YouTube Browse Features Traffic Sources - Get Views from Home

[@Morningfame]

What comes next? The Suggested Videos algorithm! I made a video in the same style as the one you just watched: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJm0iGykZZ17bNE

[@kwentongsikattv]

Tnks for information thank you

[@johnnielawson]

Well explained.

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot Johnnie! :)

[@arvindkumarbishnoi]

Your way of teaching is very clear and concise

[@Morningfame]

Thank you very much Arvind! :)

[@6laquemoon]

YOU REALLY STEPPED UP THE GAME when it comes to understanding KZbin! Im binging all of the videos, even for me as a tarot reader who doesnt offer "talking / education videos" which I felt like vid IQ catered to, all of this is making all of the pieces finally click for me

[@Morningfame]

High 5 my friend! This is music in my ears. :) Let me know if you have any follow-up questions about it. See ya, Nico

[@PhoneYear]

I make videos regularly but i didn't know these valuable tips on home search until today. I have watched a couple of videos of yours and I think, my basics on youtube are better than before. Thank you.

[@Morningfame]

Awesome, high 5 buddy! I am glad that my work is in good hand with you. Btw, let me know if my videos leave any of your questions unanswered. See ya, Nico

[@VarunSachar1]

You are Hypnotizing me 😅 ! Well Done 👍💖

[@Morningfame]

Haha, thanks buddy! :) Do have a knows group of people who keep coming back to watch your new videos by the way?

[@VarunSachar1]

No, I Have 2k subs but only 20 people watch my videos daily ! I Have a Gaming Channel Can You Help me To Grow it ? I am Posting Daily With Good SEO don’t know why youtube doesn’t promote my videos much ! Btw Keep Up The Good Work ❤️

[@Morningfame]

@@VarunSachar1 Perfect, having 20 people is a great start. Work on getting this number of people higher! You will see that it will result in getting promoted more overall. To learn more about this aspect, check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnrGl2udr8-sZ7M

[@RameshKumar-ob1cc]

Whenever I watch your video, my confidence increasing. The way you speak and explain is outstanding, only very few people have such quality, thanks a lot Mr - from INDIA

[@Morningfame]

Wow, it’s a delight to read your words! Thank you very much Ramesh. :) See ya, Nico

[@arutama]

Now I know the formula. Thanks for your information though!

[@Morningfame]

Cheers Arutama! That’s great to hear. :)

[@TheStillwinterNation]

another great one my friend keep up the good info! morningfame rules!

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot buddy! I am currently digging deep into the algorithms - suggested and home in particular - and am excited to find out new things! When I do, I’ll certainly share it. 😃✌️

[@TheStillwinterNation]

@@Morningfame oh i know you do. your a hard worker and we need more of those for sure. been following ya since september really and always been great help / info

[@Morningfame]

Cheers buddy! I really appreciate that. :) And for me it’s a really fun job. So win win!

[@pacificbase]

Finally Someone Knows How to Explain Details. Others Consume My Time Telling Me What I Already Know. Subscribed ! Thanks !

[@Morningfame]

Cheers, thanks and welcome to my channel pal! :) It was also a delight to me to hear about this internal favorites list that KZbin has for each viewer thanks to the KZbin folks who share these details every now and then on the Creator Insider channel. 😃👌

[@nunocasais]

Finally, someone who i can understand perfectly! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I was blown away by your older videos, that’s what made me subb your channel and pay for a subscription on Morningfame. Unfortunatly there isn’t much information about how to get better on specific channels, where the topic is always about the same thing, like mine... Could you give any advice? Again, congratulations on that great work! Cheers!

[@YogaBlissDance]

Nuno Yt like videos abut same thing- IF YOUR viewers like it. They tend to topic/niche focus, that's why wide subject channels are hard to start now.

[@Morningfame]

@Nuno Casais Thanks buddy! That is really great to hear. :) You make a good point about specific advice for certain niches. We KZbin advice channels need to stick with general advice that appeals to all creators. But my live streams allow me to dig deeper since I do channel reviews there. And these include many music channels as well. If you are interested then check out my past live streams. I almost always leave timestamps in the description so that you may watch just the parts that are most relevant to you. Indeed @Yoga Bliss Dance, narrowing down the topics that any one channel covers is really important nowadays. That basically makes sure that each video is of interest to all viewers of the channel. With that focus it is much easier to expand that audience as opposed to having a split audience which is twice as much work to grow as we would need to produce separate videos for both halves of the audience.

