Hit it on the 15th. The number I keep staring at is the one next to it. 4,500 subs against 1.3 million+ lifetime views. I think I know why, and it isn’t complicated. I do ask people to subscribe. I put it at the end. Then I actually looked at the retention graph. On one of my tutorials the average person watches about a fifth of it before they leave , which makes sense, they came to fix one thing, it got fixed, they left. So my ask has been sitting in a part of the video most people never reach. I think I am dealing with a placement problem. Next few uploads I’m intending to move it. Maybe one ask, in the middle, right after the part where the thing actually works and the viewer is at their happiest. Not at the start, because nobody subscribes to a video they haven’t watched yet. Next goal is 10,000 before the end of the year. Ambitious but possible. Genuinely curious what people are stuck on , answer with whatever comes to mind first. What’s the biggest thing holding your channel back right now?

One video a week. One comment every week. Three lines: Published this week? Yes / No The exact words someone would type to find it: One thing I’d do differently: That’s the whole thing. Takes a minute. Falling behind doesn’t take you out, going quiet does. Post “No” and what got in the way, and you’re still in. Show up every single week and I’ll personally review the keyword targeting on your next title for long form video. Comment “in” if you’re doing it. I’m doing it too.

Been using VidIQ for Keyword Research for YouTube (Adil's recommendation). I wanted to know if anyone's used Eden - Dan Koe's tool. The main feature that got me was the "Discover" tool, which does a similar thing - look up a "Keyword" and find the top. But it takes it a step further and does multiple platforms + it has some useful filters for it. Giving it a test this month and going to build some workflows around it. Curious if anyone has made their own or just does it manually?

I recently learned that YouTube doesn’t always choose the thumbnail with the highest watch-time share. In my test, one thumbnail received 41%, while the first received 29%. However, YouTube marked them all as having performed well because the difference wasn’t statistically conclusive. When there’s no clear winner, YouTube keeps the first thumbnail as the default. So, don’t assume the selected thumbnail performed best, check the results and use your own judgment.

If your view count jumped recently, check this before you celebrate. I uploaded a Home Assistant tutorial two days ago. The dashboard says 710 views — second best of my last ten uploads. Then I opened the engagement tab: 170 engaged views. Both numbers are right. They're counting different things. Since 24 August, YouTube counts a view from the very first frame including a video autoplaying on someone's Home page that they never chose to watch. An engaged view is someone who clicked, or stayed past the opening seconds. The big number is the one on the front of the card now. The part worth knowing: your CTR and average view duration didn't get watered down. Those are still worked out on engaged views. So if your views jumped and your retention looks the same as always, nothing is broken — you're just reading two different denominators. Two days in, 170 is small. I'd still rather know it's 170 and know they came from search, than see 710 and not know which half was real. If your numbers jumped since late August, this is probably why. What are you seeing on yours? More details here blog.youtube/inside-youtube/engaged-views-youtube-explained/