My frustration with the recommendations is that 99% of them are videos with many thousands of views. This prohibits me from discovering small channels which I may find more interesting. There seems to be a bias toward large established channels which in my opinion makes the platform become stale and uninteresting. I wish there were a way to find some of the millions of worthwhile channels that remain undiscovered. Many of the channels that I find most interesting have a small subscriber base and I only found them by hearing about them from other creators. It would be great if You Tube had a page dedicated to smaller channels. I realize that You Tube is a business and needs ad revenue to operate, but even if such a page were restricted to premium members, it would be a huge game changer as well as an extra incentive to continue my premium membership.

@oneeyedphotographer

Жыл бұрын

Channels that are both small and new. A channel ten yours old and small is probably not worth recommending. Perhaps Communitychannel too is not worth recommending, it its day it was amongst the largest channels, but Natalie has a career in comedy outside of YT now.

@GlenBixley

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I struggle to find something new, even on the "watch something new" tab. Rather then surgesting a new channel or even a new video, I feel the list is always full of videos from the channels and repeated videos with a high view count all the time, and it seldome recomends anything new.

@DigitalNomadsExplore

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! It should a mix of large and small channels.

@VEGTheAgingHippie

Жыл бұрын

@@oneeyedphotographer How are you sure that older small channels are not worth recommending? Many creators have spent thousands of hours perfecting their videos and learning their craft. Of course you will never actually get the chance to see them because you are inundated with the money making channels. There really is very little You in You Tube anymore. It's all about the money.

@VEGTheAgingHippie

Жыл бұрын

@@GlenBixley Well Glen, this has been the way it is for years because at the end of the day, creativity and being different don't sell ads. What particularly galls me is when these big channels include advertising which I pay a monthly fee not to see. Then they ask for donations. As if a channel with a million subs needs frigging donations! I don't really think that the executives at You Tube are the slightest bit interested in promoting small channels. They don't have to.

The only algorithm you should have is one that looks for keywords of a search and returns the best results unfiltered. Thats it, just like the old days.

Hi. Thanks for this informative video. KZread Studio recommended it to me in its weekly summary. You guys were talking about how to improve the “suggested videos” section, I wonder it might be an idea to allow views to create their “top 5 or 10 categories” in the Home recommendation area. To be honest with you, as a viewer, I am often lost and cannot find the videos that I feel like watching at the time. And I often wish that I had a section where I can only see the videos related to a certain field, like English learning, News, Make-up, Meditation, Yoga… This way I would be able to find the right videos more easily depending on the mood that I am in. And maybe viewers can also set some keywords into each section (like for English learning, English Listening, English Pronunciation, English Vocabulary…). This way, KZread no longer need to “guess” what we want to see. We KNOW what we want and when. Like, for me, before going to bed, I want to see some Travel related videos or Meditation related videos and would hate to see Latest News coming into my feed (because I won’t be able to sleep well….) Anyway, it would be great if KZread could look into the possibility of letting viewers create their own preferred “reception boxes” so that they can find the desired videos easily and less distracted by other irrelevant ones at the time of the day. At the moment, me as a creator, I am trying to reach some English learners who are keen to learn the language through News stories. But I am finding it very difficult to achieve good SEO for it… I feel if there is a function on YT to target the audience more effectively, it would help me too.

What we find is if we upload our content to Facebook it gets a lot more reach and growth, also Facebook gives you ad revenue. For example one video on KZread gets 3.9k same video on Facebook 420k. We have found shorts also hit the CPM, so looks like we may have to do a separate channel for shorts.

I really wish that we could customize our interests like "Music," "Gaming," "Videos from smaller channels," etc. so that we primarily get recommendations from topics we are most likely to watch and enjoy rather than the algorithm guessing what we're interested in, because the system is not always correct and often only suggests videos that already have lots of views.

@GlitchmanVGM

Жыл бұрын

@@jennalee1 Glad to see that other people also feel the same way. Send your concerns in a feedback message in the KZread app settings. If enough people request the same thing, they have to pay attention to us eventually.

I wish you guys would address the issue of impressions when it comes to newer channels. I can understand having to make changes to my content to fit more in line with what my audience wants but that's hard to do when the algorithm is refusing to give videos enough impressions to actually attract an audience. It sucks that I have to spend more time finding out how to trick the algorithm into giving my videos impressions than actually engaging with viewers.

