[0:00] YouTube just released a bunch of brand
[0:01] new upgrades that make it way easier to
[0:03] go viral on YouTube shorts right now
[0:04] because they just added new placements
[0:06] where YouTube shorts are going to be
[0:07] showing up and they added a new feature
[0:09] that you need to make sure that you're
[0:10] turning on every single time that you go
[0:12] to upload a short. But by the end of
[0:14] this video, you're going to know all
[0:15] these different changes and all the
[0:16] things that you need to do to go viral
[0:18] on YouTube Shorts right now, even if you
[0:20] don't have any subscribers. So, change
[0:22] number one is that YouTube just
[0:24] released, and this is actually a Google
[0:25] release, they released new places where
[0:27] YouTube Shorts could show up. And it's
[0:28] incredibly important that you're making
[0:30] sure one that your content showing up
[0:32] here and two that you begin to optimize
[0:34] your content so it does show up here.
[0:36] And what I'm talking about is now if you
[0:38] come over to Google and let's say that
[0:39] we type in something like YouTube shorts
[0:41] algorithm. What you're going to notice
[0:42] is that if we come under shorts videos
[0:44] right here, you are now going to see a
[0:46] bunch of YouTube shorts. And this is
[0:48] really what I wanted to show you and
[0:50] what I wanted to emphasize because if we
[0:51] look under here, we could see that I
[0:53] show up number one. If I scroll down a
[0:55] little bit, we could see that I don't
[0:57] show up again. So, this is actually a
[0:58] huge missed opportunity for me because
[1:01] if we look at this guy right here, Dross
[1:03] video, he's got this video, this video,
[1:05] this video, this video, this video. He's
[1:08] literally showing in four of the eight
[1:10] placements here. And this is actually
[1:11] what you should be doing with your
[1:12] content. And you can upload multiple
[1:14] videos on the same topic to ensure that
[1:16] this happens and skyrocket the odds that
[1:18] your content actually gets clicked on.
[1:19] And now, in the past, this was really
[1:21] difficult to do. You had to upload
[1:23] multiple pieces of content. You had to
[1:24] edit multiple pieces of content. and you
[1:26] had to film multiple pieces of content
[1:27] and it really would have only been
[1:29] possible if you had a team helping you
[1:31] out. But there's now a new AI tool that
[1:32] makes doing this incredibly easy. Now,
[1:35] that tool that I'm talking about is
[1:36] going to be Nexus Clips right here
[1:37] because once you sign up for Nexus
[1:39] Clips, you're going to see video to
[1:40] clips right here. And you could see that
[1:41] you could actually go through and you
[1:43] can create clips from any video that you
[1:45] want. In fact, you could hook up your
[1:47] YouTube channel, you could hook up a
[1:48] Twitch account, you could just upload
[1:50] videos if you wanted to. And this is
[1:52] going to allow you to clip up your long
[1:54] form content and your live. So, what
[1:55] this is going to allow you to do is get
[1:57] multiple shorts on the same topic so
[1:59] that you can upload them and take
[2:00] advantage of that new placement. So,
[2:02] we're going to come over here. We're
[2:03] going to actually go through uploaded.
[2:05] What I'm going to do is I'm going to
[2:06] upload this video right here. This video
[2:08] is about the YouTube algorithm. So, what
[2:10] I'm going to be doing right here is I'm
[2:11] actually going to be creating a bunch of
[2:13] shorts. So, we create clips by analyzing
[2:15] the audio. So, it's essential that your
[2:16] video has voice. Got it. My video does
[2:18] have voice. We need to come through
[2:19] here. We're going to select English.
