Stop! Thumbnails & Video Quality Don’t Grow YouTube Channels

[@Marcus-Jones]

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[@0--x--0]

Hey there.. Your quality of video is awesome but your thumbnail can be improved.. I'm a thumbnail edition & if you want my help please reply so we can talk on that..

[@LetsGoToJapan]

How can I get more impressions on my videos? My niche has a large supply, but there is also a large demand, and many other small channels seem to get many views.

[@LetsGoToJapan]

I bet you can't explain why only one of my videos has 40k views while the rest of my videos struggle to get a few hundred views...

[@DxpperYT]

don't worry - I always watch your videos to the end

[@Shardcives]

This blows my mind. I knew about the first core but I never realized the 2nd core audiance before the "wide reach". Thank you so much for this!

[@MillennialMeg]

Same.

[@WillieFourMilli]

this is a nice disection of the analytics, i had a couple videos go boom 🤯⬆️ then flatline with mostly just search traffic to slowly keeping the views climbing.

[@lanarhassano]

Frankly, I’m more interested in making content I’m proud of than trying to employ social science to drive traffic

[@jameezybreezy9030]

Why limit yourself? It doesn’t have to be an either/or situation? Your channel is good and would blow-up if you do this

[@MidoRPG_ES]

I see it as making content you'd be proud of first of all, but also as having the know-how of how to put it in a nice enough packaging so that you get to share it with more people as well.

[@MichaelOrtega]

Some of my most popular upload have one of the worst view retention + click rate. I understood it’s because they are “getting super recommended to strangers” vs my core audience who do stay all the way. These videos still get views regardless.

[@CornCrazed]

here's what you didn't account for... The higher view video had a higher view duration in its first 500 views and the CT was higher. After it was served to a broader audience, it didn't convert as well and numbers dropped.

[@DanielZH]

Exactly 💯 that's what happened with my recent video, people don't know about the start stats

[@blind_warriorr]

I’m pretty sure he did realize that and it’s implied in the video.

[@OkSear]

You say it doesn't depend on thumbnail, but then at 4:40 you say if only 2 out of 100 people click then it wont be promoted. It all goes back to thumbnail once again because thumbnail and title is what makes people click in the first place.

[@Woodman3]

I don't think it's about the quality of the thumbnail, it's whether you want to click it actually.

[@OkSear]

@@Woodman3 true

[@WaybackRewind]

I think the whole point is that content is the reason people want to click your video. Focus on CTR can lead you to pick the wrong content to focus on though.

[@gentlefrug253]

dont expect him to reply for you because he doesn't know what his talking about.

[@Marcus-Jones]

It's about how you define quality. I think the main purpose of this video is people I think most people need to re-evaluate how the define "good" when they're evaluating their contnet

[@DIYFastFix]

Awesome video! I just started a KZbin page. Only 13 subscribers, but I’m going to keep pushing!

[@nupromises]

Now you have 107. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@DIYFastFix]

@@nupromises yes, thank you!

[@saint037]

I have 6 and I'ma keep pushing too😤😤 Jeet Kun Draw

[@peepochill]

Wow you're at 38k now!

[@THATSAVAGEDUDE]

1:40 It’s not average view duration that matters it’s average percentage viewed…. Those can sometimes have a huge difference

[@JsCatQuest]

When i was just scrolling through your homepage ,trying to find tips for my channel.I found this video and i decided that i dont care about thumbnail quality but i just watched it to see if it would help,and it actually got me more views and impressions!

[@RockAim]

Thanks man! That was very helpful. I'm gonna follow and tell you the results.

[@SpecialMarkProd]

I have been on KZbin for 18 years and my growth has been. Well doesn't reflect the years I have been on KZbin lol. Your channel is the first channel I have enjoyed watching. You help describe the ins and outs of how to grow your channel. You present it in a clear concise way that doesn't talk down to your audience or is distracting. I thank you. Now I just have to find the time to grind out the data. I honestly have always been so busy with real life or just figured I could not keep up with the bigger channels that it was not a priority. I am finally starting to change that way of thinking. "Old dog new tricks" and all that. Looks like I have number crunching to do. Only have close to 3,000 videos to do it for lol.