@GerailloTV

3 ай бұрын

I wish you guys would address the issue of impression when it comes to newer channel Geraillo TV

When we have a video get 1.5k views and then 2 videos later have a video veg 75 views, it can be frustrating. Both videos have similar thumb nails. Content is in line with each other. Titles are different as one is more searchable. But what isn’t happening is our videos aren’t being pushed into the community. Everytime we get a chance we will get 1k plus views. Trying to figure this out is one of life’s greatest mystery’s.

@theresetravels

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. I go from 4000 views to 200 views for very similar content. It makes no sense!

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

@SairaFatima-pu7vz

2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@SairaFatima-pu7vz

2 ай бұрын

💯

@Sweetpapers

17 күн бұрын

@@theresetravelsexactly this is frustrating

Yes. That’s good advice, but if your audience doesn’t see an impression of your thumbnail, they won’t watch your video. Impressions are key, and there’s no way to control that as a creator.

I found that it does make a difference what time and what days you upload, look at your audience guide it helps. when you up load it takes a few hours to get into the system so if your audience are on youtube at around 4PM up load at around 11am. play around with upload times see what works best. Then again you can't get all your content 100% some are good and some are not, just like watching a film, not all movies are great 🙃

Instead of an algorithm guessing what viewers want, why not allow viewers to tell KZread directly? There are some options similar to this now such as selecting not to recommend a channel but I'd like to have a page or a survey where I can manually select what is recommended. You could choose from a list of gaming, cats, reaction videos, videos from under 25s, videos with swearing etc. and not only would this filter out content you don't want but also allow you to find relevant new content. There could be a section where you type a list of keywords for content you want to watch and don't want to watch, as well as select if you want to see Shorts, podcasts etc. Why doesn't this exist?

@rajammalstudiomake

9 күн бұрын

Super

I have a suggestion! How about adding a filter option where I can filter out videos with “under 10k views/ over 10k views” filters that you can choose how long ago it was uploaded! Filters that allow me to find channels with low subscribers, filter out regions, filter out likes etc! If it’s for premium members only that would be an assentive to become a premium member as well!

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

It’s maddening that regardless of how large your channel is or how you try to reach out for assistance, all you get is ghosted. I don’t matter. My channel is chugging along. 140k. And I’m not really upset with KZread. It’s been a great door opener. I’ve been in a Netflix special and I’m the main cast member of a reality show on Hulu and Disney+ right now and despite all that I can’t get anybody at KZread to give me the time of day, even when I really need help. Pretty discouraging.

@NevaehEvol

Ай бұрын

ik this is from a couple months ago, but congratulations on landing those roles! KZread may be discouraging you a little, but to get proper roles in shows like that is super impressive and cool! you should be proud ♡

The algorithm is basically a popularity contest because its interactions based. Ppl with a larger following get shown favoritism as far as their content being shown to potential viewers. It really puts smaller channels that are trying to get theirselves out there at a disadvantage. Sometimes I wish every social media site would just go back to being chronological instead of algorithm based

@JustinLamar2k

6 ай бұрын

No one is at a disadvantage. If people like your content, it gets shown to more people. That’s how you grow.

@UsefulElectrons-ni1fq

5 ай бұрын

Exactly, if it were chronological then the actual “creators”, those who have unique ideas would be rewarded for being innovators! Soon as a new idea comes out then you have those with larger followings who then use the idea in their own forum to the actual creators disadvantage.

@TheLifeBoat

4 ай бұрын

​I agree but if you can do it as good or better than people will stay. I'm really new and very small but I feel it from my little channel.

@marie-odilehechinger9067

4 ай бұрын

​@@UsefulElectrons-ni1fqc'est une réalité puisque c'est public vous avez tout dit les gens s'inspirent de ceux qui ont des idées mais n'est-ce pas aussi en soi une forme de satisfaction personnelle de pouvoir inspirer d'autres personnes. De toute façon l'authenticité des gens se vérifiera toujours un jour où l'autre des copieurs. Bonne continuation 😉👍

@marie-odilehechinger9067

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheLifeBoatrestez vous-même les autres sont déjà pris 😁

Believe in yourselves and each other and never give up on your dreams and aspirations and remember to be kind and uplifting to each other and open minded and genuine and respectful and humble. 💯❤️

My question is if the analytics say that the thumbnail CTR is 10% Average view duration is 45% (9:20 secs) give or take out of a 20 min video why is the impression so low? Why is youtube not serving my video? That is what I’m trying to understand..

