The State of YouTube Shorts 2024: What's Working Now
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2023
- I collected 35 billion UA-cam Shorts views to bring you: how to win with UA-cam Shorts right now
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For option 2 it's going to be a limited run, based on the countless requests for audits and consults I've gotten since starting this channel.
Since it's my first independent test run, I've reduced prices to make it more accessible and provide me valuable feedback. If you were wanting personalized help from me, NOW is a great time to get it!
Unfortunately not in the budget right now, but SO good Nate! I'm so happy for you & the channels you'll be able to help through this.
man i so wanna do this but i dont have a specific question right now ... grrr
How do you set up an email group, I should get one!
Howdy! I love your approach: simple, clear, direct, perfect!👍👍👍 I wish you get VERY busy and many people benefit. Go go go Nate! It's soon for me: it'd be like going to the plastic surgeon without even having the habit of washing my face every day 🤣
Seriously considering this, would you say it's suitable for a Maths education angle or mainly entertainment?
I posted hundreds of shorts, few of them recently blew out and hit 2.4M in total views (last 28 days)
Subscribers rosed from 2,000 to 1-17,000.
The crazy thing is one of my worst performing shorts that I posted 8 months ago suddenly went viral and hit 1,2M
Haha, interesting! You never know.
Are you making some money in return?
LOL, i already see one of you shorts that spider man death.. sad
I'm happy this was recommended to me just 2 hours after upload time, making it the most up to date video about shorts!
Thank goodness you’re done with this, so you can stop watching all those UA-cam shorts in the bathroom 🎉😜 love you 😘
-Your Wife
Ohhhhhkay. I see how it is 🤔
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🤣😂
“Hon! There are sticky children running around! Give me a hand?”
“But I gotta watch more shorts! For science!”
😂
YES you are right!!! Text on the screen......When I started putting captions on my shorts it REALLY helped them! I had shorts that got only a couple hundred views to over 30-40k. ( not all of course but some )
Wow, 13 and 60 seconds are the sweet spots, huh? That's some killer intel! Gonna start implementing this in my Shorts. I've also been using boost app social for helping me with catchy titles and video ideas.
That app's legit. Does wonders for my IG and TikTok as well.
Used it for my IG bio and it was on point!
How can?
Shorts still work really great for me on my second channel. I mean, I am just small content creator and I work really hard (I also use a little bit of fame ster, but that's a necessity nowadays). I just give all my videos small initial boost, and that caused them to spread literally everywhere, bringing more and more organic views day after day.
If you just started a channel: Don't be discouraged by the initial challenges or slow growth. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is a successful UA-cam channel. Stay consistent, keep honing your craft, and believe in your idea - because with dedication and perseverance, you have the power to achieve greatness. Keep going, Champ!
I decided to push so I appreciate your words
I'm not really interested in shorts, but still found this video really interesting! Glad to see you back on the horse
for me i got me a monetized youtube channel with over 20k from viral npc marketplace (it is now 30K) and im now earning like an old youtuber haha. good video btw👍
How?
@@chenchen725 sellers post their monetized channels for sale
Man, since you run your own channel you’re radiating. Love it. I feel like you’re much more relaxed and in tune with yourself. Thank you for your amazing work. It is much appreciated.
I appreciate that! thanks @oceansVideo
Hi Nate, This comment has nothing to do with this video. I want to say I am thrilled to see that you have your own channel. You are amazing at teaching and researching. I pray that God will bless you in years to come. You always put your heart and soul into every video. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that!
Super thrilled to see your analysis of this. Thank you!
Wow! I’ve been lookin for an updated YT shorts info. Thank u this will help.
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Also, my favorite type of short is the Endless Loop short it's fun to see where/how they splice it.
Great tips! Thanks amigo! :)
1. 13 or 60-second-long videos (0:45)
2. Text on screen is a MUST (8:20)
3. 3-5 second setup. (9:09)
4. deliver on setup (9:45)
5. mastery over time (10:30) - JUST STICK WITH IT UNTIL ATLEAST 200 VIDEOS!!!
Great video man, veryyyyyy underrated Channel lol.
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Thanks
I am so happy that you have your own channel Nate and I’m here to support you fully on your new journey 😊
HOWDY HOWDY 😁
It is true! Captions in the shorts are fundamental!! You will have an immediate response after the first day.
This is really interesting as someone who got into shorts fairly recently. Always coming in strong with the data and good vibes. Have a great week!
