YouTube Insider Exposes How The Algorithm ACTUALLY Works

[@LittleKitchenBigFood]

The algorithm isn’t there for creators. It’s there for consumers and the platform. Keep that in mind as a creator.

[@TurtlWithAi]

Yeah...

[@soundscape26]

Sure, but the platform won't exist without creators.

[@TurtlWithAi]

@@soundscape26 truth

[@JFF_vlog]

@@LittleKitchenBigFood true but I'm happy atleast I'm able to connect to people in the world

[@LittleKitchenBigFood]

@@JFF_vlog me as well. Wouldn’t keep going with my mediocre channel if I didn’t think I would eventually succeed.

[@CrashFrontier]

Community posting is what I have done for years now. For every video, I first ask my viewers what they would like to see next or which of the below titles for a certain video sounds the most exciting to them. This ultimately gives you so much insight because my audience always goes for something else than what would be my preferred choice 😂. Do it! Use community posts. I've also noticed that the returning viewers in the audience tab are indicative of how successful a film will be. Ideally, the audience should reconnect with your channel within 7 days. PS: Liking, voting, or commenting on a new KZbin post within 7 days counts as such re-engagement too!

[@travelingexpats]

@@CrashFrontier we’re trying to build our community but it’s been difficult for us. Any tips??

[@CrashFrontier]

@@travelingexpats community posts are a great way aside from obviously uploading awesome content. If a user engages with a post, subscriber or not, it is very likely he will see the next community post too. There are channels, like VidIQ actually, who really post multiple times a week for that very reason. It seems to me that a 7 day window is important here. A user should real-engage with the channel within 7 days. Another important metric is 28 days. But 7 days appears to be more crucial. In short: ask really interesting poll questions to which users would love to see the poll results (for which they have to vote in order to see it). It's best if these generally interesting polls would suit the niche of your channel but that's not a must. I've seen channels that ask the most random stuff and get 100k votes. They didn't get those from the start, but they ask every week twice (so that users Re-engage within the crucial 7 day period) and that's how they end up with having 100k votes in a poll.

[@NandiCollector]

*Thanks for your tips. :)*

[@robotflix0]

me: I'm going to go viral algorithm: Are you sure about that?

[@TurtlWithAi]

fr

[@Littletoysbigadventures]

😅😂😂

[@misterrfoot]

@@robotflix0my situation now

[@FurrtasticGamer]

​@@Bizz_sparklerit's random. It's like throwing things at a wall and seeing what sticks.

[@fbdl149]

Oh! It's wierd that youre not viral. I subscribed you

[@DanJonesHypnosis]

I have an ad observation that I find curious. I only watch KZbin on my TV, so I don't know if this is on all platforms but in longer videos KZbin now shows many ads back to back, which isn't new, but what is new is that a notification comes up on screen on the second ad saying to "watch through the next ad to see fewer ads later in the video". To me, that is encouraging people to watch an ad they would ordinarily skip. If the creator says "watch the ad through, it really helps the channel" - promoting people to watch an ad through they otherwise would have skipped, they can get penalised and KZbin, if they think this has been done will get money back from the creator. Does this happen on all platforms, like for mobile viewers, or just TV?

[@CaliKim29]

This makes sense...I've been posting regularly to Community, while I don't know how to show metrics for the results....The community page is actually a hit. I ask for critique, what they liked, pics of my garden dog...and they love it. It's like hanging out with the professor after class....these are the serious folks about your channel. I will use the suggestions here to act as a guide about upcoming topics.

[@BlackCatKitchen]

You might already know this, but if you open KZbin Studio on your desktop and navigate to "Analytics" -> "Content" tab -> "Posts" sub-heading, you can see impressions, likes and subs for your community tab, as well as which content did best in the last 28 days! Pretty useful info! 😻

[@nouwat]

❤❤

[@giftedwiththree]

I believe KZbin pick who they want to be the top creators. Plus, for the videos, they pick which one they really want to push through the algorithm. Because I have one video to hit 73K and then the other ones they don't even do nothing. My watch time was up now it's going down. Some of the small channels content be better than the ones with 100K+ subs. At this point KZbin need some adjustments.

[@SonetLandman]

Ditto. I had a 71K video but far too early in my KZbin journey. This video became a liability as soon as the 1 year mark rolled by. Why must watch hours be taken away if you have made it? For what reason? Then I see bad rediculous channels explode. Makes no sense. From 71K views I could not get a 1000 people pressing the subscribe button. Really??