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

interest knowledge ❤❤ 7:08

I would love to know how you measure similar channels that began at the same time, specifically when one creator lightening speeds past 1K with 30 videos and another creator has created hundreds of videos and can barely get past 500. I've noticed this and really would love to understand how KZread addresses this.

@FraserAtSea

10 ай бұрын

If you’re speaking personally, keep going! ❤

@seraphofthursday

6 ай бұрын

Dead on. I've see that quite a bit myself. Odd.

1. Variety is the spice of life. A channel shouldn't be forced into making videos on one subject. 2. I like to watch a very wide variety of topics. It really seems like the algorithm that is controlling my suggesting is getting more narrow in what it will show me. And doing a search doesn't always help. It seems like it only wants to pull videos that have gotten tens of thousands to millions of views and has an over-achiever thumbnail picture. I know there has to be other people out there making videos but I can't get to them. 3. My suggested videos really gets caught up on channels I have watched recently.

@MoneyPitBoating

Жыл бұрын

Bingo.

@GEOsustainable

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I don't get promoted anymore because I started doing variety.

@Draemn

Жыл бұрын

Yep, they even say 6:24 it doesn't actually know the target audience of a video. Super frustrating both as a creator and viewer.

@alkemystica

Жыл бұрын

It's the point of crossing that threshold between known and unknown, the big gets bigger while the small have to keep crawling until they learn how to walk. Makes also sense not to put all in one basket and diversify 🙂Could also be that it is 100% random based.

@lifeofluke

Жыл бұрын

Bingo. Exactly

One think l want to recommend to KZread, please make it easy access to Description area on video . I have lots of sponsorship video , they require to put discount code on Description area but not everyone knows how to get there. Maka it more accessible.

worth it to watch for this gem 0:18 Think audience, not algorithm. a waste time worrying about when to upload

It's taking KZread a while to notice that I never play a generated mix, that I never ever watch shorts. It would be useful to be able to filter recommendations so I can filter out my undesirables - the shorts and mixes, but also too-long videos.

@thailandamulets

3 ай бұрын

I think they notice more the majority who do watch shorts unfortunately there is a large Idiocracy on the planet. I don’t watch shorts either, but I upload them and they get lots of views. And I watch millennial sat there scrolling through them all day. So one shouldn’t judge the data just from your own perception. You need to look at millions of individuals to see what the trend is. also, from thousands of hours working with artificial intelligence algorithms, so I can tell you that not even KZread knows why the algorithm recommends certain content above others, because there are always unexpected results and responses.

It's great advice, but if your audience don't get to see an impression of your thumbnail then they're not going to watch your videos. Impressions are the key and there is no way to control that as a creator. I've had videos with a lot of watch time, tens of thousands of views, lots of likes 96% positive and lots of comments and then the next video which was similar and purposely targeted in the same way gets 5% the number of impressions and 5-10% of the views.

@ChinaExpatsRC

Жыл бұрын

This is something no one seems to talk about. Non of those "creator guru" channels talk about it. They always talk about improving thumbnails or AVD, but if no one actually sees your thumbnail then it doesn't matter how good it is

@Oearth

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I've had videos do quite well and even be on an upwards trend, then suddenly flatline. When I check the data, it almost always coincides to the hour when YT stopped presenting my video as an impression.

@shivanshmastivlog

Жыл бұрын

Thanks sir this useful information my channel is@shivanshmastivlog

@adeokuneye9288

5 ай бұрын

This is the same exact thing I am going through... I'm convinced you need to hit yt sweet spot..

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

Trying to learn it all, do it all, perfect it all, its a demanding job. Just presenting the best that I can , where I am. Appreciate this video, it helps alot to show where I can improve!

Thankyou so much for this great information, I’ve never really understood the algorithm but I do know I have an amazing loyal true authentic returning audience, and that’s who I aim to please👌🏼🥰

How do you expect us to think about "why my audience didn't like my video" when the video was never recommended to them?

@mycammedia

Жыл бұрын

Because they have no intention of it being so. Keep an eye on your CTR, ratio of likes, etc against the TOTAL NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS and you will likely see all kinds of miraculous shenanigans.

