--- title: '1000 - 500 Views? Fix the Zero Views Problem for Shorts' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=7unA6PFuxz0' video_id: '7unA6PFuxz0' date: 2026-08-18 duration_sec: 1510 channel: 'YT UNLOCKED' --- # 1000 - 500 Views? Fix the Zero Views Problem for Shorts > Source: [1000 - 500 Views? Fix the Zero Views Problem for Shorts](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7unA6PFuxz0) ## Summary This video addresses the common problem of YouTube Shorts receiving zero or very low views, explaining that this is often due to YouTube testing new channels rather than a permanent freeze. The creator outlines a three-pillar growth system—seed audience, trust score, and topic demand—and provides a step-by-step blueprint to help creators reach the right audience and achieve viral growth. ### Key Points - **The Zero Views Problem** [00:03] — Many faceless educational channels face the issue of videos getting stuck at low views. This is not new; YouTube is testing new channels, and creators often fail this test. - **Channel A vs. Channel B** [00:46] — Channel A had a viral video but didn't learn from it, leading to a dead channel. YouTube is a marathon, not a sprint; success comes from a system that gradually increases views from 500 to 1 lakh. - **Three Pillars of Growth** [01:31] — YouTube's hidden growth system has three pillars: seed audience (does YouTube know who to show your video to?), trust score (are you following rules?), and topic demand (is your topic viral?). - **Seed Audience Explained** [02:12] — When you upload, YouTube shows your video to a small group (50-100 views) called the seed audience. Their engagement determines whether the video gets pushed further. - **How YouTube Categorizes Seed Audiences** [03:09] — Three methods: topic searches (people searching for your topic), similar content viewers (based on watch history), and random test audience (broad viewers who watch everything). - **Checking Your Seed Audience** [05:20] — Use YouTube search terms to see if they relate to your topic. If not, YouTube hasn't found your audience yet; upload more videos on one consistent topic. - **Consistency is Key** [06:01] — Don't switch topics (e.g., from cooking to reactions) early on. This confuses YouTube and prevents it from understanding your audience. - **Audience Tab and Trends Tab** [06:42] — Check the Audience tab for data on when your audience is active and what they watch. If data is missing, you're in an early stage. Use the Trends tab to see viral topics in the last 7 days. - **Fix 1: Swipe Rate** [08:36] — If 75% of viewers swipe away, YouTube stops pushing your video. Aim for at least 3 seconds of watch time per viewer. - **Fix 2: Retention in First 3 Seconds** [10:47] — The first 1-2 seconds are critical; viewers decide if they'll watch. Avoid generic intros like 'Hey guys, welcome back.' Start with a hook like 'This simple trick gets you 1 million views.' - **Topic Demand** [13:05] — Check if your topic has high demand by seeing if others using the same style/editing get millions of views. If not, you may need to change your approach. - **Avoid Fake Engagement** [15:05] — Don't ask friends to like/watch repeatedly; this is fake engagement and hurts your trust score. Don't rush; YouTube is a marathon. - **Content Creation Workflow** [16:32] — Find a topic, search it, check comments on top videos, create a script, edit, and add voiceover. Use the first 3 seconds of your script as your title. - **Trust Score and Spam** [17:42] — Avoid spam practices; they lower your trust score and reduce reach. If your trust score is low, try uploading 3-4 more videos on the same channel before starting a new one. - **Upload Strategy** [18:27] — Make Shorts of 30-45 seconds. Upload 2 shorts daily between 8:30 AM and 10 PM. Prepare at least 10 shorts (5 days' worth) in advance; don't rush quality. - **Building Trust** [19:35] — YouTube trusts you when retention improves, comments increase, and watch time grows. This leads to more pushes and growth. - **Viral Elements** [20:04] — Use text pattern interruptions, fast cuts (frame changes every 2-3 seconds), music, and sound effects to maintain engagement. Create a loop trigger to encourage rewatches. - **Smart Captions and Contextual Tags** [21:41] — Use smart captions for mute viewers. Use contextual tags (explain who the video is for) instead of just keywords, as YouTube Gemini now understands context. - **Viral Breakout Workflow** [23:20] — Audit your short within 24 hours: check swipe-to-view ratio. If good but audience drops, trim dead parts. If swipe ratio is low, unlist the video, add a new intro, and re-upload. - **First Target: 10,000 Views** [24:46] — Aim for every video to reach at least 10,000 views. This makes growth easier. Use YouTube Studio to track performance. ### Conclusion The key to overcoming zero views is understanding YouTube's algorithm: build a consistent niche, improve retention in the first 3 seconds, and avoid spam. By following a systematic approach and focusing on quality, creators can achieve viral growth. ## Transcript analytics graph is also falling like this then you are not alone. Here you can see the comments on the community posts. AI faceless educational channels are most affected by this freezing problem. To solve this problem forever, we will have to learn two things. With this you will be able to reach your videos to the right audience. Friends, this problem of zero views is not new. All the people who create a new YouTube channel, they all feel that their YouTube channel has frozen. But the reality is that YouTube is testing you and you are failing that test. Friends, today we will decode the YouTube Shorts growth blueprint, and understand step by step how the YouTube source actually works. Friends, let me show you two channels now. You tell me