[@YogaBlissDance]

@@Morningfame Yep I've seen that, we need to think of it for one specific group of people and they come for certain types of topics that work together so not like football and cooking! No! But vegan cooking can include vegan lifestyle topics or reviews of vegan items perhaps...His channel is different and so perhaps he can see what bigger folks in music niche do?

[@nunocasais]

Morningfame thanks for your kind answer Nico! I will surely watch and see if there’s some content i can identify about! Thanks again mate!

[@nunocasais]

Yoga Bliss Dance thanks for your input! Appreciate it! Cheers!

[@KeidBoi]

I'm just trying to figure out why my video will be recommended (browse features), it does very well in there the first few hours, has a good ctr, and excellent watch time, then it gets taken out of browse features very quickly. I don't understand what is making the algorithm stop recommending my content, when everything about the video is doing very well.

[@Morningfame]

To see many views from Browse in the first days after upload is due to your active subscribers. Those who have your channel high up in the favorites list that I explained in this video. Of course, after a while most of them have watched your video. So it is normal that views don’t continue to come in. Unless of course you made a video of broad appeal and KZbin is able to find more people with similar interests. Keep producing and improving your videos. You’ll get there eventually!

[@KeidBoi]

@@Morningfame Thank you, I understand now, appreciate the help :)

[@Morningfame]

@@KeidBoi My pleasure buddy. :)

[@vincentosei8337]

I love all your videos. You are a great teacher 💕

[@Morningfame]

Thank you so much Vincent! :) Let me know if my videos leave any of your questions unanswered. See ya, Nico

[@vincentosei8337]

I just started my KZbin channel and everything is slow, just 197 subscribers and my views are 2,8, 10 not even 1k views . Please what should I do..

[@Morningfame]

@@vincentosei8337 Although you are above 100 subs, the views tell me that you’ll probably benefit from my list of things to do for below 100 subs channels. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKpY2ulpbGbbpY I hope this helps! :)

[@TimRoseOfficial]

I loved this analytical look Nico! It's like music to my ears hehe! The breakdown of how it relates to each viewer is a big key. A lot of people think they can control getting onto the home etc, but it really comes down to what the audience wants. The algorithm is always following the audience, not the other way around! Super vid as always Nico!! :D

[@Morningfame]

Oh yea, so true! This favorite list that each viewer has was a true revelation for me and something we just didn’t know about up till recently. 👊😎

[@TimRoseOfficial]

@@Morningfame Nico it's amazing how much there is to always be learning. It makes perfect sense when you think about it that KZbin would cater to the individual experience. That's why I constantly tell people to be patient because KZbin is actually working hard to get your content in front of the people that ACTUALLY want it haha!

[@Ask22]

Exactly

[@VelocitiLife]

Very well explained.Thanks for making this.

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure! Happy Holidays buddy! :)

[@Jonathanmentor]

I love your honesty and the way you explained the browse feature was brilliant. I Subbed thank you

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure Johnny! That awesome to hear :) See you around, Nico

[@CapoXProductions]

Thanks for explaining this so well! I was having some issues understanding where exactly traffic has been coming from for me! Thanks!

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure! Awesome, I am glad it helped. Fyi, I made a video about all the different sources you may get traffic from: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJC4k6GsgJiNpMk See ya, Nico

[@maheshprabhu7634]

Nico thanks so much ...i think ive binge watched all of your videos...i have just started my channel and am keen to use MorningFame to see how i get on...totall excelent compelling viewing!

[@Morningfame]

High 5 Mahesh! This is so great to hear. :) Enjoy! And let me know any time if you have any questions about the tool or channel growth in general. 😃✌️

[@LineupLegend]

I love the accent. I feel like a scientist is explaining the KZbin algorithms to me.

[@Morningfame]

Hahaha, thanks pal! I am not exactly Einstein but am also German and do my very best at all of that. 😃✌️ -Nico

[@FatmanVALORANT]

You helped me turn one of my channels into a full time income, thank you!

[@Morningfame]

Wow, what a great milestone! Kudos buddy! And it’s awesome to hear that I could contribute to that a little bit. :)

[@andylongfire]

Very well explained, thanks!

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot buddy! :)

[@TinkerManMick]

Great advice mate!

[@Morningfame]

Cheers Mick! :) Btw, I didn’t forget you messages. Chat soon!

[@NareLTV]

Thank you for sharing this information

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure buddy! :)

[@OvationEddie]

Always helpful videos...thanks again!👍

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot my friend! Always my pleasure. 😃✌️

[@ふたキャン]

Very simple explained, great video, thank you

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure. :)

[@aaroncarlson2291]

are having an organized playlist for a series a good idea?

