I really enjoyed this video! I have one quick note.
Based on the early performance of your first video, I’m a little surprised that this one isn’t on a more similar trajectory in terms of views. While I don’t want to over-speculate,[1] it seems plausible that YouTube’s moderation system may have mischaracterized the title as borderline content, which could have limited its visibility in searches and recommendations.
So far, the video’s actually on a stronger trajectory than the previous one — our last video got 7k views in its first 11.5 hours, whereas this video has 9.8k views in its first 11.5hrs :)
I do think it’s possible it gets its reach throttled because of the content, though. We tried to do everything we could to make it less likely without materially harming the message we wanted to get across (such as censoring hurtful words, and not telling the story in an exaggerated or sensationalised way).
Thank you for the correction! I think what threw me off was the previous video’s impressive 6M views by comparison. I just spent some time looking at examples of how highly successful videos from smaller channels often perform, and I think my perception of the relationship between initial performance and total views was miscalibrated because of how I’ve observed popular videos from well-established channels performing.
I really enjoyed this video! I have one quick note.
Based on the early performance of your first video, I’m a little surprised that this one isn’t on a more similar trajectory in terms of views. While I don’t want to over-speculate,[1] it seems plausible that YouTube’s moderation system may have mischaracterized the title as borderline content, which could have limited its visibility in searches and recommendations.Turns out I was incorrect about this detail!
So far, the video’s actually on a stronger trajectory than the previous one — our last video got 7k views in its first 11.5 hours, whereas this video has 9.8k views in its first 11.5hrs :)
I do think it’s possible it gets its reach throttled because of the content, though. We tried to do everything we could to make it less likely without materially harming the message we wanted to get across (such as censoring hurtful words, and not telling the story in an exaggerated or sensationalised way).
Thank you for the correction! I think what threw me off was the previous video’s impressive 6M views by comparison. I just spent some time looking at examples of how highly successful videos from smaller channels often perform, and I think my perception of the relationship between initial performance and total views was miscalibrated because of how I’ve observed popular videos from well-established channels performing.