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YouTube Analytics — @justinvinai

Pulled: 2026-04-10 13:36 PDT | Channel: Justin | Subscribers: 8 | Total Views: 6,457

📊 Channel Overview

Metric Value
Total videos 24 (22 public, 1 unlisted, 1 broken/0s)
Total views 6,457
Channel age ~5 days (first upload Apr 5)
Subscribers 8
Total likes 47
Total comments 1

🏆 Top 10 Videos by Views

# Title Views Likes Eng% Duration Type
1 Predator vs Prey — GoL HD 2,363 8 0.38% 59s Short
2 Territory Capture Day 5 1,762 7 0.40% 1m1s Video*
3 World Pop Bar Chart Race Day 1 (v2) 1,579 5 0.32% 1m5s Video*
4 World Pop Bar Chart Race Day 2 1,223 7 0.57% 1m5s Video*
5 100 Countries Marble Race Day 4 579 5 0.86% 41s Short
6 Territory Capture Day 7 (public) 388 8 2.06% 1m1s Video*
7 Predator vs Prey — Territorial Warfare 387 4 1.03% 59s Short
8 Marble Race Day 3 241 0 0.00% 41s Short
9 Day 5 Marble Race 90 2 2.22% 47s Short
10 Predator vs Prey — GoL Ecosystem 87 0 0.00% 59s Short

*Videos at 61-65s are NOT classified as Shorts by YouTube despite #shorts tags — this affects distribution.

📁 Series Breakdown

🟢 Territory Capture (7 videos)

Day Views Likes Duration Format
Day 1 43 1 5m1s Long
Day 2 6 0 5m25s Long
Day 3 2 0 5m25s Long
Day 4 4 0 5m25s Long
Day 5 1,762 7 1m1s Short-ish
Day 6 4 0 1m1s Short-ish
Day 7 (public) 388 8 1m1s Short-ish
Total 2,210 16

Pattern: Long-form (5min) gets almost zero views. Short-format (~1min) gets picked up by algorithm. Day 5 was the breakout.

🔴 Predator vs Prey / Game of Life (6 videos)

Title Views Likes Duration
GoL HD 2,363 8 59s ✅
Territorial Warfare 387 4 59s ✅
GoL Ecosystem (Apr 8) 87 0 59s ✅
Life Always Finds a Way 83 0 54s ✅
GoL Ecosystem (Apr 9) 0 0 0s ❌ broken
Total 2,920 12

Pattern: The #1 video on the channel. True Shorts (≤60s) that get shelf distribution. The HD version massively outperformed.

📊 Bar Chart Race (4 videos)

Title Views Likes Duration
World Pop Day 1 (v2 title) 1,579 5 1m5s
World Pop Day 2 1,223 7 1m5s
World Pop Day 1 (v1 title) 65 0 1m5s
Companies Founded 52 0 1m11s
Total 2,919 12

Pattern: World Population topic crushes it. The better-titled version got 24x more views than the poorly-titled duplicate. Companies by Industry flopped.

🔵 Marble Race (5 videos)

Day Views Likes Duration
Day 1 1 0 1m8s
Day 2 2 0 45s
Day 3 241 0 41s
Day 4 579 5 41s
Day 5 90 2 47s
Total 913 7

Pattern: Clear improvement. Days 1-2 dead, Day 3-4 found traction. "100 Countries Marble Race" title outperformed "pinball elimination."

🎨 JUSTIN Branding (2 videos)

Title Views
JUSTIN v4 Territory Capture 3
JUSTIN Magnetic GoL 2

Zero distribution. No search intent, no hook.

🔑 Key Insights

✅ What's Working

  1. Predator vs Prey is the top series — 2,920 total views, contains the #1 video (2,363)
  2. Bar Chart Race has strong potential — 2,919 views, but World Population topic carries it
  3. Short format dominates — every video over 100 views is ≤65 seconds
  4. Territory Capture found its format — Long (Days 1-4) avg 14 views; Short (Days 5-7) avg 718

❌ What's NOT Working

  1. Long-form (5min) is dead — avg 14 views vs 718 for short versions of same content
  2. Branding videos — JUSTIN-titled videos get zero traction
  3. Duplicate uploads — two Bar Chart Day 1 versions; worse title got 65 vs 1,579
  4. Duration over 60s kills Shorts distribution — 61-65s videos don't hit Shorts shelf

⚠️ Critical Duration Issue

YouTube Shorts MUST be ≤60 seconds. Several videos are 61-65s tagged #shorts but classified as regular videos. Territory Capture Day 5 got 1,762 views despite being 61s — imagine if it were a true Short.

📈 Engagement Rate Leaders (min 50 views)

  1. Territory Capture Day 7: 2.06%
  2. Marble Race Day 4: 0.86%
  3. Bar Chart Race Day 2: 0.57%
  4. Territory Capture Day 5: 0.40%
  5. Predator vs Prey HD: 0.38%

📋 Recommendations

  1. Keep ALL Shorts under 59 seconds — don't lose Shorts shelf distribution
  2. Double down on Predator vs Prey — it's the proven winner
  3. Bar Chart Race works but only with compelling topics — World Population >> Companies
  4. Kill long-form for now — no audience for 5-min videos yet
  5. Territory Capture short format works — continue the daily series
  6. Clean up: Delete the broken 0-view Predator vs Prey, unlist the duplicate Bar Chart Day 1
  7. Title optimization: Descriptive > clever. "World Population by Country" >> "Bar Chart Race Day 1"