Okay. I commented this on another post that provided a bit of vague knowledge, but I think a lot of this stuff answers your questions. A little of the context makes no sense, since was replying to someone else, but most of this comment should be useful. Another thing is that while I’m not 100% sure of this, I’m fairly confident, since most of this comment is based on YouTube’s current algorithm and systems that we know about. Shorts bring views which aren’t as saturated with watch time (the max being one minute), which has the POTENTIAL to mess up your audience. That being said, since people are more likely to watch the whole video, it means that the short’s retention is fairly high, which could be why they get promoted so much. I think a more apt statement is this: “Don’t post A LOT of shorts on your channel” or “Don’t post shorts FREQUENTLY”. This way, it acts as booster, and not a ball-and-chain. The idea is to have shorts be complementing the normal videos, not the other way around. You can’t post 5 shorts in a week, and then one regular 15 min video, and expect the 15 min one to take off because of the shorts. The obvious question would then be “Why not keep the shorts on a second channel, and provide a link to your main channel?”. The answer, quite simply, is because our brain is lazy. People tend to view shorts and leave it at that, some don’t even bother checking the channel. For those who do check the channel, it’s unlikely that they then look into whether the creator has a “main channel” or not. What probably happens is that a few get genuinely interested and check out the shorts channel, while the rest either click away, or subscribe as some kind of formality. Another piece of advice that definitely shouldn’t be overlooked is to make sure the shorts match your regular content, but offer a different perspective. If someone views a short, and then sees your channel is different from what the short showed, then it’s highly likely, that they’ll click off. Keeping your shorts in line with your regular content is important. For example, I do gaming videos, and I for a recent one of them, I uploaded a short that shows a brief overview of the editing process. For those who see the short, they know that it’s related to a gaming video, so the ones who end up on my channel know the type of content I’d be doing. Hell, they’d know the specific GAME I’m playing, since that’s the focus of the shorts which shows the editing of video. So, to sum it up, shorts only hurt if they’re spammed on the channel, and too different from the regular content. Honestly, that’s the same for any video posted on any channel. That way, you can profit off of the exposure they gain, without the shorts becoming a hindrance to your growth. More on reddit.com

Real advice? Done is better than perfect.

Maybe I'm projecting my own issues onto you, who knows? I've had a problem with this in the past, but I suspect your issue isn't really video or audio quality. I suspect the issue is that you have an image of a perfect superstar first video(that will get 100mln views, of course) in your mind and reality is failing to meet your expectations.

Done is better than perfect - and it's certainly better than imaginary. Set yourself a hard deadline of when you HAVE to get your first video out and stick to it - your video is as good as you can make it by then, that's it.

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Www.answerthepublic.com is a brilliant tool to get content creation ideas based on what people are searching for.

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Ouch sorry, looks like you were too late, should have started 2 minutes ago.

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