JesusGreen
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So my current channel has been up for close to its first month now, and during that time being that I'm an avid redditor and spend a lot of time there as is, I've gained probably 70%+ of my views from reddit alone. Now on paper this sounds great, and I even have a video with close to 1000 views that all came from reddit but I noticed something about those views..
Looking at my audience retention times, I'm getting rather low % retention from people clicking my videos on reddit etc, only 20-30% average across the channel, or 35-45% on my newer more polished videos.
On the other hand, if I take a look at all of my clicks that came through YouTube search itself, the average retention there is at least 65%, with in most cases people watching 80-100% of the video and just a few people who immediately clicked off lowering the figure.
Now I know as far as search ranking is concerned, watch time/retention time is more valuable than views, so my question is:
Which will rank better, a video that receives 300+ views in the first week with an average watch duration of say 40%
Or a video that only receives say 30-40 views in the first week but with an average watch duration of ~70%?
Or in other words, am I actually harming SEO by sharing on Reddit etc if the users who find my videos through search are watching more on average than the redditors who click my links?
Looking at my audience retention times, I'm getting rather low % retention from people clicking my videos on reddit etc, only 20-30% average across the channel, or 35-45% on my newer more polished videos.
On the other hand, if I take a look at all of my clicks that came through YouTube search itself, the average retention there is at least 65%, with in most cases people watching 80-100% of the video and just a few people who immediately clicked off lowering the figure.
Now I know as far as search ranking is concerned, watch time/retention time is more valuable than views, so my question is:
Which will rank better, a video that receives 300+ views in the first week with an average watch duration of say 40%
Or a video that only receives say 30-40 views in the first week but with an average watch duration of ~70%?
Or in other words, am I actually harming SEO by sharing on Reddit etc if the users who find my videos through search are watching more on average than the redditors who click my links?