[@Morningfame]

Yes, it certainly is. While binge watching can happen without a playlist, it gives you opportunities to link the whole series. Like in an end screen or on your channel page.

[@FaridRamadhana]

thank you! this is really helpful for me as a small channel!

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure Farid! Small channels are always a strong focus for me. 😃✌️

[@benjaminlaw5289]

Great value! Thanks for explain. This is the thing I was wondering. My channel get search mostly, but traffics is limited even get the top position in search.

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure Benjamin! Indeed, besides KZbin Search, KZbin’s recommendations (Home & Suggested Videos) are a very powerful way to grow a channel. On that, feel free to check out my latest developments for that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4aziH13YsZ0nKM Cheers, Nico

[@MrCastIron]

Good stuff as usual! Thanks again Nico!

[@Morningfame]

You are always very welcome buddy! Have a great week! :)

[@MrCastIron]

Thanks and you too my friend!

[@Coface4u]

Very nice explanations and nice understandable.

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot buddy! :)

[@Pollerizer]

Nice breakdown of the value of this feature, Nico!

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure buddy! :)

[@AdamMellor1]

I’m actually amazed how many features morningfame has, it seems so much more sophisticated than TubeBuddy.

[@vinylmetal17]

Very insightful and informative video. So rare these days on KZbin. Definitely not a clickbait!

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot my friend! That is great to hear. :) I am actually stoked that KZbin shared the info about these internal favorite lists that each viewer has. This is something that we just didn’t know a while back.

[@lilafromyoutube]

If I watch one video and go back to my homepage, either the same or the next day, I will already get another video by the same creator recommended to me on my homepage. If I watch multiple videos of the same channel, I'll get multiple videos from the creator recommended to me on the homepage. Very interesting to observe this! SO important to realise that the algorithm there to serve the audience. once you understand that, you're ahead of the game. Great vid Nico!

[@Morningfame]

Spot on! That’s what I observed as well. And when Todd shared the info about the favorites list that each viewer has (link in the description), I suddenly all came together. It gives “engagement” a whole new meaning. Cheers to a deeper understanding Lila! 😃🍻

[@lilafromyoutube]

@@Morningfame I'll watch that video tonight. Super interesting!

[@TeeAndSharindaTV]

What is a good percentage for the browser feature

[@Morningfame]

A percentage is not a good way to look at it because it may be low because another traffic source may just be very high and thus reduce that percentage. But it is a good sign if Home / Browse are one of your top 3 traffic sources besides Search and the Suggested Videos.

[@OLDTIMEANOINTEDGOSPELMUSIC]

Thank you - quite helpful

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure! 😃✌️

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

As usual, a great video Nico.

[@Morningfame]

Cheers Keston! Thank you so much. :)

[@chrissambol]

Thank you for the tips. I learned something new for my channel! Have a great day.

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure buddy! That’s great to hear. :) Have a productive week! See ya, Nico

[@amanutv8783]

you are a genius bro.

[@Morningfame]

Thanks buddy! 👊😎

[@DonnaQC]

Really insightful and helpful tips! I've had my channel for about a month now and am always looking for more knowledge into how to interpret the analytics!

[@Morningfame]

Cheers to that Donna! I am glad that I can contribute to your knowledge. Just the appearance of your channel page shows off really well that you really live by what you say. Kudos! 😃👌

[@AdamMellor1]

I agree, how’s that channel coming? 😊 I started this year too.

[@OffTheGridAdventures]

Thanks for the tips Nico!

[@Morningfame]

Always my pleasure Dave! :)

[@BigShotCritic]

I found this to be extremely helpful, and also as an American who recently watched Das Boot and Aguirre, The Wrath of God, I gotta say I really enjoyed the accent as well!

[@Morningfame]

Hahaha, then you probably enjoy Schwarzenegger as well. ;) Awesome, I am glad you liked it! :)

[@BigShotCritic]

@@Morningfame I love this deep dive approach you have into different aspects of the algorithm. It's something I've really been looking for. I'm likely to point others your way! Well done and thank you. I don't want to mess this up but I might . . . Schwarzenegger is Austrian, right? And aren't Wolfgang Peterson and Werner Herzog German? Anyway, by listening to your accent I have no idea which German-speaking nation you are from, just that German is your first language it seems. Here's to Germanic languages instead of those overrated Romantic languages!