This is why I LOVE Nate! He's a true nerd and willing to do the heavy lifting for the rest of us! I'm truly grateful! 🙏🏽
Great info
ua-cam.com/users/shortsUsE6asJyIes?feature=share
Namaste🙏
God bless nate
Oh wow! So nonchalant about 35 billion...Ha! 👀Such interesting info. I usually show things in my shorts that I would watch. (cooking, hacks, if traveling I show beautiful scenes & of course cats!) I do like having text on the screen for sure. Ooof 3-5 seconds is tough! (shorter attention span than a goldfish!) 🐠 Excited to see the next steps of journey you are on!! Signed up!! Woot! Blessings!! 💕
Man I have such a love/hate relationship with UA-cam shorts! I don’t get a lot of views out of them but I keep making them!! 😭
Same bro 😂
Dang. That’s crazy. It’s absolutely the opposite here. I have shorts with thousands of views and that’s all it’s giving me just views. They are not converting into subscribers from the shorts. It’s a weird system for sure. Hang in there!
@@MrThinkImPossiblemake sure your shorts and your long form content are made in similar styles. What I do is I find the most interesting sections of my long-form videos and I remix them for shorts, then I direct people to the long-form video. If nothing else I end up getting subscribers because the content that attracted them can be found in both short and long form. It's been working pretty well.
Same here. I’m been prepping to make long form content and just chop them up as shorts
Me too!
I was and am hooked with Nate and his findings, charts, graph etc...oh the gift that keeps on giving.
Nate in the zone 😂 "scatter graph", making up words now that's next level. I think I'll use that in one of my future videos. And thanks for the insights 💯.
Shorts have helped my channel grow so much! And thank you for all the tips, I need to up my game
I hope that you all will get the momentum you deserve! Thanks for the motivation Nate! 🙏
I loved the music at the start of your video. I like that you are applying your own personality to this channel.
😂 glad you liked it
Do you think that it’s possible the 60 second views are so high is because there are many more shorts of that length and not that it’s a sweet spot?
Repurposing long form content will mean a lot of creators pulling in the full 60 seconds of allowable video for an easily made short. Same goes for the high 59 second number, as they are just trimming a bit off for a smooth short.
That's a good point. Was wondering that myself
came here to write this as well!
@@benplazek me too!
If I consider my own consumption of shorts, it could break down like this. 3 seconds watch time = not interested.13 seconds watch time = I’m curious followed by, no thanks not for me, swipe to next. 60 seconds watch time = you’ve got my attention, I’ll watch it all the way through.
No. As I understand it it's average views per video
Thanks for doing a thing, Nate! Sounds pretty radical!
Love your play with the music in this video! 😂👍 enjoying this channel!
Started my channel almost 2 months ago and Nate's tips are always right up there! Very thankful to not just my community but this community as well! 🙏😃
Extremely helpful video I’m watching it for the 3rd time ❤
Leaving that sneeze in the final cut was the best part of this video 😂
Oh man, your timing is perfect. I purposefully put off creating any shorts until I was monetized, and since I hit that this weekend, I’m ready to shorts it up! (SUPER excited about the direction you’re going in, too!)
You got this! Also congrats on getting monetized!
Congrats on getting monetized!
Don’t get too excited. You’ll make about 10¢ per 1000 views. 😂
@@xen0_m0rph Try $4-$20 depending on content. Most of mine are $12-$16 per 1000. Starts slow, but adds up once you have a bunch of videos doing well.
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@@xen0_m0rph That much? My best short got 2200 views last month and I received $0.15. By comparison, my long form (3 minute) video that got 1700 views got $7.00
I appreciate how u always take the time to respond to ur viewers. It truly shows in the bottom of my heart that u care bout ur community!! Keep up the phenomenal works!! 🔥
Hi Nate,
I'm still learning. I started making shorts. And my channel started to grow. Thanks for sharing valueable information. Have a lovely day.👍😊
That sneeze if not an accident was genius. It pulled me right back to you after getting engrossed in the short.
I never knew adding text was that crucial. Now that I think about it, I should setup the short in the first 3 seconds by adding text, explaining the premise of the video. Thanks, Nate!
Just posted our first short today! Was suprised at the views and have been considering what our particular approach should be. Thanks for the video!
I love that you kept in the sneeze. It's small, but made me smile and definitely real.
Thanks for the insights Nate. My recent shorts have not been doing very well in terms of views. So I am going to apply some of the takeaways from this video in the next ones I publish.
You got this!
Great research Nate, I do believe Shorts have made my channel. Thanks for all that hard work you do for us.
Great way to start my morning 😊 thank you!!
This is amazing! :D Thank ya Nate!
Here is the thing about UA-cam shorts that has made me start to hate UA-cam, UA-cam is trying to make shorts the more popular video format and as a creator, they keep much more of the revenue. Since Shorts came out, my long form content has really begun to take a dive. It’s been getting worse with each month, where I’m close to giving up on making new content.