I started a month ago and am really proud of being monetized in a month, however, it is frustrating to know that a lot of videos wont even get shown in the shorts feed. I wont give up, just feel frustrated when I know that similar content from established creators get eaten up hahaha. In saying all that, I am truly grateful!!

@AkornzStash

10 ай бұрын

how many videos did u publish in that first month? what is your general topic? i have a meme based channel, and started publishing since the end of july, and if things dont change from the current rate, it will take me 6+ months to *possibly* get monitized. got over 70 videos. some videos have thousands of views, others didnt even get 20 impressions in multiple days, even though those few impressions brought in 80 to 100% click through. and this is same for shorts or long. still got many videos with 50 to 200 views or less. have had week where every video each day did this, then finally get a video that got picked up by algorithm. got 360 subs over 2k watch hours, and even my subs dont even see many of my videos. and this is all with a lot of positive feed back and comments from viewers. idk

I just watch this video and it gave me so much insight as how I might need to move. Going forward being a new contact creator information like this is very helpful and knowledgeable. Thanks for the support and Intel.

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

Appreciate so much your advice!

Ill say it for the millionth time, change personalized notifications so KZread doesn't try to figure out what content people want to watch but offers options, long form, short form, shorts, streams so the viewers can turn each one on or off. I don't get why KZread won't do that. I think that restricts many from turning on all notifs as they don't want to be bombarded with content they don't want but at times people could miss something they do since KZread is trying to figure out what the viewer wants instead of the viewer deciding.

Thanks guys, great stuff! I just learned multi language audio tracks are enabled. I despised the idea of condensing helpful details into short subtitles, so this is going to be wonderful for me.

Thank you for recommending this video to me KZread! More channel growth all 2024🎉🥳

0:17 Thank you for providing much needed knowledge. 🙏🙂

Love the focus on audience rather than algorithms!

I think that algorithm should not stop showing your video if it's not watched and continue showing it forever, because there are people somewhere who are looking for YOU! I personally struggle with situations when my video that has not gone well just STOPS being showed to people by algorithm COMPLETELY! It's definitely frustrating, just give more previews to that.

Terus berkembang , konsisten.

My channel is new, going pretty well monetized and 4k subs in under 4 months. I do travel content, but so far my Vegas content is the only content that is “blowing up” frustrating as I’ve traveled around the world. I don’t really understand because all my analytics in terms of retention and click through rate is pretty much the same. It just seems like if it isn’t Vegas, it isn’t being pushed

A feature I think would help fitness channels is to add a health and fitness category. I feel like if there's a category for that I feel new creators can find an audience.

I believe many creators, in right or wrong, always wonder if the algorithm really understands what their content is about and who is it for. It would be great to have a tool in which we can input information about our content, not for the audience but for the system. Impressions seems to vary a lot video by video even if in within they same style and niche, sometimes it’s very hard for the creators to identify why some videos performed better than others

@GlitchmanVGM

Жыл бұрын

This is very true! Regardless of what some say, the algorithm is a HUGE factor in how many views a video gets. I assume that this is because the algorithm takes some time to find the right audience for the video. Why can't we directly TELL the system what our video is about so that it can recommend it to the right people??

@VIVIDTCG

Жыл бұрын

@@GlitchmanVGM I agree! Instead of just an open category like entertainment or gaming... what type or what its actually about. If people click the like button it should show them more of that youtuber and videos that are alike, all the time and not just sometimes. Trendy videos should stay in the trends tab, if I'm saying that correctly.

@Draemn

Жыл бұрын

The answer is simple: it does not understand your content. It simply presents your video to the audience that seems to be interested in your channel. Then it shares it a little bit outside that pool of audience to include a few test viewers that are likely to share viewing interests with the target audience. If it doesn't get traction, it stops trying to find the right viewers for your video.

@VIVIDTCG

Жыл бұрын

@@Draemn there should be a definite way that it can categorize your content so it does understand your content and stop testing it with people that wouldn't be interested in the first place. If they never clicked or liked that type of video they should not get an impression for it. Subscribers that hit the notification bell still miss stuff they would have wanted to see!

@dirtspec3

Жыл бұрын

agree. sometimes out of the box stuff from rly small channels like mine get shelfed prematurely because of this non-understanding.

