B
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64.8%
64.8% -- share of posts stuck in 500 view jail for YouTube Shorts (2025)
64.8% of analyzed YouTube Shorts got stuck in the 500 view jail stage.
- directional only due to small sample size (n=176)
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Value
64.8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
176
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
gpt.social (SocialGPT)
Primary
Tier B
https://gpt.social/blog/short-form-video-500-view-test-study ↗
Source Article
We Analyzed 17,995 Short-Form Videos: Here's What Actually Escapes the 500-View Test
We Analyzed 17,995 Short-Form Videos: Here's What Actually Escapes the 500-View Test
The short answer
After analyzing 17,995 short-form videos across TikTok (16,532), Instagram (1,287), and YouTube (176), we found that roughly 80% get stuck in the initial 500-view algorithmic test on both TikTok and…
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gpt.social (SocialGPT)
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Methodology
Small sample (176 posts), directional only per authors
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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YouTube Shorts: 64.8% share of posts stuck in 500 view jail. Source: gpt.social (SocialGPT) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-jail-rate-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-jail-rate-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>64.8%</strong> -- share of posts stuck in 500 view jail for YouTube Shorts<br><small>Source: gpt.social (SocialGPT) (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-jail-rate-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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