JMGD
Member
Hi all,
I started my channel in 2010, but only started getting serious about YouTube in 2014.
A couple of my older videos are quite long (~15 mins) and attract some of the highest views stats on the channel, but the retention rates are awful...
Most of my videos are in the 50-70% retention range, but these old ones deliver around 15-20% retention. Being longer videos, 15-20% still delivers the same average watch time as 70% of a much shorter video (as my newer ones are).
I've read some advice suggesting that these old videos are hurting my channel's overall standing in YouTube, as they significantly reduce the average retention rate.
Any thoughts or insights on this would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
James
I started my channel in 2010, but only started getting serious about YouTube in 2014.
A couple of my older videos are quite long (~15 mins) and attract some of the highest views stats on the channel, but the retention rates are awful...
Most of my videos are in the 50-70% retention range, but these old ones deliver around 15-20% retention. Being longer videos, 15-20% still delivers the same average watch time as 70% of a much shorter video (as my newer ones are).
I've read some advice suggesting that these old videos are hurting my channel's overall standing in YouTube, as they significantly reduce the average retention rate.
Any thoughts or insights on this would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
James