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0:00YouTube just released a bunch of brand
0:01new algorithm updates that make it
0:02easier than ever before for you to be
0:04able to grow faster on YouTube and get
0:06more views because they completely
0:07change how they actually count views.
0:09They released a bunch of brand new
0:10settings that you need to make sure that
0:11you're using and so much more, but don't
0:13panic cuz by the end of this video
0:14you're going to know everything that you
0:15need to change. And so long as you don't
0:17skip any of these and change all of
0:18them, it's going to be easier than ever
0:20before for you to be able to get more
0:21subscribers and grow faster on YouTube.
0:24In fact, I just helped this creator,
0:25this creator, and this creator get over
0:27200,000 subscribers on YouTube really
0:30short period of time. And if you
0:31implement these changes, the same thing
0:33could happen to you. Change number one
0:35is that YouTube announced that they're
0:36going to completely change how views
0:39actually count on YouTube. Let me
0:40explain. So, here's exactly what you
0:42need to know. Beginning August 24th,
0:45YouTube is changing how it counts views
0:47on long-form and live. Essentially, the
0:50way that this is going to work now is
0:52once somebody actually begins to view
0:54something, we can see right here,
0:55they're going to have engaged views and
0:57they're just going to have views. So,
0:59basically, what you're going to be able
1:00to see now is in your YouTube analytics
1:03under advanced mode, you will be able to
1:05see engaged views, which is somebody
1:07that watches the first few seconds of a
1:09YouTube short, and for long-form videos
1:11and live streams, it's going to be
1:13somebody that watches for about 15
1:14seconds. But otherwise, if somebody just
1:16clicks on your video, they are now going
1:18to count as a view. Now, the reason that
1:19YouTube is actually changing this is
1:21because it makes it more similar to
1:24things like TikTok and Instagram because
1:26that's how they count views. So,
1:27basically, they don't want it to seem
1:29like you get way less views on YouTube
1:30versus the other platforms, which is why
1:32they're making this change. And this
1:34really isn't going to change anything
1:36else. You're just going to begin to see
1:37your view counts increase. Change number
1:39two is that YouTube has now made AB
1:41testing way more important than ever
1:43before, but there's a right way to do
1:45this and a wrong way to do this, and I
1:46want to make sure that you're not doing
1:48it wrong. Now, in terms of actually
1:49running AB tests, here's what you want
1:51to make sure that you're doing. So, now
1:53if we come into the details of a video,
1:55what you're going to notice is AB test
1:57right here. If we click on this, we
1:58could see that we could run an AB test
2:00for just titles. We could run an AB test
2:02for just thumbnails, or we could run it
2:04for titles and thumbnails. What I would
2:06strongly suggest that you do is do these
2:08separately. If you want to AB test your
2:10title, only do the title. So, if you
2:12want to AB test your thumbnail, only do
2:14the thumbnails, and you need to
2:15understand what you're actually looking
2:17for when you're doing this. So, if
2:18you're doing a title AB test, what you
2:20are actually attempting to change here
2:22is how many impressions your content is
2:25going to get, so that's how you should
2:26actually judge these different titles.
2:28You're going to do this by changing the
2:29keywords, changing the framing, and this
2:31is going to change how the YouTube
2:32algorithm actually push out your content
2:34and who they show your content to, and
2:36how many people they show your content
2:38to. If we come over to thumbnail right
2:39here, this is going to be testing for
2:41how many people actually click on your
2:43content, because people don't really
2:45look at the title and the thumbnail in
2:46order to click. It's really the
2:47thumbnail that drives the far majority
2:50of your clicks, and the title really
2:52changes how many people actually end up
2:54seeing your content. So, the big thing
2:56to take away from this is you should
2:57only be running one test at a time per
3:00YouTube video. You either do it with the
3:01title, or you do it the thumbnail, and
3:03then you can choose which one works the
3:05best. In addition to that, you're going
3:07to be able to see when you actually have
3:08a test live, we'll see AB test complete
3:11right here. And basically what we'll be
3:12able to do is we'll be able to click
3:14into the details. You could click on
3:15view report, and then this is going to
3:17show you which one actually performed
3:19well, which one performed better, and
3:21then from there, you should run a new
3:22test. But essentially, you should always
3:24have tests going on all of your content.