Thank you so much for sharing this. It's really awesome 👌. In my opinion people should also explore and watch small channels which are not recommended by KZread that has great content 👍

Content should be recommended based on quality of the content not by no of views or misleading thumbnails. For example if we search for highlights of match or a live match the KZread recommend commentary's of people, video created just adding some photos or analysis by some people. That should be resolved 🙏🙏

I do enjoy those occasional opportunities when KZread recommends my video and I watch the views climb to 6,000 or so. For a new creator that’s very exciting!

My biggest issue with the algorithm is that it's too accurate. On the home page it gives me a perfect representation of the type of videos I've watched over the past month. And that's where I have my problem. The video choices I get have no diversity of content. It's all the same all the time and it gets stale fast. I would love to see a few random videos tossed in the mix on the home page to keep things exciting. Also would be cool if 20% of the videos featured would be from video topics I searched for in the past. There are a ton of creators out there that I love to watch but since their videos aren't in line with what I typically search for the algorithm never shows me their content. What if viewers had a way to favorite a creator's channel so that every time that creator posted new content it would automatically be featured on our home page for us to discover. Or maybe a favorites-homepage that just displays videos from channels that we favorite in chronological order of publication. That would be amazing. That way I would never miss a new video from someone I want to keep up with.

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

@NattyCley

9 күн бұрын

That's why you should put on the notification for the channel, you go to your notifications to check and see their videos. And you should search gour favourite creators if they are really your favourite. KZread give you what you want. So start telling it what you want.

@DangThiPhuong.

8 күн бұрын

@@NattyCley hello 💖

@NattyCley

8 күн бұрын

@@DangThiPhuong. Hello, how are you ?

@DangThiPhuong.

8 күн бұрын

@@NattyCley Nice to meet you

How can the audience like it if they never see it?

I feel like I'm being cheated out of the watch time hours seams to be broken. I been doing ytube videos for 3 years now its so frustrating you just don't give people a break

For me, I have been working on KZread since 2015, and unfortunately, until today, I did not understand how the algorithm works, nor the actual factors that cause the success of a video or the failure of another video.

@YouTubeLiaison

Жыл бұрын

Make better and better videos that the people who previously watched your videos can't help but click on, watch to completion, and love so much they want to watch even more of your videos.

@Igiveupyoutubechannel

3 ай бұрын

@@KZreadLiaisongive me shoutout 🎉 sir you have power of god

The problem I have with the algorithm being designed around the viewer is that is really bad actually understanding what the target audience of a video is (i.e. it doesn't have a way to understand what the video is about). If a channel typically uploads videos that are based around "sewing" but then they upload a video about "travel," the algorithm tests this video against the viewers the channel typically gets. Because it doesn't really understand that it should be "targeted" towards a different set of viewers that the channel currently doesn't reach. You even mention this problem saying people should consider creating additional channels for different content. As a smaller channel trying to gain traction, this is just way too frustrating to have to try and build multiple channels to cover a variety of different content you make and is a really bad solution. As a viewer, I find it frustrating how bad the suggestions are at trying to suggest new content/interests, relying too heavily on suggesting more content that too closely matches what you are watching. It takes too much work to "curate" a good viewing feed and it takes just clicking 1 or 2 of the wrong videos to skew your suggestions completely. Again, the user now has to create multiple channels if they want to have a well curated algorithm because it gets too confused if you try to watch certain content together and will just push one out of your feed entirely.

Thank you very much...🙏👍

Terimakasih masukanya Mr bos.❤❤❤

Yes, this is more valuable information for all creator like small or big. Too much learning and yes audience is important. Build up long term relationship with audience

As a new creator, it's really helpful to hear these discussions. Thanks.

Terimakasih sudah berbagi,,,semoga tambah maju dan memudahkan kita dapat rekomondasi sebagai youtuber pemula🙏👍👍

Thanks, and for share it 👍🏻

Thanks for the great interview and excellent information. Obviously different audiences like different things, a new channel shouldn't have to created to serve those audiences. Say a viewer enjoys funny videos then those videos and or playlists of such videos should be recommended to them instead of pigeonholing channels to one topic or theme. This will prevent creative burnout for the creator and will still give viewers what they want to watch.

Love to hear interviews about the algorithm... especially revisiting it periodically so we can learn about changes. Thanks!

@MDPOLASH-4P

9 ай бұрын

Hi❤❤

Thank you for the information ❤

Obrigado pela dica , eid me esforçar muito pra colocar em prática as vossas recomendações , para meu canal crescer na plataforma.