[2:21] We're going to select create clips right
[2:22] here. Now, this is going to go through
[2:24] and this is actually going to create
[2:25] these clips right here and we can see
[2:27] that they'll be ready in just a few
[2:29] minutes. And then once they are ready,
[2:30] I'm going to show you exactly what it
[2:32] looks like. And what we're going to do
[2:34] is we're going to take all the clips
[2:35] from this. We're going to be able to
[2:36] upload it. So, I have more things
[2:38] showing up under YouTube shorts
[2:40] algorithm right here. Okay. So, now that
[2:42] this has gone through, we can now click
[2:43] on this right here and we could see all
[2:45] of these different clips here. And
[2:46] what's great about this is one, this
[2:48] actually goes through and scores them
[2:50] all with virality index. two, this makes
[2:52] all these different clips different
[2:54] lengths. So, we'll actually be able to
[2:55] upload different length content when we
[2:58] upload all of these different clips. And
[3:00] if we wanted to generate new clips, we
[3:01] could click right here. Otherwise, we
[3:03] could go through and actually create
[3:04] clips. For example, I'm going to create
[3:06] this one because it's the 95. We're
[3:07] going to click on create clip right
[3:09] here. Then, we could download it
[3:11] directly from here. Or we could come
[3:13] into edit right here. This will actually
[3:15] let us edit our clip. And just like
[3:17] that, we have this here where we can
[3:19] actually go through and edit. We could
[3:20] go through and we could add in a hook
[3:22] right here if we wanted to. We could add
[3:24] in custom subtitles. And if we come
[3:26] under framing right here, we could
[3:27] change the framing of this however we
[3:29] want, like full screen, or we could even
[3:31] do like a miniature screen. In fact,
[3:33] this is what a lot of people do when
[3:35] they're showing off something that's
[3:36] actually on screen. They have this right
[3:38] here, and then they might have a mini
[3:40] version of themselves so that they could
[3:41] show in the corner. And you can actually
[3:43] come over here and adjust all this,
[3:45] which makes for a great editing
[3:46] experience and allows you to very
[3:48] quickly without any editing experience,
[3:50] without hiring new people, go through
[3:52] and actually get a bunch of clips you
[3:55] can then upload to rank for this new
[3:56] placement. Now, if you want to try Nexus
[3:58] Clips for yourself, to make going viral
[4:00] on YouTube shorts easy, I would strongly
[4:02] suggest you go to the pin comment below
[4:03] and get signed up today. This tool has
[4:05] made it so much easier for me to be able
[4:07] to get out a ton of shorts from my long
[4:09] form content and my lives and it's going
[4:11] to do the same for you. But that was
[4:13] just change number one. Change number
[4:15] two is that YouTube just released a
[4:17] brand new update and it's a new setting
[4:18] that you need to make sure that you're
[4:20] turning on every single time you go to
[4:22] upload something on YouTube shorts. And
[4:24] if you don't do this, it's going to
[4:25] drastically decrease the odds that you
[4:27] end up getting reach because it's going
[4:28] to do three things. One, it's going to
[4:30] make YouTube a lot harder. two,
[4:32] understand whether or not your video is
[4:34] about the right topic or even a topic
[4:36] that your audience is interested in.
[4:38] Secondly, this is actually going to
[4:39] decrease the amount of watch time that
[4:41] you get on your videos because if you
[4:42] don't add this in, it's going to
[4:44] decrease that. And three, this is
[4:45] actually going to restrict the audience
[4:48] that's going to be available to see your
[4:50] content if you do not turn this on. So,
[4:52] please trying to emphasize it right now.
[4:54] I cannot emphasize it enough. This next
[4:56] feature is incredibly important and it
[4:58] literally just came out in the last 24
[5:00] hours. Okay. So, in order to actually
[5:02] see that new setting, you're going to
[5:03] want to come over here and we are going
[5:05] to upload a YouTube short for fun here.
[5:07] So, I'm going to click on select files
[5:08] right here. I'm going to grab just a
[5:10] random YouTube short that I have. This
[5:12] one right here. We could see it's
[5:14] notifying me that I am uploading a
[5:15] short. I'm going to come over here. I'm
[5:17] going to click no. It's not made for
[5:18] kids just so we could get to the next
[5:19] screen. None of the above just so we
[5:21] could get to the next screen. And the
[5:23] new feature that they have is showing up
[5:25] under video elements right here. You are
[5:27] going to see subtitles. So, subtitles
[5:29] are going to allow you to reach a
[5:31] broader audience by adding subtitles to
[5:33] your video. And YouTube just added the
[5:35] ability for you to actually be able to
[5:36] do this inside of here, which is quite
[5:38] incredible. Now, there's three different
[5:40] ways that you could add these in. One,
[5:42] you could upload a file. Two, you could
[5:44] use autosync. Three, you could actually
[5:46] go through and type them in manually.
[5:48] Now, what I would strongly suggest that
[5:50] you do is I would use autosync so that
[5:52] it goes through and actually does this
[5:54] automatically. But if you needed to, you
[5:56] could type these in manually for each of
[5:58] these settings. So if I actually come
[6:00] over here, I could type all these in.