[@shilpaagarwal-ol2yh]

Can you help others how did you hit 73k

[@CrazyQuadBrothersP3]

Yeah the algorithm is crazy. It’s random etc. Most of our shorts (RC CHANNEL “niche”) get 440-500 views within a couple hours. Then they completely stop right there. Then every 12-24 hours slowly get 10-15 views per day. Or stop completely. Then occasionally one short will get 3k-10k views quickly then stop and get the same 10-15 views per day. The ones that get more views seem no more exciting than the others. It just seems random… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TonyCreates2]

I agree 😢❤

[@missworm]

Same happening to my videos now. YT suddenly stops putting out impressions for all my videos. Now I’m only getting 2-300 impressions in 24 hours for my entire channel.

[@storiesfromtoliver]

I just started my youtube channel. May God help us all new content creators.

[@OutdoorGurl24]

Wishing you the best!

[@Folktalesbyella]

I just subscribed, good luck

[@OutdoorGurl24]

@@Folktalesbyella thanks so much- I will do the same

[@Drstuddwell]

@@storiesfromtoliver Congrats you got this!!!!

[@Brawl-Buzz777]

Thanks bro 🙏🙏🙏

[@Trick__Treat]

I hit 15 subs yesterday! I’m feeling happy about it!

[@MellyVilleYT]

@@Trick__Treat congrats! Keep going !

[@nouwat]

❤❤

[@Dr.Groove-AI]

Awesome!

[@vidIQ]

Nice! Congrats!

[@AleandAdventures]

Congrats :D

[@theoriginfactory]

Community feedback only works if you already have an audience 😂

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub

[@thekaikage]

Exactly

[@Cookingwithapril]

I totally agree. I have a very small and I do mean small audience. Been doing KZbin for 3 years now

[@Dr.Groove-AI]

That's what I was thinking, I feel like a lot of so called 'tips' on how to grow are based off pre-existing stats that new channels do not have at all.

[@Chembekezo]

They keep moving the goalpost so that you feel like you are doing something wrong. One day is one day.

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub, first

[@limitless-i8l]

Be motivated Keep going and never give up You will reach Be limitless

[@ChrisHereToday]

Great advice

[@amuoyhengcooking]

You are very encouraging. Thank you. I'll never give up.

[@chriscoughlan5221]

the record is sticking!!

[@Maximilian-d1p]

The sky the limit

[@travelingexpats]

Consistency slowly pays off. Don’t stop posting!

[@OmoiSenpai]

Spot on since the beginning, which is why I am HIGHLY WISHING that there was a feature for creators to be able to Publish and Notify ONLY to subscribers who have been returning viewers for an X-Amount of time. Unfortunately, many channels die out if they were Part of a Changing Trend, or if they were Giving Education that a person would move on from. And a part of the huge reason has to do with publishing to the subscription tab and accumulating the low Impression Click Through Rate. I would very much rather have a video be impressed to 100 subscribers and clicked on by 50-60 of them, than to have a video be impressed to 100,000 of them only to be clicked by 50-60 of them.

[@OrchestralMusicMidJourneyArt]

The community tab doesn’t work if KZbin doesn’t show your subscribers or past viewers the actual community post. I have over 2K subs and YT will only do 10-30 impressions on that post. Really? It baffles me.

[@izzyrov5814]

Same thing happened to me

[@SonetLandman]

The algorithm continuous to consistently baffle me on just about everything on KZbin. Makes no sense. 100% random.

[@EnglishEars-6]

it's been almost 5 months and the algorithm still suggests my videos to the wrong audience despite all the tags and keywords.

[@EnglishEars-6]

@@dgtechdailyvlogs tags matter bro, for small channels every matters.

[@Yung.prizly]

@@dgtechdailyvlogsso you stopped and your channel started sinking?

[@ChrisHereToday]

Interesting, what's your plan to try and solve?

[@SolvingYourProblemRightNow]

Lol

[@jeronemoG]

Never watch anything on the channel you create on except niche your creating

[@justinuriahphoto]

I grew my channel pretty quickly using this technique. I also use shorts for growth. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@NotFireFly_]

hey look its me 2:15

[@Pixelbro224sigma]

W youtuber

[@malgareth]

The goat

[@TRASH27-Q]

W vids

[@ervinslens]

Your channel helped him to get monetization in a year as well as to reach the first million views, the effort you put into each video is unmatched!!! Thank you !!!

