watch only subscriptions

[@Atheismo9760]

Maybe don't use the recommendation page, then.

[@cylzyl6363]

@@luukpeeters9474 well, in the past what was recommended to me, were usually my subscribed channels. I won´t skim through houndreds of channels to see if they have a new video uploaded and setting everything on alert would defeat the purpose of alerts. though i will add my most cherished channels on alert now to support creators like Shad.

[@adamenger1377]

I have been subscribed for a couple years now, and have (all) notifications on but I have not seen a notification or new video from you ( until now ) in at least 6 months. I guess I will have to start checking your channel manually.

[@THEBULLETPROOFKINGDOM]

I've been doing KZbin Content for 10 years now and I've seen people quitting the site or finding ways of dealing with the algorithm. Hell! There are people making videos trying to fix such problems affecting the site. Here's for all of us KZbinrs, including you, that we'll get through in these trying times. Godspeed Shad.

[@ABaumstumpf]

The KZbin Home-tab has become nearly worthless. YT has changed it many times, often for the better, often to make it crap. Right now for me it is nearly unusable cause a good portion of the videos are those i HAVE ALREADY WATCHED, the rest is mostly videos from channels i recently watched a single video of. Subscribing and checking the subcribed-tab is decently reliable but also doesn't even show all videos. And to get anything outside a very small bubble i have to reload the page a couple of times. Or far better: use anything but youtube to get recommendations.

[@NameNotAChannel]

I've been able to break through the YT Home-tab mediocrity by starting there, and then using the list of videos on the side-bar of videos in a new branch topic, to continue browsing, leaving the home page behind for a while, and only using that new list. It must be curated differently, and I've found a bunch of new channels, with super low subscriber counts, with far more interesting takes and information than anything on my home page.

[@fatalerror5278]

Challenge KZbin to a jousting duel.

[@RevanR]

Shad I'm salute to your determination, while the sink-or-swim is a situation that every content creator fear you keep going on.

[@Co_opCat]

Clicking on your channel after watching this, I was a little shocked to see how many videos lacked that Red 'watched' bar. Strange as I do scroll through my Subscriptions tab from time to time, but the last video id seen was your Wukong one

[@Mr10203040]

I get the notification, how rare

[@FRGBlackBurn]

Same, I rarely get notifications from this channel even tho I have the bell turned on

[@curtisalex456]

I just noticed that KZbin had unsubscribed me to the channel!!! "Typical KZbin"!!

[@kindkindred]

Lmao Me too.

[@Mr10203040]

@@FRGBlackBurn me too, and weirdly, the last time I get notification from shadiversity is also mentioned in this video, the safety concern of made in forge and carbon sword to be precise

[@Kuzka_]

I just want to honestly say how it works for me: I get recommendation for every video of yours, but I don't watch every time. It's usually because I need to feel the vibe to listen to, specifically, you, or Tyranth, or anyone from your crew. And it's not limited to just your channel. I watch many channels in a vibe + binge-way. There is an ant channel that I watch maybe every month or two to catch up IF I don't forget. There's also prymitive technology, etc. Maybe the algorithm is not great, but I'm curious if more people are like me and want to watch in bulk, but essentially forgetting about some channels for a while and not catching up. Also, you probably know Louis Rossmann, the guy who fixes macbooks. I recently only look at his rant videos with his cats in the view, rather than the repair videos... And those probably have more views because cats. If algorithm recommends what people tend to click on, then I think it's apparent as to why. People are getting used to watching react videos, so you probably could make a video of Tyranth doing something with swords and having you comment on it. I wonder what that format would do lol (and then do Tyranth commenting on your comments). People like to see the engagement and not strictly information. That's why Angry Video Game Nerd is so popular (and the relatability as well)

[@aatsiii]

im sorry bruh but this stuff is niche and even thou i watched in the past, new stuff is kind not interesting to me. 100% personal opinion. algorithm sucks but dont blame everything on it. maybe time to try something new

[@outandabout259]

I never got the notification for that short film despite being subscribed with all notifications on, only the previous video promoting it. KZbin truly seems to be doing something strange.

[@MATTesticle]

I have watched almost every video and the content is honestly as good as it ever was! I honestly see your videos in my feed quite often, but I am a creature of habit. I have to admit, when I stray to other genres, my feed changes almost instantly, and I have to actively search your channel to see the new videos… But once I watch one it starts recommending again. I do miss the more historically focused videos but the new stuff has been great too! Keep posting and I’ll keep watching. Much love from a long time Shadiversity enjoyer. P.S. you’re a great asset on FNT too!

[@timmbot6082]

The historically focused vids are the heart of the channel. Not the fancy scripted stuff.

