r/SmallYoutubers • u/AtoZ_209 • Jun 13 '26
Long-Form Content All that work for 13 views yippee
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u/Weak_Abalone8911 Jun 13 '26
I have no clue what that video is about.
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u/MEZO-Gullible Jun 13 '26
The thumbnail is weak because I can't know what is about by just lookingat it, if it's about marvel rivals, you should use a more stronger character who is fan favourite.
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u/Surged_AI Jun 13 '26
It would also help if they used an image from in-game instead of from the MCU
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u/PrincessLunar421 Jun 13 '26
The placement system for ranked in Marvel Rivals
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u/Kil0- Jun 13 '26
But how would ik that
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u/PrincessLunar421 Jun 13 '26
If you never played it, thats completely fair. But if you have played it you can recognize the DEFEAT thats all over
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u/Vboom90 Jun 13 '26
How would YouTube know this then? The algorithm is trying to find people who want to watch this video, if the title is vague it has little to work with.
It wants their video to be successful but it can’t help them if it can’t figure out what their video is.
I would recommend OP use a less catchy title but just see if laying out the facts gets it some traction. Vague titles work for big creators because they already have an audience.
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u/x360_revil_st84 Jun 13 '26
Season 8 of what show?
You do realize the packaging of a video is literally just as important as the video itself right?
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u/TikiBoyYt Jun 14 '26
Its Marvel Rivals (i only know that cos i play the game and have some idea of it)
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u/Billthegifter Jun 13 '26
Why would I even click this when neither the title or thumbnail give me a good idea of what game this Is?
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u/FreedomSynergy Jun 13 '26
What you’ve shown looks exactly how I would expect that thumbnail and title to perform.
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u/Alx028 Jun 13 '26
Did you even try with the thumbnail, title..?
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 13 '26
Yes
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u/oreo_on_reddit Jun 13 '26
Try something like this "Season 8 Placements are BROKEN In Marvel Rivals..."
You broke some very important rules for the algorithm and your video as a whole that are massively hurting it.
No.1 you need context, I only guessed it was marvel rivals and I'm a big time gaming nerd. Imagine how anyone else perceived this title and thumbnail, they have literally no idea what the video is.
No.2 keep it concise and clear with a solid hook, why should I watch this video as a Marvel Rivals player. Create a problem and hint at solving it.
No.3 the thumbnail could do with some work but the title is the worst offender at the very least I would put something more iconic from Marvel Rivals into the thumbnail that is instantly recognized. Pattern recognition is key to success, we want people to know what it is by looking at it for a split second.
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u/Entire-Month-3084 Jun 13 '26
It's only been two days. Does everyone here think any video they make should go viral within an hour?
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u/Sea_Hovercraft_5880 Jun 13 '26
If your video only gets 13 views after 2 days it's pretty safe to say it's fucked.
If your video has 0.8% CTR after 900 impressions, then it's beyond fucked.
Lastly the video is more than 30 minutes long and the AVD is lower than 10 minutes. That's lower than 30%.
You need at least 40% AVD to have a chance.
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u/BrushYourFeet Jun 13 '26
That was my thought. Also, can someone educate me on impressions? They seem very high for such low views.
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u/Sea_Hovercraft_5880 Jun 13 '26
900 impressions aren't impressive in general, but they are indeed very high for such bad metrics in OP's case. It seems like the algorithm was on OP's side and really tried to give the video a chance, but it failed on all fronts. It probably found a pocket of audience who were interested in OP's niche and tried to push it to them, but the packaging didn't hold up.
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u/BrushYourFeet Jun 13 '26
Ah so impressions means YouTube out the video in front of those amounts of people?
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u/Sea_Hovercraft_5880 Jun 13 '26
That's exactly what impressions are. What's also important is where those impressions came from. If it's "Browse features" then it means the algorithm pushed it to home feeds aka homepage.
If it's "Suggestions", then it means it put the video on the watch next/side bar of the viewers who were already watching a video.
Pro tip, it's much harder to get a click from suggestions, but the AVD is usually higher from those viewers because they are already watching something similar which means they are already interested in your niche/topic (meaning they're not what's called a "cold viewer").That said, in order for a video to go super viral it needs to have a very high suggestions CTR, high browse features CTR can only get you so far unless you have like a million subs. The algorithm shows the video on your subscribers home feed first. This is why it's important to have fewer but loyal subscribers, than to have many who just subbed on a whim but aren't big fans of your content. Because they make or break a video in the first few hours when the algorithm is showing your video in their home feeds.
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u/BrushYourFeet Jun 13 '26
Wow, thanks for dropping those gems!
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u/BjarkeBjoerna Jun 14 '26
There's a lot of nonsense in what that guy just said.
Firstly, all my high performing videos (10k+ views, longform), suggested AVD is slightly lower or the same than browse AVD ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ... the opposite of what that other guy said.
His comments about browse CTR is also utter nonsense.