Don’t give up… my first channel was suspended and it got me devastated but I didn’t give up.. I started this new channel just 2 weeks ago and I’m loving it. Stand up and go !!! 🚀
Play around with the other platforms. Try experimenting with thumbnails, titles, hashtags.
We really have opportunities here.
Sheesh bro. You have 105k subscribers. You would just let them hang? Good job on having such a successful channel!
basically the issue is you didn't evolved your content with time
I think it could just be rising competition from other creators.
Great video! I‘ve seen my best growth through shorts and your points really brought that home. I might even push it one step further and say for some creators, conveying the video concept in the first frame has been critical as well.
5:36 Nate is allergic to skits lol.
Loved the video, just great as always!
Great video Nate and perfect timing. I was just about to start a short recording and this popped up. Now I'm rethinking possible edits to make it better 😊
You are great to watch!!! Thank you
You did a great job of researching in YT shorts, 8:23, and you also proved the growth of my channel when I started putting stories and words in every video. Thank you❤
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Loving your new channel. Glad to see you back!
My craziest experience with shorts was, that I uploaded it when shorts beta got introduced and it didnt do any numbers at all. Over 1 1/2 years later it suddenly exploded.
One thing I personally dislike about shorts it what they do with my video suggestions afterwards. While as a creator its awesome to see your longform content be suggested afterwards, the shorts algo isnt as good as tiktok and I see a lot of hateful and discriminating content and even when scolling past it quickly, my longform suggestions then have this hateful content everywhere and I have to clean up my suggestions regularly.
I train Shorts continuously. If it shows stuff I don't want to see I immediately hit pause. Then I go to the dot menu and tell it to stop showing me that channel. I never thumbs-down or open the comments. It took a lot of training but now it's pretty reliably showing me what I want to see with just the occasional reject. It's kept US politics and conspiracists out of my long-form too. It's only the adverts that are a problem there - if I see Elon Musk's face on an ad I flag it as Repetitive and those ads seem to have reduced (even if I was a fan I know Elon has nothing whatsoever to do with that ad).
Oh wow, this is so helpful, thank you Nate!
Thank you so much for this. This is the most valuable video I have watched in the last month or so. Many of these things I had a hunch about, and it is so nice to get it confirmed.
This was a really great video! thank you for all of your data its really appreciated!! subscribed!
Nate, I am thrilled that you are KILLING IT! You so deserve all the rewards that your years of hard work have earned. This data-driven analysis is unparalleled and without peer!
Leaving this nit-pick "below the fold." Consider ditching the auto-ISO , or at least lock it to just your face - when your hands move toward the screen it is changing the average brightness and the camera thinks it's overexposed and bumps your ISO. Look in the upper right shadow, easiest to see the pulsing and graininess.
I agree. shoot me an email - if you have experience with this I could use the help
Bless you! Thanks for sharing much appreciated
My YT shorts keep flatlining after a quick push in the algorithm. I am going to keep grinding though 🔥 Thanks for the info you’ve gathered in this video!
Keep it up Niels. Seems like it takes time to get momentum sometimes
@@ThatNateBlack I hope so mate!
@NielsKemp I checked out your channel and saw that you made a video about this 😃 Maybe look at creating search based titles? I'm not sure, it's perfect for me either. I just started doing videos I'm passionate about and got better views 🤔 Maybe it's enthusiasm in the video as well 🤔
@@BetterMindJourneyyes! I notice a strong correlation between enthusiasm and view count.. mind you it's not always this way but I trust that the video will go to who needs it the most in due time 🙏 🎉
Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate it!
have been watching creators-related channel for a while now ..
u shocked me, i rly cant put it into words but ur style is straight up insane
well done, keep it up 👏👏
Thankyou Nate you always over deliver to us you're a legend 🎥🙏😎👌🏆
Amazing video. It’s great to see you back!
Ohh nice sneaky ending there .. and "As always" / Cut ...I like that ending ..:)
This is so interesting. I love watching and learning all these analytics! These are super helpful. Nate. So glad to have you back!
Thank you for your guru's insight.
Hey Nate, your findings are spot on!
Been watching you since Channel Makers and to see that I finally made it as an example in your analysis is crazy! Haha
It's Vince! I had no idea you watched me! Great work on your channel man
From my short experience with shorts, I conclude that showing an impending catastrophe (like me drowning under a waterfall) results in more views, while showing something incredibly interesting (like a beach cave in Spain) results in more subs per 1000 views.
Also, "short" is for short attention span.
So my question is why is it that when I schedule a short, it takes EXACTLY 6 hours for it to be seen after it goes live, gets about 3k views for exactly an hour, and then stops? This seems to happen to TONS of folks as well, but I could basically set a clock to it and I have no idea the rhyme or reason behind it.
