These are just my opinions on all of this. You'll quickly see whether I agree or disagree with any of it.
"The Ramifications of YouTube’s (Current) Algorithms
The data we found suggests 6 main takeaways:
YouTube algorithmically determines exactly how many views each video and channel will get.
This is such a misleading piece of information to share. First of all, I doubt they would change how videos get ranked in search results and already pre-determine what videos will get how many views and which channels will benefit from this the most. Pure misinformation on this as far as I am concerned.
Successful channels focus on one very specific content type/idea.
There are multiple examples of successful channels who focus on multiple things. Swifty, a gaming channel, plays multiple games and uploads them onto his channel. Same goes for Let's Play channels as well. Life style channels do the same as well like Brothers Eat Greens. Stop spreading your misleading information.
Channels should rarely experiment once they’ve established a single successful content type.
This again, is a bunch of bullcrap. Just because you have a successful series of a certain piece of content doesn't mean you stop searching for others to implement into your channel. Since you weren't specific at all about this, I would say the content needs to remain in the same vertical and needs to be calculated, such as publishing content on a new movie release or video game launch, etc. Suggesting to rarely experiment is a great way to go stagnate with your audience. You're basically saying not to innovate your content at all. Bad advice.
High dollar content producers will never be successful on the YouTube platform and therefore never fully embrace it.
This is more bullcrap. You have no idea what a high content producer looks like. Chef's Step is a channel that puts a lot of value into their video production by having custom made music for them, plus they go through food product (clear cut cost) and the labor involved in actually preparing their recipes to put on camera. Epic Meal Time is the same way cause they spend hundreds on their videos. Guess what, Epic Meal Time has been around probably as long as Machinima.
Personality driven shows/channels will always be the dominant content type on the platform because they are the “very specific content type” people are watching for.
This isn't necessarily true. Video game channels make up over half of the content on YouTube. So if those shows actually were dominating so much, they would be racking in collectively more views than video game channels. The thing you didn't take away with this one is personality in general has become the norm for content creators to draw in viewers. If there's no personality, there's no point in subscribing to someone's channel.
New channels that have no access to their own audience off the YouTube will struggle for a long time to grow.
This is false. That's why there are other social media platforms in which you reach out to your audience with. Twitter and Reddit are two tools which need to be utilized effectively. On top of that, highly targeted Google AdWords campaigns can help bring awareness to your channel's brand for cheap. This can speed up channel growth tremendously. Then there are other methods, such as cultivating your Google+ Circles and use Crowdfire to mass follow and unfollow people. There are ways to get your name out there. Growth strategies are never about the short term anyways. But to say they'll struggle? Cut the crap already.
In conclusion, it is our view that the algorithm is designed to promote channels that are capable of uploading videos that get and keep a large swath of their niche audience watching. If you want to be successful on YouTube the best advice we can give you is to focus on one very specific niche interest and make as many 10-minute or longer videos as you can about that singular topic."
Time is an economic resources on YouTube. The longer your video the less people will watch through it. So saying 10 minute or longer videos is what you should be shooting for is more bullcrap. 5 to 7 minute videos will drive more traffic to your channel. Depending on your channel's content, how long it takes to make, the length of video can be completely irrelevant. The Piano Guy's is a great example of a channel where video length means nothing.
There's also something about how your most recent upload's subscriber viewership % will affect how many people will see your next upload.
This is discouraging
Just wanted to know how everyone else feels about their studies and if you've also seen recent changes in your stats.
I honestly don't believe that the number of subscribers that watch your most recent upload is going to affect the next one. This could very easily destroy a channel. A 10 million sub channel goes from getting 3 or 4 million daily views on each video to 500k cause of a really bad video could mean their channel dies out from bringing in new viewers and subs. Sorry, don't believe this for a second.
For me to actually see all of this be true, I'd need to see a lot of this being direct reports from someone's YouTube Analytics. Cause honestly a lot of this sounds like some made up crap.
