Multiple channels of mine stopped getting views on Shorts completely. All channels are on different IP.
They are phone verified.
What happened? And how to get out of it?
potential reasons, which you can use as a reference, for the purpose of narrowing down and troubleshooting the problem (based on my experience history):
1. you might be having multiple channels on the same pc and with different ips associated to each channel (perhaps different browser profiles), but there may have been some fingerprint leak that google might have tracked. so then, they would have been able to recognize that all channels were accessed from the same PC.
2. you might be using different vms assigned with different ips for each channel, BUT, if your WiFi modem accessed by the host PC is the same, google might be able to track that, which represents a common fingerprint.
for this the solution is to configure a virtual router using Linux vm and channel your other vm's internet data through this virtual Linux router vm, to prevent IP leaks and the conceal the information of the main router.
easiest solution for this is, to use a different vps per channel to be 101% sure without breaking your head.
3. you might have multiple channels completely isolated to different vpses and ips, BUT what if all channels have the same phone number or recovery mails. that is another way it could get linked.
this is a mistake my friends once made when they were trying to isolate channels. any linking factor is enough to cause problems.
so use different phone numbers and recovery mails for each channel.
4. it is possible that YouTube may have shadowbanned the niche itself, due to trend abuse. that could explain why the "co-incidental" drop in views across all your channels. so all other channels in the same niche, should also have lower views than usual. you can confirm this by tracking other competitor channels within the same niche. if they still have more views, and only you have lesser views, then you can narrow down the problem and confirm that, most likely, google somehow found a way to track you and link all your channels.
but if you and others in the same niche, still have low views for a long period, then the most likely best explanation is, YT probably shadowbanned the niche due to trend abuse.
5. if your channels, and your competitor channels are all getting low views, it is also possible that, it is just a temporary algorithm issue/glitch, which usually fixes itself after a few weeks.(experienced this many times so wait for few weeks and be patient to see if things change).
sometimes it is possible that, because many channels are being made in the same niche, google will have to start distributing views to others aswell, so that everyone gets a fair chance, and your channels will undergo "a waiting period", or "algorithm cycles", while other channels get views, and if you are still consistent despite the drop in views, a few months later, your channels will start getting views again.
a way to battle this problem is, to keep making new channels to steal more views (fresh channels get fresh cycles), while "resting" your other channels that are dead, for a period of 3 months, and returning back to them later.
every time you experience dead channels, immediately create new channels and start working with them, and return to your dead channels later, after "the shadowban is lifted" or "the algorithm resets".
6. if you can narrow down the problem and recognize that, it is your niche itself, which is shadowbanned, then find a new trend and ride the wave again.
hope this has given you sufficient insights, to solve your problems.
How did you test the view threshold theory you have?
Also, do you think there is a 3 hour view window? I have been looking to see and it seems the view window is based on when you're subscribers are active.
i've experienced the effect of, the distribution of views across multiple channels when they were somehow associated.
secondly, there seems to be a monthly, "earning cap" and "view cap" on channels. they seem to be in around the same range, when you compare them with other channels in your niche. it's like they've given you a capped threshold of earning & views.
hence people scale with multiple channels in order to bypass such limits.
Should we post shorts and long form content on same channel ?
yes you can if it is in the same niche. first post a lot of shorts until you gain massive traffic and growth, and then start posting long form videos in the same niche and eventually, it will hit browse features and a lot of your subs will see it, plus it will also get recommended to new people, because the channel is already in the algorithm.
