u/__Dread

TLDR;
Started uploading videos on old channel in late 2025, was getting good views until I started uploading shorts this April and long from views plummeted, went form 500-1500 to 200-500, uploaded a voiceover video last week (myself, contains curse words) and now my videos don't even cross 50 views

Hello guys, I run a gaming channel, it was inactive for a few years as I was busy with my job but I started posting Genshin Impact videos on it in the late 2025, it started getting good amount of views, on one of the videos it even crossed 10k views, one 5k and another one 3k, it was going pretty good until 2 months ago, they started getting 200-300 views compared to what I was normally getting earlier (500-1500 views), and in the last week my videos didn't even cross 50 views (screenshot in the comments)

1. Changes I made in the last week for long form
   • Didn't upload for almost 2 weeks as I was trying to complete a very hard endgame mode, but I've previously taken 7-10 days of gaps and I'd still get normal views so I don't know about this one
   • Uploaded a video with voiceover (myself, contains curse words)
   • Uploaded a video of a different game that I sometimes stream (Sekiro Speedrun, this was like a month ago)
   • Stopped adding keywords (big chunk of 600-700 characters in the description, I tried adding them back in one video last week but it still performed the same so I continued not adding them
2. 50% of the A/B testing videos usually get less views even back when I was getting good views
3. I'm planning on making videos with face cam in a few weeks, should I just upload a video now with a face cam, like a face reveal sort, so YouTube thinks this channel is actually ran by a human being? (I saw a video where the guy said uploading a face cam video can get you out of the 1k view jail on shorts so it might also work for long form?)
4. I also started posting shorts in April and I think that was when my long form views started plummeting
5. Shorts not going over 1k views, a few of them reached 1.5k to 2k but that was the max, the only short with the highest views is a very old one that was sitting at 5k views but ever since I started posting videos again in late 2025 it's been getting consistent views and is now at 9k views

Side note - I plan on uploading videos of different games (Sekiro, Elden Ring, RDR, GTA VI in the future, Dark Souls, and random funny multiplayer games) so is it okay to do it on this channel as I've only been uploading Genshin videos for now.

1. Should I create a new channel for Genshin and upload videos as collaboration with my main channel and they completely move to the new channel for Genshin?
2. Keep uploading Genshin videos on this channel and create a new channel for other games?
3. Upload all the videos on this channel?

Thanks a lot for reading all that, I'd really appreciate it if someone experienced would take a look at my channel and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Any other feedback from you guys would also be helpful.

TLDR;
Started uploading videos on old channel in late 2025, was getting good views until I started uploading shorts this April and long from views plummeted, went form 500-1500 to 200-500, uploaded a voiceover video last week (myself, contains curse words) and now my videos don't even cross 50 views

Hello guys, I run a gaming channel, it was inactive for a few years as I was busy with my job but I started posting Genshin Impact videos on it in the late 2025, it started getting good amount of views, on one of the videos it even crossed 10k views, one 5k and another one 3k, it was going pretty good until 2 months ago, they started getting 200-300 views compared to what I was normally getting earlier (500-1500 views), and in the last week my videos didn't even cross 50 views (screenshot in the comments)

1. Changes I made in the last week for long form
   • Didn't upload for almost 2 weeks as I was trying to complete a very hard endgame mode, but I've previously taken 7-10 days of gaps and I'd still get normal views so I don't know about this one
   • Uploaded a video with voiceover (myself, contains curse words)
   • Uploaded a video of a different game that I sometimes stream (Sekiro Speedrun, this was like a month ago)
   • Stopped adding keywords (big chunk of 600-700 characters in the description, I tried adding them back in one video last week but it still performed the same so I continued not adding them
2. 50% of the A/B testing videos usually get less views even back when I was getting good views
3. I'm planning on making videos with face cam in a few weeks, should I just upload a video now with a face cam, like a face reveal sort, so YouTube thinks this channel is actually ran by a human being? (I saw a video where the guy said uploading a face cam video can get you out of the 1k view jail on shorts so it might also work for long form?)
4. I also started posting shorts in April and I think that was when my long form views started plummeting
5. Shorts not going over 1k views, a few of them reached 1.5k to 2k but that was the max, the only short with the highest views is a very old one that was sitting at 5k views but ever since I started posting videos again in late 2025 it's been getting consistent views and is now at 9k views

Side note - I plan on uploading videos of different games (Sekiro, Elden Ring, RDR, GTA VI in the future, Dark Souls, and random funny multiplayer games) so is it okay to do it on this channel as I've only been uploading Genshin videos for now.

1. Should I create a new channel for Genshin and upload videos as collaboration with my main channel and they completely move to the new channel for Genshin?
2. Keep uploading Genshin videos on this channel and create a new channel for other games?
3. Upload all the videos on this channel?

Thanks a lot for reading all that, I'd really appreciate it if someone experienced would take a look at my channel and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Any other feedback from you guys would also be helpful.