Several times you would have listened to or worked on youtube, some may be pure viewers, and some may be creators.

Now everybody Once in a while has thought of becoming famous or wanting to Live like a star or actor, somehow these all dreams can only be fulfilled once you are in a Certain big field, and nowadays visual Content is much more trending than any other profession and that why youtube is now considered One of the biggest visual platforms to shine in. Once you start outshining on youtube, all your dreams may get Fulfilled. So in this article, we will be going through some strategies of youtube and some of its Algorithms which have been followed over 1- 2 years, and How to watch time if a viewer in your channel Impacts the success of Youtuber.

What is watch time?

Watch time is the total amount your audience watches your videos. It means if they have sticked to your video for about 10 minutes it would be counted as whole 10 minutes. Watch time estates the valuable insights that a creator can evaluate after analyzing the viewers watching and thus can find their audience’s area of interest.

Higher watch time thus increases the video ranking and recommendations.

Why is watch time important?

Long ago, in 2012, youtube changed its Policy by considering Watch time as a priority by replacing views as a priority. Later, youtube Algorithms said that views could be a good source to rank a particular video as the changes suggest clear observation of watch time will contribute as part of Ranking. So, one should focus on watch time, as keeping the viewer’s opinion in mind can increase your count.

Now there are many other ways. One may infer that during the journey of youtube.

It means there are two ways of increasing watch time

°Organic

°Purchased

Now the beginners who mostly suffer because of the fewer views or likes or subscribers, or even viewers watch time prefer purchasing the watch time and increasing their watch time by this method.

On the other hand, some of the intermediate YouTubers who have built some of their stardom don’t go with purchased One but apply organic methods to build watch time.

Now, here are some organic methods which you can work to increase your channel watch time

Give an Awesome start to your video.

Many Youtubers creating Great Content fail to get Recognition, which can be a lack of infectious intro. Try giving a short brief about what you can expect from this video, and a the end, try giving a summary because, every time you create a video, you will be dealing with a new audience. You have to ensure the audience who has visited your channel for the First Time comes again to grab the Content. So here, the intro plays a crucial role in keeping your audience engaged.

Posting regularly and being active:- once you have finalized and opened an account on YouTube, being proactive in YouTube will give you engagement. For better engagement, you need to be regular and on target. Afterward, you can focus more on selecting the type, your audience, and the uniqueness of the video your audience prefers to watch, giving your channel the Maximum watch time. You have to focus on many sectors, and once you are done with these, you can start posting your valuable Content daily.

Find the best keyword:– another great way that will help you increase your video’s watch time. And with better keywords and proper usage of hashtags, the video ranking supports higher; thus, more people can watch your Content, and indirectly will increase watch time. Also, focusing on Search engine optimization (SEO) will improve your rank and thus will increase the search and demand for your video.

Add Relevant thumbnails – try to add engaged and relevant thumbnails which can reach attractive viewers in one sight. For reference, your video’s watch time and clicks can increase by customized thumbnails at a good percentage.

Avoid adding all the things at a time in a single Thumbnail which can decrease the click-per-rate for your video.

Create playlists of your video – try to make videos on a series that may boost the viewers’ interest so that they can eagerly wait for the video, which indirectly increases the watch time of your video. Well, Creating a playlist can be a creative and intelligent option because your try is to satisfy the viewer fully; thus, try that no viewer can go without getting what they want.

Time-to-time analysis – using YouTube analytics and considering results can more often be a good way to check your rate of success. It means regularly checking your channel progress. Here you get a lot of information about your channel and which action and activity has led to your YouTube channel’s Growth.

There are millions of points you can get through, and among them, there are still an uncountable number of videos that leads to organic ways, which may increase watch time.

Now there can be some points that favor purchased watch time

As many sites provide purchased likes or views, some provide purchased watch time that some follow.

Pros:-

Monetization eligibility:– this can be an obvious Point to cover that if you go with purchased watch time automatically, your need to complete 4000 hours of watch time will be completed. Thus this allows you to quickly and effectively monetize your channel.

Views can be increased effectively:- after purchasing watch time, your Growth can be visible overall, leading to more views, likes, and comments on your video.

 More visibility:- purchasing watch time can result in High visibility by the unknown audience, which means your video can directly go into viewers’ recommendations. Thus, if your video, Thumbnail, or outline of the video is good, it can give A boost to your channel.

If there are various pros, that doesn’t mean it could not have any Cons. Purchasing any of these can contain several Disadvantages like Risk, fraud, unsatisfied results, and much more. While working organically will not hold any of these Disadvantages.

CONCLUSION

By Looking into both aspects, you can decide which one you have to choose, but going with an organic option is slow but fruitful. So the choice is yours, and everything is good once and if you make it right.