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I was growing and each vid was doing better than the last then this new one isn’t getting impressions at all. Literally 204 impressions compared to 20k & 31k respectively on the others.

Any ideas? I understand it’s a different style of thumbnail but I thought the new was much better cause the ctr is like 12% atm with 56% finish retention so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I was debating on editing out some of the gamba clips cause it’s a documentary style? Maybe the algo said no cause the gambling clips?

any suggestion for voiceover, and if someone is free & willing take a look at my channel and suggest me improvement that i can do for this type of channel channel handle-@2MinuteWisdomTales

Has anyone here actually recovered from what felt like a YouTube shadow ban or the algorithm just completely stopping pushing your videos?

My channel was consistently doing 1M–2M+ views a month, then suddenly impressions/views dropped hard even though CTR and retention didn’t collapse. Curious if anyone else went through this.

How long did it take to recover?
Did you change anything (titles, upload frequency, topics, thumbnails, deleting videos, etc.) or did it just randomly fix itself over time?

I just really started working on content in the last 2 months and it’s doing great! :) effort and consistency are key! I went from 30-100 in a short time. First time really putting good effort in and it seems to be paying off! I know that’s considered very small but 3 digits!!

So I started my YouTube journey a little over a year ago. At first, the channel was mainly focused on podcast-style interviews. The first 10 episodes were long-form videos where I interviewed different kinds of people — sometimes celebrities, sometimes sports figures. I was only uploading about one episode per week, and sometimes it even took me two or three weeks to upload because it was honestly difficult to coordinate interviews and get guests consistently.

After a while, I realized that format was becoming too hard to maintain, so I decided to rebrand the channel and name it after myself. From there, I started creating videos around things I genuinely enjoy — sports, relatable topics, hobbies, and basically anything I found interesting. During that phase, I was uploading constantly, sometimes even posting two or three Shorts a day while also working on longer videos.

Eventually, though, I hit a wall. About halfway through the year, I started feeling burned out. The editing, filming, posting, and trying to stay consistent became exhausting, and honestly, I crashed out for a bit. I stopped uploading for around a month and a half.

When I came back, I started looking at YouTube differently. Throughout this whole journey, I’ve tried everything — improving thumbnails, changing titles, testing tags, experimenting with upload times, and constantly learning how the platform works. And honestly, I still feel like I’m figuring it out.

Some videos get 5 or 10 views. Others get 1,000. Some hit 5,000. I even have one with over 30,000 views. So one thing I’ve learned is that the algorithm can be unpredictable. Sometimes a video performs way better than expected, and other times a video you believe in barely gets pushed at all.

But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from this experience, it’s this: you have to do YouTube because you genuinely enjoy it. If you only do it for money or fast success, you’ll burn out quickly because growth takes a lot of time, patience, and consistency. I’m definitely not a huge creator yet — I only have around 500 subscribers — but I’ve learned that success on YouTube is really about continuing to improve and refusing to give up.

The biggest advice I’d give anyone starting out is:
Do what you’re passionate about. Keep learning. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Try different styles, different ideas, different formats. Most importantly, don’t give up just because things grow slower than you expected.

Every video teaches you something.

Hola, buenas.

He intentado crear contenido varias veces. He tenido canales de edits de Call of Duty, videojuegos y contenido sobre distintos temas, pero siempre acababa dejándolo a las pocas semanas por no ver resultados.

Esta vez me lo estoy tomando mucho más en serio y, sinceramente, estoy viendo mejores resultados que antes.

También es verdad que he ido mejorando la edición, los títulos y las miniaturas con el paso de los días, sobre todo cuando me di cuenta de que antes no seguía ninguna estructura clara para el canal.

Llevo poco más de 10 días con un canal completamente nuevo y estas son mis estadísticas actuales:

• 47,9 mil visualizaciones
• 74,7 horas de visualización
• +39 suscriptores

Actualmente estoy subiendo:

• 1 vídeo largo al día (mínimo 5 minutos), que suele hacer entre 10 y 50 visitas.
• 6 shorts diarios para promocionar el vídeo largo (uno cada 4 horas), y esos suelen rondar las 1000 visitas cada uno.

En cuanto a interacción, no me puedo quejar. Estoy recibiendo likes y comentarios, pero sinceramente no sé si estos números son normales para empezar o si realmente voy por buen camino.

Creo que los vídeos son interesantes: puedes verlos o simplemente escucharlos, y considero que tienen una edición bastante decente, además de que intento mejorar en cada vídeo.

Me gustaría conocer vuestra opinión sobre estas estadísticas en estos primeros 10 días. Sé que crecer en YouTube es un proceso largo y complicado, pero creo que todos los que empezamos tenemos esa desesperación por conseguir que funcione.

Muchas gracias a todos.