Massive drop in views on kid channels

dv2000 said:
whose views are down since Christmas?
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Actually mine finally took a turn upward on the 24th and 25th. I had been in steep decline in the weeks leading up to Christmas due to the fact that I was forced to edit my disclaimer on the bottom of 85% of my videos and it screwed up my channels ranking. Who knew that such a minor change would have such a huge effect (30% drop)? My views are up 16% since the 23rd. Whew!
 
Jungle Explorer said:
Actually mine finally took a turn upward on the 24th and 25th. I had been in steep decline in the weeks leading up to Christmas due to the fact that I was forced to edit my disclaimer on the bottom of 85% of my videos and it screwed up my channels ranking. Who knew that such a minor change would have such a huge effect (30% drop)? My views are up 16% since the 23rd. Whew!
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whats a disclaimer ? why ?
 
It seems that new upload just don't get into recommended at all. I don't get it why they still have all these filters in place and what they are checking. Every new video. Who else has this?

And playlists. Does anyone know if all kid videos will be removed from user generated palylists? That's massive blow
 
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ianmacdon said:
whats a disclaimer ? why ?
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I am an amazon affiliate and place product links in the description of the video, so I am required to have a disclaimer informing people that the links are affiliate links. But it like walking on a razor's edge to get the wording just right so I am not in violation of someone's rules. Amazon, YouTube, and the FTC all have their own rules for what the Disclaimer must, or must not, say.
 
From a user

"Legally, being signed in to YouTube means you are signing off that you are over 13. So an easy solution would be to put personalized ads ONLY on videos signed in users are watching. If someone is not logged in and watching, they should use CONTEXTUALIZED ads only...just like old fashioned TV. Base the ads on the content of the videos, not the data of the viewer. This would make the problem go away. It should be put into the YouTube contract that if you are a logged in user and you hand your device to your child, that should be legally considered parental consent. Also, WHY are they basically killing off kid-specific channels the way they are? The FTC is not making YouTube do that. It is absolutely unnecessary. Just use contextualized ads on those channels. End of story. "


Why is youtube killing all kids content? Why cannot they take parents' permission
 
Every new video does this. If you look it just doesn't get suggested for a long time. A year ago this problem never existed. Who has the same problem ?
 

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dv2000 said:
Every new video does this. If you look it just doesn't get suggested for a long time. A year ago this problem never existed. Who has the same problem ?
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Youtube has been suppressing views from kid channels since July for new videos. Even the biggest channels have been hurt by this. Some have weathered the storm by falsely claiming content is education related. Youtube wouldn't specify what they did, but they said the algorithm was changed to promote quality and educational kids content. Remember the start of this whole thread was about this massive drop and it progressed with debacle after debacle that would ensue.
 
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I'm just curious guys. Do you see historic data on your new analytics dashboard ? My channel is not targeting kids and is tanking, too (80% decline Since November for reasons unknown). I suspect that this YouTube bug has something to do with it. YouTube algo might think you have no history. You might be the victim of a YouTube bug. Let me know what your New Analytics Dashboard (not classic) shows. Thanks.
 

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