Skip to the 5 minute mark to show how to make a good yt short. A big youtuber told me im putting my effort in the wrong category on yt shorts and that I need to focus more on the story of the short (specifically the hook - if it’s not a good hook then it’s not a good idea) then aesthetics and editing come after. Same way like having only good aim in a strategy shooter game can only get you so far. You have good aim but can you outsmart your opponent? https://youtu.be/a7Ni1cULwqE?si=vM2GRwhn1ILYCGdL

Each platform seems to reward different behaviors. People tend to mindlessly scroll on both but somehow differently. My most viewed on tiktok is somehow my least viewed on youtube. The tiktok version does have music however, so it's not a complete A/B test because I changed multiple factors. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkaxak4F/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9y8PcT1HWmk?sttick=0

https://youtube.com/shorts/b-KKFAqziwg?si=NLuqNJgkMlsq8kyl I think this could definitely use some more time and effort that I didn’t put in because I just wanted to hit quota but it’s definitely showing improvement. But i would appreciate any feedback on this if you have any