So recently I have been getting a whole lot of organic traffic from youtube shorts for my 40-60 sec rap videos which help me increase my subscriber rate tremendously. So I made a similar video but cut it to 15 sec and got like 85% of people watching the full video a doubled my subscriber rate anyone else having similar success with YouTube shorts?

Soooooo I heard from another artist I rock with that Spotify is releasing a video feature that is currently in beta mode. I think this could increase engagement what do you all think?

Ok y'all, my album release is less than a week away. I thought I'd know exactly what kind of marketing I'd want to put my money into, but aside from Google ads I'm not sure! Should I put some into a playlisting campaign? That'd be sure to get me streams, but it's hard to find a legit company that's affordable. This album release is more than just another release for me. This is the most important piece of work I've ever done, and if marketed right it could be the thing that propels me to the next level. I just really wanna know how best to do that. Honestly I'm really good at doing the work myself for marketing and networking, I've organically gotten myself where I am today. But on this one I want to also put some funds into some professional stuff. What should I do?

I consistently am seeing evidence that yt will be the scene in 2023. What are y'all planning to do to optimize your growth on YouTube this year?

I have had some very significant success as an independent artist. I go by Derek Minor. On IG, I'm sitting at 137k organic followers. I've never bought any followers or engagement. I also went pretty inactive over a time and had sporadic posts. What I've noticed is no matter what I post, the amount of followers that I lose exceeds the ones that I gain. Even with really decent content. I'd love to know has anyone ever experienced that?