How To Get More Views on YouTube

The best way to get more views on YouTube is to optimize your videos so they show up in search and recommendations
— and keep viewers engaged once they click. That means mastering clickable thumbnails, compelling titles, and content that delivers on its promise.


With 10+ billion views tracked through coaching and tools, vidIQ provides data-backed insights into what drives video discovery.


In this section, we will break down strategies, examples, and case studies so you can consistently grow your views.

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Mar 24, 2020

16 min read

How to Turn Your Passion into a Killer YouTube Career: TubeTalk 183 with Josh...

There’s a big myth around YouTube - that it’s saturated, and there’s no room for new creators. Find out why that's wr...
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Mar 23, 2020

5 min read

How to be Successful as an Entertainer on YouTube: TubeTalk 204 with Chris Tu...

YouTube is an amazing platform for any entertainer to show off their skills. Learn how to use it effectively as a mar...
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Mar 10, 2020

10 min read

How to Grow Your YouTube Channel Fast & Free

Discover expert strategies on how to grow your YouTube channel fast and free. Learn data‑driven tips and use vidIQ fr...
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Mar 10, 2020

5 min read

How to Generate 300,000 Subscribers for Your YouTube Channel

Want to know how to grow your YouTube Channel to over 300K subscribers? Take a look at what vidIQ did to reach that g...
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Mar 10, 2020

8 min read

How to Get More YouTube Views: 20x Increase in 2 Weeks!

How does a relatively new channel on YouTube get an impressive number of views in just a couple of weeks? Well it com...
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Mar 10, 2020

19 min read

How to Get More Views and Subscribers on YouTube with vidIQ

Want to know how to use vidIQ's famous tool to help you generate more YouTube views and subscribers? Here's an in-dep...
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Mar 10, 2020

4 min read

The Five Big Mistakes YouTubers Make: TubeTalk Episode 164

Are you a YouTube creator making one of these 5 huge mistakes? Take a listen to this week's TubeTalk podcast and find...
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Mar 10, 2020

4 min read

How to Get More Views on YouTube From Your Subscribers

Did you know there's one very simple (and kind of obvious trick) that could get you more YouTube views from your subs...
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Mar 10, 2020

14 min read

4 Common Mistakes YouTubers Make (And How to Correct Them FAST!)

Are you struggling to grow your YouTube channel but not getting anywhere? Check that you're not making these 4 very c...
Person analyzing a video with 1.2M views, 2K likes, and 17K dislikes on YouTube.

Mar 10, 2020

12 min read

Did We Clickbait YouTube? [An Unintentional Case Study]

One of our beginner guide videos on the vidIQ YouTube channel just hit over 2.5M views. But did we unintentionally cl...
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Mar 10, 2020

17 min read

13 MISTAKES New YouTubers Like YOU Make - and How To Avoid Them

As video creators, we all make mistakes on our YouTube journeys, and here are some of yours.
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Mar 10, 2020

7 min read

How Do YouTube Videos Actually Get Discovered by Viewers?

Did you know that YouTube collects over 80 billion bits of information about user behavior on the platform every sing...