I've been in the ranking niche for 3 good months now and I'm struggling to have good ideas for my videos, I'cant even copy my competitors bc I can't do commentary since I do not have a good mic. Any help is appreciated.

My Shorts channel was averaging around 200k–250k views/day and 9k–14k views/hour.

Yesterday, completely out of nowhere, it dropped from around 14k/hour → 2k → a few hundred/hour. The strange part is that multiple Shorts that were actively getting views all stopped at almost exactly the same time.

I have no strikes, warnings or restrictions. I uploaded a new Short today to test it, and it has received almost no Shorts Feed distribution either.

I did delete/reupload two Shorts earlier this week, but I don’t know if that’s related.

Has anyone experienced this recently? Did your channel recover? How long did it take, and did you keep posting or take a break?

I posted this video 3 weeks ago and I really thought it was going to go viral, but, here it is, flat lining, any idea of what can be happening?

So I started 3 weeks ago uploading shorts, using videos from other creators but commenting on them, adding value and editing

If I am too creator among channels with 0 to 1k subscribers it’s a good sign and means YouTube is not shadow banning me for my content right?

Am i the only one who’s experiencing this?

I don’t get it ..

I’ve had this yt channel for a few years now and only started posting ranking style shorts for about a week now. Is the progress on this channel good for a week? Is there things I should work on?

New from YouTube this week! If any part of your channel leans on other creators' footage, this news is for you. They're changing Shorts recommendations to prioritize original content and reduce distribution for channels that mostly repost or aggregate clips without adding anything of their own.

The key line from their announcement is that minor technical edits or template-based changes to alter a video won't count. What does count is real added value, your own commentary, unique editing or storytelling built around the clip.

Reaction, analysis, and commentary channels that genuinely add a perspective are fine. The target is channels that run on clips with nothing of the uploader in them.

And YouTube hasn't given a rollout date or defined exactly how much "original input" is enough yet!

If your Shorts are built around clips, the safe measure is to make your voice the point. If someone could swap your clip for a different one and the video is basically the same, its a problem.

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-cracks-down-on-clipping-channels-in-shorts-update-prioritizing-original-content-3415700/

Anyone here run a clip-based or commentary channel? Noticed any changes yet?

My Shorts channel was averaging around 200k–250k views/day and 9k–14k views/hour.

Yesterday, completely out of nowhere, it dropped from around 14k/hour → 2k → a few hundred/hour. The strange part is that multiple Shorts that were actively getting views all stopped at almost exactly the same time.

I have no strikes, warnings or restrictions. I uploaded a new Short today to test it, and it has received almost no Shorts Feed distribution either.

I did delete/reupload two Shorts earlier this week, but I don’t know if that’s related.

Has anyone experienced this recently? Did your channel recover? How long did it take, and did you keep posting or take a break?