It feels illegal to know THIS about the YouTube algorithm

The YouTube algorithm explained for beginners. I visually show you how the algorithm behaves.

The YouTube algorithm is literally with the goal: get more watchtime.
Because more watch time means that viewers stay longer on the platform, so youtube earns more money with ads.

But how does youtube decide which videos to show?
YouTube looks at viewer behavior
• in which videos do you click?
• Which videos do you skip?
• How long do you watch a video on a topic?
• On what topics did you search previously?
• Which channels did you watch previously
• Do you comment, like, subscribe on which types of videos?

Based in this information it shows you the videos on the YouTube homescreen, the suggestions on the right side and the YouTube search results.
For every suggestion YouTube does it calculates the likelyhood of a viewer watching that video: expected watch time.

If don’t get traction as a small channel you have to abide by 4 basic rules:
• Make viewers click – so make sure the title and thumbnail are top notch
• Make viewers watch longer – so make your video interesting from beginning to end. See the graph on the screen for reference.
• Make viewers react – ask for for engagement or say something controversial
• Make viewers return – for example by making videos around the same topics

But what most people mean when they are talking about “the algorithm” are the articial intelligence recommender algorithms, which are used for YouTube Home, Search and Suggested.
How these algorithms exactly work is a mistery, besides that YouTube is not very open about the workings of the algorithms, even YouTube engineers themselves don’t know how they work, because that is one of the inherit downsides of A.I.
You give it an input and if the outcome is not desireable you tweak the parameters and give it the input again.
You need to keep doing that until it gives a large amount reliable results.

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⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰
• 0:00 Youtube algorithm explained
• 1:26 What is a good video
• 2:16 when they say YouTube algorithm they mean ...
• 2:47 Demo of the YouTube Algorthms
• 7:30 Clustering viewer interests


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• youtube algorithm 2024 explained
• how the youtube algorithm works

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[numberoneappgames]

Love your breakdown and expertise. YouTube has come a long way!

[LifeofJoshChelsea]

Great video! I learned a lot. Very knowledgeable, thank you for this! Keep it up!!

[sashkovarha]

finally, some developer dived into the technical stuff, not just random yokel says what he kinda thinks works. Great examples, thank you !

[DutchyTechTips]

Are you testing this video on this channel, because I seen this video before way before 3 days when it has been published here. Feel like watching a broken record.

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