in those 8 minutes he basically told me to just change the title and thumbnail, and if it's not getting impressions, just have an end screen link to the video to get it back into the algorithm. your welcome.

If you’re reading this, Keep grinding. You got this

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You guys seriously couldn’t have dropped this video at a better time. I’ve been searching for ways to improve the performance of a video I dropped last week. Thank you for the excellent content 🙌🏻

I've just been setting stuff to private and focusing on building my presence on other platforms. Pivoting away when you find you're not wanted can be a surprisingly powerful move.

Thank you VidIQ for all that you do!! I started my channel almost 5 months ago and just hit 1.5K subscribers yesterday!!! I have been watching this channel since the day i started my channel and you guys have really helped a ton!🔥❤👍

I like this method, for me personally if i see bad ctr in few hrs of upload i know a video will do bad. So i change things up right after few hours of failure. Great video🔥

This is 100% true. I posted a video several days ago and it barely got any views at all compared to my other videos, and yet the quality of the video itself was way better then anything I had ever done. Well the other day I changed up the thumbnail to see if that would help and several hours later.....still nothing. Then I wake up the next day and BOOM it is rapidly increasing in views! So yes, if the video is actually good but didn't do well try changing the title and thumbnail.

I've reached a point where I'm looking at my older content and applying my newer skills to refresh them. Excellent advice all around.

I’m truly grateful for all the advice from this channel, I posted a video a month ago but it had less than 50 views in a week but now it has over 2,500 views and it is the most viewed video on my channel. Now i have 224 subscribers thanks to this video 😊

Valuable advice, I did this for one of my videos and it actually worked. Revisiting thumbnails on poorly performing videos is something I regularly do. Cheers Guys.

I always wondered how channels like vidiq get all these interviews with channel creators. Like, how do they decide who to ask.

Have anyone noticed tremendous decrease in views since the beginning of October? Or is it me 😢

Tried a new twist from within my niche yesterday, and relieved to get a 2 out of 10. It kinda platued overnight, but took a spike again this morning. Super happy.

Great tip for small channels! Refreshing thumbnails and titles has helped me with a few videos that were stale!

The end screen tip is a major key to reviving a previous video. I have a video from last month that had about 1K views until I released my next video this month. The newest video has almost 23K views now and from putting the older video in my end screens, the views have boosted to almost 4K views! Change the thumbnail if you need to, but if you link that video on a future banger video, it will start to get more views.

I have a new theory and it is that KZfaq now has filters for small channels. I have done tests on other channels with different content and number of subscribers and it is the same, Short and videos dont grow, and these channels have videos with a guarantee of virality, but they dont grow because they are "small channels" and that is now a limitation. If you are small you have a maximum of views, but KZfaq will never recognize this publicly.

Thank you for this video, I'm going to use this tip to get my old videos back from the dead.

I know a lot of people are saying the same sort of stuff, but I’m gonna add my 2 cents😁. Now keeping in mind my channel is small, where I’ve been averaging 300-500 views per video. I did this for the last two videos on my channel at it totally worked. I changed the thumbnails and title on both, as I notice the videos were still getting impressions. It took a day or two but BOOM! The first video went over 1K views (which is big for my channel) and the second video is making the same slow climb. Anyway, if you read this, keep working hard! You won’t fail, if you don’t give up. Cheers👊!

Hello everyone. If you're reading this, do not give up! Growing a channel takes time, effort, and hard work. For me, i also think uploading a viral video or short requires good timing and consistency. Good luck! ❤

I changed the thumbnail on a video I had that was stagnant and stuck at 10/10. In one day it's now 7/10

Great content guys. I recently fell into a niche and have been seeing some progress. With this progress I’m running an experiment on an old video that plateaued at 493 views. I changed the title and thumbnail to see if it moved at all. A week has passed and no movement. I will add it to the end screen and see what happens. Will come back in a week and reply with results.

- The hook could be more specific about the problem it's addressing. Instead of just saying "videos that do not perform well", it could mention specific metrics like low views, low watch time, or low engagement. - The hook could be more concise. It takes about 12 seconds to get to the point where it promises a solution. Shortening the intro could make it more attention-grabbing. - The hook could use more emotional language to connect with the audience. For example, instead of saying "it takes your Creative Energy and it crushes it in an instant", it could say "it feels like a punch in the gut that drains your creative energy and motivation". - The hook could use more vivid imagery to paint a picture in the audience's mind. For example, instead of saying "have the dreaded 10 out of 10 rating stare you back in the face", it could say "see the red thumbs-down icon mocking you from the screen". Overall, the hook is good but it could be improved by being more specific, concise, emotional, and vivid. As a KZfaq creator, you can use these tips to create attention-grabbing hooks for your own videos.

keep it up guys! I made it in YPP 2 months ago, everything is possible!