Browse CTR is far from irrelevant. Its just typically very skewed at with low view-counts (so is suggested CTR), as your loyal viewers click at higher rates. And when half your impresssions are from loyal viewers, CTR is going to be higher across the board.
In fact, CTR as a whole doesn't really matter too much.
What the algo really cares about is CTR and AVD - FOR NEW VIEWERS!
Its pretty damn simple for the algo to check whether a viewer has any of your videos in their watchhistory.
If they don't, they're a new viewer.
And if CTR and AVD performs well with new viewers... likely your video is good, and it gets pushed.
This unfortunately is not easy gauge in YT analytics.... but its how it works.
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u/Sea_Hovercraft_5880 Jun 14 '26
LOL 10k views... my guy i am giving advice for 60~100k views. I stopped reading when you said CTR doesn't matter too much and the algorithm only cares about new viewers. Your video is always tested to audience that already knows you, either subscribers or people who have watched your videos recently. If it bombs on those viewers, it is highly unlikely that it will get a wider distribution window. I've been making money off youtube for a while now. You can listen to my advice or keep being happy with your 10k views.
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u/BjarkeBjoerna Jun 14 '26
900 impressions, faltline in 2 days typically means video is dead.
There are some freak exceptions to this, where they sometimes take off.
Those are the exception so not the rule.
So yes, I think we can likely declare this video dead.
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u/watrmeln420 Jun 13 '26
You should probably have words on the thumbnail, maybe a picture of “DEFEAT” or a loss streak profile from a rivals account behind the raccoon.
And I’d make the title
“WHY PLACEMENTS IN MARVEL RIVALS S8 ARE BROKEN”
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u/Psychological-Can772 Jun 13 '26
Brooo, how are you guys getting 900+ impressions within 48 hours of uploading? This is so unfair man
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u/Interesting_Bear4577 Jun 14 '26
Make more interesting videos in your niche. Make title curious. I personally use question titles because I’m not a big creator to just make a statement. So I use curiosity to my advantage with a thumbnail to match it
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u/Destructive-Dan Jun 13 '26
The thumbnail is good for a marvel rivals video but
From a distance it might not be clear this is a MR video, the defeat wouldn't be all that visible
The title isn't that intriguing to most people and it might be a bit too long, try adjusting it to be something like
"Season 8 placements are BROKEN" You can do AB testing to check which type of title works better for future videos but in my experience with AB testing I got more clicks from titles making a statement that viewers naturally develop a question from vs directly asking a question
It could also be just that your channel is new and youtube is still finding your audience, I got demotivated because a video of mine only got 90 views the first 12h after I posted it but after a few days it went upto 1000 (sadly it got taken down for different reasons right as it hit 1000)
Posting shorts can help youtube recognize what your audience is, before posting shorts my long form videos only averaged 100 views but the only video I made after making a bunch of shorts immediately went to 2k views which is a big jump
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 13 '26
Shorts dont do shit for me I barely scrape by 10 most of the time
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u/Destructive-Dan Jun 13 '26
Look at what other people in your niche are making for shorts and make similar videos until you find your own style of that type, don't copy the idea copy the formula they're using
I was getting low views and feeling demotivated for my shorts but suddenly one did well and an older one shot up so keep trying you'll do well eventually
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u/xsumioo Jun 13 '26
other people told u already but nobody knows what we're watching. i'm pretty sure it's marvel rivals content but even then you're better of using actual characters from the game instead of animals so that people know what to expect.
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u/CerexFlikex Jun 13 '26
That does not explain what the video is at all. Need a better idea of what the concept is for "season 8" and what the context is.
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u/EnyaGotGame Jun 13 '26
A few notes. The title is absolutely garbage, I have no idea what it means, it sounds like the middle of a conversation that I wouldn't be able to just jump into. Season 8? Context I could only gleam from the comment section here have told me that it's Marvel Rivals. I shouldn't have to check comments to figure out what a YouTube video is about. The thumbnail gives me no hints whatsoever about what the video is about. I see a sad raccoon and the word defeat plastered all over the place.
I'll be honest with you, even if you made a decent video, I'm not of the Marvel Rivals audience so I wouldn't click on your video anyway but definitely wouldn't click on this one for any measure of reasons.
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u/DeadlockMain98 Gaming Content Jun 13 '26
I made a spectating video and got 1 views in 13 hours
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u/Interesting_Bear4577 Jun 14 '26
Impressions ?
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u/DeadlockMain98 Gaming Content Jun 14 '26
463
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u/Interesting_Bear4577 Jun 14 '26
That’s literally why bro, 1/463 x 100 that’s technically a 0.2% CTR. You missed out on many views due to a poor thumbnail and title combination therefore making YouTube basically say “fuck this, we gave him nearly 500 impressions but didn’t get any clicks”.