[@Morningfame]

@@BigShotCritic Hahaha, you crack me up! Indeed, I am German with the unmistakable accent! ;) I am glad you like my approach! It is actually a quest of mine to covert the deep knowledge about the algorithms into strategies we creators can use. KZbin Search is well understood but I was able to dive even deeper with a large data study. Here are the results: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHvWhJSjqM2gl68 Browse & Suggested are a tougher nut to crack but I am far enough with my understanding that I built a research tool for that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4aziH13YsZ0nKM In any way, let me know any time if you have follow-up questions about the algos. :) See ya! Nico

[@sprasanna199]

Thanks, very helpful.

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure Prasanna! :)

[@MasonintheUSA]

Everything you just explained I am currently doing with your channel hahaha. Very nice video. Thank you!

[@Morningfame]

Cheers to that Mason! What the Home algorithms asks us to do - namely building an active viewership - is also what builds success on KZbin in general. Keep it up! :)

[@Dammikajayacody]

Nice explanation 👍👍👍👌

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@myladymarie]

Thank you for the information in the video :)

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure Marie! :) Cheers, Nico

[@CTSecrets2]

Yes I do understand your point😊 Thank you brother

[@Morningfame]

Awesome! My pleasure buddy. :)

[@SebaPlay]

Nice video! Quality information Greetings from chile 📼📼💪

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot buddy! Welcome to my channel by the way. 😃✌️ Cheers, Nico

[@SebaPlay]

@@Morningfame jajaj Nah, im a OG fan/member for the Chanel xd (Like 1 year and few Months) the algorithm recomended me yor video about SEO 📼📼💪

[@Morningfame]

Oh, nice! Thanks for sticking around for so long! 👊😎

[@KINGDOM225]

Excellent video well explained✅

[@Morningfame]

Thanks! My pleasure buddy. :)

[@ScullyPop]

Congrats on hitting 10k 🎈 I really love what you do.

[@Morningfame]

Cheers Scully! Thanks a ton. My channel somehow feels more legit now. 😃✌️

[@Dammikajayacody]

Thank you soo much 🥰🥰👍

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure! :)

[@ranuraperera1613]

Been watching videos on this channel for the last 2 years. Feel like I deserve a reward.. 😅😅

[@Morningfame]

High 5 Ranura! Thanks for sticking around for so long. What were the most important things you learned from me if I may ask? :)

[@ranuraperera1613]

@@Morningfame first of all, really learned a lot from the morningfame tools. It helped me to really understand how to title my videos and how to enter a niche by looking at entry points with low competition. Really like the bryan Gs videos on the channel..

[@Morningfame]

That is great to hear buddy! SEO is really a big staple in everything that I focus on. And btw Brian G. was instrumental for that. I learned so much from him as well! 😃✌️

[@SaadonAksah]

nice one! thanks for sharing!

[@Morningfame]

Always my pleasure Saadon! 😃✌️

[@vomhausBurrell]

Thanks a lot bro 🙏🏽 ❤

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure buddy! :)

[@riq.tventertainment5906]

Thanks morning fame... i am great fan of your work and suggestions...will try these new features,,,can you explain the new feature of you tube "Find out when your viewers are on KZbin" thanks stay blessed

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure buddy! Yes, that new report would be worth talking about. In general, when you decide when to go live or do a Premiere then it now tells you at what days and times you are most likely to catch a big portion of your audience.

[@darylballard307]

I had always wondered what the home screen was about. I probably should have figured it out, but thanks for explaining it. It all makes sense now. All the algorithms seem to feed off each other. Let’s create that “upward spiral”!

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure Daryl! Actually, it was not easy to explain it until very recently. The thing with the favorites list is something that Todd from KZbin’s algorithm team shared not too long ago for the very first time. I put a link in the description in case you are interested in his official statements. With that it all made sense. And indeed, Suggested Videos and Home are both driven by the same recommendation engine. Both algorithms are basically different flavors of it. And the recommendation engine even looks for other traffic sources that indicate a video worth promoting. And that includes videos which do well in KZbin Search. So all in all it really is all connected. Cheers to that buddy! 😃🍻

[@darndarn99]

My channel is predominantly a search channel but I now want to move to browse . I’m finding it hard to title my videos for browse ? I keep going back to “ search terms” rather than thinking how would my browse audience react to the title .

