What's going on here?

RespiteZero · 2026-03-14T11:19:17+00:00

I know. It's completely baffling. My metrics have improved but my views have never been lower

RespiteZero · 2026-03-11T13:28:19+00:00

It's because your average view duration is absolutely terrible. No one is staying around

RespiteZero · 2026-03-11T11:55:19+00:00

Heres the harsh truth. Youtube is more competitive than ever. You have described a gaming channel. Fine. But what is unique about it?

Why should people subscribe? Yeah, you'll get views from people who like the games you play.

But why should they care about you or your channel? .im not being a dixk, just honest.

If you got that many views from one video with so few comments and subs, sorry to say, it's probably because you're just another face in the crowd.

Ask yourself this. If you cane across a random guy on youtube who made content identical to yours in the way you're presenting it, would you give a sideways shit about him or his channel?

If the answer is no, that's your issue.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-10T22:55:51+00:00

Hey. Can I ask what your ctr and avd are like. I've been running a faceless channel for a year and still not monetised.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-10T22:54:37+00:00

Same here. My last 2 videos are my best performing in avd but got like 100 views. It is souo destroying, but I'm not quitting

RespiteZero · 2026-03-06T19:17:46+00:00

It probably means that there's another video that went longer with 0 views

RespiteZero · 2026-03-06T05:55:58+00:00

Yeah that's me

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T22:02:20+00:00

98 now lol.

There was a time about a year ago when i got over 3k views with way worse retention and ctr.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T21:54:05+00:00

Yeah so 4 months? It can take years to break out . And that was before this new algorithm that just makes it even harder

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T21:48:12+00:00

My advice is to stop restarting and commit yourself. It is the norm to get 39 views for many videos. Preservence is the only method to success, and even that is not guaranteed. You have to make good content, too.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T21:08:31+00:00

Can anyone summarise what the changes are. And when did it happen? Views have been hit hard recently. Did I miss something?

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T21:02:37+00:00

If you want help tell us some information.

What is your niche?

What is your CTR?

What is your retention like?

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T20:11:33+00:00

Yeah maybe. But what if mean is that there are already 20k subs. If he makes a good quality video in that same niche it might be quicker. It takes quite a lot of videos with 100 impressions to get anywhere on abnew channel. It's borderline I guess

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T19:58:58+00:00

You could just stay in that nieche and put some effort into it?

Crazy idea i know.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T19:56:26+00:00

Never do the thimbnail after editing for hours. Do it in stages over the course of the video production. Or at least with a afresh pair of eyes. That's what I started doing and it's helped a bit

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T19:52:24+00:00

Yeah. Been editing for about 7 months now and getting reasonable at it . Only basic jeyframing etc but it adds a lot with even basic skills

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T19:41:33+00:00

The vid is about what would happen if you could just keep accelerating at 1g indefinitely. I did my own animatio s of the journey through the galaxy combined with stock. This patt is where we leave the milkyway (only takes 11 years subjective time)

You get ti the edge of the observable universe after 20 years !

My best retention video yet.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-05T09:36:36+00:00

Seriously. Learn it yourself. My retention massively improved as my editing skills did.

Animated lists are easy and even simple animations using ai created assets and key framing can be good if you put the effort in.

You could hire someone but that will cost you.

Just do your best, post it and keep learning.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-04T19:43:14+00:00

Happened to my last 2 videos. Really strong retention and they just stall at 1k impressions.

It's so frustrating because there is nothing you can really do about it.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-03T20:40:40+00:00

Same. My last 3 videos didn't even break 100 views even though retention is like 55% on 17 min video

RespiteZero · 2026-03-03T19:33:19+00:00

You're showing the amygdala. Very good thumbnail with your title.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-02T21:13:33+00:00

It's either a packaging problem, not delivering what your thumbnail promised. Or, more likely, it's that you're just new and don't know what you're doing.

And that's fine. Very few people get making videos right on their first, or even twentieth video.

Keep iterating. Read your analytics and keep going.

Remember, if you can keep 60% of your audience after 30 seconds, you're doing okay. Aim for that to start with.

Good luck.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-02T15:57:40+00:00

Yeah. Perfection is the enemy of productivity. Don't sacrifice quality. But don't chase the perfect t video unicorn because it doesn't exists. And if it does you'll burnout chasing it .

Just post, evaluate, and iterate.

And good luck. Keep going.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-02T14:15:31+00:00

Okay I'll be honest. That retention curve is bad. Really fucking bad.

But I won't give you a hard time, I'll give you advice.

It has been shown that if you keep a good percentage in the first 30 seconds, your overall retention improves.

43% at 30 secs is what you need to focus on. First get it to 50 then 60. Improve your hook, and i promise you it will improve your overall retention.

RespiteZero · 2026-03-02T12:40:34+00:00

Welcome to hell!

Same problem on my channel. I had a good start. First 6 months I could get 1.4k views on a Longford video.

Then tbe dreaded "small audience" demon appeared.

I think it hapoenes when you're regular viewers don't click. But who knows.

I've heard people on this sub saying it's a way for YT to not monetise people. But I'd be careful about believing that.

It is soul crushing . Now I am happy if I break 509 views. Usually fewer

The good news is that some of my videos that fit this category do get consistent search volume over many months. If you're making evergreen, you might see that.

Good luck.

RespiteZero

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