I love the cat. You have to show him/her more Dan. I watched the video you talked in this one and I liked it. I had the brilliant idea to change the font I was using in the 3 words of the thumbnail of my most viewed video a year ago, my views dropped. I noticed a few days later (I don't like to watch analytics everyday it gets me stressed), I changed again the thumbnail and used the old one. Almost no views. I tried to change the title and it's the same. So advice to everyone: if it works don't change it. Thanks for the video.

Can someone please explain what's wrong with 10/10 and why it is "dreaded"? My limited knowledge of analytics makes it sound like a good thing.

Thank you so much, it was shown to me so right on time, have kinda creator crisis here, but now I’ll try this and change things around in my channel. I appreciate your work and effort here! Wish everyone persistence and hope!❤

Great info, I would add - if this video is also getting search volume and all has failed, simply look for the number 1 phrase that people are searching to find the video and edit the title to match that at the start of the title. This can really help if you are more of a search channel.

spoiler: change endscreen

After making some of my old videos public, I thought I'd actually check out the notification because this sort of video would be for me 😅

Thank you for polluting KZfaq environment and teaching others how to do it...real class!

I feel like the thumbnail should be him making a thinking and enthusiastic face with a red/purple gradient and white glowing background and a subscriber count analytic going through the roof

When I started my channel (different from this one) First few 4-5 days I got decent views on my shorts even one of them reached 55k views and other 9k but after that it's been 10 days I am getting like 2-3 views on every short and KZfaq is not showing it in feeds !! What should I do ? Do I need to create another channel and shut down that old one with almost 190 subs and 65k views on total ?

Solid advice, as always! I've also seen big creators use the community tab to promote an old video that didn't do well.

Great video! And yes I have already seen this phenomenon on my channel. Thumbnails and titles are very important. I did a re-branding a while ago and I'm thinking about making a new one soon. To everyone out there, making videos is amazing but it is perseverance that makes channels stand out. Thanks again for an amazing video! I will definitely follow this advice!

What do you do for a video to get more impressions in the first place? whats if its low amount mostly everytime? i have 5-6% ctr on most of my longforms but it doesnt seem to get many impressions overall

The funny thing is that I'm consistently bad at making thumbnails and titles. Every time I update them, the CTR stays basically the same

Been looking for this exact topic over the last couple of days/week and bamm here we are ❤ appreciate the video is what i needed to boost some of my videos.. also appreciate you encouraging about, trying something different on you tube.. i did the scariest thing ever with my channel, mostly with my thumbnails, i did watch so many of your videos very valuable and informative. Yet i decide to try out something a bit different than what commonly people do... let's finger cross and see how it goes 🙏🔥

Is there a way in analytics to easily see what older videos are still getting impressions?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT GUYS 🙂❤

The new title and thumbnail was exactly why I didn't click on it - I had no clue what would I get had I done so. However, I'm probably not the target population of that video :)

I just brought a 2 year old video that had 600 views to over 8k in just a week w yt shorts. Its not just as simple as adding a related video to a short. That is just 1 step of my process... Edited btw just cracked 200k this morning

Thank you for that! I have some videos on my channel that I personally think are good, but they hardly get any views. I'm trying this method. I learned a lot on your channel!

My question is, how long should you wait to see if your video is growing or not taking off?

Love this video. Great advice - definitely going to try this on a video from a few months ago that shouldve performed better. Will record the process and see what happens.

I'm going through my huge catalog of videos and applying your advice.

This video is VERY timely for me! Thanks!

LOVE THIS VIDEO!!! This trick actually worked!!! Thank you for the major help!!!😀🤗🤪😁😄

Love the explanation of how you came up with the titles and thumbnail etcetera. However, the rest of this is useless to small channels unfortunately... For a small channel if a video gets no impressions or clicks the first day it will probably flatline, changing the thumbnail or title later will do absolutely nothing, not even if you find ways to promote that video (trust me, I tried).

Thanks for this information VIdIQ!! I have a question, ive been doing youtube for a year now, it takes me hours to make videoes with editing, thumbnail, Recording, etc. But like, how could i get more impressions and How could I Approach viewers better, i know u need to engage them in the first few second, everything works, but i have a very low amount of impressions even if i try my best, how could i get more?

It works for shorts too. Just changing the title one of mine led to 7 times more views!

Did you reupload the video with the changes or did you just change the thumbnail and title? I have a similar problem with my last video. I changed the thumbnail and title and i have been getting a consistent 8.1% click through rate but low impressions. Just wondering if i should just reupload the video with the updated changes ot wait it out.

So here's the thing I want to know. When you do update a dead video, is it okay to upload a brand new upload ?

It's funny how everywhere else a 10/10 is phenomenal and a 1/10 is a failure, but on KZfaq, it's the exact opposite.

