u/InteractionPlane2633

I started a brand new YouTube channel on a new Google account 2 weeks ago. My plan was to mainly post Shorts while working on larger long-form videos to build an audience and figure out what content performs best.

My Shorts seemed to be improving over time. They were getting roughly 300 → 700 → 1,000 → 1,500 → 2,500 → 5,500 views, so I assumed my content was getting better and YouTube was learning my audience. (Consistent 100 AVD and sub 20% Swipe away rate)

Then I made what might have been a mistake. I deleted a bunch of old private uploads from the channel (they were public but i felt they were bad videos and would dirty my channel rather than enhance it). Since then, every new Short I've uploaded has received 0 views from the Shorts feed(Only generating views from ppl visiting my channel page (10 views max)), even after 24+ hours.

What's confusing is that my older Shorts, have almost completely stopped growing and are only getting around 100 views per day now, even though they seemed to still be in the middle of being pushed.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could deleting private videos have affected my channel's distribution, or is this likely just a coincidence with the Shorts algorithm?

if this turns out to be a serious distribution issue with my channel, would you recommend starting over on an older Google account that's 4+ years old, or is the age of the Google account/channel basically irrelevant? I don't want to make a bad decision by abandoning a channel if this is just temporary, but I also don't want to waste weeks or months if the channel has somehow been negatively affected. Has anyone here actually experienced something similar?

Me and a few friends have played Cobblemon/Pixelmon a ton, and we recently started making YouTube content. We’re planning to launch a recorded Cobblemon SMP with a custom “Hard Mode” ruleset built around progression, challenges, team building, and eventually PvP/tournament-style battles.

I don’t want to post the full ruleset publicly yet since it’s part of the video concept (Its a custom modpack on the newest version), but the basic idea is that Cobblemon progression will be much harder than normal and players will have to earn their team, unlock certain things, and actually strategize instead of just catching whatever right away.

There is no scripts or anything, no requirement of recording. But we would prefer if you can VC often while in game.

We’re looking for people who would be interested in joining, especially if you:

• enjoy Cobblemon/Pokémon strategy
• are okay being in recorded content
• can play consistently
• are chill but competitive (i dont want trash can teams)
• won’t grief or leak the rules/concept

If you’re interested, comment or DM me and I can send the details privately.

I recently started a gaming youtube channel, my shorts are all about one minute in length and they are starting to get 70-90% retention and 35% Swipe away rate, yet im hard capped at 2k views. Im honestly so confused on how to go from here as my metrics went up every post but my views haven't.

What ive seen on this subreddit is that this is potentially due to the fact every time i post i have horrid metrics to start but they increase significantly over time.

Most Players r mostly casual and make teams based of pokemon they like and while that is a fun way to play the game im looking for something more competitive as i love team building.

I primarily want:
Competitive Scene (All Pokemon, w all megas)
Weekly/Biweekly/Monthly Tourneys with various different team building criteria
Active VC
Legendarys/Mythicals dont take too long to attain

anyone have any recomendations?