How YouTube's Home Screen Works

When a viewer visits home, YouTube displays videos from their subscriptions, videos watched by similar viewers, new videos, and more. The selection of videos is based on:

• Performance -- How well the video has engaged and satisfied similar viewers, among other factors.

• The viewer’s watch and search history -- how often the viewer watches a channel or topic and how many times we’ve already shown each video to the viewer.

Note: subscribers watch more from their subscriptions via Home than through the Subscriptions tab.

Tips:

• Upload on a consistent basis to give your audience an expectation of when they can see your videos.

• Keep viewers engaged for longer and encourage them to come back for more. Whether it’s with a long video, or several short ones, the longer you keep people watching, the more your content may get surfaced.

• Keep doing what works. When you create something that's working for your audience, keep at it. We surface more of what your viewers like. Don't be afraid to experiment but do so mindfully. Observe feedback from your audience and give them time to adjust.

• See how often your channel appears on home, globally, by going to your YouTube Analytics Traffic Sources report and then clicking the ‘Browse features’ box. View the stats under ‘Home’.

• Avoid making content that violates YouTube policies: ensure you title videos accurately, use appropriate and non-spammy tags, and avoid misleading thumbnails.

• Remember, there are two feeds: Home and Subscriptions.

MYTH #1: "My videos aren’t showing in the feed."

TRUTH #1: There are two feeds -- Home and Subscriptions. Videos on Home are personalized based on viewer preferences.

MYTH #2: "YouTube would be better if the Subscribers feed was the default."

TRUTH #2: We’ve tested this many times. Every time it dramatically reduces how much subscribers watch, and come back to YouTube.

[BikersDunia]

Best of luck to all small creators out there. We will reach one day. Keep uploading and keep up the good work!

[nightlord]

Thanks for completely breaking the site's homepage, much appreciated!

[CasualGamers]

Upload on a consistent basis is youtube's way of getting garbage content pushed rather than creators who dedicate a longer time to make elaborate videos.

[RaheemD]

What is the definition of uploading consistently? One a week? 5 a week? Once every year?

[Shadaeprincessinspiration]

I clicked on your next video suggestion card well done

[Sachinsharma.]

Good information for YouTube creator thank you YouTube teams family

[GhureAshi]

very helpful insight and tips. Thanks so much YouTube

[hieuphanvlogs]

Great infomation, thanks for sharing this.

[institutoamericano]

Doing huge difference on my path to become a vloger

[AbdoelKhatar]

Tanks you, Verry good tutorial's by YouTube Creators

[proholic]

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[tutoriallukisyogya]

excellent short movie explained how the system youtube works.thanks it helpfull

[ByDaviddessine]

hello thanks for this great video see you soon the Team thanks for your work 👌

[KabarangayDose]

Thank you forguiding us how our channel improve.

[caphaotv]

Hay quá ạ, Mong kênh sẽ còn tiếp tục ra thêm nhiều video bổ ích như thế này nữa

[SWPG]

*Love and Light folks, keep up the hard work ! Good Luck*

[DestinyForeverWalksPhD]

The home screen is truly the one stop destination in the your YouTube journey. Thanks for sharing

[mike-rayner-videos]

is it bad or negative for a creator's own channel if they click (not interested).. Excessively

[PlrGmix]

Each one of us is supposed to support the other, and that's how we become subscribers

[mm]

Really a very, very, very useful topic, thank you YouTube