u/Suspicious_Ad_6271

Brand new channel, only seven impressions...I feel like I'm doing something wrong

Pretty much a complete noob/lurker, here. I just uploaded my "first" video: niche topic (intelligence analysis / targeting).

Here are my stats after about 24 hours:

  • 13 views
  • 7 impressions
  • 14% CTR (probably meaningless, I know :-) )
  • 0 subscribers

I guess my question is really about those 7 impressions. Does YouTube not show new channels to anyone until there's some baseline of watch time? ...especially rehashed channels?

I ask this because I tried starting a channel before and uploaded three (unrelated to this) videos that went absolutely nowhere. I deleted them before uploading this one. I now feel that this was a mistake. Should I have started a completely fresh channel instead?

I'm not asking how to go viral and I'm not expecting a ton of views. I just want to understand whether there's something structural happening here or whether I just need to be patient and keep uploading.

Any and all insight is appreciated.

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u/Suspicious_Ad_6271 — 8 hours ago