YouTube: short videos vs longer videos

[Slipkin]

Hi everyone,

I run a few YouTube channels and started posting short videos on them. Each one usually gets around 6k to 11k views, and I’ve been getting some new subscribers too.

But when I upload a longer video, it gets almost no views—maybe 0, or sometimes just 2 to 11 views at best!

So now I’m wondering if it’s not a good idea to mix short videos and long videos on the same channel, especially if you want to grow with longer content later. Maybe the people who follow from shorts only like quick videos, so when a long one comes out, they don’t watch it. Then YouTube might think the video isn’t good and stop showing it to more people.

Does anyone else feel this way? Or is there another reason for this?

 

[Discoverol]

Yeah, this is a really common problem with short videos and longer ones. YouTube handles them in very different ways. People who watch shorts don’t usually switch to watching long videos.

You could try this: use shorts to grow your channel, but still upload long videos again and again, even if they only get 1 or 2 views at first. Over time, YouTube will understand that you make both types. You can also post a few shorts that give a small preview of your longer videos to connect the two.

And yeah, your idea makes sense—mixing both can confuse the system in the beginning.