which one you are. There is a YouTube channel called Channel A. What he did was that he uploaded a YouTube video which got 1 lakh views. The third video I uploaded got 2 million views, then 5 million and then the YouTube channel went dead because it was a fluke. The first video he uploaded went viral but he did not learn anything from it. The videos went viral in a flash. But in reality, YouTube is a marathon. The winner is the one who has a system and knows the entire process of how his videos will go from Rs 500 to Rs 800, from Rs 800 to Rs 1000, will go from Rs 500 to Rs 800, from Rs 800 to Rs 1000, from Rs 1000 to Rs 0000, from Rs 80000 to Rs 1 lakh. So only those who know how to climb these stairs can grow on YouTube. Now friends, YouTube has a hidden growth system which has three pillars. The first is the seed audience. This means whether YouTube knows what kind of videos you upload and who should see your videos. The second thing is trust score, which means are you following the rules of YouTube ? Are you breaking any rules? And the third most important thing is the topic demand, whether the topics on which you are making videos are actually going viral or not. Now friends, when these three things come together – the right audience, high trust score and high demand topic – then viral escape velocity is created and this is the point when your video breaks the algorithm and reaches millions of views. So now friends, let us understand what happens when you upload a video. So now friends, let us understand what happens when you upload a video. YouTube does not know to whom to show your YouTube video. So for that he has created a group which we call seed audience. You might have noticed that on a new YouTube channel, 50 to 100 views come instantly and after that the video becomes a little slow. So these 50 to 100 views are your seed audience. Those people whom YouTube has analyzed that your video should be shown to first. Now friends, when the same people engage with your video, then the algorithm makes a decision whether to send that YouTube video upwards, make it viral or stop it right there, that is, ? And how does YouTube categorize seed audiences? In which box have you kept it that brother, I am making an educational video. How will my video education reach people? How does YouTube decide this? So here there are three methods. The first method is topic searches, that is, the first people in the seed audience are those who people search that we are not getting views. How to increase views? How to solve the zero views problem on YouTube? The second type of audience is that you have seen any of our videos on how to create a USA channel? After that, another video of the same type was suggested to you. How this suggestion is made is that whenever you watch a video, it gets saved in your watch history and what it means to be saved in the watch history is that now YouTube knows what your interest is, that you like USA channel ideas, so whenever a new video comes and the new video is performing well, it will also be sent to you because you like to watch that topic. So from here we can see what kind of content our similar YouTube channels are creating, if you also create similar content then your seed audience will be a little better and the third thing comes which is the random test audience who watches YouTube posts for a long time. You also tell in the comment section how many hours you watch YouTube videos in a day. This audience is such that it watches all the content, it also watches ASMR videos which are a little satisfying videos in which there is no sound, some may be a sports video, some a fact video, some a latest news video, everyone watches such videos, so what will it be, it will be a broad audience, so if your video reaches them first then the chances are less because they watch a lot of YouTubers, so it is possible that they may suddenly see your video and they may swipe it, so here only two options are left with us, either to target such people who are searching for a topic or to target such people who watch videos like the ones we are making. Now how will all these things be possible? How do you know if YouTube understands what my seed audience is? Who will he show my YouTube video to now? How do we find out this ? The first thing is that if you want to know this, then some YouTube search terms on your video, it will be saying YT search terms and go to those search keywords and see whether they are related to your topic or not. If it is not related to your topic. This means YouTube hasn't found your right audience yet. You still have more videos to upload and you will have to upload some content on YouTube so that YouTube can understand to whom your videos should be shown. Here, one more mistake people make is that they do not make videos on one topic. Like if you made your first video on cooking and after that you did something else directly ? Created a reaction channel. You started reacting to it. Now look, whoever watches your reaction videos will not be interested in cooking. Those who will watch cooking videos will not be interested in it, so your subscribers will not come and YouTube will also not understand that friend, to whom your video should be shown, so whenever you create a new YouTube channel, change the interest later when your audience is formed, if the interest of your audience is changing then you also change your interest, but in the beginning, explain to YouTube that brother, for whom is my video, now the second thing that you have to check on your YouTube channel is the audience tab, you must have seen that many people comment that this data is not available in our audience tab. Which data? At what time is my audience active? Which channels is my audience watching? What videos is my audience watching? This means that