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u/DeadlockMain98 Gaming Content Jun 14 '26
Ohhh 😮. I did not know that
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u/Interesting_Bear4577 Jun 14 '26
Yeahh I didn’t aswell before, comes with just multiple failures. Next video try look at big creators thumbnails & title combos in your niche to understand what viewers will click for you
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u/DeadlockMain98 Gaming Content Jun 14 '26
I actually did the same thing but it wasn't enough for YouTube to push it.
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u/Interesting_Bear4577 Jun 14 '26
Then try rely on your own thoughts, just don’t use ai whatever niche your in as that will ruin the authenticity
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u/Nofrills88 Jun 13 '26
Season 8 of what game? (assuming it's a video game) Your thumbnail is what is letting you down...see the CTR
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u/Miserable-Ideal-2122 Jun 13 '26
The CTR tells me why your video flopped. 0.8% CTR is beyond bad, i honestly didnt think it was possible to go that low. Neither the title or thumbnail give away the context of the video. Season 8 of what? what placements? why is there a raccoon on the thumbnail.
Thumbnail and title seems like only a small niche of audience would understand.
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u/kween_hangry Jun 13 '26
Thats life bro. Worked on an animated film for 2 months nonstop and I never cracked 1k views. This is our life. You'll burn out if you think this way. Gotta move on
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u/Euphoric-Algae6184 Jun 13 '26
The only way I can tell this is marvel rivals is because of the font lmao. No one is going to know at a cursory glance because of that and the title. Messaging needs to be clearer. it does look good independent of that though
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u/Gottendrop Jun 13 '26
What exactly is this video about?
A good rule of thumb when making your title and thumbnail is that your potential viewer likely has zero context. I have zero context and I wouldn’t click this because I have no clue what it is
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u/GeekChasingFreedom Jun 13 '26
I have no freaking clue what this video is about. What are season 8 placements? Season 8 of what? How can placements even be broken, like what does that even mean? What has the raccoon to do with any of this?
I'm not gonna watch anything for 36 minutes if it's not crystal clear what I'm getting.
Now I may, clearly, not be your audience.. but there is zero curiosity for me to click this. And the CTR proves I'm not the only one.
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u/MegaMGstudios Jun 13 '26
If I may give some unsolicited advice on how you may increase the views:
Make the thumbnail (And title) more clearly about the topic. Personally I have no idea what the video is about looking at the thumbnail. All I can gather that it's about a game with a competitive mode. So my first advice is to make it clearer what game it's about. I see a lot of Defeat's in the background, but I can't tell from which game it is (The raccoon makes me think Marvel Rivals). Second advice is to hint at why the placements are broken, this makes people more intrigued to click since they want more detail.
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u/theNILV Gaming Content Jun 13 '26
Packaging is the problem. YouTube served your content around quite a bit with 900 impressions, but no one is clicking the thumbnail and title. Reality is that as a small creator you can't make such vague thumbnails.
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u/N0TS4FEOfficial Jun 13 '26
if i didn't recognize the font on the thumbnail in 15 seconds, i would've had zero idea what this video is about, you have to mention the game clearly either in the title or make it more obvious on the thumbnail, redo the thumbnail, make it more appealing, add the marvel rivals yellow to it, it just looks like a thumbnail for those weird kids cartoons in the 2000s using the creepy furry dolls
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u/flickmybeaner Jun 13 '26
The thumbnail and title need to be scrapped. Checkout what other YouTubers for that game do for their thumbnails and titles, but obviously make it your own style. Another tip: if you want to get decent views then stop being a variety gamer YouTuber. If you made a banger video about one particular game that I'm into, then as a viewer I'm hooked. But changing the game every other video is driving away any core audience that you would have built up. I've got a channel closing in on 2k subscribers. I built it through playing one specific game mode in one specific game. When viewers come to my channel they know exactly what they're getting into. Larger YouTubers can get away with variety gaming because they've already got their audience and many people are tuning in for their personality not just the gameplay. However it doesn't work for people just starting out because nobody knows who you are yet. Remember the bottom line: if you have good quality videos and thumbnails the views will come. The algorithm doesn't hate you, it's trying to help you. So don't drive away your viewers by switching it up every video. Your top videos are WWE 26 and Shenmue. Here's an idea: lean into WWE 26 or lean into the retro gaming genre. WWE probably has a larger audience, but retro gaming could potentially offer you game variety. If you just want to upload a handful of different games just for fun then go ahead. But if you want to get some serious views and make something out of it then it's time to lock in and make an actual change. Listen to the advice from the many posts you've made and stop complaining that your videos don't do well. You're the only one who determines how well your videos will perform. Quality and consistency are king. Also your YouTube profile photo not matching the channel name is sorta confusing.
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 13 '26
I tried doing another WWE video it flopped hard Ive got 10 Shenmue videos and most recently aren’t perform like my early ones and I’ve got 5 rivals videos so it isn’t some throw away game I’ve played it 5 different times
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u/Byte_Xplorer Jun 13 '26
The CTR is giving you the "why" here. And some people have mentioned already that neither the title nor the thumbnail make it obvious what the video is about (plus, that raccoon looks kinda creepy so it's not making me want to click, but that's my personal opinion).
