Hello, I have a YouTube channel with 900k subscribers, and I've been creating videos on the platform for 7 years. I have a few questions because the changing algorithms and increased competition have been quite confusing.
About 10 months ago, I started a new series where I raced superheroes in a 3D parkour environment I created. I found a popular title and used it for these videos. The first 30-40 videos got between 5k and 20k views, and many people subscribed. I also went live with these videos, and they were actively watched by many viewers. YouTube was featuring my content in recommended videos. But around four months ago, my views suddenly dropped drastically, from around 50k per day to just 2k. I noticed that both my videos and live streams were no longer appearing in recommendations.
I also found similar channels with better quality videos that received 200k-300k views per video. I improved my own content, adding unique touches, and some of my videos turned out better than theirs. However, I still couldn't achieve similar view counts; my videos would only get around 2k views. Despite having a large channel, I couldn't compete. I even tried Google Ads, spending $50-$60 per video to boost their reach, but it didn’t help—views would drop as soon as the ads ended.
Can you tell me what's wrong with my channel? Neither my live streams nor regular videos are being recommended like before. My analytics show decent click-through rates and watch times, similar to my older popular videos. I haven't earned anything for the past few months, hoping things would improve, but they haven't. Please help me understand what’s going on. I spend 12 hours a day, four days per video, working on this content.
About 10 months ago, I started a new series where I raced superheroes in a 3D parkour environment I created. I found a popular title and used it for these videos. The first 30-40 videos got between 5k and 20k views, and many people subscribed. I also went live with these videos, and they were actively watched by many viewers. YouTube was featuring my content in recommended videos. But around four months ago, my views suddenly dropped drastically, from around 50k per day to just 2k. I noticed that both my videos and live streams were no longer appearing in recommendations.
I also found similar channels with better quality videos that received 200k-300k views per video. I improved my own content, adding unique touches, and some of my videos turned out better than theirs. However, I still couldn't achieve similar view counts; my videos would only get around 2k views. Despite having a large channel, I couldn't compete. I even tried Google Ads, spending $50-$60 per video to boost their reach, but it didn’t help—views would drop as soon as the ads ended.
Can you tell me what's wrong with my channel? Neither my live streams nor regular videos are being recommended like before. My analytics show decent click-through rates and watch times, similar to my older popular videos. I haven't earned anything for the past few months, hoping things would improve, but they haven't. Please help me understand what’s going on. I spend 12 hours a day, four days per video, working on this content.