Suggested videos by youtube are ruling over
all possibility for good views. Look in analytics for playlists and fined videos that have biggest number of playlists- this will be your most popular video on current moment that people watch most.Also take a look at from what country your views coming from. this two will help you to understand your audience. I promote only new videos .I also place links for my new videos in the end screen of my most popular videos, this helps to get extra views too.[DOUBLEPOST=1502286106,1502285770][/DOUBLEPOST]
You can choose if you want to have an add in steam or discovery type for you video.Go in you video manager and select any video that you have. Click on the little arrow near edit button and choose promote option. After that you will get a screen where you can see how you video will looks when it laced as ad on the youtube . You can also look in search for video tutorial on how to use promote option for your videos.