3:27Change number three is you need to make
3:28sure that you're actually turning on the
3:30right settings every single time that
3:31you go to upload, because there are a
3:33handful of different settings that you
3:34need to make sure are either turned on
3:36or turned off if you want to maximize
3:38your growth. Now, in terms of those
3:40correct settings that you want to make
3:41sure that you are having turned on, what
3:44you're going to want to do is let's say
3:45that we are uploading a YouTube short.
3:47What you want to do is actually come
3:49into the details, and you want to make
3:50sure that you have a few things right
3:52here. And this works both for long-form
3:54content and for short-form content. So,
3:57first and foremost, if we scroll down
3:59here, we're going to see AI use. If you
4:01used AI to make your content, please
4:03make sure you were disclosing it.
4:05YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, all the
4:07platforms are going to be mass banning
4:09people. I'm sure you've seen everybody
4:11talking about on Reddit. It's going to
4:12continue to happen, so make sure you
4:14were disclosing this correctly. In
4:16addition to that, automatic chapters,
4:18you want to have this turned on.
4:19Featured placements, you want to have
4:21this turned on. And automatic concepts,
4:23you also want to make sure that you have
4:24this turned on. If we scroll down a
4:26little bit more, you want to make sure
4:28that published to subscription feed to
4:29notify subscribers that you only have
4:32this enabled if your subscribers are
4:34actually helping you grow on YouTube.
4:36The way that you were actually going to
4:37figure this out is you could go into
4:39your analytics right here. You could
4:41come over into advanced mode, and you'll
4:43actually be able to see a breakout
4:44between your subscribers versus not
4:47subscribers. The way that you do that is
4:49by coming into your subscribers versus
4:51non-subscribers, and you want to see the
4:54opposite of what I see right here. We
4:56could see subscribed stayed to watch
4:58more frequently, but watched less. So,
5:00they're kind of indifferent to my
5:01content, but we could see not subscribed
5:03stayed to watch less, but actually watch
5:05the content for a longer period of time
5:07and have an average view duration. If
5:09you see that your subscribers are giving
5:11you really bad views, they're staying to
5:14watch way less, the average view
5:16duration is way less, then you're going
5:18to want to make sure you're clicking
5:19that button to make sure that they are
5:20not seeing your content, because in that
5:22case, your subscribers are actually
5:23hurting you. And this happens if you had
5:26a random video go viral where you got a
5:27bunch of different subscribers that was
5:29kind of outside of your niche. If you've
5:30done collabs with people outside of your
5:32niche, if you paid for YouTube
5:34subscribers by running ads or running
5:35promotions, that could also be killing
5:37your views. Now, change number four is
5:39that you need to make sure that you're
5:40using AI to help you understand, one,
5:43how many people are actually searching
5:45for whatever you're creating content
5:46about, and two, how many views it
5:48predicts you can actually get before you
5:50ever post your content. Let me explain.
5:53Now, the first of those things that I
5:54wanted to show you is how you actually
5:56figure out how many people are looking
5:57for something. So, what you want to make
5:59sure that you do is have the vidIQ
6:01Chrome extension installed, and then
6:03whenever you come over here and you type
6:04something in, for example, maybe I'm
6:06typing in chat GPT work, what we're
6:08going to see is on the top right-hand
6:10corner right here, we see this search
6:12companion. This is absolutely
6:14incredible. If you click in here, you
6:15could actually see what sections are
6:17going to be shown. I would recommend
6:18having all of them enabled like what I
6:20have enabled right here, because what
6:21this is going to allow you to see is
6:23what the views per hour is over time,
6:25and we could see that this is
6:26increasing. That's exactly what you want
6:28to see. You want to see that it's
6:29increasing, and ideally, you want to see
6:31that it's high. In addition to that, if
6:33we scroll down here, this will actually
6:34show you the top channels for this exact
6:37search term right here by how many views
6:40they have actually gotten recently. You
6:41could also filter it by subscribers, and
6:44this is just incredibly helpful right
6:45here, because this helps you determine
6:47what you should actually be posting
6:49about. What you don't want to do is post
6:51about topics where this views per hour
6:53shows as blank. For example, if I come
6:55over here and type in TikTok algorithm,
6:57I'm going to assume that it could
6:58actually shows as blank because it's not
7:00going to be a super high traffic search
7:02term. So, if we do a search for this,
7:05we're going to see that what this
7:06actually shows right here is not enough
7:08search data available for this keyword.