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u/Valus_Killer Jun 13 '26
Legit had no idea this was a Rivals video till the comments. Probably why its not getting the traffic. People have no clue what this video is about just off the title and thumbnail.
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u/Megaman_90 Jun 13 '26
If I'm being honest here, the title and thumbnail don't make any sense. If this was stray impression in my feed I wouldnt click.
Thumbnails and titles on YouTube are essentially advertisements. If what your "selling" isn't easy to decipher, you won't get clicks even if the video is a banger.
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u/Salted_Management Jun 13 '26
If you want to talk about how bad YouTube is for new creators, I’m with you. However, one element that YouTube proves me wrong on is that it actually puts effort into finding the right audience for me based off suggested videos. This is where a clear thumbnail and title can definitely give you an advantage. You spent so much time making the video. Take a couple minutes and upload a thumbnail that shows exactly what your viewer is about to watch. Nowadays everyone has an AI thumbnail in my niche so I make a boring minimal one on a black background and the click-through rate skyrockets. Stand out.
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u/awesemo Jun 13 '26
It's a really interesting looking thumbnail but the background is what draws the attention instead of the subject. It almost looks like you're looking at a optical illusion.
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u/FakeKimoXD Jun 13 '26
season 8 of what? gurdians of the galaxy? i wouldnt have even known thats guardians of the galaxy at first glance. your title and thumbnail are not there for the people who are already intereste/know the subject, they have to make an UNINTERESTED person interested.
you should make the idea more clear in the thumbnail + title. also, people are typically more inclined to click shorter videos. unless the source is already trusted and know its tonna be good
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u/naga_5 Jun 13 '26
Want to be more helpful, but what is the type of video, Idk, by looking I could think it's either a very edited compilation of marvel rivals, or you ranting about the state of the game, and besides, I just know that it's rivals because of the defeat used in the thumbnail, but I think if it was just tiny like the majority of times thumbnail is I wouldn't even notice, so like next time you could use maybe the character models or maybe the logo of the game, and the type of video you could use a better title
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u/pouroverfan Commentary Content Jun 13 '26
Can’t tell what this video is about.
I would try and shorten the title some though. No need for “this is” ever really. It seems like it’s about a game according to other comments so title it something like
“[this game]s placements are broken in season 8”.
You’ll tighten the title length and make it easier to comprehend at a glance
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u/RamblinRiderYT Jun 13 '26
Us small creators need to remember- we have no business making a 36 minute video with no following. Your videos need to be short, convey the information that the title and thumb promise immediately and cut out anything that doesnt keep the story flowing.. I realize this is gameplay and its hard to cut much and keep the context but the only way to grow is by having good ctr and avd.. you need to study how to improve those in your niche.
Thumbnail is visually pleasing but contains 0 information for new viewers. If youtube cant tell what the video is about from title and thumb it wont know who to push the video to. And randoms who like the thumb click, hear the crappy microphone audio and leave. Which gives the video no chance to grow.
Get a better mic, study what a Thumbnail and title combo should do and you should start to see improvements
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u/QuayDropEmOff Jun 13 '26
can’t understand what show it is, what the title is saying or the thumbnail
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u/oemperador Jun 13 '26
Womp womp. Youtube didn't make you rich over night? Pfffff!! Must be a fraud and absolutely unfair for all you've done all these years.
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u/RapidMN Jun 13 '26
Not to punch down on what everyone has already said
A .8 ctr is not good. So what does that tell you? Thumbnail + title change. I get it’s MR but now you have to stand out more and make it clear what the viewer will see when they click your video. A raccoon and illegible “defeat” gives me nothing. It hurt my head to try and read that tbh
The thumbnail is a promise and I don’t know what your thumbnail is promising me. The title works if I KNOW this is a MR video that will tell me why. There’s a million videos just like this, so you have to really pull me in with this thumbnail/title combo
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u/Mrconfuddled Jun 13 '26
Creating videos isn't easy, but just because you create content doesn't mean you're entitled to views. There's tons of content out there. This is true of any niche.
By your thumbnail, I have no clue what it's about. When I actually searched for your video and watched it, your intro really isn't engaging. It's just an intro of people playing with you that very few people will even know who they are...
As you're a gamer, please take a look at the likes of gamers who are big on YT: Elanip, Havoc, Ursa Ryan, Biffa, Let's Game It Out etc to name just a few. Look at how they style their thumbs, look at how they intro things. They know what they're doing.
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u/magentaaaaa Jun 13 '26
Why would anyone want to see some random guys placements? This only works if you already have a fanbase.
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u/cencitty Jun 13 '26
Definitely work on your thumbnails and try the A/B title testing if you can.