[@BlackCatKitchen]

After 4 years of being a food KZbinr, I honestly think titles are the hardest thing to get right! Thumbnails are a close second! 😹 Great video, Rob! 😻

[@Drstuddwell]

How’s being a food tuber go u cook and record or review different places also great content !

[@BlackCatKitchen]

@@Drstuddwell - I create step-by-step recipe videos, but I do occasionally post entertainment videos, like reading hate comments (😹), or trying 13 different supermarket cheese and onion sandwiches! I've also uploaded some travel food vlogs too, but these tend to get a lot less views when compared to my usual content ... 😻

[@BlackCatKitchen]

@@Bizz_sparkler - KZbin is hard work, no matter what content you create! 😻

[@Sugoicooks]

I am also gonna upload cooking videos , after some time. But it's surprising some food content creators reach 1million really fast others take so much time. Any answer for this.

[@BlackCatKitchen]

@@Sugoicooks - A mixture of personality, thumbnails, titles, good content and luck! 😻

[@FHIPrincePeter]

None of it works. None of it. I have many returning viewers who leave comments. I have a high number of likes in regards to the number of visitors. Thumbnails okay. I had one video badly edited that went viral but previous to that my highest video was 5,000 views on a video I filmed in a dark bar , poor lighting speaking to a Liberian refugee who fought for General Butt naked. No intro or outro, very poor thumbnail silly title but was leaps and bounds WORSE than the videos I used to sweat over. I followed many of these Gurus to NO avail. It's pot luck. Been on under 3,000 for over a year now and actively posting since 2018! I treat it as a hobby. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!

[@pleaseplantme-n3b]

@@FHIPrincePeter same here my video with the most views I didn’t apply any of this hence it was 4yrs ago but to your point I agree

[@Dr.Groove-AI]

Yeah I agree, these days everyone is making videos about how to grow on youtube... if it was that simple then every channel will blow up.

[@SonetLandman]

Thank you Sir. You have hit the nail on the head.

[@ZoomyToons]

Right there with you good sir! I get great engagement, high retention, but still my videos get put into the wrong audiences, or just instantly drops off once it reaches a certain view count. I genuinely think that it's pure luck as well, or sellout success. I don't make these stupid informative videos either that EVERY "how to grow your channel" video caters to. I've had channels blow up in the past but just because I jumped on trends, but the moments those trends died, so did my channel. It's all about how to be relevant for 10 days kinda tips. It's stupid

[@IndianCovers]

@vidiq what yo thoughts ?

[@NebulaSnoozeAmbient]

"Shadow Banned" is a cop-out term. Tempting to use, yes. When you work hard on something and you really think it will work, but it doesn't, that's understandably frustrating. But you need to get back up and try something different. You can absolutely do it.

[@SonetLandman]

No. The KZbin algorithm wants thousands of channels rehashing the same old stuff over and over and over again. That makes for a happy algorithm. In my opinion it makes for a boring platform.

[@NebulaSnoozeAmbient]

@@SonetLandman You may have heard this before but substitute "algorithm" with "audience" and re-read your comment. The audience DOES like familiar formats but they def don't want the same content over and over again. Plus, if they were bored by the platform, they simply wouldn't be here. Yet they are. So there's a contradiction somewhere in your thinking. I'm no success story, myself. But I urge you to keep at it and don't let disappointment take over. Cheers.

[@Love-You-Photography]

Overnight, my video views plummeted from 5k to less than 10. The statistics show that these many views originated from other countries. My videos are in German, and my target audience is also German. I have no idea what prompted the algorithm to distribute my videos elsewhere.

[@sabitullah1913]

the content ur making photopgraphy that is good, but when I see ur thumbnails for that peoples are interested in 3rd countries, I hope u understand, and u can't do anything about this, so enjoy the views.

[@Maschine_Fuhrer]

Idk either. I set my Channel to czech language, origin in czech. I made czech video with czech name And czech description i also paid propagation for czech audience only ... And 99% of viewers were not czechs...

[@Love-You-Photography]

@@sabitullah1913 Thats interesting 🤔

[@BitsAndTips]

Easy, I checked your channel, thumbnails with beatiful woman... thats it, as always it's the best way to sell something. sad but true. cheers

[@GaMer-FoR-eVeR]

0:25 come on rob I reached 8 days working on my last video & you always made me nervous with this sentence 😂😂

[@RifoseReflaesNyathi-pj3jg]

Thanks!

