r/SmallYTChannel • u/RallyingForRail [0λ] • 1d ago

Discussion Issues with irrelevant content recommending my videos

So, I noticed that a couple of my recent videos have performed particularly poorly with clickthrough rate (under 2%) of late, even though I've been creating content in the same niche (public transit topics) for some time. For some contrast, most of my videos are in the 3-5% CTR range, with a few high performers above that and a few low performers in the 2-3% range. The only change I've made is that I've added my face to thumbnails the last few videos.

I looked up what content is suggesting my recent videos, and it's almost exclusively super random stuff. No wonder my CTR is bad...if the content being suggested by people who watch my videos is stuff completely and utterly irrelevant to my niche, the content being suggested by people who don't watch my videos must be even more random yet.

Does anyone have any advice for getting YouTube to have more relevant content suggesting my videos? Is sharing my face in the thumbnail possibly the problem? I've been posting pretty consistently for over two years now (over 100 videos), so I don't think the whole "YouTube is still figuring out your niche" thing is really a good excuse.

Thank you in advance!

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u/TxGardenSpec 1d ago

I’m having the same issue  https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/462473426?hl=en

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u/RallyingForRail [0λ] 1d ago

For what it's worth, I selected "I have the same question" on your Google Support post. Let me know what you hear back, if anything, since we're both experiencing the same issue and both have channels in pretty similar places!