[@DarkBeastDiaries]

I'm a new youtuber and I just enjoy making videos. I checked out your channel and I like what I see, pretty neat content!

[@OsDijider66]

18 years is a hell of a lot,

[@FelipeSeabra1]

Sometimes the number of views is lower despite the high ctr, because the niche is smaller, it is a subject that is not of general interest.

[@Marcus-Jones]

That is true, TAM is something to consider. Especially with a large channel like yours. But I think for the vast majority people, their problem isn't that they've hit the ceiling of their niche. Their video just isn't good enough to be promoted to larger audiences

[@FelipeSeabra1]

@@Marcus-Jones Thank you for your response, my channel is old and had its glory days, today it is more humble and I always try to learn from those who are coming up with new ideas like you.

[@DarkBeastDiaries]

I appreciate channels like yours sharing this knowledge with us newbies. My brain stopped working but I'll be sure to rewatch a few times xD. But really thank you for the hard work put into this informative video :)

[@singaporeghostclub]

I had an old KZbin channel that had 1.5k subs from 2009 to 2011. Then i shut it down. Now, im back at it again. This helps.

[@SureAce]

I like when KZbinrs say it’s not about luck, but it’s about dedication in the grind and what’s funny is I do think you have to put in hard work to increase your chances of getting lucky if that makes any sense. I posted the exact same video and two different KZbin channels and the only difference was the KZbin channel that it was posted to the title the tags the time and the hashtags everything else was identical. One video got seven views while the other video got 2500.

[@Detective_depther]

Yes, title, the description, the tags it all matters, when the video is done the thumbnail must be interesting and the tags must be relevant there are alot of tools and websites to find and choose good tags for description and even the title, in the end the video's first 30 seconds matter as well, if the you tuber can keep the viewer engaged for 30 seconds then only the you tube counts the view count correctly and sends to other viewers to see, all in all even if 2 videos are giving the same Information with same value in it, the other video might out perform if the you tuber is smart, and even if it doesn't then just upload another video.

[@LiaBSakura]

interesting, have you considered making a video about these experiments? I would be interested to watch

[@Marcus-Jones]

Luck is just odds and probability. Do some people get "lucky" and do all the right things without knowing, and blow up overnight? Sure, it happens. But you shouldn't bank on it. Just like if you were an investor in the stock market, you should manage your luck. If you work smart, consistently, and hard on the things you can control, eventually you'll get "lucky". There's a cool quote: "luck is just preperation meeting opportunity"

[@EyeSpyFitness]

@marcus-jones Love the analogy and quote! It's definitely so true, but it's always easier to say someone got lucky than the hard truth that they put in all the hard work and jumped at the opportunity when it arises. Thanks again for all the very helpful and informative videos. Has helped me a lot starting off with my channel. Initally, I felt like a minno in a shark pond at first, now im a tadpole sprouting baby legs just hoping to make my first big leap. Thanks again and keep your analogies coming!

[@MajorasLullaby]

so you posted the same video with exact same title and everything, but one blew up and the other didnt? Whats the takeaway then here? Luck?

[@DarkScreenD]

A great video! This must be the most useful video I've wayched by now. Great job done, I'm really glad that I'm subscribed to this channel.

[@ConcreteJungleCity]

I keep trying to figure out what I need to do more in order to work the algos, but this really helps out. I hope that my channel can blow up one day and enjoy the music I make. Congrats on 200k Marcus!

[@Marcus-Jones]

Thank you. Glad you found it helpful

[@DmpTrk2]

Your channel helped me grow so much last year I can’t wait to see what happens this year

[@Marcus-Jones]

So glad to hear that, good luck in 2024

[@rebeccasafoa]

We will all get there; let’s keep going🙏🏾☺️

[@JMTechZ]

So we are talking about the number of impressions vs the actual CTR Cool from this perspective!