[@vidIQ]

Thank you for watching!

[@UnluckyTortol]

6:30 OMG THATS ME IN THE CHAT 😂

[@ShaleMumble]

Thank you vidiq for always helping creators with good advice

[@PastorJoshPan]

Ayyy it's tough, but consistency is key then improve each time!

[@omo_aji]

I have 120 subs now after 2 months of uploading videos.... very happy....just keep on uploading videos cuz you'll never gonna know.... algorithm please be nice to us 🙏🙏🙏

[@Brawl-Buzz777]

Your videos is very good but why your subscribers is low ? I hope so you soon can reach 1000 subscribers soon and monetized channel 🙏🙏🙏 goodluck and also I subbed you don't give up

[@omo_aji]

@@Brawl-Buzz777 Thank you I did the same

[@Brawl-Buzz777]

@@omo_aji thank you sooo much 😊

[@omo_aji]

@@Brawl-Buzz777 Let's not give up...'cux we'll never gonna know

[@aimhighvid]

I'm sorry, but I must disagree. Every time I come to this channel, I leave more frustrated than before . I hear you say in almost every video that The "algorithm" (if there even is one) will show your content to a sample audience to get a feel for which viewers the video appeals to. I have dozens of videos with absolutely NO impressions, I have even more with less than 5 impressions. I even have one video that's been up for almost 9 months with NO impressions. But I never here any experts explain why these videos never get a chance for an audience to sample. It's a very simple equation that even I can work out: If viewers don't get an option to view, then the video will get No Views ! In between a long run of Zero impressions, I promoted One video on a 3rd party Ad platform for 12 hours.. This video received a few hundred views, which was amazing, compared to what I'd gotten used to. The views corresponded with the stats on the AD platform. But according to KZbin, these views came from my feed ? The next few Videos reverted to the usual pattern of getting no impressions & no views. Since around October last year (2023) the highest number of views I've received for a video on this particular channel (with the exception of the promoted one) is 136, with most receiving less than 30 views and a lot less impressions. I reposted a couple of these videos on another of my channels (off Niche) and they got over 4k views I post an average of 4 videos per week.

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub

[@BathosPathos]

It's sort of like a lottery

[@thegreencompany2101]

I just try to focus on the quality of my videos instead of the algorithm. It’s almost impossible to understand how that works😅

[@ezekielobabatunde]

You understand!!! 😂😂😂

[@TheNatureSanctuary]

I hit 600 subs yesterday! I’m feeling happy about it! Hoping will hit 1k by this year end! Cheers all the best guys! Its a long journey, just make sure you do what you LOVE!

[@user-2msg]

true! well said

[@nikhila4342]

[@RileyTastic]

I've gotten 15k subscribers in the past couple months and everything you've said basically confirms a lot of stuff I've already specialized. Your videos have helped out my understanding of the algorithm so much more which led to the beginning of all my success, thank you!

[@GavinKohAquascaping]

After 2 years of making videos, I finally got a bona fide viral/outlier video. The seed of it was the subject, then the quality of filming, along with title and thumbnail. I'm still amazed that after 3 weeks since publish, I'm still getting 300-500 views per hour. This has been a long time coming and I certainly am grateful for the journey...difficult as it is!

[@travelingexpats]

Congrats!🎉

[@GavinKohAquascaping]

@@travelingexpats Much appreciated!!

[@dreamupward]

Great insights on the algorithm! It’s always interesting to hear from insiders. Can’t wait to put these secrets into action. Thanks for sharing!

[@RicardoTolbert]

The biggest issue I have been running into lately, is that for whatever reason OHTER videos that are suggesting MY videos are super unrelated to my content. I haven't changed anything as far as uploads, tags, descriptions ect. I'm confused on why this has been happening. It's killing my videos.

[@Maximilian-d1p]

We’re all my fellas 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@grouplelakibersekutu]

0 VIEWS IN 1 SEC- nah im done im tired i just wanna be happy man

[@DJ-XTRM]

😂 Yup 😂

[@hakimsworld]

VID IQ WHY IS MY ACCOUNT NOT CONNECTING TO YOUR COMPANY WHEN I AM PAYING EVERY MONTH?

[@samsped15]

Yes

[@nouwat]

❤❤

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sec

[@NeverBackDownTrickShots]

Let’s get us all to one thousand subscribers!

[@vidIQ]

Go for it! Check out this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXXXpJt4htOtY6M

[@NeverBackDownTrickShots]

@@vidIQ Thanks!

