Why are my YouTube watch hours decreasing?

A decline in watch time among subscribers suggests there’s an issue with the direction of your content. YouTube suggests reviewing data about your niche in Google Trends. This data shows how interested people are in different topics, which is taken into consideration by YouTube’s recommendation algorithm.

Does YouTube remove watch hours?

Yes. The total watch hours for the channel will be impacted by deleting videos. The historical totals as shown in YouTube Analytics will not be, though the titles of the videos will no longer be listed, just the video ID of the deleted video.

Why is my YouTube watch time suddenly decreasing?

To determine why your channel’s watch time is suddenly decreasing, first you need to understand whether it’s a single video causing the drop or if it’s multiple videos. It might be the case that one popular video is experiencing a drop in watch time which is dragging down the total number.

What is watch time on YouTube and why is it important?

Watch time is a good indicator for YouTube to recommend your content to other videos. The more watch time you get the more YouTube recommends it. (there are also other indicators but focusing only on watch time for now) You can get an estimate of how well your watch time is by comparing it to the audience retention metric in your channel analytics.

Why did the length of YouTube videos decrease?

There are many reasons why video lengths decrease. Maybe longer videos were lower quality, so a decrease in lengths needed to occur. Maybe the type of content that was being made worked better with shorter videos.

Why do my YouTube views keep dropping?

This can be due to the algorithm suggesting the video to the wrong potential viewers too many times and therefore the views on your decline. With a small channel, you have little channel authority so the algorithm doesn’t try as much compared to a big channel. What does Google know about me?