7:11Now, I rank number one for this keyword.
7:13I create content about this. I know that
7:15it's a small niche, but essentially, you
7:17don't want to be creating content for
7:18anything that has a view per hour like
7:21this. You want to only be going after
7:22things with a big views per hour. In
7:24addition to that, now when you actually
7:26go to upload content on YouTube, what
7:28you're going to notice is when you're
7:30under details before you ever even post
7:32your piece of content, if you scroll
7:34down right here, this is actually going
7:36to forecast right here how many views
7:38you'll get. We could see that it gives
7:39us a forecast for 14 days, gives us the
7:42forecast result, and if we click on this
7:44right here, it it will tell us why, and
7:46it'll tell us what to improve in our
7:48next video, or what to improve about
7:50this video if you haven't uploaded yet,
7:52in order to actually make it a better
7:53piece of content. And if you're not
7:54using AI like this, one, you're not
7:57going to be able to predict your views,
7:58so you're just flying blind, and two,
8:00you don't know how many people are
8:01searching every hour for whatever topic
8:04you're going to be posting about. And
8:05again, you only want to post about
8:06things that are on the up and up. And
8:08for both of these metrics, literally the
8:10only way that you are going to be able
8:11to see them is using vidIQ, because it's
8:14the only tool that's going to give you
8:15access to them. If you're not using
8:17vidIQ, you're not going to have this
8:18information. Your competitors are going
8:20to have it, and that's why they're
8:21getting more views, they're growing
8:22faster, and they're gaining more
8:24subscribers than you. If you aren't
8:25using this, you are going to get left
8:28behind in 2026, and especially as we
8:30move into 2027. And the best part about
8:33vidIQ is that if you go to the pinned
8:34comment below, you can get started with
8:36it today for only $1. You're not going
8:37to see this deal anywhere else. It's the
8:39only place you're going to be able to
8:40get it, and guess what? vidIQ is going
8:42to be your secret weapon to help you
8:43grow faster on YouTube, because it's
8:44going to help you stop creating content
8:46that flops, and know exactly what you
8:49should be posting about, because your
8:50audience is already there, watching and
8:53begging for content about it. So, go to
8:54that pinned comment below, and get
8:56started with it today. Change number
8:58five is you need to make sure you're
8:59paying attention to all the new
9:00analytics that YouTube just recently
9:02released, and this is actually going to
9:03help you determine incredibly quickly
9:05exactly what was wrong with your video.
9:07So, these new analytics that you need to
9:09make sure that you use are going to be
9:11found if you are on the analytics for a
9:13video, if you scroll down and click on
9:15see more. What this is now going to
9:16allow you to see on the left-hand side,
9:18if we click on audience retention, we
9:20could see compared to other videos. And
9:22whenever this blue line gets close to
9:25the gray line, or goes below it, that's
9:27a part of your video that you need to
9:28fix, because that's where people are
9:30dropping off on your content, or not
9:32watching, versus your other content, and
9:34that's why this video didn't do as well.
9:37In addition to that, if we come back
9:38over here, we could also see detailed
9:40activity. And what this is going to show
9:42us, if we scroll over these, is
9:43literally how many people started
9:45watching and how many people stopped
9:47watching at specific times. So, what you
9:50want to make sure that you're doing is
9:51going through and highlighting anywhere
9:53where you see a lot of people stop
9:55watching. And what this is is a sign
9:57that, "Hey, my hook wasn't good enough.