[@Temmah_tjJc]

9:47 Mind blowing information and so much richer than what we get from the all fluff, “scream at you until you do the thing” gurus who never REALLY explain the jargon. Thank you for the transparency. You got my sub!

[@JobOthoniel]

Creators expend so much money on video for a few views, thats insane, my best advice if you are beginner, keep it simple.

[@aracnoloco]

Yeah, my most viewed video is one of my simplest, if not the simplest one. I did not even create a custom thumbnail (because I did not know back then).

[@ThunderBatRED]

@@aracnolocoThe only video on my channel that the algorithm decided to blow up is objectively the most boring shit

[@o_o9039]

bro how do u have 10 mil subs u barely have any views

[@JobOthoniel]

@@o_o9039 Did you believe in Shadowban?

[@ARUBAINEOFFICIAL]

@@o_o9039check his shorts

[@caldayham]

love this video, really gave me a better understanding of the youtube object

[@caldayham]

alternative title after finishing the video (wouldn't get as many views though lol) STOP! Thumbnails & Video Quality Do Grow KZbin Channels (but in a more complex way than two stats on your analytics page describe)

[@burningsails]

I love when i get ads on this videos, those ads are you, in relation to these subjects lol

[@kevstwistedhumor9468]

We get so much information about this stuff. It is so difficult to know what to believe. What I have found anyway, is when I post what I think would be fun to upload, it tends to get more views.

[@BuildwithMooney]

Great video Marcus, I'm really struggling with titles right now just when I thought I had momentum. I've been using google docs, trends, TubeBuddy, KZbin and I feel like I'm getting worse with my titles when I know my videos are getting a little better each time. This is crazy I feel like I would be better off with no tools like I did in the beginning and just guess for the most part and it was ok. Now I have data for retention but titles are killing me! I look at youtube data and now I'm changing titles probably too often. I HAVE NOT FOUND ONE DECENT VIDEO ON MAKING GOOD TITLES! It seems all YT Teachers say exactly the same thing to make good titles. They go through the motions, but they don't get into the details and the numbers and what they represent especially with the YT help tools apps and services. So many tools and so little advice. I enjoyed the video thanks

[@HibaHudaTeam]

Thank you so much for this analysis! In your "viewers" circle - you mean the impressions analytic correct? because "views" are after the click if I understand right? So if I see a high number of impressions but low CTR and low views, it means my thumbnail and title weren't that good and failed the second test - but if I see even higher impressions + low CTR but high views, it mean they were good and passed the second group test

[@ATRestoration]

KZbin measures multiple viewer behaviours, not only 2. For example, how long they watched, how many videos they watche after your video, did they leave the platform after your video or not. If you don´t know it, the data can be confusing. The main focus is viewer satisfaction.

[@MamaMixedGamer]

I appreciate how much research you do! :)

[@theretrogent]

I never really got into the analytics much, but I've just checked and my highest Click through rate is my last video which has a 49.6 CTR 158 views and a watch time of 1:12. I think this is my best organic performing video to date, which tells me a lot. Thanks for this video Marcus, it's opened my eyes a little. Edit: I've just checked it again and people click off just before it gets to the whole point of the video, which is a clip of a Rocky film skit. I feel they've missed out lol.

[@prestoncraze]

What is the white board you are using?

[@EpochBattles]

I wanna ask you a question, till now I opened like 7 channel first two days my videos gets like 200 to 400 views then all sudden goes to no view at all next days, after that no matter how many videos I upload they gets zero view and my channel just dies like that, does anyone know why? Becouse algorithm pushes my first uploads and then Becouse of bad rates algorithm things fuc.k this channel im gonna ignore all his new updoates? I really dont know what to do...

[@a.aspden]

This is exactly what I noticed as well. It seems like YT does a same sort of "testing" phase for new channels and if you aren't scoring high enough numbers within an audience category, then YT effectively ends your channel pushing. This made me really think about making higher quality videos instead because YT was basically inflating my channel's worth during it's initial testing phase (seemed like a little over a month since the first upload I did). Or maybe I will just make a whole new channel altogether if making higher quality videos with less uploads doesn't work. Good luck!