brother, you are in a very initial stage. This is just the beginning thing. So if this data doesn't appear in your audience database, you're going to have to fix a lot of things. I am not lying to you here. Let me motivate you in such a way that you become instantly enthusiastic. So I am telling you the truth. Now friends, to solve all these problems, I will tell you three things. You have to apply those three things watching the video comfortably. Gradually you will understand what you have to do next. How to grow your YouTube. How your video which has frozen will not freeze. And the third thing that comes here is the Trends tab, now your YouTube Studio, many people do not know how to use YouTube Studio, brother, how to use YouTube Studio, where is the Audience tab, where is the Trends tab, I have put this video in the I-card, if you still do not know these things, then that video is there on the I-card, first watch that video, after that see, there is a Trends tab in YouTube Studio where YouTube tells you about your audience and the market, which topic on which you make videos, is going viral the most in the last seven days. So now if you are not able to know this data then brother, you are lagging behind because once you get to know this data then you will start creating your content in the same way that brother, these are viral videos in the last seven days, now I should create similar topics. So now how to fix all these things so that all the work gets done well. So the first fix here is the swipe rate. Friends, see, whenever our video is shown to anyone, like YouTube, let's assume that this is the algorithm, this is your phone, and here, after this source, this source will come, after that this will come, after that this will come, after that this will come, YouTube has predefined who you are, it knows everything, how you are, what kind of videos you watch, which videos you like, it knows all this, now watch the video, whenever you come next, now if the person who is watching your video swipes this, that means he has sent it away, swipes this, that means he has sent it away, and you assume that if 75% of the people did not watch the video, then YouTube will end your video. 75% means let me tell you simply that if your video is shown to four people, then at least three people have to watch your video. He should not be chased away and how much should he be watched? You have to do it for at least 3 seconds. Have to do it for 3 seconds. We will see what happens after that. But first of all we have to hold our audience for 3 seconds. Now friends, many people will say that people will say that 80% of our videos are watched by 80% people. 90% of people watch. So brother, you are on the right path. But just check that this 80-90% that you are talking about, is it on 40 views? Is this for 400 views? Or is it 10,000 views? Because whenever you upload a video on YouTube, what will YouTube do first? A seed audience will show what I told you. 75% of your leads should come from that audience. You should see that as soon as your video starts growing in short speed, the views increase immediately in short speed, so as the views start increasing, after that when your views stop, what is your swipe ratio at that time ? If it is more than 75%, it means ? If it is more than 75%, it means YouTube will push you again. If it is less than 75% then you should assume that the video will not grow much and gradually your video will start reaching 10,000. Then it will start going up to 500. Then it will start going up to 82000 and then the numbers 1 lakh 400 and 2 lakh 3 lakh will also become very close. Now how to fix this three second point ? Friends, whenever people start playing or watching videos on YouTube , then this graph is the retention graph of your video, which shows how many people are watching your video. So in the first one to two seconds, the graph is almost like this that most of the people are not able to make decisions here. Within a second they understand what the video is about. They will just see your title. They will see the first frame of your video and if they understand what the video is about, they will watch that short. If they don't understand it, they will swipe it and that is why the graph of people after 2 seconds becomes like this because here people leave their video and go away. So you are not able to keep your audience engaged even for 3 seconds and if you are not able to keep them engaged for 3 seconds then how will you get engaged views? You must be aware that you need engaged views for monetization. Because the target of 10 million views in 90 days to monetize YouTube posts, total views are not counted here. Engaged views count here. Views that the viewer has watched for 3 seconds are called engaged views. And you have to get these 10 million views. Now how do we fix our retention ? How to fix the first three seconds ? I will tell you a simple way for that. You like my videos hey guys welcome back to my channel. It should not be done like this that come friends, let us start the video. The beginning of your video should be something like this simple trick gets you 1 million views. You are saying in a video that hello guys how are you all? Now look, two seconds have passed. He swiped away because he didn't know what the video was about. But right there you are telling one thing. Today I will explain to you a simple trick by which you can take your views up to 1 million. Now what will happen if people come to know what I am going to get here ? I am going to find a simple trick which will bring my views to 1 million. So now I would like to hear what is this simple trick? What happened in this ? I became curious to know that trick and you can also provide a visual proof that whatever you have said should be visible. Meaning, if you have said 1 million