BrandonSeptember 16, 2026
The YouTube Growth Tools Nobody Writes About (2026)
Every roundup of YouTube growth tools names the same five products. Almost none of them mention the features YouTube shipped in the last year that put a small channel's video in front of strangers at no cost. This page...
BrandonSeptember 10, 2026
What Is Views (Co-Viewed) in YouTube Analytics?
YouTube has added its third view metric in a single month. On August 24, 2026 public views started counting from the first frame, with the stricter number renamed engaged views. On August 31 a new private number appeared in...
BrandonSeptember 8, 2026
YouTube’s New View Count: Views vs Engaged Views, Explained
Here is what changed, where to find the number that still matters, how much inflation to expect on a channel your size, and how to talk about views with sponsors now that there are two of them. What exactly...
BrandonFebruary 25, 2020
YouTube Upload Checklist: Every Setting That Affects Views
The YouTube upload screen has changed more since 2020 than almost any other part of the platform. Tags quietly stopped mattering, chapters and title testing arrived, and two disclosure toggles were added that can strip features off a video...
BrandonJanuary 15, 2020
Is Your YouTube Channel Made for Kids? COPPA in 2026
The audience question has been mandatory on every YouTube channel since January 2020, and it has only grown teeth since. The FTC rewrote the COPPA Rule in 2025, and YouTube now runs its own classifier that can overrule your...
BrandonDecember 17, 2019
How Do You Rank a YouTube Video in Search?
Most advice about ranking on YouTube is a decade old and was never sourced. This guide sticks to what YouTube publishes about its own systems, adds the competitor research that still works, and flags the tactics with no support...