Maybe KZread can create a new section on the landing page to promote new channels, specifically for promoting new channels without directly competing with established channels. This could be similar to how KZread currently promotes shorts, where there is a separate section dedicated to shorts.

@freemagicfun

Жыл бұрын

I would rather see a new creator tab than a shorts tab (I hide it monthly). 😎

@SURYOFATIKHCHANNEL

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@personaldata1270

11 ай бұрын

That's a gud thought.. Also, Yt can have a ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA of 3k passed ,or 5k passed or 10k passed channels for showing a channel on a "NEW CREATORS TAB

@studentsclubofPLSirteacher

11 ай бұрын

Please translate this video into Hindi

@mdnoyan4954

11 ай бұрын

Halp me sir

I don’t know. Personally think the algorithm has changed recently as I’ve seen well over 50% drop in views in 2023 despite making the same content as always. 6 years on the platform now and never seen such a drop.

@chargeheadsuk

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe the audience have changes what they want to see.

Thanks for helping us 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Nice learning for myself as a creator, Thank you Sir

I did premieres for 6 months straight 5 days a week with the same audience every night because no matter what I did I wasn't seen and it didn't make a darn bit of difference. All it did was help me get my adsense back that I waited for 3 years to reset and that fell through the cracks. I still have the same people every Saturday night and hang out for 2 hours and they stick around the whole. It still doesn't matter. It stays around 100 views on VODs and 150 for lives. And I tested it. I created a different channel with a video with the same title, description, thumbnail, and video. What happened? It got 2000 views as opposed to 100. WTH is going on?

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

This video does not line up with reality, I have videos that have a higher rater of people choosing to watch it than pass it bye, and they watch most of the video if not all, and click like, then the video drops off the algorithm and gets no views. I can release the same video at a different time and get completely different results.

@travelwithtanveery

4 күн бұрын

agreed

As much as it's important to focus on the audience, we need to appeal to KZread about what kind of audience we are. I think that will lead to improved algorithms. Ways to appeal to KZread include organizing your feed, searching for direct access to the videos you want to watch, and organizing your watch history.

Thank you👍🙏

The video gets into the recommendations, and this is when you are lucky, and when you are not lucky, the algorithm does not work yet, but we hope it will improve over time as the neural network improves❤

My experience as a content creator on YT severely improved when I stopped paying attention to the analytics altogether. They were demoralizing and had been sending me in the wrong direction in what I created because "analysis" is the exact opposite energy of what I provide to my audience which is more "woo woo" space, if you will. The more I paid attention to the analytics, the less my content connected with my core audience. When I left studio analytics alone, yes, at first I saw a steep drop in viewership but I also saw an increase in engagement through likes and comments. I THEN noticed that I'd also begun to see longer retention times and higher impressions click through rate. So I still try to not focus too much on what creator studio is telling me to do and create based on the inspiration I get as an artist and a person providing content in what some consider to be the spiritual space. I've also noticed that my same videos, while they get lower views here on YT, do AMAZINGLY well on TikTok - even those with 16:9 aspect ratio and are longer than 5 minutes. So these guys can say "algorithm doesn't matter; audience is what you should focus on," all they want but from my experience, on YT, not as many people who would enjoy my kind of content see it on YT as they do on other platforms. It's not just TikTok. I do better on IG - long and short, FB - reels mostly, and even my newly created Twitter account is being very well-received and my brand new Pinterest pins are sending people to YT to watch my vids. So, I def do agree that focusing on your audience is the most important thing. But there's something about how YT works that doesn't always allow for my audience and potential audience to even see what I've put out there for them. Hey, even as a viewer, there are channels that I love that all of a sudden YT stops highlighting on my homepage. I'll notice because weeks will pass and I haven't seen a video from someone and I'm like, "Hey...where's such and such?," and I go and look on their channel and they've dropped several videos since I last viewed one. It's just that these didn't display on my homepage b/c YT's algorithm noticed that I found a new interest and just started offering me a ton of stuff on that topic from a ton of different channels as opposed to continuing to show me work from creators I love. And I didn't see the notifications about new content from those creators I love and am subscribed to - despite having the bells on their channels set to "all" - because, when you're subscribed to a lot of channels, which most of us are, when you log onto KZread and see your notification icon says 10 or 20 or 50 or whatever, you don't click to see what those 10 to 20 to 50 notifications individually are. AND, I also have mobile notifications enabled, but, again, when so many come through, you just ignore them - particularly if you're a busy creator or business owner like myself.