[@Ajoyrobiroy]

As a KZbin SEO expert, I have solution

[@greenmeansgosports]

I think offering a course like everyone is so touty and overdone. Seems scammy. BUT you offering CLEAR instructions and a refund is very admirable. I love that idea. Thanks for being a straightforward, normal dude who does his best to help the little guy.

[@BrainofQuinn]

I'm NEW here but this was by far the most clearest and simplest way at describe click through rate, thank you for this! Great video!

[@Marcus-Jones]

Glad you liked it!

[@anziq35]

good job Marcus, thinking out of the box

[@tedsmith_photography]

Great video man. Very helpful and insightful.

[@ExcrucioVII]

Is there any way to "save" or reinvigorate a video that's flatlined? I upload once a month; decent titles, thumbnails, imo solid content... But last video flatlined after a week. Is there anything creators can do to breathe some life back into videos that no longer get promoted?

[@Notchworld]

Good question

[@Dixon_Cider]

@Marcus Jones does KZbin suppress or not push videos that get flagged for a copyright strike right away? Like if I upload and content ID immediately flags my video, is the video just automatically basically dead with no views from there on because it got flagged just or unjustly? Or does stuff like this not affect the videos performance at all in terms of views and being pushed by the algorithm?

[@Marcus-Jones]

Nope, shouldn't affect performance. Unless the content gets limited in certain countries

[@easylistening-ad27am]

Great video! Very helpful! 😊 Thank you! ❤

[@crimsonknight-gy9cz]

This was very helpful! Let’s all grow our channels together and just enjoy the progress. :)

[@ai-lucas]

All the information in this video is correct, but the title is still inaccurate clickbait. Should have been something like “your highest watch time and click through rate is not your best video”. But of course that wouldn’t get the clicks, ironically.

[@gardentours]

Interesting analysis 🌝👍

[@thementorempire]

Love your style of teaching! Thank you.

[@thinnminttASMR]

Wow, perfect timing as I’m becoming more consistent with my channel. A great explanation for things I was struggling to fully understand so thank you!

[@rebeccasafoa]

We will all get there; let’s keep going🙏🏾☺️

[@fisheatrepeat]

Can't believe how engaging this was by you simply using white board 10/10 for basic but comprehensive. Maths seems to make sense too cheers

[@Marcus-Jones]

Thanks for taking the time to leave this comment. Appreciate the kind words

[@LewisxHorror]

just starting my first KZbin channel where I make horror game videos, I can not wait to grow my channel and improve!!!

[@diemaerchenhexeliestvor]

I think video games music is copyrighted. I know a youtuber who has his own horror music playlist for tense situations and other fitting music for each section/game which he can play along while playing in the game...so not getting copyright strikes. Hope, this might help.

[@LewisxHorror]

@@diemaerchenhexeliestvor that is very interesting what's his channel name?

[@cademacleanYT]

Dude, I have been using your channel to grow for the past month. Hit the point where I have a subscriber a day

[@OnlineIncomeDiary-SMK]

[@ericgraham5201]

Nice!

[@i_stories1738]

That’s awesome dude, congrats. Hoping that’s me in the next few months 🔥

[@Marcus-Jones]

Nice work man, 1 sub a day is an accomplishment!

[@cademacleanYT]

@@Marcus-Joneswoah dude you commenting is huge!

[@TheGoodContent37]

Dude, here I am producing my extremely high quality first KZbin video at a cinematography level and your video comes out and tells me quality is not necessary?!!! COME ON!!!

[@t2trix1]

I knew all these things but your video helped me connect the dots, thank you 🙏

[@HezekiahHoldcroft]

Very insightful! This is gonna help so many people!

[@PlainSpeakingMinistries]

Wrong, sir. that 67 views with the 16 percent ctr might have simply been because youtube didn't promote that one. I have some shorts I've made with a 50 percent choose to view with only a handfull of views because the short simply wasn't shown for longer than 30 minutes, while one published at the same time will get 1.5k views, and another 2k. It's as if the one slipped through the cracks, didn't get a spot in the feed while the others did.