[@Morningfame]

Oh yea, good point Mark! I actually invest a lot of time these days to find solutions for that. If you want to know more about where my studies are heading and first insights on that then check out the replay of a Clubhouse I did on Sunday: twitter.com/vincenzolandino/status/1361013124946657298 And I will certainly share all that and more in future videos. And in the meantime, this is my favorite titling strategy that can work well for Browse (Home) as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrPl6Kggq-qqqs I hope this helps! :)

[@IDICBeer]

Well explained Nico, interestingly, I never use the home page, I have my shortcut set to my subscription feed and just watch videos from there

[@Morningfame]

Wow, I knew you were special Nick! ;)) Indeed, the subscription tab is still a good view driver. Small compared to Home though. But the main reason I ignore it now and only focus on Home is that both Home and Subscriptions correlate in terms of views. So if you think about triggering Home you basically also trigger the subscription feed. I think this is a fair assumption that just make our creator life a bit easier. :)

[@AlexisNussbaum]

The last 2 days brought an immense amount of views from the browse feature on to one of my videos and then stopped after 2 days. What does it mean ? Is it KZbin that is trying to reach more people with my videos or something else ?

[@Morningfame]

Great question Alexis! What happened here is the same that can happen in the context of the Suggested Videos algorithm. I made an explainer video for that algorithm like I did here for Home and in that one I explain a “group cascade”. Your video cascaded successfully but then didn’t manage to cascade even further. Here is what I mean: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJm0iGykZZ17bNE

[@AlexisNussbaum]

Morningfame Thanks ! I’ll work on making it stronger next time !

[@AdamMellor1]

Yeah it’s so exciting when KZbin pushes your content out further, I just hate it when it stops after a day or so.

[@KochayoChannel]

Thank you.

[@Morningfame]

You are welcome. :)

[@AmericanPatriotANomad]

Knowledge is power😎

[@Morningfame]

My mantra as well! 👊😎

[@TheIgnoredGender]

12:26 whoa! What happened to the audio there? lol

[@Morningfame]

Haha, yea, apparently the mic dropped out and my editor had to fix it with the cam mic.

[@Someth1ngLight]

thank you nico! i was wondering how many of my views were from browse features

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure buddy! I hope you were able to answer it. The way you look it up as I showed in the beginning of this video was for the overall channel. But you can even do the same for one particular video by the way.

[@Someth1ngLight]

Morningfame Ofcourse, you are always helpful and I appreciate it

[@Morningfame]

High 5 buddy! :)

[@yabkaltwins3554]

very helpfull thankyou

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure! :)

[@gelideni]

I have a older video (3 years old) that on one day randomly had a lot of extra views via the home function. It's a 700K+ subs channel. I wondered if you might have an idea why this video has this sudden increase.

[@Morningfame]

Interesting! These extra views were most likely because the Home algorithm tested the video with a new audience group. This happens all the time btw. The algo always tries to figure out for each video which viewers are interested in it. And since the algo always looks at bigger groups of people at the same time, we observe sudden increases.

[@gelideni]

@@Morningfame thanks for you reply, very helpful!

[@RakeshKumar-po8ul]

Really nice

[@Morningfame]

Thanks Rakesh! :)

[@TSKnowledge]

sir one my videos was on browse feature, but i don’t know why it is no one. now i get very less views, will again my videos will featured in browse feature or not? and why it removed from browse feature, please help sir🙏

[@Morningfame]

“Browse” is a group of traffic sources consisting of “Home” and “Subscriptions” primarily. For Subscriptions in general and because you are a small channel also for Home as well, these traffic sources promote your new videos to your subscribers. So if you upload a new video then you see more Browse traffic. And it is natural that this traffic gets smaller again until your upload another video. Your subscribers only have something new to watch if you upload another video. I hope this helps!

[@TSKnowledge]

@@Morningfame thankyou sir. is audience retention also play a role in that? if audience retention is less then it was before that can also be a reason for that?

[@Morningfame]

@@TSKnowledge Yes, among other factors. For your subscribers especially the video topic itself is important. If many already see from the thumbnail / title that you talk about something that doesn’t interest them as much as your older video then that can have a big impact even right after you publish a new video.

[@TSKnowledge]

@@Morningfame Thankyou very much sir for helping me! Love you sir , Thankyou for taking out your precious time for your fans and loved ones, more power and more support to you sir always, Thankyou for your help, have a great success sir thankyou ❤️❤️🙏

[@Morningfame]

@@TSKnowledge Cheers pal! Absolutely my pleasure! :)

[@audiotoolshed]

Good info, thanks!

[@Morningfame]

Absolutely my pleasure! :)

[@gojikingshorts22]

On my shorts video it says in the analytics that it is 100% browse feature

[@Morningfame]

When you look at it in advanced mode of KZbin Studio on desktop then you can click on it and see which parts of Browse the views come from. I bet it‘s Home and Subscriptions. Both locations where people can find your shorts.

[@itsyoboicyril6843]

Could someone help me with the activation code???

