Insights & Trends

If you're already producing long-form videos, you’ve got everything you need to win on Shorts, Reels, and TikTok. But dumping clips into short-form doesn’t work anymore. Platforms have moved on, and so have your viewers.

Why YouTube watch time stalls even when views look fine, why “good” videos still bleed people at the same timestamps, and how you can actually increase watch time without turning your channel into a circus.

Your old videos are sitting there and collecting dust? Most old content still has life in it, but you need to know how to dig it out.

The first 5 seconds determine whether someone stays or clicks away. Viewers leaving in the early seconds sends a clear signal to the algorithm that the content doesn’t hold interest. That opening moment needs to lock eyes with the audience and pull them into something they can’t skip.