u/Equivalent_Fix4388

Does posting daily actually move the needle on Shorts growth or is it a myth?

Testing daily posts versus 3 per week. Curious what others are seeing. Does the algorithm reward frequency or does quality per post matter more right now?

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 3 days ago

African history shorts are an untapped lane on YouTube. Here is why the numbers back it up.

The audience is massive, underserved, and loyal. Diaspora viewers share this content on WhatsApp, X, and TikTok at high rates. Retention is strong because people feel personally connected to the subject. Low competition, high engagement. Worth testing if you are looking for a niche.

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 4 days ago

Three African leaders most people have never heard of who changed history.

Shaka Zulu gets mentioned. Thomas Sankara gets mentioned. But what about Queen Nzinga of Angola who held off the Portuguese for decades? Or Samori Toure who built and defended an empire against French colonization? These stories are waiting to be made into shorts. The research alone is worth the effort.

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 5 days ago

What is your best performing short in the last 30 days and what was your hook?

Trying to track what hooks are landing right now. Mine was "The Congo holds 24 trillion dollars in minerals and remains one of the poorest nations on earth. That is not a paradox. That is a system." First 3 seconds. Drop yours below.

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 5 days ago

African history shorts are an untapped lane on YouTube. Here is why the numbers back it up.

The audience is massive, underserved, and loyal. Diaspora viewers share this content on WhatsApp, X, and TikTok at high rates. Retention is strong because people feel personally connected to the subject. Low competition, high engagement. Worth testing if you are looking for a niche.

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 6 days ago
▲ 4 r/ShortsCity+1 crossposts

Title: Mansa Musa brought so much gold to Egypt in 1324 that he crashed their economy for a decade. This story gets 10x more views than I expected.

Made a short on Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca and the gold flood that followed. The comments went wild. People genuinely do not know this story. African history shorts hold watch time better than trending topics. Anyone else finding that historical content outperforms news-based shorts?

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u/Equivalent_Fix4388 — 6 days ago