[@Marcus-Jones]

Yes, maybe KZbin didn't promote it, but that's BECAUSE the video wasn't clickable enough, or wasn't retaining people, or the video idea isn't interesting or unique enough (i.e. people didn't want to click on it). In this video I show you how you can have a high CTR stat, but a low click through rate in the real world.

[@PlainSpeakingMinistries]

@@Marcus-Jones so you think let's say 60 of those views were to the warm viewers, then it was sent to the next group and got only 7 more, so that was it, right? I think I get it now. Saying, low ctr in real world helped me understand vrs the hi rate for first audience

[@khero.creations]

Hey Marcus, I'm watching this video and questioning where did you learn all this information about the KZbin "test-drive". around minute 03:30 ? Where can we learn more about this? Is this information in KZbin guidelines or something?

[@pixietwo]

OK, this video is great - but I already tried making more videos (as you suggest 12:18) along the same lines as a video that had good views (sculk sensor trap) and turned it into a trilogy of traps. Unfortunately the follow-up videos didn't do as well as the first, and frankly I'm losing heart with making videos. I feel like I'm stuck in limbo at the moment :(

[@pinballjunkies]

We subbed to you!

[@pixietwo]

Thanks, right back at you. @@pinballjunkies

[@JuTime]

Nice video you helped me grow in the past couple of months!

[@Marcus-Jones]

I'm glad to hear that I was able to help you grow! It's always great to know that my content is making a positive impact.

[@brinzo]

Congrats on 200k🔥🔥

[@Marcus-Jones]

Thank you :)

[@Austin_SaintOnge]

This is super helpful! Thanks for putting all of this information into a digestible format.

[@rebeccasafoa]

We will all get there; let’s keep going🙏🏾☺️

[@SocialSophia]

*Great advice, and its so true its a few things that see what makes you views and continue doing that*

[@zhuzher]

Any chance you'd mind sharing your microphone settings on the mic itself as well as OBS? I use the same microphone and haven't found a great way to dial it in. Thanks! great videos!

[@RadaxianaOracleTarot]

I have the same mic and did the settings from a different creator who posted the setting on KZbin. But I am curious as well about his since the voice is amazing 😘😍🙏🏼

[@i.c.t_workz]

Great video, I need to do better at analysing my own videos. So focused on trying to get weekly videos that I don’t get time to analyse what I make to improve.

[@maxedup9]

Thank you lots for all these videos! I'm trying to start on a AMV channel and I was wondering if all your videos apply to an anime channel?

[@snisington]

The thing that is so annoying is that there are ppl who search for small channels and dslike a lot of their videos wich makes the algorithm think its a bad video wich just ruins everything

[@Ali_Clarkson]

I've got a medium sized channel based around mountain bikes and trials. This last year (and especially this January) has seen a huge reduction in views and I just can't work out why. Annoyingly with my content being quite a high effort activity that is also weather dependant it means I can't always make the videos I/my audience want. That said, I have a few videos over 1 million views which is great. I recently tried to do a "sequel" to my second highest viewed video only I updated it to combine e-bikes which is a huge topic in the MTB world right now. I really thought if any video could do well it's this one...It tanked! Instead of 1 million views, it barely got 5k. What would you say to someone whose content choice is often out of their hands?

[@BillyBigBollocks-u7g]

Your thumbnails are click baity without telling me anything. Instead of, "Can this bike make me win", change to, "Can the blah blah make me win". I now know the bike you're talking about and you're going to talk about the pros and cons of it. The other one sounds like a time waster.

