YT is a mystery. Last year I had huge drops this time of the year. This year I have seen huge increases. All I know is that if you work hard, and keep plugging away and refining your channel and skill, the overall trend will be up. I am in such a niche market that there is never no hope of my channel ever being enormously popular, but I am not working towards that goal. My goal is to reach a point where I earn enough off of my channel to where I can do the kinds of videos I really want to do and my channel will fund it. It may be a long way off, but I am starting to see that there might be a light at the end of this very long tunnel. The only question is, will I reach ti before I die? LOL!