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Hi everyone,
I’m wondering if anyone else has had their YouTube views feel stuck at the same number each month. If that happened to you, how long did it take before your channel started growing again?
Here’s a little background. I run a medium-sized YouTube channel that teaches software with search-based videos. It’s part of my YouTube automation work. I’ve been posting long videos twice a day for about 4–6 months with no days off. Even with that, my channel won’t go past about 68–74K views and around 2,500–2,700 watch hours per month. The graphs below show what I mean.
No matter what I try, the same thing keeps happening. Some of my videos get short boosts from search, browse, or suggested, but the total views always even out by the end of the month. I usually land around 69–73K views and about 2,550 watch hours each month.
When new videos start getting more views, my older videos lose views at the same time. Then when the boost stops, the older videos bounce back almost right away. It feels like the views are being balanced out all month long.
When a new video gets a short boost from Browse, it seems to take views away from my best search videos, and then later it switches back. It feels like my videos are trading views instead of bringing in new ones.
Since I started posting every day, I’ve uploaded over 290 videos. As I add more videos, the total views over 48 hours get split between more and more uploads. Before, I had a few videos getting about 90–110 views every two days. Now I have hundreds of videos getting anywhere from 12 to 55 views in that same time.
This might sound a little crazy, but it really feels like YouTube is spreading about 68–73K views each month across all my videos, keeping the channel stuck in the same place. It’s happening over and over again, and it’s honestly really frustrating and discouraging.
This started right when my channel reached about 69–73K views per month. Before that, everything was going really well. My views from YouTube Search kept going up every week and every month with no problems.
But as soon as I hit that around-70K views a month level, it felt like I ran into an invisible wall. After that point, the growth just stopped, even though nothing else had changed.
My stats are strong. My click rate and watch time are just as good as, or better than, other videos like mine. I didn’t change my topics, titles, tags, or video quality. People enjoy my videos, and I hardly ever get bad comments.
My channel is clean. YouTube support says nothing is wrong, and I’ve never done anything sketchy like reused videos, spam, copyright issues, or risky topics. Everything worked great until I hit this view limit.
I’ve even seen videos with very high numbers—around 24–38% click rate and 28–42% watch time, which is really good for tutorials—suddenly lose views from search and suggested. This usually happens right when I’m about to pass about 68–72K views near the end of the month. Search views drop almost to zero for the last few days, then somehow come back on the 1st of the next month like nothing happened. That feels really weird.
What makes it worse is that some people keep saying things like “there’s no view limit” or “just make better videos.” That’s super frustrating, especially when I can clearly see what’s happening.
This isn’t about bad quality. Before I hit this monthly view limit, my views were going up all the time. That means my SEO, titles, watch time, and click rate were clearly good enough to keep growing.
I’m also not new to YouTube or making videos. I’m not trying to make excuses. I’ve put a ton of work into my tutorials. I study my competitors, copy what works, and always try to get better. The crazy part is that other channels in my niche make the same kind of videos, with similar quality and SEO, but they get 4–6 times more views per month. Some of them even get 8–12 times the views on videos that are almost the same as mine. That feels really unfair.
I’ve checked their history, and most of them broke past their view limits much faster than I did. After about 3–5 months of posting every day, their channels suddenly took off using search videos. It’s like a switch flipped for them—but not for me.
To keep it simple, I’m starting to worry that my channel might be stuck like this forever. It honestly feels like I’m setting some kind of bad YouTube record by never getting past this view limit.
I’ve read advice from people who say the fix is to start a brand-new channel to get around the problem. That won’t work for me. All of my competitors broke past their limits without quitting or switching channels.
This kind of tutorial channel also needs steady, daily uploads for a long time to grow. I can’t just stop posting for weeks and hope the system “resets.” There aren’t any big viral topics in this space either. These channels grow from helpful, evergreen search videos, not sudden trends.
Does anyone have ideas on what I should do? I don’t really have a choice but to keep posting, but I’m scared I might be stuck at this same view level forever.
Has anyone else dealt with a view limit like this? If so, how long did it last, and what helped you break out of it? Do you know any creator who stayed stuck for more than 4–7 months?
I’ve been uploading every day for about 5 months, and my monthly views haven’t changed at all. Because of that, I feel worried, frustrated, and honestly pretty tired—but quitting isn’t an option.
Sorry this was so long, and thanks for taking the time to read it.