[6:02] You can see that I could type it in
[6:03] here. I could type it in here. And then
[6:05] we actually see it showing up on the
[6:06] screen right here. Now, you need to make
[6:08] sure that you're doing this. I cannot
[6:10] emphasize this enough. If you are not
[6:12] doing this on YouTube, what's going to
[6:14] end up happening is you're not actually
[6:15] going to get the benefit from it. If
[6:17] you're doing this a different way, it's
[6:18] not actually going to increase the
[6:20] amount of views that you get. But we
[6:21] could see right here that this actually
[6:23] does. And we could just come through
[6:24] here and you could add all of these in.
[6:26] Now, like I was saying, if you go
[6:28] through and do this manually, this is
[6:29] going to take you an incredibly long
[6:31] time to do. So, I would strongly suggest
[6:33] just using that autosync feature and
[6:35] it'll automatically do it for you. Now,
[6:37] in addition to that new setting when you
[6:39] go to upload content on YouTube Shorts,
[6:41] there's also new settings inside of your
[6:42] account settings. And you need to make
[6:44] sure that you're going in and you're
[6:45] turning these on because YouTube doesn't
[6:47] automatically turn these on. So, let's
[6:49] go through exactly how to do that.
[6:50] Because again, if you don't turn on
[6:52] these features, your content is going to
[6:54] be uploaded in lowquality, both from a
[6:57] video perspective and from an audio
[6:59] perspective. And I can't believe that
[7:00] YouTube doesn't just turn this on for
[7:02] everybody. In fact, I don't know why
[7:04] they haven't. In addition to that,
[7:05] there's another feature that you need to
[7:07] make sure that you're turning on that's
[7:08] actually going to allow your audience to
[7:10] vote for your content to get more views.
[7:13] And this is the number one way, by far
[7:15] the number one way for small channels
[7:16] just like yours to go viral. Because if
[7:18] your content can get upvoted, it's going
[7:20] to increase the odds that you go viral.
[7:22] And guess what? Your audience only gets
[7:23] five votes a week and they could use all
[7:26] five of those votes on your content, but
[7:28] only if you have this feature turned on.
[7:30] Now, in order to access those account
[7:32] settings that you need to make sure that
[7:33] you're turning on, you want to come into
[7:35] settings right here. We're then going to
[7:37] come under channel right here and we're
[7:38] going to see that if we scroll down
[7:40] under advanced settings. This is where
[7:42] you're actually going to see them. So
[7:44] the first setting you want to make sure
[7:45] is turned on. No, not made for kids.
[7:48] This is automatically then going to
[7:49] apply this to your content. I would
[7:51] strongly suggest that you do that so you
[7:52] don't have to go through and do it each
[7:53] time. The only time that you should ever
[7:56] put yes is if you were specifically
[7:58] uploading children's content. In order
[8:00] to show you an example of this, we could
[8:02] pull this up right here. This is going
[8:03] to be like ABC's content, right? So if
[8:06] we type in ABC's content, we could see
[8:08] like stuff like this. If you were
[8:09] uploading literally children's content,
[8:11] put yes. Otherwise, you should always
[8:13] have no. In addition to that, if we come
[8:15] down here, channel insight sharing, I
[8:17] would strongly suggest that you have
[8:19] this turned off. This is going to share
[8:21] your information with advertisers,
[8:23] brands, and thirdparty platforms that
[8:25] could potentially increase your
[8:26] earnings, but then you're giving up all
[8:28] of your private data. So I wouldn't
[8:30] recommend doing that. In addition to
[8:31] that, if we scroll down here, we should
[8:33] turn all these on. Automatic dubbing.
[8:35] Make sure this is turned on. Make sure
[8:37] manual is turned on. When we come down
[8:39] here, clips, make sure this is turned
[8:41] on. Video quality enhancements, make
[8:43] sure these are turned on. Hype right
[8:45] here, make sure this is turned on. Third
[8:47] party tracking, I would turn that off.
