How Long is Your Outro?

[markkaz]

I'm still using a 30-second outro but I will be swapping out a video from one of the quadrants with a subscribe button.

You tube wants us to link to playlists but I got my first comment today from somebody who prefers I link to specific videos.

 

[CramBoom]

My outro is 8 seconds long. I used to have a 14 second outro, but my viewer retention wasn't as high, so I cut it in half and it seems to be doing better.

 

[Doom Video Vault]

0 seconds, because I don't have one

 

[Birkendorf]

what's your CTR on the links in your outros?
is it worth the time to set it up on every video?

I used to do it but it was such a hassle to put all the annotations right and for me it's only 20% of the viewers that watch to the end anyway.
Maybe I should give it another try.

 

[Tipsy Tricks]

We just created an end card, and used 30s. We use it to play bloopers/random silly content from the same episode. We also have a small, silent preview of last week's episode rolling in the bottom right with a link.

Since bloopers are still new content (not just rehashing old clips from other episodes), I think we can get away with a longer outro like that.

 

[GilledGiraffe]

My longest is around 20 seconds

 

[JeriKane]

Since I'm incredibly lazy, I just used to put it on the timeline once, and then copy it, and for some reason it ended up being like, 17 seconds. So I left it at that. I figured the viewer doesn't have to stay for all 17 seconds, because the video will be done by then. I have no guilt, and I regret nothing.

 

[LuiC]

Literally 3-5 seconds.

 

[KGATV]

10-15 sec.

 

[skydieray]

I curently have a 10 seconds outro: youtu.be/jPWANRaOS18?t=18m20s
But I think it's way too short. I think that a 15-20 seconds outro is the best.
But the music you use also matters. here.