Reposting deleted YouTube Shorts often hurts momentum temporarily.
Reposting deleted YouTube Shorts often hurts momentum temporarily. What you’re seeing is common, especially if the same videos were removed and uploaded again. Here’s why it happens and what to do next. Why views dropped after deleting & reposting 1. You reset the video history When a Short performs well, YouTube learns: who likes it, what audience watches it, watch time behavior. Deleting removes that history. Reuploading starts from zero. 2. Reposted content may be treated as duplicate/reused If the video is almost identical: same clip, same audio, same captions, same timing, YouTube may test it less aggressively in the Shorts feed. 3. Channel consistency matters Deleting many videos can affect: channel stability, viewer history, recommendation confidence. The algorithm prefers channels that consistently upload rather than constantly remove content. Good news Your channel is probably not dead . Most small creators recover by postin...