How does YouTube recommend videos and more to the point, how do you, as a creator, get it to recommend yours?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The words “YouTube Algorithm<\/a>” can strike fear in the heart of a creator trying to grow their channel. There are numerous creators who’ll tell you a horror story about how they fell victim to a change in it. There are many myths surrounding how YouTube’s algorithms work<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n YouTubers have a ton questions about how YouTube videos get recommended: how long does it take a video to get picked up by YouTube’s systems? Do subscriptions factor in? But they all come down to one thing: how do I get YouTube to recommend my videos? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cristos Goodrow is the VP of Engineering at Google, and is in charge of, among other things, how YouTube recommends videos in viewer’s individual feeds. So when he talks<\/a> about the YouTube algorithm, YouTubers would do well to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n YouTube’s video recommendation algorithm does two basic things: it tries to understand videos<\/em> and it tries to understand viewers<\/em>. It’s only goal is to connect viewers with videos they’ll enjoy. Or more simply, to keep viewers on YouTube for as long as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n \n Give your YouTube channel the upper hand and easily optimize for more views, more subs, and more of every metric that matters.\n <\/p>\n \n\n How Does YouTube Recommend Videos?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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