[@Creathrod]

Interesting Noted 📌👍🏿 Thanks again Rob

[@LeaderOfArmourStands]

You guys will make it someday. Just keep posting. Make funny and cool content. And most important. Quality over quantity.

[@Ashgt777]

Quanity over Quality for me

[@MantrasByAIHindi]

Thanks this is what I aspire and hope although monetized I don't think income is enough to sustain as only source of income but I am doing what inspires me so money is secondary

[@NaudVanDalen]

You can do whatever you want. Some people get millions of views per video when they also post every day. The videos are not spectacular at all. Very monotone. Just a guy sitting on a chair while talking. Others get only a few hundred thousand views or even just tens of thousands of views for 1 video per week or even per month and they are funny comedy sketches.

[@Ashgt777]

@@NaudVanDalen Exactly

[@NotSoOrthopath]

Hope the hardwork pays off some day💯

[@audh220]

Thank you vidiq

[@itsunasasmr]

Thank you for teaching us! Praying for everyone’s success ❤

[@Painfultruth_08]

Good luck to everyone as they navigate through the algorithm.

[@thejerrbertrends526]

Thank you so much Rob for sharing this substantial information about the algorithm.

[@GumGumTV-KidsCartoons]

I started my channel 2 days ago and I have 19 subscribers. Two of those are my friends. I feel pretty positive about what’s coming.

[@nouwat]

❤❤

[@izzyrov5814]

How many videos did you release in 2 days? My first video had 0 views for a month (it was a trial) so if you only had 1 video, how the heck you got subscribers already? Or maybe you're doing shorts?

[@GumGumTV-KidsCartoons]

@@izzyrov5814 I started with just 1 video and after 2 days I uploaded a short. Those are my numbers by now. For animation content which is really hard to do (takes weeks to make a video) is not good news, but I guess time will tell if it was worth it or not

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub

[@GumGumTV-KidsCartoons]

@@izzyrov5814 just 1 video first day and 1 short 2 days later

[@shawnvandevenne]

WOW!! I just saw my own comment in the video at the 6 minute mark!!!! I'm really making myself known in high places!! Thank you vidiq 😊😊😊

[@PuppetShortFilms]

Rob You forgot to put the end video, you just pointing on nothing 😄

[@christinaharris6201]

When you switched from search focused to browse and suggested videos, are you seeing a shorter lifespan for the videos? We're also trying to switch from search based to suggested/browse and see a much shorter lifespan for these videos. With search, we'd see 12-18 month lifespan and 2 months (if we're lucky) for browse/suggested.

[@3M2024D]

Started creating yt video since 2022, my subscribers is only 105 for more than 2 years. But this September 2024 started viewing your videos and learned some useful ideas. In less than 2 weeks this September, my subscribers grows to 185 with 7k views. Thank you.

[@EmmasNatureEscapes]

+1 from me good luck!

[@3M2024D]

@@EmmasNatureEscapes thanks very much

[@robotflix0]

I'm sorry but these things have too many variables. Luck does help. in a big way You'd have to the Sherlock Holmes of statistics to be able to control all the variables and beat the algorithm. Best we can do is try to make our content engaging and do the thumbnail, description and tags thing in a good way.

[@spiritualgateway432]

All of this can be effective for content creators but not for musicians. We have to look for the listener and viewer in a completely different way. And it's not about the quality of the product, but about building your fan base, social media, performing in front of an audience, etc.

[@FishkaGK]

Just hit 60 Subs and first time 4K views 🎉🎉🎉 so so happy best of luck to all small channels😊

[@EmmasNatureEscapes]

Good luck with your channel! +1 sub from me :)

[@FishkaGK]

@@EmmasNatureEscapes Thank you👋👋

[@ADNdelCrimen]

🔥🙌Your channel looks amazing 🤩

[@aroyalaustralian]

Most helpful. Indeed, I’ll rewatch & drill down.

[@ClientSuccessMedia]

Brand New Channel Trying To Grow An Audience! This type of information is invaluable and tremendously helpful! Well earned “like” today! 🎥😎

[@Todayprimereport]

There’s practically no algorithm on KZbin anymore. It’s ridiculous that KZbin isn’t even sending videos to your own subscribers!