[8:50] Again, it's going to give people access
[8:52] to your data. I would just strongly
[8:53] suggest that you don't do that. And
[8:54] really, those big new features I was
[8:56] talking about were these video quality
[8:58] enhancements right here, this hype right
[9:00] here, these clips right here, this
[9:02] dubbing right here. And if we scroll up,
[9:04] turning off this stuff. Now again, if
[9:06] you look at your settings, it's probably
[9:08] going to be set up the wrong way. And
[9:10] these are new things. So even if you've
[9:12] checked your settings, like in the last
[9:14] few weeks, I go check again just to make
[9:16] sure you have these correct. Then that
[9:18] last thing that we need to talk about is
[9:20] all the additional placements that
[9:21] YouTube Shorts can show up in. Because
[9:23] if we look at 2023, we look at 2024, if
[9:26] we look at 2025, the far majority of
[9:29] views on YouTube Shorts was coming from
[9:32] the Shorts feed. In fact, almost 100% of
[9:34] views were coming from the Shorts feed,
[9:35] but now only 30% of views come from the
[9:38] Shorts feed. The other 70% of views are
[9:40] going to be coming from two other
[9:42] locations. The first one is going to be
[9:43] browse features, aka YouTube shorts
[9:46] showing up on people's homepages. And
[9:48] then the second is going to be in the
[9:49] YouTube search results. And no, when I
[9:51] say search results, I'm literally
[9:53] talking about YouTube. I'm not talking
[9:54] about the Google search results like I
[9:56] was showing you earlier and that new
[9:57] placement. Because if somebody does a
[9:59] search for something on their mobile
[10:01] device, odds are they're getting shown
[10:02] shorts. And if they do a search on a
[10:04] computer, odds are they're also going to
[10:06] get shown shorts. So you need to make
[10:08] sure that you're actually going through
[10:10] and optimizing your content to show in
[10:11] these placements. There are three things
[10:13] you want to do correctly. Okay. So here
[10:16] are those settings that really, really
[10:17] matter when you're uploading a YouTube
[10:19] short and you want to be able to rank
[10:20] for search. So if we look at this video
[10:22] right here, 2.4 million views. If we
[10:24] actually come into the analytics of
[10:25] this, we could see 75% of the traffic
[10:27] I'm getting is from YouTube search.
[10:29] There's three reasons for that. The
[10:31] first reason for that is if we come over
[10:33] here to what this thumbnail looks like.
[10:34] I'm doing something very specific here.
[10:36] I am pointing to a setting and I put
[10:39] turn on these settings to grow faster.
[10:41] Now, what this is is this is a custom
[10:42] thumbnail. I added that text in and I
[10:45] grabbed this screen grab from part of
[10:47] the video, but it wasn't actually part
[10:49] of the video. What I did was I took this
[10:51] screen grab and I put it in like the
[10:53] last few seconds of the video, really
[10:55] like the last millisecond of the video
[10:57] so that I could actually grab it and
[10:58] then actually be able to create a really
[11:00] good thumbnail from that. And you need
[11:01] to make sure that you're doing the same
[11:03] exact thing with your content because if
[11:04] you're not adding in a custom thumbnail,
[11:06] you're not going to stand out when
[11:07] people go to search for things. As a
[11:09] result, people aren't going to click on
[11:11] your video. And like I said, this is
[11:12] really, really important for browse
[11:14] features right here and for YouTube
[11:16] search, which we could see accounts for
[11:18] about 85% of the views that this post is
[11:20] getting. So, if I didn't have those
[11:22] things on, this video would have done
[11:23] fine, but it wouldn't have gone this
[11:25] viral. In addition to that, if we come
[11:26] into the details, there are three things
[11:28] I'm doing inside of here. If we see
[11:30] right here, we see YouTube settings
[11:32] right here, which is incredibly
[11:34] important because we see that in the
[11:35] title, we see that in the description,
[11:37] it actually shows in the description
[11:39] twice. And then if we actually scroll
[11:40] down to the tags of this video, we're
[11:42] going to see that it shows up multiple
[11:44] times. So I have my thumbnail on here.
[11:46] It's correct. My title, my description,
[11:48] my tags are correct. In addition to
[11:50] that, if I scroll down just a little bit
[11:51] more, we're going to see that I have the
[11:53] correct category here. Education. Most
[11:55] creators mess up one of these things.
[11:57] I'm calling it three things, but it's
[11:59] really five things that you need to make
[12:01] sure that you're doing. If you do these
[12:02] five things and make good content, guess
[12:04] what? It's going to increase the odds
[12:05] that you rank for search and for browse
[12:07] features also. Now, if you enjoyed this
[12:09] video and you want to learn exactly how
[12:10] the YouTube algorithm works right now
[12:12] for 2026, specifically for YouTube
[12:14] shorts, I would strongly suggest that
[12:16] you check out this video right here that
[12:17] walks you through exactly how the
[12:19] algorithm works, how you can take
[12:20] advantage of it, and everything else
[12:22] that you need to know to grow fast right
[12:23] now on YouTube.