[@mc_abber]

what the heck i thought you didnt upload in a while but theres tons of videos that that never shows up on my feed. youtube truly sucks, dont give up man, we love your vids, i have a lot of vids to catch up on.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

use the subscriptions tab, not the home tab. You are probably not seeing videos from your other subs too

[@MeGaDwarf2008]

I'm sorry to break it to you, but it's more than likely that it's not the algorithm, it's the content. For reference, I've joined your channel back when you started your exploration of the giant sword concept. I've really enjoyed your RnD, both in terms of martial arts, as well as engineering. I understand that further steps are expensive and take a long time, but recently I wasn't interested in clicking on any of your videos. I have also enjoyed your other RnD projects, like fire arrows, and the humorous questing series which was unfortunately cut short. In the end, all I had left were sword reviews, which get old really quickly - you talk a bit about how this sword is marginally better/worse than other swords in your collection, and then proceed with exactly the same montage of low quality slow-mo destruction of Pool noodle, Water bottles, and a piece of lumber. It gets old and boring very quickly. I hope you will find something useful in my feedback.

[@chadm.6730]

Now think about the million+ people who joined this channel because it was a channel with professional style documentaries about castles. Before he even started doing 'giant sword concept'.

[@sphyre1196]

The Spinoff project that is Knights Watch probably wasn't to everyone's taste either ( I sure don't like it even if his political views are NOT in a misalignment with mine) and sadly it has affected how I view him as a content creator.

[@shadiversity]

I appreciate your comment but unfortunately this is not helpful. The fact you think most of the content is sword reviews shows how much content you've missed. If the content was less appealing the conversion from impressions to views would be worse on those videos that got fewer views but I literally showed that many of those videos actually have better conversion rates, click-through rates and retention. People literally liked those videos MORE than the successful ones but they didn't get greater views because they got so few impressions. That is an algorithm problem, not a content problem.

[@bearwolfable]

@@shadiversity cope

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@bearwolfable cope harder

[@jeydex5348]

I've been subscribed for many years, and I still watch your videos, not all of them but couple a week. I don't know why your videos are not pushed.

[@afterfauve8291]

Don't give the bastards the satisfaction. Never stop fighting.

[@o_xxie4135]

aye at least you popped up on my feed almost immediately!

[@vvvykthor1000]

I'll watch Shad's videos to the end

[@mihailcioinica]

I'm sorry this is the current situation with YT, and I totally understand your frustration. You guys already are heroes for resiting so long in these conditions.

[@TheHornedKing]

Now watch as this comment section gets filled with people who don't use the Subscriptions tab enough, and thought you had quit.

[@pikemaster20]

Sometimes the videos don't show there either.

[@luukpeeters9474]

Disregard recommendations, watch only subscriptions

[@marcogenovesi8570]

normies are gonna normie. This is why youtube switched the home tab to be "what we thing you shoiuld wattch" instead of people you actually subbed

[@TheAngryDracolope]

I honestly only use the subscriptions tab Shad and, have rarely missed a video. Though I honestly haven't commented much I always enjoy the content. Maybe you need to bring back the machiculations yell and what about dragons.

[@michealbrandenburg9800]

you guys are amazing, I love your videos

[@bryantsmith1624]

I want more castles from fantasy videos! The Skyrim/Oblivion videos have always been my favorite, along with the LoTR castle videos.

[@braydencoward4684]

Much love shad! Love what you do all the way in Canada!

[@weon_absoluto]

been a viewer since the true size of winterfell (5 years), im not gonna leave

[@redrumchopz5721]

Great channel keep it up

[@GeraltofRivia22]

This is the first video of yours I've gotten recommended in ages.

[@jordanezell5132]

We are on your side, Shad. Do what you will, you have our support all the way.

[@davevasquez5010]

I just realized that i was unsubscribed after being a subscriber for the better part of five years.

[@dsn3506]

With 1,7million subscribers it’s weird to have this kind of problem. I don’t even need any recommendations to watch my favourite KZbinrs channels.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

some channels are suppressed, ask for example the guntuber community

[@ix905]

I second the suggestions to do more core historically inspired fantasy content. You're really good at that. Gaming, wargaming, TTRPG and HEMA content might be easier to make in between big outdoor shoots. There are things happening in these fields all the time that you can analyze/cover/react/review more quickly than complex physical setups.

[@Argomundo]

Yeah the algorythm keeps getting whakker. It has shown me some cool videos from smaller channels but those are between mountains of political ragebait garbage. At this point I think ive clicked "dont recommend channel" and "not interested" on thousands of 'recommendations'

[@張祥安-d2b]

We are here with you! Your content is super professional and super fun to watch.

