Here is how I got 1,000 YouTube views for 1 video in 6 hours…doing nothing.
Notes:
- suggested videos (video was shared by YouTube across major video end screens – cocomelon, baby shark, pinkfong…surprising considering none of my videos are classified as ‘made for kids’)
- timely (santa doodle around christmas time)
- succinct content (vid was to-the-point, exactly what title described)
- Unique hook – not just the usual Santa doodle – it was a thin Santa (enough of a difference for people to click through compared to more common vids)
- Thumbnail showed a sneak peek, but not everything (Santa’s head, had to click for the body)
- Average view duration was just OK (~%24 of vid), probably enough to gain traction
- Only 2 likes, nothing earth-shattering there
- Did no shares across any of my social media accounts (just an upload to YouTube)
- Perhaps because it was published at a time when not many videos are published (close to Christmas holiday), I gained notice there
- This is the first time I’ve had 1,000 views in a day, let alone a month, for one vid
- My subscriber count (277 subs) definitely did not play a factor