How Does YouTube Recommend Live Streams? Seeking Advice on Algorithm Behavior

kaplanyuz

New Member
Hello,
I stream live on my YouTube channel, but I can’t fully understand how the algorithm recommends live streams. I’d appreciate it if someone knowledgeable could explain this to me.

Viewers who join my live streams from recommended videos or other live streams watch for an average of 6–7 minutes, which I believe is a good number. My streams initially get 20–30 viewers, and they appear in the recommended section of about 30–40 channels. However, after a certain point, the recommendations suddenly stop, and the growth in viewership halts.

In the past, with the same average watch time, I used to reach 250–300 viewers. Currently, there’s been a slight decline in my regular videos, but I don’t think that’s a major issue. It feels like the algorithm favors me during specific periods and shifts to others at different times.

My competitors are getting significantly more views, even though I don’t believe their content quality is as good as mine. I’d like to know what I can do to improve my performance and whether there are strategies to overcome this situation.

Thank you!
 
The algorithm recommends channels with live streams a priori better than those without it. So you just need to continue streaming and grow your audience. Try to make shorts every day and give information that viewers can attend your life stream after visiting your channel. If your streams are interesting, your channel with grow naturally, but surely not in 1–2 days! Watch other popular streams and check what they did to become popular. You may also need to read https://sceyt.com/blog/what-is-chat-moderation about how to moderate your chats, because unmoderated chats in apps, videos and steams always decrease customers and users' morale.
 
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