[@suzevidz]

Thank you for this information. Your channel is so valuable to me. I've been working to target my audience and I started doing polls which is something I learned from you guys and it seems to be helping it grow, too. I just passed a thousand subscribers, but I don't have my viewing hours yet. I'm almost there. My videos are so short at the moment that it takes a while to build up the viewing hours. I'm hoping to be able to get equipment that will let me make longer videos soon. Thank you for making your videos! 😀

[@suzevidz]

@@Bizz_sparkler I think it would depend on your target audience. I would like to make longer content because it helps my viewing time go up faster. I have one video that is about an hour and a half long and people watch it and it really helps me a lot. On the flip side, some audiences prefer shorter content because they don't have to spend as much time watching one thing. Lol! I think it really depends on your subject matter and the audience it's aimed at. 🤷‍♀️

[@AgentNaruma]

Yea no I don't really believe you guys anymore as I am currently getting no views no matter what I do, the views while starting to grow fastly, abruptly stops at 5 and then I get hit with the famous image of the dog unplugging an electric wire whenever I try to go in my analytics to see what's wrong or even to upload! So I posted my problem to KZbin themselves on X and they said that they are looking into it so basically saying that there is indeed a problem with either my account or something else, NOT my videos!!

[@LJAYTHATRUTH]

Thanks for your tips. Ok finally almost at 10k! 🔥

[@CryoSG]

Just started my youtube journey. Your videos helped me so much in getting started!

[@cheapshotsports]

I still wanna know why all the experts say KZbin doesn’t take taxes off of ad revenue? I’ve heard you say it too Rob, yet my first KZbin payment (for other channel) had $800 taken off for taxes. Did I fill something out wrong if this is happening? Would be good to get a reply from an “expert”, I’ve been asking them all but they NEVER actually reply or help

[@joli9127]

seems like you didn't get reply here either. Seems like they don't follow video advide to engage in community, so perhaps they don't believe in it so much

[@cheapshotsports]

@@joli9127 yeah none of the “experts” are actually interested in helping people, especially the bigger ones, they’re just after the watch time for themselves

[@Obtecappliances]

Great information ❤❤❤ connected

[@NewAgeBoxing7]

Love this community and how you guys always hype eachother up! ☺️

[@TonyCreates2]

Has it should be ❤🎉

[@Aldever13]

I finally figured it out, i fell off for deleting videos, this video helped me learn a valuable lesson, don’t delete videos. Don’t fall for this growing creators! You got this!

[@ALWResearchTeam]

4:56 what does TLDR stand for please?

[@JakePluck]

"Too long, didn't read". It's internet slang for "here's the summary"

[@relaxxdfittactical]

Almost at 200!!!! Stoked

[@ZenZoneVibeVault]

Another masterclass on how-to do it. Thanks VidIQ

[@DanielHYNg]

You are right. I need to put in lots of thoughts into it and execute the strategy.

[@lotrfanhome]

I made it to the first major milestone of 1K subscribers and 4K hours. 50% of my viewers are coming from the homepage and suggested videos, and another 30% are returning viewers for the playlist. So I think the algorithm is working for me in my specific niche audience. But I think the key for my returning viewers is that I have bingeable content, episodic content, so that they'll come back to see the latest episode. Or they'll find my channel at the latest video installment and jump back to watch them all from the beginning. But something I don't have is direct competition, another content creator posting the same type of videos and topics that I'm posting. Something I've heard frequently from my audience is that they love the uniqueness of what I've been doing. There's nothing else like this on KZbin, they say. But yet for a variety of different reasons, they want it, and so did I that I started making it.

[@RogerPlaysTV]

well it's impossible to get discover if i search EXACT SAME WORD FOR WORD of my title or my video and you are not even in page 15. And i put all the SEO necessary.

[@DominicHamel286]

Rob, I try to listen to my audience about making better videos. But because I am an Aspie (people affected with the Syndrome of Asperger), my brain works so slow. I don't always understand what they want. My main topic or niche is Grondines. All the videos you see on my channel are part of this niche or topic. My brain doesn't function adequately. Sorry, people if I can't always respond to your demands. Do you understand why, Rob?

[@Dist0rtion1]

I was happy when one of my videos got 154 views 1 like and 1 new subscriber. I felt more incentive to keep going.

[@Folktalesbyella]

I just subscribed bro🩷

[@Dist0rtion1]

@@Folktalesbyella Thanks bro

[@Folktalesbyella]

@@Dist0rtion1 Urw bro

[@FunTimeAnimations1803]

@@Dist0rtion1 I also subscribed bro. Keep going man!

