This photo is all you need. I’d recommend keeping all videos up unless you think it doesn’t fit with your brand.

Here is my 16th video on Creator Compass, lower AVD and more views. Why? Well, obviously the topic is a huge factor in terms of getting views, but this isn't much different from my previous videos topic wise. It's because the video is longer. This one is 35 seconds whereas my last video that passed 10k views was only 22 seconds. Even though the older video had a higher percentage viewed, it still seems that longer videos perform better for my channel. The point of this is to help you understand the importance of trying different video lengths and iterating from there. Most of the time, you want to get your videos as long as possible without boring your audience and hurting the retention. It's much easier to start a bit lower and work your way up from there. But some niches also just have a natural video length that people are used to. Look at other channels in your niche, see how long their videos are, and start from there. These platforms want to push out longer content because the longer the video, the more ad revenue they (and you) will get. But it's also important to know which platform you're on, because TikTok for example will usually have a much lower threshold since people are used to watching only super short videos on there. That'd be like trying to get someone to watch a 5 minute video on Vine, back when they could only be 6-7 seconds long. YouTube is easier because people come for both long and short form videos, so it's easier to get them to stick around for a bit longer. Keep this in mind and let me know if it's helpful!

New Short with a great APV so far! Working on improving my storytelling around topics people are interested in. Hope you’re all having a great Father’s Day!

10k overnight! It’ll be interesting to see how this Short performs in the long run. A lot of the time, views can increase quickly like this and then slow down completely. Typically, if your APV stays high like this video, you can be confident that it will perform well over time. Sometimes it just takes a while. Let me know if these updates are helpful!

In my experience on YouTube, you typically need over 100% APV (the average view duration) on a video under 30 seconds to have it perform well. Obviously, this will usually go down over time as YouTube pushes it out to new audiences, but you can use this as a good metric for predicting video performance. Will report more later.