Thanks for keeping it clean.. All the best and thanks for sharing
Your video has perfect timing, Nate! I finally decided to give shorts a try, and I'm impressed with the response my tiny channel is getting from them - so it's safe to say I'm all in on getting better at creating them! Your information is solid!
Nice work!
Before my videos used to hit 500+ views as a new content creator and now they dont even get 100 views in 24hours
Bug on the other hand my shorts do get views in K
Should i switch to shirts for monetising my channel ?
Great to see you back, Nate! I always loved how research driven your videos are!
Nate is gonna be making that money!!!! Let’s goo, appreciate your content and help!🔥
Thank you so much I’m trying to use these tips
Wow!So much useful information in just one video!👍❤️
great content Nate, ty!
Love it and glad I found you again Nate! I saw you dropped off CM a while back and honestly I quit watching CM mostly after that. I just filmed 28 shorts in 2 days for a new series I’m doing, can’t wait to see the results.
Applying these tips to my shorts ASAP. Looking Forward to pt 2
So i watched channel makers on and off. Never subbed, but always thought you personally were worth watching. Now tgat your here on you own I subbed nearly immediately. Thanks for all the great content.
So good, this really helped compared to other videos I’ve watched and kept me interested!
Great info. Thank you.
Thanks Nate. As someone who's working on growing a UA-cam presence I appreciate the information in this video.
Putting out some banger content man! Thanks for continuing the mission!
You bet. Thanks!
Thank you, Nate.
Thank you for actual examples! Makes such a huge difference!
Thanks for clarifying some things, Nate. We can always count on you.
Namaste from nepalua-cam.com/users/shortsUsE6asJyIes?feature=share
Nate is the only dude on YT sneezing in the middle of the A-roll that gets away with a killer video.
Haha 😆
Great video Nate! Thanks for all of the great advice you give!
Hi Nate! Thank you for yet another informative video; I especially enjoyed your music choices 😊
Helpful video Nate. I hope all is going well with your new venture :)
Nice! Can’t wait for the follow up videos.
Thank you so much for this Nate
This is awesome. Thank you Nate for making really useful videos and taking your time to collect and share data. I really appreciate someone genuinely wanting to help, rather than making a video just for the numbers.
Namaste🙏ua-cam.com/users/shortsUsE6asJyIes?feature=share
Love this content. However.... there is a huuuge difference between big channels and small channels in how the algorithm treats content. So you using data only (mainly) of big, successful channels is colouring the data... for me shorts are a constant battle, mainly because they will only get one push from the algorithm (if they're good) and that usually happens just over 6 hours after posting... which is, truly, a nightmare as my target audience is mainly online for just 3-5 hours each day! So if I post before they're online the short won't be clicked and won't be pushed at all. If I post when my target audience is online it will get pushed: 1-3 hours after most of my target audience left... 🙃
Not with shorts, 100 total shorts seems to be a pop off mark and I guess 200+ according to Nate. But if you have 100+ shorts with 80+% total retention average/watch time and good engaement you will get shorts thrown into the main feed and tested beyond the 1-10k view range
@RealCRUSHEQUITY Well, I have over 150 shorts now with an average retention between 68 and 98.5% .... ( I'm not sure if there's a way to find out how many of these shorts indeed have 80% or higher... i do usually see that when the number of views increases rapidly bc of the algorithm suddenly pushing it, clickrate and retention drop). Either way, it's still the same pattern as I saw on day one: 1 push only... in very rare occasions, a second push on day 2. If it does well, it may surpass 1K views, but never much more than that. I btw also have quite a lot of shorts with 100+% retention and 80-90% clickrate (viewed-swiped-ratio) that got stuck at just a dozen views or so...
So, based on the numbers I see on my channel, it seems your statement isn't actually true? I guess? Or at least for me, it doesn't seem to be...
@RealCRUSHEQUITY just posted a new short three hours ago, same thing as pretty much always: 100% clickrate, over 100% retention (in fact nearly 200%!), many likes. But only 12 views. I don't expect it to get more than 5-10 extra views in the upcoming three hours. After that, it will hopefully get a boost and get 1k views, and that will be it. (Nb. also know that if I would now post it on Tiktok it will probably have 1k views within fifteen minutes or so... but I want to grow on youtube, not Tiktok! )
Whoa 🤯 this is the best breakdown of UA-cam shorts currently. Yes, you definitely “did a thing” and I appreciate it
Seriously, I watch tons of videos every week with tips to improve my own video and shorts. This was the first one in a long time without beating around the bush, with really good info that you can apply yourself.
Namaste🙏ua-cam.com/users/shortsUsE6asJyIes?feature=share
This was well done, Nate. I am going to try some of the tips you shared as i find them really helpful.
Thank you for this Nate
Thanks for this Nate. Very interesting.
Pure gold. Very nice video.