YouTube Shorts really drive views for longer videos?

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Hey everyone,
I’m wondering whether posting YouTube Shorts on the same channel actually drives views and subscribers to long form videos, or whether it will “mess up” the audience profile?
Many people say Shorts help increase Subs quickly, but this audience doesn’t watch long-form videos, which lowers the channel’s CTR and Retention.
Are you guys running Shorts and long form on the same channel or keeping Shorts on a separate channel, and how effective is it in actually driving views?
 
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Same channel works if Shorts are on-topic teasers of your long-form. Off-topic Shorts bring low-intent subs who never watch long videos, which hurts CTR and retention. Otherwise, separate them.
 
I keep them on the same channel and it works fine. The algorithm pushes the long-form content to the right people regardless of where the subs came from. Just focus on making good long-form content and ignore the subscriber count.
 
gkeocymT said:
Many people say Shorts help increase Subs quickly, but this audience doesn’t watch long-form videos
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Yes, if the content is standalone. Because your entire content ends there. Only a small percentage of people explore your channel further.

If short-form video is part of the long-form video, people tend to watch that too. The hook, curiosity, and substance play a role.
 
It depends on the topic. If Shorts and long videos cover the same subject, some viewers may watch both.
 
If you have the same audience and covering related topic on shorts and full video, you must post them on same channel. In this case, shorts must intend to increase curioisty of viewers and make them watch full video. For better understanding, try to use Google Analytics and analyse how both of them are performing.
 
gkeocymT said:
Hey everyone,
I’m wondering whether posting YouTube Shorts on the same channel actually drives views and subscribers to long form videos, or whether it will “mess up” the audience profile?
Many people say Shorts help increase Subs quickly, but this audience doesn’t watch long-form videos, which lowers the channel’s CTR and Retention.
Are you guys running Shorts and long form on the same channel or keeping Shorts on a separate channel, and how effective is it in actually driving views?
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short can attract subscribers; however, that does not automatically mean that they will watch your long vds. I would keep them both on one channel as long as they have something to do with the same subject matter.
 
i think using same channel works better when shorts are related to your long videos.they can bring in new viewers who may want to watch the full version too but random shorts can attract people who have no interest in your regular content.
 
You can achieve excellent results depending on how you use it.
By condensing a long-form video into a "Shorts" clip featuring key highlights and linking directly to the original full-length video, you can see significant benefits.
 
gkeocymT said:
Hey everyone,
I’m wondering whether posting YouTube Shorts on the same channel actually drives views and subscribers to long form videos, or whether it will “mess up” the audience profile?
Many people say Shorts help increase Subs quickly, but this audience doesn’t watch long-form videos, which lowers the channel’s CTR and Retention.
Are you guys running Shorts and long form on the same channel or keeping Shorts on a separate channel, and how effective is it in actually driving views?
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If you have adequate content, you can bring traffic with shorts and after that YouTube's algo will do its magic tricks and push your long form content to the ideal audience which will watch it. You can also use shorts as a teasing mechanism to send traffic to your long form videos so they will watch them.
 
Shorts can bring new people to the channel, but turning them into regular viewers is a different story.
 
Viewers who watch Short videos generally do not like watching long-form videos, and YouTube will not recommend other videos from your channel to them after they watch your short content.
 
I think Shorts can help bring new people to your channel, but not every Shorts viewer will watch long videos. I’d keep both on the same channel if they target the same audience and niche. If the content is very different, a separate channel might work better.
 
gkeocymT said:
Hey everyone,
I’m wondering whether posting YouTube Shorts on the same channel actually drives views and subscribers to long form videos, or whether it will “mess up” the audience profile?
Many people say Shorts help increase Subs quickly, but this audience doesn’t watch long-form videos, which lowers the channel’s CTR and Retention.
Are you guys running Shorts and long form on the same channel or keeping Shorts on a separate channel, and how effective is it in actually driving views?
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it seems to me that this depends on the level of correlation between the shorts nd the long video u have. random shorts may get u subs who will not watch any other videos, while relevant shorts will help u attract those who are really interessted in watching the entire video.i would keep them all on one channel if the niche was the same.
 
Shorts can bring new people to your channel, but the topics should be related to your long videos if you want them to watch more.
 
Coders_Belli said:
Same channel works if Shorts are on-topic teasers of your long-form. Off-topic Shorts bring low-intent subs who never watch long videos, which hurts CTR and retention. Otherwise, separate them.
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Based on your experience, how many seconds should a Shorts video ideally be to achieve a high Shorts viewer retention rate?
 
short videos are help in generate views on long videos with different channel types,posting short explain video and link include to watch about long form video with detail content are chances to redirect short videos viewers/visitors on long video channel for conclusion video about certain expose.
 
I still post reels and long videos on the same channel. Even though the two audiences are different, it's good that the channel is growing. Good results are what matter.
 
they can bring discovery, but from my experience they don't say for long-form content
 
Depends on the niche tbh. If Shorts attract the same audience as long videos, I'd keep them on one channel. Otherwise, a separate channel might work better.
 
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