Is YouTube no longer notifying subscribers? How to evaluate in Analytics!
If you keep up with YouTube news, you probably have heard claims that subscribers aren't being notified, and video view velocity sharply drops if a video is demonetized or marked as advertiser unfriendly. YouTube has publicly claimed that the algorithms for ranking in search or suggested video are completely separate from the monetization status of a video, so further investigation is needed.
Every YouTuber should understand their analytics; if we have a good understanding of traffic sources over time, we can come up with more informed criticisms to YouTube.
A few things we'll be looking through today:
1) The YouTube Analytics Real-time Views tab
2) Morningfa.me's View Velocity Tab
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3) YouTube's Traffic Sources tab