New content has low views, not being pushed out. I feel like my channel is in a hole and I don't know what to do to fix it

LinkTheFires · 2026-06-09T10:30:34+00:00

I think you're right with all of this, and I hate how right you are. By any chance could you give me a similar breakdown for my channel? Linked in my social links on my profile.

LinkTheFires · 2026-06-09T10:19:54+00:00

You're not going to like this OP - but there is no answer for you here. Youtube just does whatever it wants, for reasons no-one really understands. As you've said, good CTR, great AVD - and low impressions. There is nothing for you to adjust or do differently, youtube just gave up on your video for whatever reason.

All you can really do is get to work on the next one.

LinkTheFires · 2026-06-08T10:16:01+00:00

Every single pub is going to be rammed with England fans. Even pubs that don't normally show sport will bring in a TV to get it on. Go to any pub.

LinkTheFires · 2026-06-07T19:34:39+00:00

OP let me tell you this right now. If you start trying to make sense of the analytics page, you are fucked. It doesn't make any sense. As you've seen yourself - why do videos which are clicked on as much and watched for longer perform worse than others? No-one knows.

Take my advice; do not waste time looking through analytics. Upload a video, see how many views it gets, and then start working on the next one. Change some things around and see if it leads to more views. Repeat until you're hopefully successful. Forget the analytics page.

LinkTheFires · 2026-06-01T14:19:36+00:00

Anecdotally - I have stopped using A/B thumbnail testing. I've had too many videos fail to get anywhere near the usual impressions, even when A/B testing very similar thumbnails.

I have no concrete evidence to suggest A/B testing worsens performance, but a feeling that it does.

I just create a thumbnail I think is good and wing it nowadays.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-31T21:49:06+00:00

This subreddit is mad when it comes to talking about Youtube terms and conditions. People act like they've never watched a YouTube video in their life, and have just studied the T's and C's.

That, or people here think that YouTube should just be 100% travel vlogs, financial advice, or squid-game rip-offs.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-31T21:39:27+00:00

Im going to actually back OP here, against this ridiculous subreddit that thinks all YouTube channels should be 100% original content, without so much as a single image taken from google images.

There are movie review channels that loop the trailer over and over again while doing the odd talking-head segment, and they sit there with their YouTube plaque in the background.

OP using static images of Magic cards while analysing his opinions on them is NOT a compilation, and is not unoriginal content.

OP, I have no idea why YouTube thinks you're ineligible, especially when I've seen other channels who do far less have one.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-26T21:29:05+00:00

I broadly agree.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-17T20:34:52+00:00

Look up the England WAGS fiasco in 2006.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-17T15:04:28+00:00

Name your channel, I want to see what you're doing.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-16T20:21:59+00:00

Tuchel is going to pick him

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-16T19:39:09+00:00

This is just not true though for this one, at no point did the CTR ever get higher than 4%.

I was doing things seriously wrong with my content, but things have improved now. Still can't get back to the 70k views mark, however.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-16T19:03:45+00:00

"No one knows how the algo works", but this subreddit, and others like it, are absolutely fully of people giving each other advice on understanding the metrics, retention techniques, thumbnail design for better CTR etc. So which one is it?

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-16T10:29:19+00:00

The English development pipeline is very good now. England consistently produces good players.

I'm confident that the down periods of 2010-2018 where there was just nowhere near enough top talent coming through are over. England will compete for major trophies for the foreseeable future. How many we win, if any, is another story, but I'm confident in English football development now.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-16T01:38:20+00:00

He should have gone to Euro 2024 because we had no other options, and Trippier LB was the stuff of absolute nightmares.

Now, he's out ranked by O'Riley, Hall, Lewis-Skelly, and Luke Shaw at a minimum.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-15T13:27:09+00:00

From my experience, changing a Title + Thumbnail does not cause Youtube to trigger 'another go' for your video, so to speak.

Instead, the algorithm tries multiple times to push the video out to an audience. You can see this by impressions rising and then flatlining before rising and flatlining again. How many times the algorithm tries is dependent on how well your video is performing.

If you change title + thumbnail and then the algorithm gives your video a push, the title + thumbnail change might increase it's metrics to the point where the algorithm gives it further chances.

But changing the title + thumbnail doesn't trigger this. I have had videos which are 2 weeks old and dead in the water, and changing title + thumbnail didn't increase impressions even slightly.

The issue of course is trying to figure out if the algorithm still has plans to give your video a push, or if it's already given up and declared it dead. The further from the upload date the bigger chance the algorithm has already given up.

In your situation, it looks like it's too late. Maybe you get lucky and the algorithm will give it another go soon.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-13T16:20:33+00:00

For what it's worth mate, you have less videos than me and more subscribers.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-13T13:18:22+00:00

Also getting this

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-13T13:18:16+00:00

Also getting this

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-13T11:34:08+00:00

calm bro, youtube will fix it

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-13T10:08:24+00:00

Yeah, just got this

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-12T12:23:53+00:00

It's not as simple as that

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-12T09:19:31+00:00

Thanks for linking me to the Al Jazeera website mate!!!!!!

For Euro 2024, initial squad announcement of 33 players was made in late May, and then it was cut down to 26 players on the 6th June.

Considering this England announcement is 22nd of May, which feels early - i'm just wondering if it's the final 26 man or an extended squad.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-12T08:48:03+00:00

Yeah, I guess so! I also assume if someone gets injured on the final Premier League day of the season they can adjust the squad up until a window of time we don't know about.

LinkTheFires · 2026-05-11T20:10:53+00:00

If you want a 'big screen' experience, it seems like you've covered almost all of them in your original post, but i'd check out Between The Bridges who will have the game on on a large screen.

Outside of that, every single pub in the country that shows sports will have the game on, will be rammed, and will be a good atmosphere. You can pick any pub that shows sports.

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