I’m wondering if anyone else has had their YouTube views feel stuck at the same number each month. If that happened to you, how long did it take before your channel started growing again?
Here’s a little background. I run a medium-sized YouTube channel that teaches software with search-based videos. It’s part of my YouTube automation work. I’ve been posting long videos twice a day for about 4–6 months with no days off. Even with that, my channel won’t go past about 68–74K views and around 2,500–2,700 watch hours per month. The graphs below show what I mean.
No matter what I try, the same thing keeps happening. Some of my videos get short boosts from search, browse, or suggested, but the total views always even out by the end of the month. I usually land around 69–73K views and about 2,550 watch hours each month.
When new videos start getting more views, my older videos lose views at the same time. Then when the boost stops, the older videos bounce back almost right away. It feels like the views are being balanced out all month long.
When a new video gets a short boost from Browse, it seems to take views away from my best search videos, and then later it switches back. It feels like my videos are trading views instead of bringing in new ones.
Since I started posting every day, I’ve uploaded over 290 videos. As I add more videos, the total views over 48 hours get split between more and more uploads. Before, I had a few videos getting about 90–110 views every two days. Now I have hundreds of videos getting anywhere from 12 to 55 views in that same time.
This might sound a little crazy, but it really feels like YouTube is spreading about 68–73K views each month across all my videos, keeping the channel stuck in the same place. It’s happening over and over again, and it’s honestly really frustrating and discouraging.
This started right when my channel reached about 69–73K views per month. Before that, everything was going really well. My views from YouTube Search kept going up every week and every month with no problems.
But as soon as I hit that around-70K views a month level, it felt like I ran into an invisible wall. After that point, the growth just stopped, even though nothing else had changed.
My stats are strong. My click rate and watch time are just as good as, or better than, other videos like mine. I didn’t change my topics, titles, tags, or video quality. People enjoy my videos, and I hardly ever get bad comments.
My channel is clean. YouTube support says nothing is wrong, and I’ve never done anything sketchy like reused videos, spam, copyright issues, or risky topics. Everything worked great until I hit this view limit.
I’ve even seen videos with very high numbers—around 24–38% click rate and 28–42% watch time, which is really good for tutorials—suddenly lose views from search and suggested. This usually happens right when I’m about to pass about 68–72K views near the end of the month. Search views drop almost to zero for the last few days, then somehow come back on the 1st of the next month like nothing happened. That feels really weird.
What makes it worse is that some people keep saying things like “there’s no view limit” or “just make better videos.” That’s super frustrating, especially when I can clearly see what’s happening.
This isn’t about bad quality. Before I hit this monthly view limit, my views were going up all the time. That means my SEO, titles, watch time, and click rate were clearly good enough to keep growing.
I’m also not new to YouTube or making videos. I’m not trying to make excuses. I’ve put a ton of work into my tutorials. I study my competitors, copy what works, and always try to get better. The crazy part is that other channels in my niche make the same kind of videos, with similar quality and SEO, but they get 4–6 times more views per month. Some of them even get 8–12 times the views on videos that are almost the same as mine. That feels really unfair.
I’ve checked their history, and most of them broke past their view limits much faster than I did. After about 3–5 months of posting every day, their channels suddenly took off using search videos. It’s like a switch flipped for them—but not for me.
To keep it simple, I’m starting to worry that my channel might be stuck like this forever. It honestly feels like I’m setting some kind of bad YouTube record by never getting past this view limit.
I’ve read advice from people who say the fix is to start a brand-new channel to get around the problem. That won’t work for me. All of my competitors broke past their limits without quitting or switching channels.
This kind of tutorial channel also needs steady, daily uploads for a long time to grow. I can’t just stop posting for weeks and hope the system “resets.” There aren’t any big viral topics in this space either. These channels grow from helpful, evergreen search videos, not sudden trends.
Does anyone have ideas on what I should do? I don’t really have a choice but to keep posting, but I’m scared I might be stuck at this same view level forever.
Has anyone else dealt with a view limit like this? If so, how long did it last, and what helped you break out of it? Do you know any creator who stayed stuck for more than 4–7 months?
I’ve been uploading every day for about 5 months, and my monthly views haven’t changed at all. Because of that, I feel worried, frustrated, and honestly pretty tired—but quitting isn’t an option.
Sorry this was so long, and thanks for taking the time to read it.