[@ninetalesxyo8842]

Its not entirely the algorithim. I use to watch Shadversity all the time 4 to 5 years ago. These past years I see your videos all the time... i just dont watch it 95% of the time anymore.

[@phunguyenquang1342]

idk why but his videos feel... stale. Maybe the internet gave me adhd.

[@Jinb-ut7bx]

Yeah same goes for me. Back in the day I watched every new vid but I am not as interested as I was back then.

[@r1crawford]

You touched on the biggest thing Shad ignores. 1.7m subs, but they clearly don't all want to watch his stuff. People are subbed to so many channels, that there is no way for Recommended to show all of it, plus the new stuff that is being recommended. If Shad is getting low viewers, then it's not really going to make it into Recommended, esp if that person doesn't watch his channel regularly. Plus, it is the same stuff for quite a long time.

[@anthonycar5182]

That’s not what he’s talking about. He’s saying that as reflected in the data he presented in the video, on average people are quite likely to click on his videos if they see it pop up. Hence the high click through rate. This would make your situation kind of irrelevant to the problem he’s addressing.

[@shadiversity]

I understand my content isn't going to appeal to everyone but please also understand that your experience is not representative to most of the people that love my content and would watch more of my videos if they were notified they exist. Just because you see my videos recommended just means you've been one of the few because impressions are the lowest they've been in six years.

[@doderdo1]

Please keep going ❤from Denmark 🇩🇰

[@ShadeszOfficial]

Have you thought of moving some videos to Rumble? Sending Prayers brother.

[@rockinHurley777]

Rumble needs work

[@pikemaster20]

Rumble does need work but it takes us actually using it for the work to get done and to give content creators another choice.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

He is already on Rumble, he has 4.5k subs there. As usual, all people recommending Rumble didn't even know he was already there

[@Kenjitsuka]

Ask everyone to never use the frontpage, but always the Subscriptions page!

[@Phantom6.6.6]

Stay strong dude. You have an amzing channel and i enjoy your content a great deal. Dont let youtube win

[@BoldCarnivore]

Why does @KZbin lie all the time? Love you Shad.

[@benjaminfinlay829]

This. This is why a monopoly is bad. And KZbin _absolutely_ has a monopoly. They don't have any competitors, because every other platform is _TINY,_ and is given no opportunity to actually compete.

[@PitchBlackCat]

I'd hate to see you go! Your channel is really dear to me and i love watching everything from the fantasy weapon demonstrations to the historical castle tours

[@smileow]

It is a disgrace what youtube does

[@philippk2]

KZbin is p*ssing me off more every day. Something has to urgently change.

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

Algorithm is one thing, you are a niche channel covering a niche part of interest from people. Honestly the only sword/medieval focused channel I follow is yours. KZbin is an absurdly over saturated market. Staying alive here is not easy. I'd say if it is stampeding onto your personal life I'd pull back, find an other income and only do this for fun. I personally stream on twitch for about 4 years or 5 now... Have about the same amount of viewers on my channel, and i just don't let it get to me, it is just don't do it for money, I do it for the heck of it and because I enjoy doing it. So yeah. Don't let the monster of numbers and funding bury your fire for your craft.

[@Andri474]

He said at some point that he's an architect, but good luck finding work in this economy.

[@joe090309]

Respectfully Shad, I originally subscribed to your channel and watched almost everything you released when you were first starting out. What i was attracted to in your channel was just you being a passionate Australian man ranting and explaining swords and castle features in his study. Whilst its awesome to see your channel grow and your production quality increase, as you started to stray away from the content that i originally wanted to consume I started watching less and less just because im not interested. I really hate to say it but its the truth.

[@TheBetterManInBlack]

I think you may be right. I see youtubers warning on every video to check to see if I've been unsubscribed, but I've never seen it happen to me before. Until just now. I checked my subscriptions tab on this video, and it had changed from all to personalized.

[@Tyrannus_Gaming]

Your video names are all over the place, and your content is very general, rather than specific. When I look forward to a TV Show, I want to see, "Game of Thrones - Episode 1," not "This Girl Adopted a Dragon, and her Brother was killed by a Hairy Surfer Bro." - I literally have no inclination to care, nor click it. My point is, think about what each video contributes to the last, and where you're going with it. I've had to do this with my own channel, because what's killing yours, is literally what prevented me from getting subscribers in my early days; clean, focused, and purpose made. Just my two-cents.

[@topazchicken6414]

Please dont give up Shad, you are my fave sword channel and the one I found first, I have seen no algorithm issue though so I don’t know whats happening. Keep strong until the last breath.

[@leo-prime91]

I'm sure others have said it in the comments already but this is the first time a Shadeversity video has been recommended to me in ages. The last one I got recommended was the whip katana from Demon Slayer!