9:59Hey, this part of the video is something
10:01that they didn't like." And analyzing
10:03this for every video that you make,
10:05taking notes is what is actually going
10:07to make you a better YouTuber. In fact,
10:09that's what the best YouTubers do. They
10:10look at compared to other videos, they
10:12look at detailed activity, and this
10:13allows them to keep getting better every
10:15single time that they post because over
10:17time you eliminate the things that
10:19you're doing wrong, you eliminate the
10:21things that your audience doesn't like,
10:23and you eliminate the things that the
10:24algorithm isn't picking up on or isn't
10:27pushing and what's actually hurting you
10:29when you're trying to grow. Now, that
10:30last change you need to make sure you're
10:32implementing is you need to make sure
10:33that you're using all of the new ways
10:35that YouTube actually wants you to get
10:36engagement. There are multiple different
10:38features and multiple different settings
10:40and multiple different types of posts
10:41that you should be creating. Let me
10:43explain. So, that first of the new
10:45features that you need to make sure that
10:47you're using is you need to make sure
10:49that you're adding quizzes into your
10:51content. We're going to see right here,
10:52if we scroll down a little bit, quizzes.
10:54This is where you are going to be able
10:56to add in quizzes for your audience. And
10:58essentially, you just ask them a
10:59question and they'll be able to answer
11:01it. You want to have this ideally in the
11:02first 3 minutes of your video because
11:04what this going to do is one, increase
11:06engagement, and two, hopefully you have
11:08the quiz be something that you're going
11:10to be talking more about the video or
11:11something like that or that people argue
11:13about in the comments. And basically,
11:14this is just a way for you to be able to
11:16get way more engagement in your content.
11:18You could do it multiple times in a
11:20video, but you want to make sure you're
11:21doing it at least one time. In addition
11:23to that, the second thing you want to
11:25make sure that you're doing is taking
11:26advantage of community posts. If we come
11:29over to a YouTube channel like VidIQ,
11:31what we're going to find is that they
11:33actually post community posts all the
11:35time. If we click into their content, we
11:37come over here to posts, what we're
11:39going to see is that they post tons of
11:41these. In fact, they post one every day.
11:43They post things like this, which looks
11:44like an X post. They have updates right
11:47here. If we scroll down, they have
11:48things like quizzes. And essentially,
11:50what this does is keeps your content in
11:53your viewers' feed. And guess what? When
11:55somebody likes this, when somebody
11:56interacts with the poll right here, when
11:58somebody comments, it increases the odds
12:01that they then get shown your other
12:03content. The far majority of people that
12:04see this are going to be on a mobile
12:06device. And then, what this is going to
12:08do is increase the odds that they get
12:09shown your other content. And this is
12:11kind of a no-brainer, because it
12:13literally takes a few seconds, if that,
12:15for you to be able to create this stuff.
12:17You create it by simply just coming over
12:19here in the top right-hand corner. You
12:21will going to click on create post right
12:23here, and then, you'll be able to create
12:25these posts, or you'll actually be able
12:27to schedule them out, where you could go
12:29through and have these all scheduled out
12:32for the next week, for the next few
12:34days, for the next month, so that you
12:35don't have to go through and actually do
12:37this. The next thing you need to make
12:38sure you're doing is actually going to
12:39be in your account settings right here.
12:41If we come over to into account
12:43settings, we click on channel, we come
12:45into advanced settings, there are a few
12:46things you want to make sure right here
12:48that are going to actually be turned on.
12:51First, allow advertisers, brands, and
12:53third-party platforms to view channel
12:55insights for earning opportunities. I
12:56would strongly have to suggest having
12:58this turned on. This is going to
13:00increase the amount of brand deals that
13:01you get, the amount of exposure that you
13:03get. In addition to that, if we come
13:05down here, you want to make sure
13:06automatic dubbing is turned on. Allow
13:08automatic dubbing and things in
13:10experimental languages, make sure we're
13:12reviewing them. In addition to that, if
13:13we scroll down, clips, have that turned
13:16on. Video quality enhancements, have
13:18these turned on. Hype, make sure that is
13:20turned on. And once you do that, you're
13:22going to have all the right settings on
13:24your individual posts and on your
13:26account in order for YouTube to really
13:29push you out. Now, if you enjoyed this
13:30video and you want to learn how to get
13:31more subscribers on YouTube incredibly
13:33quickly, I would strongly suggest you
13:35check out this video right here that
13:36walks you through exactly how to do
13:38that. I'll see you over there.

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