[@Folktalesbyella]

@@Bizz_sparkler yea, I just subscribed to you too bro

[@inspiremotivate2000]

I started my youtube channel. Now slowly and but steeadily my subscriber count is going up. Great Job Rob, your simple presentation motivates us to excel for new heights.

[@trafficant3]

YT is very hard, I started my channel a couple of months ago and still struggling getting new subscribers. Very frustrating to work more than 10 hours , edit, finish, upload, go to bed and get 3 views and 0 subs 😪Ouchh!....Regardless, still keep it up consistent, learning every video and enjoy the process 😎😎

[@Ashgt777]

Don’t stress yourself out, You will get there, Definitely try creating Quality Videos, But don’t let everybody tell you what to do, Post what you feel is right and what you may think will gain viewers. Me personally, I listened to all this advice and stressed my self out. Yesterday. I used to be worried about High Quality Descriptions, What Hashtags to use, This and That, Because I was making a consistent 1K-3K Viewers, and as soon as I started to adjust stuff like Tags and Hashtags, My view’s literally started going down. My videos aren’t the best when its down to Quality, but they were getting somewhere. So figure out whats right for you, Me personally I do not use Tags, Keywords, Hashtags, My vids that have the most views don’t even have descriptions. Now if you are branding, Its right to keep a well made description, but for my channel, It doesn’t matter, may not be for yours. So basically figure out what’s right for you, font stress yourself out like I did!

[@Ashgt777]

Your recent videos is great, I don’t know why you’re not getting the views expected.

[@NfamizJay]

Lmfao 🫵🏻😆 I Live in this realm/Lane and has been for years 🫣🤪. Least I can always look back and say “hey look what I made” 👍🏼😅

[@alexstoermer]

Try 40 hours and a 1% click through rate… and then knowing the impressions flatline-from-hell death sentence is your next step. It’s not easy for sure, and the latest shift towards a-winner-take-all approach from KZbin isn’t helping.

[@JerAriFAMILYVIBES]

I wish success on your small KZbin channel!

[@thelivingroomstudios]

Chicken and the egg thing unfortunately. Tough to get audience info! Too few views, no audience info in analytics . . . Need that audience info to make relevant content to get more views . . . Too few subscribers, smaller and not statistically relevant info from a Community Tab audience poll. Adding to that the dreaded part where your subject area crosses over 2-3 "categories" and KZbin does not get how to place your videos . . . The struggle is real! 😎 Great video! Cheers!

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub

[@MG-channel9]

Small channels lets join our forces. Unity is power💪💪

[@Folktalesbyella]

I’m here bro

[@MG-channel9]

@@Folktalesbyella I am already subscribed to you. you do have really nice content 💪

[@TonyCreates2]

Let’s do it ❤ I am in

[@MG-channel9]

@@TonyCreates2 subscribed 💪

[@TonyCreates2]

@@MG-channel9 got you fam

[@VirgilioRendon-jm8bw]

I'm very thankful for your services to create a management for youtube and to help to all creators and performer as part of intertainment or else.

[@SamzaTechSolutionsOfficial]

Your hard work will pay off! 🎥 Keep creating great content and stay patient-monetization is just around the corner! 💪💰

[@OrdinaryMenace]

I just hit 1000 subs. You're channel has been working amazingly!

[@MyHomeVideosByPDWarner]

This video is great. My channel is almost 2 months old now. And before I knew what I was doing, I made home videos, I didn't dispute copyrights; instead I used replacement music (which is so bad I can't even tell you) rather than dispute a copyright - which is what I am doing now. Deleting and reuploading all my videos and disputing the copyright as fair use. And I am winning 90% of the disputes. Man I wish I knew that when I first uploaded them - 303 videos up now. 200 still with background music replaced. Now I'm deleting and reuploading and keeping the original music and I am seeing slowly but surely an improvement. I have the radio on a lot in the background of my home videos, that's the problem. And if I knew how easy a copyright release is to get, I would have saved myself a month of work. Yes get feedback; even your own. The KZbin replacement music suddenly popping on (you can't hear the talking anymore by the way) was so jarring it really stunned me into thinking of something. I was bold and did my first dispute, lost. Changed what I wrote, won every single one after that. Still have like 200 videos to replace this way. But don't hesitate to dispute all copyright claims. They will release them if what you say is right, for example, the music is incidental and I believe therefore fair use. And that was the trick. Never talk about trying to earn money. They know it. But, still, don't put that in your fair use letter. Just a tip. Thanks again for this awesome SHORT and INFORMATIVE (LOVE THOSE 2 THINGS) vid!!!

