[0:00] When you make a new channel, the first
[0:01] thing that happens is YouTube reviews
[0:02] your account to verify you're not a bot.
[0:04] If YouTube thinks you're a real person
[0:05] who will post good content, then they'll
[0:06] push your videos out to a seed audience
[0:08] of around 30,000 people to start
[0:09] building channel data. If your channel
[0:11] isn't trustworthy, your shorts won't be
[0:13] pushed out to anyone. This is called
[0:14] zero view jail. To avoid this, you need
[0:15] to use an age channel and older email
[0:17] with a lot of history, but most
[0:18] importantly, enable third-le feature
[0:20] eligibility. This is normally the make
[0:22] or break for getting view jailed because
[0:23] it instantly proves you're a real
[0:24] person. All of this feeds into a hidden
[0:26] metric called trust score. basically how
[0:27] much YouTube trusts that when they push
[0:29] out your videos, people will actually
[0:30] watch them and make them money. Low
[0:32] trust means YouTube would rather push
[0:33] out someone else's video instead of
[0:34] wasting viewers on you. Once you start
[0:36] posting, YouTube will be willing to push
[0:37] out your videos to around 30,000 people.
[0:39] People call this the 30K view jail. And
[0:40] the purpose of it is pretty simple.
[0:42] YouTube builds profiles on both the
[0:43] viewers and also the creators. Every
[0:45] short you post will get shown to a
[0:47] different group of 30,000 people. And
[0:48] during this, YouTube is just trying to
[0:50] find the perfect audience for your
[0:51] content. Every graph when you start a
[0:52] channel typically looks the same. A slow
[0:54] start, a spike, and then a flatline. If
[0:56] the video is good enough, then YouTube
[0:57] will show it to a few more people to see
[0:59] if it's worthy of going viral. If your
[1:00] short flat lines in the thousands, it's
[1:02] due to one of these. But if you're in
[1:03] the 10K to low 20k range, it's due to
[1:05] one of these. A lot of people hate on
[1:07] the 30k VO, but it's actually a really
[1:08] good spot to be in because it means your
[1:10] shorts are good enough to go viral.
[1:11] YouTube just needs more data once they
[1:13] know exactly who to show your content
[1:14] to. The next video your seed audience
[1:16] responds well to will get pushed to a
[1:17] much wider audience. Videos that appeal
[1:19] to anyone without needing data are the
[1:20] ones that go viral on brand new
[1:22] channels. That's why a lot of general
[1:23] animation channels blow up instantly.
[1:25] Anyone can enjoy watching these type of
[1:26] shorts, not just the people who are
[1:28] interested in the topic. To determine if
[1:29] your video is good, the algorithm
[1:31] focuses on retention more than any other
[1:32] stat. You need to get this graph as flat
[1:34] as possible, as high as possible, and
[1:36] get the initial dip as small as
[1:37] possible. Perfect retention can save a
[1:39] video even when the other stats are bad,
[1:40] but still aim to get your views in and
[1:42] AVD up to here. Engagement can also save
[1:44] a video with bad stats, but don't be
[1:45] spammy with CTAs. If you overdo it, you
[1:47] can lose a lot of trust with YouTube.
[1:49] Doing CTA like this is actually against
[1:50] their policies. As you post more, your
[1:52] monthly audience slowly grows because
[1:54] your videos are constantly being shown
[1:55] to different seed audiences. Your trust
[1:56] score goes up significantly when you
[1:58] convert new viewers into casual and
[2:00] regular viewers. This happens naturally,
[2:01] but it's one of the biggest signals
[2:02] YouTube looks at when deciding who to
[2:04] push your videos to. So, to go viral as
[2:06] fast as possible, you need to be
[2:07] uploading every single day. After your
[2:08] first viral video, you enter this kind
[2:10] of honeymoon phase. YouTube becomes more
[2:11] and more willing to push out your
[2:12] content to a lot of people cuz you've
[2:14] proven that you can be trusted once
[2:15] before. You might get view jailed again
[2:17] temporarily, but if you keep posting
[2:18] videos as good as your outliers, you'll
[2:19] go viral again and much faster. Once
[2:21] your trust score is high enough, YouTube
[2:22] will stop viewjailing you. Every video
[2:24] gets pushed to a wide audience, and from
[2:25] there, it's just a matter of uploads
[2:27] before you hit 10 million views and get
[2:28] monetized. But when you reach this
[2:29] point, you need to try harder than you
[2:31] ever have. If you get lazy now, then you
[2:32] might have to restart. In this high
[2:34] trust state, posting less or
[2:35] consistently dropping bad videos can get
[2:36] you viewed more often or only pushed to
[2:38] subscribers. But the most important
[2:39] thing you need is a niche that people
[2:41] actually want to watch. It's hard to go
[2:42] viral when 10 other people are posting
[2:44] the exact same thing as you. And in an
[2:45] oversaturated niche, YouTube prioritizes
[2:47] the most trustworthy channels, making it
[2:49] really hard to grow. So to help with
[2:50] that, I have a playlist of a bunch of
[2:51] viral niches I find, and I'll be
[2:53] constantly updating it. These are niches
[2:54] I would use myself, so check it out. And
[2:56] if you want a free personalized channel
[2:57] review or need help with anything, join
[2:58] the Discord.