YouTube adjusts Shorts algorithm to focus on originality and reduce exposure of low-processing videos

YouTube announced adjustments to its Shots algorithm to focus on originality. (Picture/official website)

One of the most annoying situations when scrolling YouTube Shorts is that the same popular video is constantly moved around by different accounts, or even re-listed just by changing the subtitles and applying a template. YouTube is also preparing to take action. In the future, this kind of "low-processing moving film" may be more difficult to recommend.

YouTube takes action to rectify low-process moving videos

YouTube's latest official announcement stated that it will update the Shorts recommendation system to further "focus on originality", that is, to increase the exposure of original content, while reducing the reach of Shorts that re-upload other creators' videos without adding obvious new content.

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For example, if you directly intercept funny clips from other people's live broadcasts, or cut a short section of a popular creator's long video and re-upload it, if you hardly add your own content, it will not be easily pushed by the algorithm in the Shorts feed in the future.

It’s not that you can’t create a second creation, the key is to have original value

However, YouTube does not completely ban "secondary creation" or organized content. Officials emphasize that if you use video clips from other creators, as long as you add substantial original value, you will still have a chance to be recommended normally, such as adding your own opinions and comments, unique editing methods or story narration.

On the contrary, if you only make slight technical adjustments, such as changing the size, applying a fixed template, and adding simple subtitles, just to make the video look different, YouTube believes that this does not really increase the original value.

YouTube also pointed out that if a channel is determined to mainly compile or re-upload videos from other creators without significant changes, its overall exposure in the Shorts feed may decrease in the future. As for creators cutting their long videos into shorts to promote the full version of the content, in principle they are not within the scope of this major rectification. The focus of YouTube’s lock this time is on accounts that re-upload “videos from other creators”.

For ordinary users, the biggest benefit of this adjustment is that the Shorts recommendation page is expected to have less repetitive content, so they do not have to keep seeing the same popular video appearing repeatedly in different accounts. YouTube said that in addition to improving the viewing experience, this adjustment also hopes to provide creators who are truly invested in original content with better opportunities for growth and exposure.

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