Why My Channel Got an Audience Retention Penalty After a Shorts Loop Glitch and the Editing Pattern That Fixed Watch Time
As a creator on YouTube Shorts, I’ve experienced incredible growth opportunities—and just as many unexpected setbacks. One such surprise was the sudden drop in audience retention on my most successful videos due to what I later discovered was a Shorts loop glitch. My metrics tanked overnight, and I was left scrambling to understand what had […]