[@ssimplybeautiful]

Great insights ! Thank you for sharing.

[@Envistra]

Good to know. Get to learn new things everyday. Thanks.

[@AffirmOpulence-LOA]

I am getting NO impressions on my videos for my new channel. I mean, literally ZERO. KZbin shows my videos to NO ONE. I don't see this issue being addressed by ANYONE offering advice on how to grow a channel. The only way I got a view on my video was to search for my channel via my other email's KZbin, subscribed to my own channel and watched my own video. But when I uploaded another video, my other email did not get a notice that a new video had been uploaded So, even if someone that I give the video to does subscribe they would not get a notice and the video would not show in their KZbin feed. I am fully verified, even uploaded ID. This channel is attached to an email that has existed for years, so it is not a new email.

[@EmmasNatureEscapes]

Make more long format videos and don't post every day, give them 2-3 days in between. After around 20 videos your channel should raise, at least that what I experienced. You have +1 sub from me and I'm watching some of your videos now :)

[@reginal3264]

@@EmmasNatureEscapes thank you very much for your input and suggestions. Perfect timing,; I was about to post another video this is under 10 minutes. I'll add more content and space out the timing.

[@cbnewham5633]

How do you have over 1000 subscribers and yet hardly any views on your videos?

[@AffirmOpulence-LOA]

@@cbnewham5633 a friend, who does promos for his own biz, offered to promote one of my videos via various social media sites. Haven't had a chance to follow up to learn how he did it. But that one video got a lot of views & subs.

[@Floral_Dragons1]

As a KZbinr, I make shorts. Not long-term videos, I feel like the advice, I try to find is only for long-term videos. I am a dragon puppeteer, who films with a phone. Any tips on how to blow up, as a shorts creator?

[@Alienhere]

🎉🎉

[@TriviaTidbitsMaster]

Yess let’s keep growing community !!!!

[@BuildwithMooney]

Thanks Rob!

[@NebulaSnoozeAmbient]

213 subs in under 2 months. Not too shabby I think.

[@zworld2024]

I reached 37 subscribers today, Growing slowly but steadily and i'm loving every step of the journey. thank you all and good luck to everyone

[@ivaylo_zhivkov]

+1 sub

[@ChopperJop]

Thanks! I'm gonna apply these tips to my channel. I just started uploading high quality 4K motor rides and believe I've everything settled to grow big at a certain moment! 🚀

[@masalamagictv]

Adjust custom and improve more. love u vidiq ❤

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

Question is: Can I reuse my own content. Like if I took a short I made a year ago and uploaded it again? Or turned it into the same shorts with different music?

[@hackride]

I wish you would talk more about episodic or character driven shows. There are huge differences in content based and character based. Talk about it

[@Yorkies-Travel]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@Coyne3]

The views are too inconsistent… with gaming videos I’ll post everyday and randomly will accumulate views. Some 400/500 and others 5000/10,000 but then it stops. Only way to catch the algorithm is to have ACTIVE Subscribers.

[@Coyne3]

Only on shorts, if i post a normal video it will struggle to hit 10 views, even with 260+ subscribers 🤣 KZbin = Broken

[@High_Key]

Interesting. I just noticed the returning viewers on my last 6 or so videos exceeds new viewers by a significant margin and I always thought that wasn’t a good thing because that means new people weren’t seeing my videos. In my experience, the watch hours seem to be my driving metric. I only do longform and my retention is surprisingly low throughout a 30min video but each video gets a solid few hundred watch hours somehow and continue to trickle in views even months later. Nothing viral as I’m super niched up but I’m VERY happy with my channel performance so far. Will hit the one year mark for uploading in a few months and on track for 2k subs.

[@TrueMT7]

"More people touching grass" Lol! Rob we like you! But sadly, i just uploaded a video 1 minute before you made this video, bruh. ❤😂

[@Canons_Catch]

Almost at 1,000 subs let’s goo 🎉

[@Folktalesbyella]

Good luck bro, I just subscribed

[@vidIQ]

Go for it! Check out this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXXXpJt4htOtY6M

[@TheCozyKayeHaven]

I finally surpassed the 500 mark 🎉 I’m hoping to keep growing. KZbin is definitely the long game for some and for others it’s instant. Hoping to be at 1k by January 💗

[@EmmasNatureEscapes]

Plus 1 from me :) Good luck with your channel!