[@Morningfame]

Here is one for you buddy: morningfa.me/invite/ytchannel Enjoy! -Nico

[@offgridsweden]

Great video Nico. Haven't been uploading for a while due to work and the situation in the world, but I'm on my way back. Even though I've seen awesome growth of the channel during this time. Have an amazing Sunday, Andreas 🇸🇪

[@Morningfame]

Thanks Andreas! Awesome, I bet you can make good use of the momentum that you have during your break. Cheers to moving forward! :)

[@Ask22]

Sticking to one subject is also key. Putting elements in your video is important. For example, if we write on a piece of paper the title and find a way to incorporate it helps. Sounds strange not sure if there is anything to it but that is what I have heard. Checking out how stuff is written is also interesting.

[@Morningfame]

Makes sense! Everything that keeps viewers glued to the screen helps. So scene switches etc.

[@TheIgnoredGender]

Home is my top traffic source for the views I get. KZbin Search is a close runner-up.

[@Morningfame]

Nice! Home is really valuable. It starts working early on and also is the foot in the door of getting recommended. :)

[@Mythical.History]

Hello sir. Can you tell me how long did it take to get to 16k subscribers?

[@Morningfame]

It took me about 180 videos to get here. If you want a reference for the speed at which a channel grows then the best measure is to count the uploaded videos. I hope this helps!

[@AdamMellor1]

Hey great video once again! I am working on watching this trilogy. :) Question for you, do you think it is better to put just one video as the end screen for a video, and sell your audience on watching it or to put multiple videos as end screens? Also how would you sum up this video in a few words, I feel like I don’t really understand the Home Screen very well. That only applies to people watching on desktop right?

[@Morningfame]

The fewer choice you give people on the end screen the better. Daniel Batal has a whole story behind all that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqqmpINjd5Zjh9U No, Home is relevant to all viewers. It’s the first page that you see when you open KZbin in the browser or on any mobile device. Knowing this, maybe rewatching this video helps. :)

[@Ask22]

You are a God !!! love the way you explain this true God

[@Morningfame]

Thanks a lot pal! I am really happy to hear that my style works so well for you. 😃✌️

[@hollistalks]

Hey hey, Nico! Thank you much for generous sharing of knowledge! I'm a Morningfame subscriber and I actually actually ended up rewatching this video because one of my recent vids seems to have triggered the Home algorithm. However, I'm a bit confused as to how this happened. Right now, it' seems to be the only one that is being recommended and it's getting quite a few views compared to normal but quite low retention and I haven't gained any subscribers since before I posted it. Does this mean I have a good thumbnail or title but failed to deliver in the actual content? And if this is the case, how did it get triggered at all? Thanks again, mate!

[@Morningfame]

Wow Holli, that‘s a big spike! What I always do in these cases is to open the „Full Algo List“ for that video in the Algorithm tab of Morningfame to see if traffic from other traffic sources give us a more complete picture. In this case, however, the Home spike is the work of the Home algorithm itself. And it is definitely the topic of the video which is something different than you usually upload. Keep observing its views in the coming days and weeks to see how strong it will get promoted and try to understand what is unique about the topic. Maybe you can create more videos around that topic. And in regards to the audience retention, of course follow your gut in order to decide whether you could have done a better job at meeting expectations but know that if a video gets promoted to more people, these metrics tend to always go down because the wider reach also attracts viewers who are outside of your core viewers and those are not as engaged in general. Fingers crossed this will evolve even further! 😃👌

[@hollistalks]

@@Morningfame Thanks for the insight, Nico! We shall see what happens!

[@Morningfame]

@@hollistalks Fingers crossed pal! :)

[@aqibahmed8139]

Hi morning fame ! I have 2 questions to ask regarding youtube search algorithm.. 1. The problem is that sometimes when we see the search results about a particular query; we see even those videos ranked which are far from being relevant to the keyword and have very less watchtime ( according to the views).. May you please tell that how do they get to such high rank ? I mean no relevancy and no watchtime but still on the top. How? 2. We know that watch time matters for search results ranking. But is it the watchtime for the particular query? Or they base their ranking on watchtime gained through whatever source?

[@Morningfame]

Great questions Aqib! No. 1: There are many reasons. One could be that KZbin just doesn’t have any other more relevant videos to show. Thus it falls back to less relevant videos. Or just do the search again. The video in question may only show up in some searches because the algorithm is testing the video in regards to whether it fits the search term or not and if it should show the video more often. No. 2: Watch time is indeed important. But we cannot say how high it is for the videos. But it is not the only factor. Click through rate is very important, too.

[@abdrnasr]

Some videos blow up (browse features) after a few months what is the reason for that?

