---
title: '6 Important Steps to Boost Views After Uploading a Video'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=BjWZifZnFRE'
video_id: 'BjWZifZnFRE'
date: 2026-08-03
duration_sec: 731
---

# 6 Important Steps to Boost Views After Uploading a Video

> Source: [6 Important Steps to Boost Views After Uploading a Video](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BjWZifZnFRE)

## Summary

This video outlines six to seven actionable steps that content creators should take immediately after uploading a video to YouTube to boost views and engagement. The steps include seeding comments, updating end screens, optimizing for search, using the Mute Method, reading titles aloud, recycling content, leveraging community posts, and adding videos to playlists.

### Key Points

- **Seed Comments** [00:17] — Write at least three comments on your own video right after uploading to start discussion and make the video look active. Pin the comment expected to get the most interaction.
- **Update End Screens** [01:21] — Go to your best-performing videos and change their end screens to link to your most recent upload. This redirects existing traffic to the new video, giving it an initial boost.
- **Search for Your Video** [03:03] — Search for your video title on YouTube to check if it appears and to compare your thumbnail with competitors. If it doesn't appear, improve your video SEO (title, description, tags, hashtags).
- **Use the Mute Method** [04:37] — Watch the intro of your video without sound to ensure it's understandable visually. Since YouTube autoplays videos silently on the homepage, viewers need to grasp the content without audio.
- **Read Title Aloud** [05:48] — Say your video title out loud to check if it sounds natural and easy to understand. If it sounds robotic, adjust it to be more conversational, as titles are for people, not algorithms.
- **Recycle Content** [07:01] — Extract quick clips from your YouTube video for TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts. This helps reach different audiences and build a personal brand.
- **Use Community Posts** [08:34] — Share your video in the community tab with additional context and information, not just a link. YouTube is focusing on community posts, and they now appear while viewers browse Shorts.
- **Add to Playlists** [10:02] — Add the video to a relevant playlist immediately after uploading. Playlists help YouTube understand your content, increase session time, and encourage binge-watching.

### Conclusion

By following these post-upload steps, creators can significantly increase their video's visibility and engagement, leveraging existing traffic and optimizing for both algorithms and viewers.