@This1LifeWeLive

Жыл бұрын

agree, I found that my views plumeted the last few years, despite producing more engaging content and looking at my stats, only 1,000 people of 75,000 even have a bell. Mostly because I large portion didn't have the bell when they first subbed, and then the next wave wasn't sure what a bell was. I STILL get people asking when I'm putting another video out, despite putting one out a day or three before. It's maddening. I'm looking at switching over to other medias.

@shonvibes

Жыл бұрын

@@This1LifeWeLive That is crazy to me! I didn't know that some people don't even HAVE a bell.

@DoItDoItNow-qp2ji

7 ай бұрын

*THISSSSSSSSSSS!!!!*

About channels in 2 languages. I think that no automatic translator will ever replace a living person and live speech, even with an accent. I also came across the fact that when the same audience is from different countries, it is difficult for youtube to give the right recommendations for videos. I remember one of my videos literally "stuck" because of this. And although my channel was at the beginning of development, I decided to divide it into 2 audiences - Spanish-speaking and Russian-speaking.

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤

Thank you so much for all information❤

My biggest concern is that YT now focuses too much on subscriber response when deciding whether to push new videos more widely. I accept that this may work for many channels where there is a common theme. But it is often terrible for mine. I deal with international politics. Not all my videos attract a similar audience. Those interested in the Middle East are unlikely to choose a video on the South Pacific. So the response from my subscribers stops the video from getting wider circulation. I understand that this doesn’t affect all channels. But for many, the current system does have a profoundly negative effect. As important as they are, it would be good to look beyond current subscribers.

@YouTubeLiaison

Жыл бұрын

I think it's probably regular viewers, regardless of whether they're subscribed or not? But if you change topics a lot, not every viewer will be interested in watching every topic - and no one, including KZread, can force anyone to watch topics they're not interested in. You'll also face wider competition, including from channels dedicated to those specific topics that have established audience trust. One thing you could try is coming up with an over-arching theme and value prop that people would want to go to beyond just the topic. Doctor Mike and Legal Eagle are good examples of this. Instead of competing on commodity coverage, they provide expert personality in a larger space. Just an idea!

@deltacommand9312

Жыл бұрын

Professor, Todd answers your question at 6:14 I would consider setting up other channels for different audiences in your existing channel. From a marketing undergraduate from 40 years ago :)

@travelguy8431

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@10ON10

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@swdwmwary

Жыл бұрын

Love from India Assam

Very insightful! Thanks for sharing this, I hope to see more of this type of discussion.

Thank you for the explanation

Thanks for the info!! 😊

Much love and respect to you and your channel Creator Insider.

Always fantastic to hear Todd. Thanks!

Wow thanks you for share sir

Does KZread use the algorithm to "punish" channels? I almost always have a handful of videos that consistently perform very well - not viral, but just good steady performance. It seems every time I make critical comments here (or have issues the "help" team fails to correct), the bottom drops out of all my good videos. I say this tongue in cheek, but lately I'm not so sure. I noticed this a little while ago, and sort of joked about the coincidences in my head, but then I kept noticing. I have no other social media and I do no advertising or promotion of my videos anywhere. I'm 100% at the mercy of the algorithm. It seems odd how my channel - including all my top videos- can just drop to 2009 levels at a whim. It's almost as if my channel, and all it's videos, gets blacklisted (or at least put into a lesser tier) for some reason other than the individual videos themselves. Like I'm being punished or something..... I'm curious to hear your opinion, and I hope it's more in depth than, "No, we don't".

@mycammedia

Жыл бұрын

the smartest comment here - and of course your observation is completely correct - you should see what happens if you dare ask anything with teamyoutube on twitter - and you will only ever get the answer "no, we don't" - it goes from removing your vids or shorts from feed, etc withing minutes of publishing (no matter what the CTR or even even like ratio is (98% for me) - all the way up to removing your best performing video for details which you will NOT be told. In my case - I am treated like that even though my channel is about RESCUING KITTENS AND CATS and we are an animal shelter.