[@Morningfame]

There are actually countless reasons. It could be that the algorithm finds a new audience group for which the video is performing well or it could be something external like a trend that is making its wave. Was there maybe some game release in your niche that made your video more relevant?

[@WrestlingFace]

Nice.

[@Morningfame]

Thanks! :)

[@krisop28]

Hello sir before 1 month I got personal recommendation and now I am constantly getting views and what is the stuff behind that personal recommendations sir could u pls explain me in detail ?

[@Morningfame]

Could you explain what you exactly mean with “personal recommendation”? Where can you see that?

[@krisop28]

@@Morningfame that means my video is showing next when ever I am watching one's video sir

[@Morningfame]

@@krisop28 I see! This is also called “Up Next” or “Suggested Videos” and I made a full video on that algorithm as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJm0iGykZZ17bNE

[@krisop28]

@@Morningfame OK sir

[@bsjukebox8225]

yezza! good info

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure buddy! :) Cheers, Nico

[@CarsSimplified]

Established subscribers driving a video's long-term effectiveness makes sense, but also seems like it may keep channels from seeing success when trying something new if it strays too far from what they are already making, unless they can craft it in a way to appeal to their subscribers anyway. A thumbnail meant for subscribers that gets replaced with a more evergreen thumbnail after a week or so makes a lot of sense in that case. I definitely need to set up a good binge-watchable series; I have "seasons" set up already, but they are very disjointed. When I started out, I was hoping to build a library that works like browsing wikipedia, where you just keep looking at the link to something you don't understand and learn something new, but that takes a long time to build!

[@Morningfame]

Good point about trying something new and taking a risk with it! Indeed, a new video topics that you didn’t proof to work well with your audience can tank your video. But there is nothing to worry about in the grander theme of your channel. Actually, in the same video that I linked in the description, Todd from KZbin’s algorithm team stated that the algorithms don’t have a channel score in any sense. And he even continues to say that they know well that a new video of a channel is not always successful and they don’t want to penalize a channel for that. Then again, better space those experimental videos out. If you tank too many videos in a row then your audience may lose interest. That is then like a penalization. Not from the algos but from your audience. That is of course common sense then. Awesome, I hope you can string your videos together. Here is the technique again which helps a great deal for that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX29n4eMoLKihZY

[@cothingamer582]

How can you get so many viewers who have seen one of my videos to watch others and get a lot of traffic

[@Morningfame]

Great question pal! I actually made a whole video for this question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nImth52ugdFjfMU Enjoy! :)

[@cothingamer582]

@@Morningfame thanks

[@tinaandfriends9504]

Thanks most of my videos are from browse videos so I had to search up what it meant

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure! Let me know if you have any follow-up questions about it. Cheers, Nico

[@OtomaEdje]

Love your content! I subscribed. I’d love to interview you sometime.

[@Morningfame]

I am glad you like it! Welcome on board. :) See ya, Nico

[@CETVPhilippines]

Great video! very informative now I know.

[@Morningfame]

I am happy to hear that. :) Thanks buddy!

[@Ask22]

Do you think that the algorithm is reading the video content ?

[@Morningfame]

It certainly is in regard to the text in the closed captions. It may also do video analysis to some extend. But that is only a guess because it is technically possible. If KZbin really does it, is unclear. The algorithm would certainly work well without doing so.

[@Detrucci]

Interestingly...I actually use the browse / home page for personal viewing on youtube much much more than almost any other way unless I am bingewatching a specific channel :)

[@Morningfame]

Right? I am like this, too! I watch KZbin on my phone, start on Home, watch something, go back to Home, watch the next... Roberto Blake once mentioned that he does that the same way. Home is really important!

[@jimmyjuniorthesongwriter7647]

Thanks for your info, I will as much of it as I can. I'm working on getting my first subscriber, lol.

[@Morningfame]

Awesome, enjoy the journey buddy! Btw, if you are interested, here is my video in which I give recommendations for very new channels like yours: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6TOloqri5mZa9E

[@jimmyjuniorthesongwriter7647]

@@Morningfame Thanks and thanks for the reply.

[@Triptunee]

Nice video , I have come to your channel seeking some advice on growing my channel !

[@Morningfame]

Welcome my friend! :) Btw, let me know any time if my videos leave any of your questions unanswered. Cheers, Nico

[@SaadonAksah]

Thanks for sharing. My browse traffic is going up but Im still not sure how I did it 😂

[@Morningfame]

Awesome! How many active subscribers do you have? Those who keep coming back to watch your new videos. That is the biggest factor for getting views via Home.