[@Ali_Clarkson]

@@BillyBigBollocks-u7g I don’t put the model of the bike because I figure a lot of people won’t even know a Meta Vtt2 or an Inspired Hex etc are even bikes to begin with. It was my opinion that keeping it broader with just “bike” would let people know that these weird looking things are indeed bikes. I think I do pretty well skirting the edge of being click bait though, I try to find a fairly exciting (as much as possible anyway) and hype that up a bit…I don’t lie anyway. Other than a couple of videos where I forgot to grab a photo and couldn’t find a decent screenshot I thought my thumbnails were fairly decent

[@Ben_FunnyMemes]

Very helpful video thanks ✨🔥

[@liveandletflyatc]

Very informative! Thank you!!! This is really valuable information. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@ItsSmithyTee]

Hey mate, so I've been super inconsistent these last 3 or so years on youtube ( Gaming channel) I've recently gotten back into it and ofc my channel is dead. super dead. Do you know if this can be revived or start a new one? I've been uploading long from/ chopping it to shorts to try branch out to newer viewers but it isnt helping much. Any advice would be amazing man

[@JoeUnderbite]

Just started KZbin and been binging your vids for tips, thanks man

[@KilroyJenkins]

I'm learning a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@rebeccasafoa]

We will all get there; let’s keep going🙏🏾☺️

[@KilroyJenkins]

@@rebeccasafoa yes🙌🙏

[@Marcus-Jones]

Glad to hear it

[@InterstellarGal]

Ok good! I tried creating a thumbnail…didn’t download over to my first video 😂 Great video @Marcus Jones

[@MalayaleesCanada]

Let's grow together 🤝

[@gardentours]

Yes, let's grow together.

[@jbdigitalmarketer]

Very well articulated!

[@WaybackRewind]

I have never had a 15% CTR even with a warm audience. My thumbnails and titles must be horrible.

[@Trickydickie86]

Very helpful, have also tried promo beta, that has had a positive effect, this new nfo will help further, thank you :)

[@YuiAdventure]

I got tired on working on complicated and bunch of photos thumbnails. Now I just use a straightforward title, single photo, blend and a few words.

[@JayTheYTGuy]

It’s harder for a type beat channel because naturally people leave after so long and where it’s repetitive it’s very hard to find out what made them leave unlike a dynamic video where you can see the chapters and points that are not desirable. Idk how I made one of my videos do almost 500 views in 5 hrs but after that it’s been down hill again. I’m hoping and praying. My beats are just as good as some of the producers in my niche if not better. I’m almost convinced some of it’s luck because some new channels blow where others don’t and restart. Consistency is always good.

[@DrDeeeeep]

Same boat.. been uploading consistently on 2 different channels for over a year and I got the initial push every new channel gets but now I'm just uploading to get 300-400 views and then the beat stalls.. stats are pretty good but no blessing from the algorithm. Things have changed massively since 2020-2021 when it looked like stats actually mattered for YT to get impressions. Now it looks like nothing really works anymore. Just keep at it man. We're at least getting better beat by beat.

[@JayTheYTGuy]

Sorry to hear to man. Def more success if getting email list, networking, selling/promoting kits and free stuff. A lot of producers can't be successful with a type beat channel but make a living. It's possible!@@DrDeeeeep

[@GAMECLOSET]

I didn’t do research, but I had a feeling this was happening. I’ve seen crap channels with very poor and boring videos with poor production value, get picked up. I KNOW of a person who’s channel (not videos) did well sub-wise, but he has barley any views on videos too. KZbin doesn’t promote quality like you think they should.

[@Just_Samson]

Very intriguing

[@LookInto]

Another great video, well explained, great detailed stats!

[@Marcus-Jones]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@L7ONDONGAMING]

Great lesson but I got a few questions I have a Xbox console how do I record my screen n edit my videos should I get a PC for that please help

[@Housestationlive]

@2:35 "youtube will test your video to a very small audience*" *very small audience is usualy no more than 1 or 2 people in my case 😂😂😂

[@Marcus-Jones]

All the numbers I used in this example were purely to illustrate the concept. So yeah, it might not always be 1000 or 100 or whatever... I just chose easy round numbers for the sake of this video

[@Housestationlive]

you're video explains very well why small youtubers are suffering, since we don't have a "panel" to test the videos yet, and since youtube don't trust us enough to show them to a brand new audience@@Marcus-Jones

[@AnyWayYouTravel]

I have a perfect example of what you’re talking about. As a small, new KZbinr (only 16 videos uploaded), I’m averaging between 200 and 350 views per video. My latest video has a low click through rate, but when I hover over the little green check mark, a window pops up that says, “This video is reaching a wider audience on KZbin, leading to a lower click through rate than usual. Wider audiences are often less likely to choose to watch a video, but the lower CTR is not hurting this videos of you count.“ So there’s a validation for your theory.