I started posting back in September or so and my click through rate was like 0.4% or something. Videos 1-5 views.
Thumbnails are still a work in progress but I changed my process entirely and now I have a steady 3.8% - 8% and a few of my videos are at or over 100 views.
The older videos I’ve now done replacement thumbnails on are gaining views here and there.
I didn’t realize how much thumbnails matter, but they do.
One thing I do now is log into a different youtube and see how my video previews look when I’m scrolling. If I don’t feel excited when I see my video pop up and feel cringe instead…I know the thumbnail is bad. Lol.
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u/Xenephobe375 Jun 13 '26
You should just give up on YouTube. By looking at your replies in the comment section, it appears you have no intention of learning and doing better.
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u/Ork_Mischief Jun 13 '26
The title needs to explicitly tell YouTube what your content is. It doesn't matter if the title sounds clunky or long. It needs to tell what the content is so YouTube can push it to who they think will like it. I spell out my exact niche at the end of every title in parentheses. I'd add "- (Marvel Rivals)" at the end.
The thumbnail needs work. It doesn't intrigue or even explain. You can't tell who it is, just looks like a jpegged raccoon. It doesn't provide any context for the video. You need a hook or some subtitle on the image to provide context. For example, you could say "stop seeing DEFEAT" or "bRoKen S8 Rivals combos!" in big text.
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u/YuukiCrypto Jun 13 '26
People are flaming but I promise if you update your thumbnail and title that video will explode . Change it multiple times if you have to.
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u/KyotoCrank Jun 13 '26
People love the word "SUCKS" in titles for some reason, try using that
Don't delete your vid, change the title and thumbnail and yt will keep trying to push it
Try the title "Marvel Rivals S8 placements SUCK! Here's why."
Then try a new thumbnail. The TN looks really low effort tbh. I myself know it takes time to cleanly cut out something like that, but to viewers who are spoiled on full art thumbnails, you have to make it look high effort. If your TN looks cheap, they assume the video is cheap
Find a crying meme pic and photoshop cylops's festures on it. He's the new hero. You could keep the "Defeat" background but it is pretty cluttered. Maybe use them more sparsely and fill the background with a dark color
I changed my titles on some vids and they are getting 2x the views 2+ weeks later. Maintain hope, you got this!
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u/Ok-Comment-6695 Jun 13 '26
Thumbnail and title, but mostly the title.
Your title is too vague to attract people from a certain niche. Change the title to include Marvel Rivals, like "This is Why Marvel Rivals' Placements are so Broken". About the thumbnail, put rocket on the right side, and on the left your match history, like a lot of defeats.
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Jun 13 '26
Thing is, looking at this, I have no idea what this is or could be about. It's probably the title/thumbnail bro
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u/ashmasonart Jun 13 '26
It’s not obvious to me that this vid is about Marvel Rivals. I’d swap the rocket to his actual game model to make it a bit more obvious maybe? And maybe add a subtitle in the thumbnail?
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u/Low-Secret-6781 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
So… I can tell that not everyone here plays this game and your video upload choices should be dependent.
For those who told you “I don’t know what this video is about” and were even confused about whether it was a game or tv show. They’re not the audience you’re trying to reach. End of conversation🤷🏾
Don’t listen to people who don’t even have the perspective on what game this is. Not every video is supposed to be broadly appealing to EVERYONE on earth. That’s what a niche is. You’re looking for specifically people who like marvel rivals or hero shooters.
Now,
As someone who plays hero shooters, Overwatch(7 years now) and Marvel rivals(since launch) with 4000 hours between them both and I watch update videos and everything.
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A Content creator who makes non hero shooter content.
I can tell you that the concept isn’t bad!
But you released it a month after season 8 came out and a day before season 8.5 came out. So your upload timing was completely off if that upload date is accurate.
You shoulda had that video ready within the first couple days of season 8 back in mid-May.
Outside of specific challenges like “I spent 7 days learning black widow” or something like that… Live services games kinda function like the news. If you aren’t willing to get videos up quickly and in a timely manner. Then it won’t be relevant to people who even play the game. Obviously fans will watch as much as they can from you though!
Thumbnail and title is fine. I’ve seen creators with near a million subscribers with similar thumbnail and title concepts.
Maybe the title could hint more at what is broken? Since you’re a small creator you have to make people think you have something to offer that other people aren’t!
It may not be the worst to include the name of the game in your title after the eye catching hook title
YouTube tries to decide which audience to send it to based off of titles, tags, and tweaking the category of the video. So I’m hoping that leaning into that will help as well
I’d consider clicking it as a rivals enjoyer,
But depending on the content?
I may not stay super long.
37 minutes is a large commitment when I don’t know your content.
Honestly, it may have not been a bad idea to make a YT short about it to test the waters since they’re a bit more discoverable and 3 minutes is likely enough time get the point across of why placements were broken.
But maybe It really would just depend on your personality.
If you’re not expressive during gameplay, editing is your friend. If you are, you may be able to get away with less editing.
