Re:Manipulating the YouTube Algorithm [video]
by Abishek_Muthian on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:46AM
(#19604662)
2 years back Brian Dean published statistics from analysing 1.3 Million YouTube videos[1].
Couple of key insights were,
Comment count strongly correlates with higher rankings
Average length of first page video is : 14 mins 50 secs
I would say, if someone starts a new Youtube Channel today with original content. Unless it is >10 mins (purposefully not being succinct), cautiously scripting the content to encourage comments (which are likely to be off-topic, polarising, memes, sarcasm etc.); then there's no way the video is going to be on first page (or) gain large subscribers.
Couple of key insights were,
Comment count strongly correlates with higher rankings
Average length of first page video is : 14 mins 50 secs
I would say, if someone starts a new Youtube Channel today with original content. Unless it is >10 mins (purposefully not being succinct), cautiously scripting the content to encourage comments (which are likely to be off-topic, polarising, memes, sarcasm etc.); then there's no way the video is going to be on first page (or) gain large subscribers.
[1]:https://backlinko.com/youtube-ranking-factors
Edit: Added /n for insights