views, then proof of 1 million views should be visible there. Only then will people believe. Now let us talk about topic demand, it is possible that the upper limit of the topic on which you are making the video may be 5-6000 and you are going crazy there that why is this video going to 5-6000, so what we have to understand here is whether there is demand for the topic we are making or not, see there are many topics on YouTube, some are high demand topics which get 1 million views, 2 million views. There are some medium demand topics which get 500 to 1 lakh views. After that, there are some topics which get only 10,000, 8000, 7,000 views. How will you know this? Whatever topic you are making the video on , whatever style you are making the video in, okay? And whatever editing tool you are using or editing to make the video, first of all see that these three things, your topic, your style and your editing, whatever other people are doing, are they getting 10 million views? Are they approaching 1 million views? Are they even getting 1 lakh views ? The method you are using, are people getting enough views on this method or not? If the answer to this is a simple no, that brother, people are not getting 1 million views in this way and even if you have to check the channel of the one who is getting views, then see whether his one video has got a million views or are the latest videos also getting 50, 60 thousand, 1 lakh views or not, if the answer to this is also wrong, no, then it means that the topic you have chosen, the style you have chosen is not right, you will not be able to move forward with this style, you will have to grow yourself. You will have to groom yourself. You have to learn things. Only then can you go viral. Now the next thing is that what will many people do now that you have become demotivated and think that brother, this is a style in which we make videos on our topic, even the competition videos are not doing that well. Brother, even he is not getting 1 million views. Now what do I do? Now let me use a trick. Now I will fake the engagement. How will fake engagement happen? I will tell all my friends to like the video and quickly go and watch it three-four times and whenever you see the video, do not swipe it, just keep watching it continuously, what will happen by that, it will be fake engagement, what will you do after that, you have created a YouTube channel today and today I will upload five-six videos, tomorrow also I will upload five-six videos, I will do it the day after tomorrow also and after that it is over, bye-bye, I will because in two-three days I uploaded 15 videos, I put in all the motivation. Did motivation. Did this is the idea. Now I will make a quick video. What's the hurry brother? Where do you have to go so soon? There's a YouTube marathon. Create the script calmly and comfortably. Think calmly and peacefully whether people have made videos on this topic or not. And whoever made it, are they getting views? If I am not getting views, can I create something that will help me get more views ? So you will have to understand all these things. Nothing will happen in a hurry. In a hurry, you will not be able to grow your YouTube channel and you will only waste your time. You don't have to rush. You have to gradually understand the whole system and how everything happens. Let me tell you next, whenever you create your source, first of all find the topic on which I will make a short video. Search on that topic. Ok? Now do you understand this thing? Now check his comments to see what he did in my video. The topic is over. What do you do now? I have to make a script or now I have to make a better video than this. You have to make a good video from 15 videos. If you want to create something better than what is being said in the comments, then you will have to use a script there. You will have to make a script. After making the script, you have to think about editing whether I will edit it myself or I have a friend who will edit it. If he doesn't do it then brother you will have to do the editing yourself. You will need to create a voice over for your video. After that you have to enter the title and this title description does thumbnail have much value. So you just have to think of the title, that in my script, the first words that I will say, the thing that I will say in the first three seconds, the same can be written in my title. If that thing is possible then do it exactly the same so that the viewer understands what is going to happen in the first two-three seconds. same so that the viewer understands what is going to happen in the first two-three seconds. not practice any spam because what happens due to this is that the YouTube loses its trust in you and after that YouTube does not give you reach. So, people who get stuck on zero views do so because their trust score has deteriorated. Now you will ask whether we should keep uploading it on this same channel. If its trust score has gone down, should it be uploaded on that channel or on another channel? Brother, after following all these things, try uploading three to four and I am telling you the duration as well, you have to make your short duration as well, you have to make your short videos of 30 to 45 seconds, you just have to put a small title in it and you don't have to do anything more. Make three or four short videos. Upload two short videos daily. Remember, from 8:30 am to 10 pm. You must upload one short at this time and make a schedule of these two shorts. If you want to create a new channel, now you know the whole method, so first of all you have to do is see that I need two shots daily. You have to make at least 10 pieces. You have to prepare at least five days' worth of short videos in advance using this method. Now there is no need to hurry here also. Take it