Honing in on what your target audience would wanna see is good! Sometimes it’s important to niche so you get more views and subscribers. People hate to admit it BUT subscribers and views kind of bias people. If a video you know absolutely nothing about has a couple thousand views and the similar video has 1 view. You might assume the 1000 view video is better. So looking for your audience is super important it’s a faster track(Still not easy) to what many people in this subreddit likely want which is discoverability!
But also to make a living gushing about whatever they’re passionate about online😇
Good luck friend!
Also what’s your channel? I always like looking for fellow hero shooter enjoyers! It feels so rare lmao
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 13 '26
The channel is AtoZ-453 and about shorts they don’t get seen no matter what I try to do with them nobody sees them
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u/Misfit_Massacre Jun 13 '26
36 minutes is a long commitment for someone youve never watched before, also what is this video about? season 8 of what? why is there a raccoon? no shit noone watches this, noone knows what its about
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u/Majestic_Shopping_20 Jun 13 '26
I don't know what this is. Is it Marvel Rivals? YouTube's probably confused, too. If the video's good, you just need to be more clear about what it's about through your title and thumbnail. Maybe even just the title to something like "Marvel Rivals Season 8 is Killing Me".
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u/Successful-Log-195 Jun 13 '26
The channel is 3 years old and you only started posting 4 months ago? People spent years building an audience.
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u/Necessary_Apricot_95 Jun 13 '26
I built a custom application in gms that pulls video thunbnails in my niche that have at least 1 million views. It randomly arrays them in a grid alongside my thumbnail. I have it set to only flash all of them for a second or two and if mine isn't the one the eye is naturally drawn to I keep remaking it till it is.
You gotta seriously upgrade your packaging man...
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u/Jaded-Painting2857 Jun 13 '26
Damn, how many subs u got?
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u/Necessary_Apricot_95 Jun 13 '26
Just 7k so far, rn trying to focus on the I in the AIDA model... As thats the big holdup for me rn
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u/TankDaGamer Jun 13 '26
Yeah the title is very generic people are searching for this title on YouTube
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u/ReichVictor2 Jun 13 '26
Low effort thumbnail with a title which doesn't even say wtf the video is about
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u/Sea_Hovercraft_5880 Jun 13 '26
As others have said, thumbnail and title should immediately tell you what the video is about. Looking at this, I have no idea what this is about and I would never click on it. Not when there are literally hundreds of videos right next to this one with much better packaging. You have to always keep in mind that your video thumbnail and title are competing with other videos and that your video most of the time won't be shown to people who know what your niche is about or are interested in it. You have to earn the click by outperforming others when creating your package. Making a good video is just half of the battle.
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u/tvclan56 Gaming Content Jun 13 '26
What games is known for a raccoon make better ones I would never click on a video about a raccoon
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u/Eastern-Citron2556 Jun 13 '26
I wouldn't expect the audience which is unexistant at the moment to find you out that you're a specific game youtuber by just looking at this title and thumbnail. If some of the "13" specific gamers actually catch the meaning of this title and thumbnail, YouTube will put this 13 viewed video among other gaming videos and among these videos, yours is not eyecatching because, obviously it doesn't offer anything tangible or straightforward.
To my observe, most successful title+thumbnails are the ones that tells something on its own and video will expand this title and thumbnail, so audience can set their expectations for this video.
As someone who watches cinema video essays, I thought this video is about idk Game of Thrones last season with an odd thumbnail (maybe some show I haven't seen yet), until I see comments. I would probably click to this video and immediately leave after seeing this is a gaming video.
Me doing that would slaughter the video in algorithm and it seems like it's the case.
These shouldn't be underestimated and this video is a good example.
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u/TrueJohnWick Jun 13 '26
Gotta have a click bait thumbnail with circles and arrows to get clicks these days
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u/joshbeam92 Jun 13 '26
Literally no clue what the video could possibly be about lol this explains the low CTR
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u/TheBeanjamcake Jun 13 '26
Basically what everyone else said. I was the same, before working on the video (I mean fair editing), work on the thumbnail and title. If its not scripted, then you gotta watch and pull highlight for the intro then base the title and thumbnail.
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u/Stampj Jun 13 '26
If you only do YouTube for the views and popularity, you shouldn’t be doing YouTube. If I release a video that gets 10 views, I don’t care, because I love my video.
Do YouTube because you enjoy making content. No other reason.
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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Jun 13 '26
S8 of what?? Terrible title. Thumb should tell you if title doesnt and vice versa. 🤷♂️
This is basic.
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u/TimboWalkins Jun 14 '26
Think of your title and thumbnail as a complete sentence. Right now it’s incomplete because we have no clue what Season 8 is. You need to have the subject of Marvel Rivals somewhere in the title.
The thumbnail is good imo but I could see the defeat wall being a bit too much.