Thank you for caring about the success of small, new creators and for the advice of focusing on building audience relationships for the LONG HAUL.....

Yes I will try to study and do it. Thank

Useful info...Thanks

As an educational channel that uploads math tutorials, I now have over 1000 videos. Even with playlists for organization, it's still very hard to find specific content since my channel deals with a variety of different math topics (algebra, geometry, trig, pre-calc, calculus etc). So I have been seriously thinking about starting another channel that just focuses on Calculus (since that is my biggest following). I realize it's the "same content", so it should be the "same channel" based on what was said in the video. But if you want all the same content on the same channel, then YT needs to figure out a way for educational channels to better organize their content which makes it easier for people to find it.

@ActivistasdelCambioCO

4 ай бұрын

Amigo nuestro canal es de política Colombia y tiene casi 50.000 suscriptores y nos dijeron que tal vez tenemos un shadowban que lo máximo en visitas es 1000 o menos. Te podrás imaginar la impotencia.

I have a relaxation channel. Lots of rain & fireplace sounds with beautiful, ethereal, visuals. I don't yet have the subscribers to monetize but KZread has spammed my channel with so many ads that my viewers aren't staying on the video. I requested that people test my videos and let me know, and many said an ad would pop up every 3-5 minutes. This tanks my retention and then tanks youtube recommending my channel. I suggest that youtube not spam new accounts that haven't even monetized yet with advertisements as it drastically negatively effects the channel's viewership & outcomes.

@AmericanCitizen-sk2oe

3 ай бұрын

Exactly 👍 I’m not monetized yet but they have all kinds of commercials on my popular videos. Rude.

Thank you for the info. I will do that to grow up my channel I love you both

we do all you say by almost the same steps and though youtube does not recommed our small channel we have to have a chance from youtube it only support large and big channeles

I have no faith in the YT algorithm. I watch WAY too much KZread, yet my feed is always the same dozen videos I do not want to watch. When I click "something new"... it is stuff I ignored before. YT has absolutely no idea what to show me... even though I watch hours of videos every day. I suspect that my interest are simply what YT does not want to promote. Ad revenue is king, after all. 😎

@torqgarage

5 ай бұрын

same tbh

@johnnythefilmmaker

5 ай бұрын

Facts

@realyoukejuice

2 ай бұрын

Yup

@SairaFatima-pu7vz

2 ай бұрын

Yap

@EvaDeMetal

25 күн бұрын

Exactly the same here

After some months of working on my channel I am finally understanding some important things about content creating. Many new channels hear that you should have patience and consistency. This is true but creators must know about their content quality and important factors that set them to higher ranks and focus on them.

Thank you for the idea 🤗🤗🤗

Good information ❤❤Thank you

KZread really is a good website for trial and error. I like the analysis and community tab.

Thanks so much for making this and sharing; still in the process of getting back after a long hiatus and this is really helpful!

Nice video for recommendation help Thxx for this video ❤

Thanks for your video yesterday 😊😊

I am not following the trends, just making my own stuff and sharing. So many people are around who have the same point of view.

It's been very very hard to find my brand on KZread this past year. As a video game streamer, I am up against a lot of hurdles due to the nature of being a variety streamer, and because I am a dude that streams with a catgirl vtuber model (no voice changer), I find it double hard to break into an audience. Most will watch for the train-wreck, but many click away when they see (hear) that I'm just a guy and not some fantasy girl.

@JimLeonard

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've already identified what needs changing (either the content or the presentation).

Helpful. Thank you.

@DangThiPhuong.

2 ай бұрын

Hello ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

Thank You for this knowledge

Am I the only pessimistic creator who feels like the algorithm is everything except trying to help small creators😅 i have been ranking for the first years in such weird search terms that had nothing to do with my channel, it seems to be a bit better now after 3 years but I still feel like creators who cant upload every week are having the hardest time with the algorithm. anyways good luck to all small channels!

@OutOfIdeas9977

10 ай бұрын

No I agree with you.

I love this, thank you. I don't like worrying about all the algorithms etc, I just want to focus on making happy and informational videos which make my viewers happy and informed :)

@belikewater3627

5 ай бұрын

Did you like this channel?

@belikewater3627

5 ай бұрын

can I ask you a question

Thank you very helpful ❤❤❤❤

THANK YOU FOR GIVING VALUABLE INFORMATION

Thank you! Todd for your valuable information.