[@TechPodge]

Great insights - thanks!

[@Techdad650]

You need an iPad Pro to do your videos bud. Great video though! It’s helping me a lot. Got my first 500 subs in about 50 days.

[@LetsGoToJapan]

How can I get more impressions on my videos? My niche has a large supply, but there is also a large demand, and many other small channels seem to get many views.

[@BrandonBarlowOutdoors]

About to monetize after two months of uploading. 😎👊 Thanks for the tips my friend.

[@sevchess]

So… You should have high quality thumbanails and videos, you should just judge it differently. I think we got clickbated.

[@pastoryoda2789]

Your Thumbnail is a perfect example how a thumbnail should be, most KZbinrs now open their mouth in every thumbnail acting shocked 😂 it’s soo cringe

[@nothingbutgre8tness]

You dropping some good information!

[@birrayplay]

Hi Marcus!! How are you? I have a particular question. I published a video, and the about, 5 hours later, ive realized that i didnt uploaded the edited thumbnail, therefore there was like a very bad beggining performance for that video. Then I uploaded the correct one, but then I kept thinking that maybe Ive already screwed the hole video. In that situation what would you recommend to do? Thanks for your video, they are very Usefull, gretings from Argentina!!

[@Marcus-Jones]

If the video didn't perform very well, just delete it and then reupload.

[@birrayplay]

Thanks buddy!@@Marcus-Jones

[@hippofaitdestrucs]

Hi! Does anyone understand why a video with CTR 100% and view duration 149% stays at 1 impression? Not copyright, AI, sex nor violence, just my hands drawing. Not the first time. I don’t understand.

[@FriarTuck81]

In your first small channel analysis, you missed a question that should’ve been asked. If it had such a high click through rate, why was it not being pushed out.?

[@crypto4beginners]

Thanks! Great job!

[@gregoryzeoli]

This makes a lot of sense thank u

[@chibacha21_CarBoi]

Hey bro, I'm Aussie too! 😁 Can you please make a video about brand deals for dummies? I have absolutely no idea about business and I saw this informative interview with Justin Moore, but it's like he's from a different planet, so you might be able to simplify it...

[@bluzikmusic]

Thanks for this video. However! Not sure that the partition corner protruding from your head is a good look.

[@TechItEasyCollective]

I'm really struggling to apply your theory to my videos - granted I've had a long break, but my first video since I returned (a subject I could see did well in the past) did great, second and third videos, also on subjects I can see did well in the past, flopped.. Struggling to see a pattern 👀

[@garretloporto8676]

More views lowers your percentage stats across the board

[@gregoryzeoli]

I noticed originally my let’s play videos and my review videos were doing poorly so I started tracking the statistics on them and I noticed my watch time views rate and retention span on a lot of my newer videos is doing 10 times better than older videos and I still can’t figure out how I’m gonna do better

[@IbrahimSarker]

Did you upload all the videos at the same time on this example channel? If not, then how can you compare older videos with new ones for the example with clickthrough rate and retention? Normally, with time, the clickthrough rate decreases. So comparing your first video with another one doesn't make any sense, right?

[@gentlefrug253]

your starting to get how this channel work on giving less than helpful tips

[@tensebro1]

All I can say is thank you!!

[@JJJnl]

I don't think you understand what people mean by quality gives a higher chance on views .. So I will give 1 simple example .. If someone uploads a low quality video with a resolution of 8k it will automatically get more views then a video that took hours to edit and only has 4k resolution. That's just how the algorithm works .. videos with lower mbs get recommended way less then videos with high mbs I don't know why youtube does this but it makes editing and taking hours of your time kinda irrelevant