easy. You can easily take 15 days to make 10 shots. There is no hurry brother. We have a lot of time. You will work very comfortably and peacefully. Will grow peacefully. There takes more time to create, we will not upload two posts. If it is taking two-three days to create our SMS, then we will upload one SMS within two-three days. There we will not rush that we will upload two daily. You need quality there. Now friends, the best thing is where you will start liking YouTube. YouTube will start trusting you so that your retention starts improving. There should be comments on your videos and people should share them. Your watch time should increase. So when all these things happen then YouTube will start trusting you. He will start pushing you. It will start giving you growth. After that, What is there in it? The text pattern gets interrupted, that is, first of all when the video started, some text was written on it and after two seconds that text got changed and another text started appearing there. So what do you call this? Text pattern interaction that there was one text before another and then another text came after that. The second thing that happens after that is a fast cut. That brother, the thing is that we don't keep thing that happens after that is a fast cut. That brother, the thing is that we don't keep sudden fast cuts. The frame changes every two to three seconds. Whatever visuals you see keep changing every two-three seconds so that the changing every two-three seconds so that the mean, there is music playing in the background and there are sound effects. So what happens to these ? Engagement is maintained so that people leave it. You have to see any viral shots which have reached 1 million, 2 million of such channels where there is no face value. If someone has face value then any video of him can go viral because people like to listen to him. You can also create your face value so that people do not want any editing at all. People will love to listen to you. Whatever you say, without editing, it will also go viral. Now watch the audio change. After that the next thing is the loop trigger. This makes a what people do? What do you do and make a 30 second short video? They use all these things and as soon as the watch is about to end, they create a loop there so that the person can start watching again as soon as it ends. And what happens most is that your average duration crosses 100% and this is where viral velocity is triggered, due to which your videos start gaining views in a tremendous way. What a lot of people miss is that they don't use smart captions in their videos. Now look, you must have heard one thing about tags that you should put tags in your videos. Those tags are searched, this happens, that happens. Put lots of tags. But in today's time, nothing happens just with tags. A new thing has come in today's time. Contextual tags. Look, YouTube Gemini has integrated this into its YouTube system. So now he knows what people demand? What kind of topic do people want? What do they want to watch? So you do not have to fill those keywords in the tags. want to watch? So you do not have to fill those keywords in the tags. statement that for whom is this a video? This is for the faceless creators who want to create faceless YouTube channels. And who is it for? You write it in Hindi. You just have to explain to YouTube who this video is for? This is what contextual tags mean. Any person is going viral and the type of videos they watch, you have to see that brother, for which person is my video. You have to write the same thing in the tags so that YouTube understands that this video is for that person. And what happens with smart captions is that if you use captions in your videos, whatever you are saying is also written there. What happens is that engagement increases because YouTube has reported that many people watch short videos on mute. Meaning, keep watching videos without sound. So if your captions are there then it will be even if your captions are there then it will be even better for you. Now let me give you a viral breakout work flow. This is our last point and it will make many things better for you. Whatever are your old videos, whatever videos of yours will not go viral. How do you use it ? Because you have worked hard in making that video. So what do you do ? First of all, you have to audit it in short speed within 24 hours or the first time you received the push. What audit to do? The swipe to view ratio needs to be audited to see if it is at 75% or has it dropped below. it is at 75% or has it dropped below. If the swipe ratio of your short video is good but the audience is falling in the middle, then you will open it in your YouTube studio in the Chrome browser and when you edit your short video in the Chrome browser, then you will be able to trim your shots there, so whatever parts are cut dead where people are not seeing those frames, then remove them or if your swipe and view ratio is low then you can re-upload it now. You watched this short video for the first 24 hours, what should you do with it, unlist it. Do n't delete it brother, keep it in unlisted. After unlisting, now you have to add another intro of the same ssh. Created another new intro and now uploaded it and after that you can see how many views you are getting. The first target I am giving you today is that you have to create a floor of 10,000 views or a ceiling so that every video of mine reaches 10,000 views. If you start reaching 10,000 then the work will become very easy brother. Just reach 10,000. Now if you do not know how to use YouTube Studio and what things to see in YouTube Studio, then click on this video here and watch it. In this, I have explained YouTube Studio from A to Z so that even a complete beginner can understand how to use YouTube Studio.