[@RameshKumar-ob1cc]

😂😂😂

[@overthetopwme]

Thanks for the information I am getting a lot of views from there

[@Morningfame]

My pleasure! Nice! That is really a good sign that you are starting to build solid fanbase around your channel. :)

[@ContentPiano]

One of my videos did incredibly well the previous month. It obtained 14k views primarily from browse features, however abruptly KZbin stopped showing the video on the Home Screen and switch the traffic source to search. Which results in 300 views a day rather than 800. How is this possible? Does this happen with you guys as well? And is it possible to get the traffic back at it was before? Please let me know if you know the answer or have the same issue!

[@Morningfame]

Do you think it is really a switch of the traffic sources? Or is it rather a wave of views from Home that just died down after some time and Search happened to pick up in views during that time? How do the daily views from Home look like day by day? Did you get 800 views per day for a whole month or rather was it like a wave?

[@ContentPiano]

@@Morningfame Eventually the home traffic was a big wave, first week it got like 200-300, 2nd week 300-600 and at his peek 1k in a day and after it dropped out until it is now 100 views a day for the Home Screen views. From that moment search views increased from 100 to 400 a day, which isn’t that bad, but feels rather kinda strange.

[@Morningfame]

@@ContentPiano I see! Well, that sounds quite normal / healthy to me. If Search works well then it picks up daily views over time and that is what I think happened to you independent of whatever Home did. For Home, a big wave can start after you publish a new video or later as well but what happens during this wave is a cascading effect where the Home algo shows the video to a wider and wider audience. At one point, however, this effect reaches its limit. I have visualized this effect in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGSmoKynqptjfrM I hope this helps!

[@arvindkumarbishnoi]

Sir my son is a youtuber he is doing his PG . He makes daily vlogs. Some times he makes travel. His channel name is "fearless ritesh Bishnoi". He has 5600 subscribers and approx 350 videos. He made mistakes initially. He made subscribers by asking them. Due to this his he has mix types of subscribers. His videos ctr remains between 4/11% and avd remains between 20 to 35%. Some of his videos have ctr above 11% and avd above 40% but only getting views between 200/300 what should he do.

[@relaxationstation7938]

Don't give up yall

[@Morningfame]

Never! 👊😎

[@Mythical.History]

I got many views from Browse Features in one of my videos. It's my first video to get over 1k views and I got 10 subscribers from that video. Now imagine if all my videos appears in browse features...

[@Morningfame]

High 5 buddy! That is truly amazing. It is actually uncommon to have such a success this early on. Keep it up!

[@loveyou-uj1cc]

You literally response to comments. Is it one of the techniques to rank your video?

[@Morningfame]

Indeed, responding to all comments is very important to me! But it doesn‘t really matter for ranking my videos. Instead it helps to build a community / a fanbase around my channel. 😃✌️

[@loveyou-uj1cc]

I see. I just heard that If you have a lot of comments youtube will tag your video as an active video because it has a lot of interactions, like community.

[@Morningfame]

In a sense it does. Basically if you have many viewers who really enjoy your video then that is visible to KZbin. Not necessarily because of the comments but for example the watch time is high then.

[@loveyou-uj1cc]

Why does youtubers always asking feedbacks in their comment section? I always hear "comment down below"

[@Morningfame]

@@loveyou-uj1cc Besides actually needing feedback and hence asking for it, it’s a way to build an active community, to create loyal fans.

[@bangladeshivloggersonia5984]

Nico, I am an active subscriber of MF. I have gained more than 25K subscribers in a year. But my recent videos are not getting even 1k views. Will you please advise. Thank you for your great work.

[@Morningfame]

Do you see the views drop on your channel overall? Or are you just not getting more views than usual despite gaining more subscribers?

[@Ask22]

I think everyone can agree that what you say is based on research the rest is all bad really bad

[@Morningfame]

I try my best in this regard indeed. :) Btw, most of the knowledge is directly from KZbin’s algorithm people. There is a channel called “Creator Insider” which is a great source. Sometimes they dig deep into the algorithms.

[@marcoinvesting5339]

FIRST! (almost)

[@Morningfame]

Haha, nearly! 😃👍 Have a great Sunday Marco!

[@marcoinvesting5339]

@@Morningfame right, I've finished to watch the video and my understanding so far is that in order to hit all the youtube algorithms you need to have great CTR, watchtime and encourage binge watching as much as possible :)

[@Morningfame]

Exactly! Great videos is a must and KZbin mainly measures it with CTR and watch time plus the binge watching gets your channel high up in the viewers’ favorite lists.

[@marcoinvesting5339]

@@Morningfame thank you for giving us so much insight into the algorithm :)