## Transcript

make the same mistake: they upload the video, hit publish, and wait for the views to come on their own. But the truth is, what you do after uploading is just as important as the video itself. That's why after uploading is just as important as the video itself. That's why in this video, I'll tell you exactly the
six, or maybe even seven, steps you must take after uploading any video. These steps will make a take after uploading any video. These steps will make a huge difference, and you'll see for yourself. The first step you must take after publishing the video is to go to the video as soon as it's uploaded and write three comments
yourself. The reason you should do this is that you need to start the discussion before people even start watching. Most people upload the video and wait for the comments to come, but this way, you
start the interaction yourself. Don't just write one comment, as many people say; write at least three. It could be a question, additional information, or anything that makes people think and respond.
Then, between the three comments, pin the one you expect to get the most interaction. If there's a comment you feel will get more responses, pin it too. This action makes the video more engaging.  It looks active from the first
moment, so when someone new enters, they won't see the comments section empty, and this naturally encourages people to enter and interact immediately. You know that early interaction is one of the biggest signals that
YouTube takes and knows that people are interested in this video, so instead of leaving the comments empty, enter yourself and start making your video active .  There's something you absolutely must do, and it's honestly very easy. As soon as a new video is uploaded to your channel, go to your channel statistics
and look at your best-performing videos—those that are still getting views from time to time. Then, go to each of these videos and change its end screen so that it always links to your most recent uploaded video. Keep in mind, though, that this only applies if you haven't already linked to a
mind, though, that this only applies if you haven't already linked to a specific video in the end screen. If you're unfamiliar with end screens, they're the thumbnails that appear at the end of each video, suggesting other videos that viewers should click on and watch after the
main video finishes. This is excellent for several reasons. First, you're taking ready-made traffic from already successful videos and redirecting it directly to the new video. This
gives the new video a boost from the start, instead of having to start from scratch. It also helps YouTube connect the new video to your existing content.  It's already working and successful on your channel, so instead of
waiting for the algorithm to discover the video, you're literally feeding it views from the very first moment. If you literally feeding it views from the very first moment. If you want to edit or add an end screen for the first time, it's very simple and easy. Go to the content in YouTube Studio, but only from Google Chrome
or any browser, or from a computer. Then, choose the video, click on the pencil icon, and you'll see the title, description, and details of the video. On the side, you'll find " and details of the video. On the side, you'll find " End Screen." Go to it, then
End Screen." Go to it, then click on the small box and choose "Most Recently Uploaded Video." That's all you need to do. The third step, and this is very important and something I personally do, is to search for my video title in YouTube search. I highly recommend you start
doing this too. The main reason I do this is that I need to see what the thumbnail of my video looks like compared to the other videos that appear in the search results. I look at things like, "Is my video more eye-catching?"  Is the
thumbnail image attractive? Does it have an air of mystery that raises questions? Does the video look more engaging for the viewer? This is the video look more engaging for the viewer? This is very important because every video you upload needs to be more attractive than your competitors' videos. The second reason is to make sure that the video actually appears
in search results. If the video doesn't appear in search results when you search for it, it means that something is wrong. The most likely reason is that you need to improve your video SEO. You might be writing the title randomly from your head, and this title is completely unsuitable for
people's searches. The title, description, tags, hashtags—all these things are called video SEO. I'll leave you a video in the description that is considered a mini- course on YouTube SEO. It will greatly help you to get your videos to appear in the top search results because it is essential to adjust SEO correctly. This
helps YouTube to rank the video faster and more accurately, and as we said, it also increases the video's visibility in search results and suggestions.   The next step, which I advise you to do, is to
watch the intro of your video without sound. This method is called the Mute Method. Very simply, you play the intro of the video with the sound muted .  The reason you should
do this is that you need to make sure that your video is understandable and that people can comprehend it from the first moment, even without sound.  Because when someone sees your video on the YouTube homepage and hovers their mouse over it, it plays automatically. But YouTube plays it
silently, without sound. This means that people watching videos on the homepage will usually let them play for a few seconds at the beginning to make sure the video actually delivers what the title and thumbnail claim. As a viewer, do you do this too?
Let me know in the comments. If someone can't understand the video without sound, they probably won't click on it at all, because people need to understand the video visually, because people need to understand the video visually, not just through sound. So, from now on, always make sure the
introduction and the first few seconds are understandable, even without sound. I promise you, this will make a huge difference. That's why you should pay attention to the first few seconds of your video visually and edit them properly. The
next step might seem a little strange, but it's very effective: read the little strange, but it's very effective: read the video title aloud. Yes, I mean literally video title aloud. Yes, I mean literally sit down and say the title.  Speaking your title aloud might
seem strange, but it's one of the easiest ways to improve your videos. If you say it out to improve your videos. If you say it out
loud, the viewer will feel the same way when they see it on screen. Remember, you're not writing titles for an algorithm; you're writing them for real people. The best YouTube titles are always natural and easy to understand. When you say the title out loud, ask yourself: Is this natural? Is it easy? Is this a style I could actually use in everyday speech that people would search for? Or does it sound complicated and convoluted, like it came from a robot? Because if you feel it sounds robotic, people will feel the same way when they read it, and that
alone can sometimes discourage viewers from clicking on the video. So, I'm telling you now, always dedicate a few seconds to reading the title out loud. It's a small step, but it makes a huge difference. If you feel there's something wrong with the title, adjust it a bit, make it more natural, and I promise you'll
see a difference.  The next step is content recycling. This doesn't mean is content recycling. This doesn't mean repeating yourself; on the contrary, it's one of the smartest moves any content creator can make. You put a lot of effort into the video concept, the filming, the
editing, and the research, so why should your content be confined to just one platform, YouTube? Since you're creating longer videos on YouTube, you can easily extract quick clips for YouTube, you can easily extract quick clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Facebook. You can
TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Facebook. You can use an idea for a post, add images from the video, or even create shorts for YouTube itself. Each platform has a different audience and a different viewing style. Some people will never watch your YouTube videos, but they might discover you
through TikTok Reels or Facebook, and then become regular subscribers on your YouTube channel. This has happened to me personally as a viewer, and I've followed people I discovered on other platforms more than once. It's probably happened to you too, right? So, in short, content recycling helps you
So, in short, content recycling helps you reach more people and increase your reach without...  It's an extra effort, and you benefit from every minute you put in, building a strong personal brand for your content. in, building a strong personal brand for your content.
especially beginners, make is going to the community, sharing the video, and writing "Watch the new video," and that's it. No, you have to add information and context around the video. By the way, YouTube is currently focusing on community posts because it's where most of the
social interaction between viewers and content creators happens. Also, in the latest YouTube update, we noticed that community posts now appear to viewers while they're browsing short videos. Imagine how widespread that will be! A viewer, while scrolling through short videos,
might see your post and click on your channel through a picture or post you shared in the through a picture or post you shared in the community. YouTube now supports channels that community. YouTube now supports channels that actively use the community section, so from now on,
every time you upload a video  A few hours or the next day, write a post about it in the forum section and put the video link. But when you do that, try as much as possible to add some information to motivate people to watch the
video. Because someone might have seen the video on the YouTube homepage and not clicked on it because they weren't interested at the time. But when they see it again in the forum section with when they see it again in the forum section with more explanation or context, they might be convinced and go watch the
video. So try this trick. And if you haven't used the forum section before, I'll used the forum section before, I'll also leave you a video in the description that fully explains the forum section and how to use it correctly.  Now for the last step—I'm not sure if we've reached six
or seven—always make sure you add the video to a suitable playlist as soon as it's uploaded, or even while it's still being uploaded. Add it to your most relevant playlist. If you don't
have any playlists yet, you need to start creating them as soon as possible because you always need to organize your content into clear categories. For example, I have more than 10 or 15 playlists: one for
creating the channel from scratch until monetization, one for monetizing on Facebook, one for Google AdSense from A to Z, one for AI-powered content creation, one for content creation tools, and others. As you can see, the most important thing is that
your content is related to each other; it shouldn't be disjointed. From now on, any topic you talk about on your channel must have its own playlist. This isn't just for organizing your channel; playlists also help YouTube understand your content.  Yours is more important, so when
you add the video inside a playlist, you put it among similar videos. Instead of the video being alone, it becomes part of a whole content category. This helps YouTube to know whole content category. This helps YouTube to know exactly who to recommend this video to, and it also increases
the chance that people will watch more than one video in a row because when someone watches a video inside a playlist, row because when someone watches a video inside a playlist, another video from your channel plays automatically after it. This, of course, increases something called session time, the viewer's session time
and hours of viewing, and this is one of the strongest signals that the platform relies on. These are small steps, but they play a very big role in increasing views over time. After you do all
views over time. After you do all these steps, you absolutely must make a thumbnail that attracts people to click on the video when it appears in front of them. So watch this video, it will teach you how to make a thumbnail in the easiest way.  I want you, as a content creator,
to share with me in the comments an additional step that could help increase views.  If you find the video useful, give it a simple like, you won't lose anything.  Hello