This was an awesome video - that probably could have been done in three minutes....lol all that said, I watched it and appreciate the intel and ideas 🔥

At 6:05 minutes into this video, he speaks about Impressions and shows a screen shot but he doesn't indicate the source of the screen shot. How can you find out if KZfaq is still sharing your video with viewers?

Im still grinding and trying to figure out my key to success, I still enjoy making content and mixing it up but struggling to capture my target audience. I feel like my videos are getting a little better each time but hopefully soon enough it will break through a little more!!! Thanks for all the helpful videos your team creates!

when you first said 10/10 video, i thought you meant an ABSOLUTE BANGER,! HIGH VIEWS, HIGH CLICK-THROUGH-RATE, HIGH RETENTION, HIGH LIKE RATIO

I am a newbie, and the videos you share are very valuable. Thank you 😍👍

We have 461K subs due to an insanely viral video we made many years ago received 200 million+ views, but never took KZfaq serious. Now our channel is dead and we're trying to revive it! Thanks for the great info!

unfortunately this doesnt work for shorts videos, maybe for title but not for videos because we cant change the thumbnails yet :(

great Video! for all of us small channels don't forget we can do it! Still working on my first 1000!

Really struggling with CTR, lower than 1% usually. Using low word count, clear images, fairly short titles and complementary colours but just don't seem to be getting good results the majority of the time

I love that 4-5% click through rate "sucks." Guess I'll go hide in shame in a corner now.

This is how you know I’m new cause I didn’t even know what a 10/10 video was LOL

I was kind of discourage to post videos after talking with a friend who also vlogs. I almost abandoned my channel. For almost a year in 2023, I didn’t post anything. A few weeks ago, perhaps a week before Christmas, I read an email from KZfaq that they have a new monetization scheme and that my number of subs already qualified for it. I checked my public watched hours and I got around 1.7 or 1.8K. I was energized by the email that I started posting again. After 2 weeks or more (but below 3 weeks), I was able to reach 3043 watched hours. The moral lesson is: Don’t always listen to friends or family. Just do what you have/want to do.

man ive just started to come back to video making 2 years into it, these videos can help me make quality videos overtimes i like it

This video is spot on, I feel like you have just read what was going through my mind. So yesterday I did upload a vlog 😅 results? You guessed it right 10/10 🤥 I was just frustrated. Ideally when I do new a vlog, I usually get between 1/10 - 3/10 but this one just fell flat on its belly!

This is great advice. Thanks Rob

I've noticed the past few weeks my videos are not being shown to new people. My returning audience is above new audience any advice ?

Never give up to be the best in KZfaq

Good morning @vidIQ and everyone!!!! Very much needed for me!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!🥰🙌🙏💖

Excellent! I really needed these strategies!

Changing titles and thumbnails does wonders as well. Turned my 10/10 vid into a 1 and with the vids i uploaded after that its still beating them

Tysm for the advice! I'll keep being persistent to make my vids better! 💪

Guess you have to revive this one here too. Even though the content was mostly really good and enjoyable. Thanks!

I'm a small KZfaqr yes! but am crumbing for the bigger KZfaqr in the world 💘🌍🙏

it’s always my videos i spend the most time on that get 2k views and then the ones i put together together in 20 min that get like 50k😂 - i feel that cone of shame 😂😂❤

Thank you for this. Keep it up everone.

Just do what you love, the rest will come naturally ❤

One video got 8.8k watch hours , I need just 4K to monetize.. God will make a way 🙏🏻

Finally something that i really need, how to revive old gaming vids

Sometimes its crickets after posting. What give???

I have two endscreen videos linked, playlists in the description and still never any fresh views on a video but on the newest one. Its not even time limited content, its timeless comedy/entertainment content. Literally any video's clicks get frozen forever, once the new one has been uploaded. Its like impressions are a limited currency that only big channels can afford for more than only their newest video.

TY vidiq! Any advice about how to fix shorts? Or are they really short lived and no way to fix? I deleted a bad performed short and reloaded, and the rank turned from 1 to 10. Is this pure luck?

0:52 “and gray cats”. This got me cracking up 😂

You guys share a wealth of great information! Thank you!

Getting a 10/10 is really demoralising, but I keep plugging away. Being a small channel sucks, but hopefully one day I'll get big.

yep, subscribed. Thanks bro

Thank you VIDIQ, YOU MADE ME PROUD OF CREATING MORE VIDEOS

These are some great suggestions, a few I've kinda figured out, and few I'm going to try. I can't seem to find my videos "Ranking by views" rating, do you need to be monetized to see that?

I might get meonitized this week

Im a new youtuber i love watching your vids😊

My most viewed video of my channel is 74k, i updated it on may 2021, it had around 9k before 2023 but it blew up since march of this year 2023

What is the name of the font you use most ?

Great advice.... getting stuck at 4/10 or 5/10.

VidIQ. You have been a blessing. Thank you for the content.

Bro which software do u use to edit your video

Small creators, we can do it❤

Thank you for sharing the program