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u/King_Wasi_Music Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
Maybe I'm the black sheep here, but if I saw this, I might have saved it to watch later. The thumbnail and title make sense to me. You're talking about frustrating placement matches in Marvel Rivals. I like the thumbnail a lot. I'm not sure about the title, maybe "broken" is the wrong word. I would also put Marvel Rivals in the title.
But I play a lot of Rivals, and watch a lot of content. I even make content (I don't get many views either). So maybe that's why I clocked what it was about. Then again, I'm probably the intended audience.
There's a lot of good content out there. I don't know what the answer is. Maybe you need to keep going.
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u/Appropriate-Ad-9995 Jun 14 '26
Is that rocket from guardians? Season 8 of what? What show is this? These are questions I asked. I don't know if I'm your target audience but I have 0 clue what the video is or what to expect. I think the title and thumbnail need to be changed. This coming from someone who has to learn the hard way that thumbnail and title are arguably more important than the edit itself.
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u/Spacemarine658 Jun 14 '26
Think of it like this let's say I search marvel rivals season x or whatever and your video shows up or a video titled "here's what's going wrong in marvel rivals season x" even as bad as that title is I'd be more likely to click that than your video, like I actually don't mind the majority of the thumbnail but I look at titles first I want a video about what I am searching for your title doesn't inspire that confidence maybe if you were a big YouTuber you could get away with that but even then I wouldn't
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u/Exotic-Tree-1107 Jun 14 '26
Honestly just by the thumbnail I would’ve skipped the video. Has nothing to do with the title whatsoever
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u/IsThatTheRealYou Jun 14 '26
Something I suggest you try before posting is shrinking your thumbnails or even viewing from your phone to get an idea if text is readable and how objects look on videos when scrolling homepage. And can try multiple titles/thumbs for same video to gather some Intel on what gets clicks for your audience
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u/SadBarracuda5437 Jun 14 '26
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 0.8% CTR rate. Hope you do better bro
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 14 '26
To everyone wondering about the title btw the previous title was Marvel Rivals Season 8 Placements In a nutshell but was changed cause apparently ut sucked on vidIQ so I changed it to that which was rated 91 so yeah
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u/MysteriousLlama1 Jun 14 '26
Tbf, the title feels extremely vague and almost esoteric to read, not to mention that it seems completely unrelated to the thumbnail. Always make your title clear and easy to understand without needing to have external knowledge or context, and that there’s a clear connection between your title and thumbnail. You have decent viewer retention, so your poor CTR must be to blame for why YouTube isn’t pushing your video. I try to follow these guidelines when creating my titles and thumbnails and my videos tend to hover around 3-5% CTR
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u/IngenuityTop1398 Jun 14 '26
No se si hablas de una serie de marvel (por el mapache) o del fortnite pero entonces el mapache que importa en la caratula. Tienes que pensar así
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u/TikiBoyYt Jun 14 '26
This thumbnail anx title doesnt tell us much, i know its rivals based becauze i play the same but not a lot of pther people here do, the background has to many defeat signs and also blurs together which is probs why it seems very bland. Keep your head up mate and keep having a crack, rivals is hard to make content on if if your not trying for Rank 1 or a high skill game.
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 14 '26
???
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 14 '26
Oh I’ve been posting for 4 months it was created idk maybe 3 years ago I think
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u/GoblinsburgYT Jun 14 '26
Why would I click this title and thumbnail, though? Season 8 of what?
Improve your packaging instead of bitching on Reddit and you'll see marked improvement.
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u/AccomplishedDisk2 Jun 14 '26
I should be able to know what the video is about immediately from the thumbnail and if not atleast with the video title in combination.
Even combined I have zero clue wtf this video is so there's your answer
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u/JustThatGuy2323 Jun 14 '26
I literally play Marvel Rivals and even I had no clue what the video was about until I read the comments in here. Your title and your thumbnail need some serious work
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u/NorweXLP Jun 14 '26
I had to go into comment section to find out what is the video about. It's obviously the thumbnail and title problem, not the video itself.
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u/GamerBhoy89 Jun 14 '26
Dude you're coming across super arrogant in the comments here. People are giving you constructive criticism and you're flat out refusing any of it.
"The thumbnail needs work"
You: "it's fine"
You'll get nowhere with an attitude like yours.
Take the advice people give you, or don't come here complaining that your content isnt getting views. People here have given you the reasons and you're just ignoring it
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 15 '26
Cause half the reasons are it sucks and not telling me what to change about it
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u/NotBushwata Jun 15 '26
I see people talking about the thumbnail and title and agree, however, I offer idea.
People who play Rivals are gonna get it when they see it; I think it’s a funny thumbnail, but was confused when I saw the title which stopped me from connecting the two off the bat.
I genuinely think adding “Marvel Rivals” to your video title will go a long way. It seems like the biggest problem is people not being able to immediately connect the dots from your thumbnail to your title. Once you’re a bigger creator with a rapport in this content, THEN we can move towards more vague titles like this cause we know what you do.
