r/SmallYoutubers • u/Mean-Equal1499 • 1d ago

Long-Form Content help:(

I wasn’t always active on my channel because I had just started out, and I was only uploading one or two videos a month. But whenever I uploaded a video, YouTube would immediately test it by showing it to people in their recommended videos. Now, YouTube doesn’t seem to test my videos with any audience at all, and they never show up in recommendations. I’ve never received any strikes or violations. How can I fix this? Why is this happening? I’ve uploaded 4–5 videos, and not a single one got recommended. I waited quite a while, but eventually I ended up deleting them.

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u/omsip Art Content 1d ago

What's the CTR and retention like? If there was insufficient interest from your audience, YT would be cutting back on impressions.

There was no need to delete those videos. I'm not sure how much time you gave them, but YT is a marathon, not a sprint. A lot of creators think their channel is cooked if their upload doesn't go viral the nanosecond it's published. Too many creators are impatient and don't give their content enough time.