This is the 3rd time I've seen someone who makes YouTube videos go mad trying to second guess "the algorithm."

YouTube provides creators with a firehose of data: How long people watch, when they stop watching, the distribution of views.

YouTube also sometimes selects videos using a secret, unknowable algorithm to be "promoted." For small and medium creators this is a huge deal and the difference between 500 views and 500,000.

For self-critical analytical minds it's a toxic combination. 1/

@futurebird @lisamelton I had some totally random video that would only appeal to niche aviation fans go viral with 100k views and growing. Can’t explain why- isn’t even that good. The better video didn’t crack 1000

@freemo @futurebird @lisamelton it seems to have been recommended from a popular video, but so was the less popular video. Can’t work it out

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