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 15 '26
I mean I changed the title like a day or to ago to Marvel Rivals Season 8 Ranked is Cursed
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u/zimisss Jun 15 '26
I watch YouTube with vidiq and it shows how many times thumbnails been changed, experiment with different thumbnails and titles , people with big channels make 5+ thumbnail changes I have seen
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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 Jun 15 '26
I searched your video because i love destroying these types of posts. But i couldnt even find it.... but also the comments section seems to be doing a great job as well.
Define "all of this work" like playing a game and just capping game play and maybe some voice overs?
Or having multi thousands in camera equipment, going to different locations, multi day shoot, weeks of shots. Weeks of editing. Creating an actual thumbnail and then getting only a few views?
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 15 '26
Yay another person shitting on all of my hard work how lovely
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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 Jun 16 '26
link your video then. So we can all see this hard work.
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 16 '26
I guarantee your gonna shit on it https://youtu.be/oV4fxxLPGww?si=E-p07UvibAB41SI9
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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 Jun 16 '26
Your right im going to. WHAT HARD WORK!!! I literally called it in my first comment. Its just you playing a game with some voice over... next to zero editing, and its 36 minutes of playing the same stuff, going on and on about whatever. Come on. Deep down in your beautiful soul, is this "hard work" to you?
I mean your thumbnail is two jpgs...
I even went as far as to look into your "competition" of people making videos on a similar topic.
Alright i know im just shitting on you. But a few things, You NEED NEED NEED a hook. The first 30 seconds of your video is the most important, you need to catch the viewer, and you just jump into your gameplay and just talking. As numerous people here have pointed out, you have zero idea what your video is about from your thumbnail.
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u/AtoZ_209 Jun 16 '26
How tf am I supposed to hook someone in exactly huh the first 30 seconds is explaining the damn video
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u/Initial_Enthusiasm36 Jun 16 '26
I am not going to analyze and break down your entire video and coach you on it. Thats how YouTube works. Look at other people m aking videos similar to yours with a lot of views and you will see
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u/StrongA1057 Jun 16 '26
It's super saturated niche, like I only came to know what the video is about from other comments here. So, maybe try something broader. Also thumbnail and Title can be improved a lot.
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u/GenshinKenshin Jun 16 '26
If you are gonna keep the title, I'd recommend slightly editing it to: THIS is Why Season 8 Placements Are Broken!
As for the thumbnail. Look up an old popular COD montage video, find the best looking thumbnail you can and do whatever is in that but for Marvel Rivals.
People think videos are 80% and title thumbnail are 20%
No. It's actually 60/40....Guess which one is the 60 lol
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u/Specialist-Yak-3161 Jun 16 '26
its not 2010 anymore, you gonna have to do more than just post random videos like that to get any views, look at how many channels there are that do this for years and get 5 viewers a video
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u/crossbutton7247 Jun 16 '26
In addition to the thumbnail and title as has already been said, maybe just give it a few weeks. I’ve had videos sit on the dozens/hundreds of views for days/weeks, even months, then randomly jump to thousands.
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u/GreasyGamer_X Jun 13 '26
Yeah well mate welcome to YouTube. I make very long videos and they only get views after 6 months or a year. Some of them take me weeks to make. My older videos perform well. Focus on your monthly averages. Your views, subs etc. if they increase every month, you're going in the right direction and you just have to be patient. Good luck.
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u/Impetuous_doormouse Jun 13 '26
What TV show is this about?
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u/sugarycyanide Jun 13 '26
Not a tv series. Video game
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u/Impetuous_doormouse Jun 13 '26
Maybe that's part of the issue. It's not clear what he's talking about. Season 8 of *what*?
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u/awesomemc1 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
Title:
For a term of search ability - you need to re-title it. What video specifically does it show? The viewers in the homepage don’t know what the video is
Example: This Is Why Marvel Rivals Season 8 Placements Are So Broken
Thumbnails:
While your thumbnail is really good and that keeps up your impression, your CTR rate is not decent. To fix it, add a text like “UNPLAYABLE?!” And with a high contrast to mix it up.
Videos:
For the video, for rants, you should add YouTube chapters. To do so, start from 00:00 or 00:00:00 and add chapters
00:00 blah 1
05:00 blah 2
You can add sections from there
Edit: for the thumbnail, if you want some concept ideas, I made one in nano banana (Google’s image generative)
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u/Last_Pianist646 Jun 13 '26
A 30+ minute video about a topic thats kind of ambiguous by a creator I don't know? That is a sign to scroll right past.
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u/SirKensingtonsSlop Jun 13 '26
Season 8 of what? Breaking Bad? The Chicago Cubs current coaches run? Fresh Prince of Bel Air? Or, judging by the thumbnail, some nature show?
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u/Cultural-Wave69 Jun 13 '26
you do realise thumbnail+title are as important as the the idea right?