[@forsemasterjedi]

Just feed the algorithm drama, like more critique to other not so effective weapons like the nunchucks. That generates a lot of memes. And views as a result.

[@mr.smiles3212]

I’m sorry to hear this shad. Your content is really interesting to watch.

[@SchattenBasilisk]

I an subscribed and I actually have to actively search for videos -.- Keep pushing guys, love you

[@Tyranitar96DAanimator]

I do not know how algorithms work but we are here for ya shad

[@Jake-ALGSxNBPL]

It's usually based on what's popular in current culture so video games and sports usually show up more often on recommended rather than ancient medieval warfare weapons.

[@scottag3597]

I hope things work out for the better Shad! You're a truly passionate individual when it comes to these topics and it's always nice to watch.

[@kim_o_the_concrete_jungle]

My experience is that KZbin shows you a whole bunch of different metrics, but the only one that matters is impressions. And that's the one thing you have absolutely no control over. It's also the thing that seems to make no sense whatsoever.

[@StuGamePlus]

I feel ya. I've been struggling with this stuff since 2022...

[@HaralHeisto]

I know it's frustrating, but this video will be hurting your figures, not helping. 1 - Videos talking about KZbin's algorithm are suppressed 2 - It's a video on a topic that is outside your channel's normal subject area 3 - It's probably going to have fairly low watch percentage Instead of posting videos like this - mention the "subscriptions" tab on the main YT page as part of the channel engagement stuff ("like, subscribe, bell" etc), because on that tab your subscribers WILL see your videos.

[@HaralHeisto]

Oh, and review your auto-generated subtitles. Other non-american accented English speakers have been de-ranked and it's turned out to be for "offensive language", but where it was a faulty transcription - Irish accents seem to be the worst affected by that, but Aussies and Kiwis can be too.

[@LunusksiathKallisto]

Never give up, staying a fan no matter what.

[@MAKGaming30]

Its Sad that all the hard work is not paying off in the current set up on youtube, but i do think a new video every 48 hours will help and that sounds over whelming but i think you should have someone in your team focus on finding content on youtube that's any to do with medieval history and react to it and then have a video that's a complimenting the video your reacted to with more information based on your your opinion. You can still do the kinds of videos you do now but they will only do better if you can get the volume of other videos out to compliment them so they will have to be lower down the list of priorities of your time. Good luck shad/family and team i wish you all the best

[@colonelkats]

I hope it's gonna be okay... Allways will be a fan anyway!

[@polishFantasyEN]

Out of curiosity, what was that incredible spike in impressions shown at the graph around 0:39? The rise of skywalker rant?

[@TinkerersMind]

Keep up the great work Shad. Keep the faith my man. 🙏

[@mostcomplicatedman8115]

meanwhile other channels spamming the absolutely most trashy low quality videos . youtube be like : hmm yes high quality content .

[@znerolz]

How about writing YT en masse to let them know wtF is going on?

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

Shad, you may find that in a few months things will change rapidly. You know why. Hang in there. If you quit, the EMU win!

[@sphyre1196]

Oh please...Elon could care less what goes on on KZbin. He has plenty of other more pressing matters.

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

@@sphyre1196 Wtf are you talking about? I'm referring to inquiries into ALL the social media sites that will not only eliminate but expose the censorship. Elon has done his part already. What did you think, I was suggesting he'd buy it? lmfao

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

@@sphyre1196 I'm talking about change in administration. American company. Do the math.

[@sphyre1196]

@@MundaneThingsBackwards Do the math on what? Donald Trump requiring KZbin to change the Algorithm to favor conservative content creators or some such nonsense? Ok...sure...

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

@@sphyre1196 Not favor them, take the foot off the scale. Further more there is the proposed digital bill of rights that would enforce that. Are you being obtuse on purpose?

[@stephen_robertson_F]

The irony is that my internet transformed into 2004 internet and was constantly buffering during the video. Load for a few minutes - watch 30 seconds - load for a few minutes - watch 30 seconds - load for a few minutes - watch 30 seconds. I wonder what this view would look like in the analytics

[@Nikolajj88]

IMO, your content is not as good as it once was. I like the old thought experiments way more.

[@Nikolajj88]

Really, how many people are interested in sword reviews?

[@bobowon5450]

@@Nikolajj88 the sword reviews would probably go over better with a faster pacing.

[@Nikolajj88]

@@bobowon5450 that might be true

[@JohnnysWorld]

Suffering with the same problem with my Channel. Since little bit longer than a year my channel suddenly stops growing. The recommendation drops down massively and my subscribers mostly get no notifications or suggestions for new videos even with bell activated. I don’t know why and I don’t know what to do about it. The klick ratio on suggestions is same as the years before but the suggestions drop to buttonless.