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Why Did My YouTube
Video Fail?

Paste 8 numbers from YouTube Studio. Get one diagnosis — distribution, packaging, retention, or satisfaction — and one experiment to run next.

No generic advice. No "make better content." Just the math and the fix.

Daily Limit Reached

You have used all 5 free autopsies today. Come back tomorrow.

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1
Video Basics REQUIRED
Exact Video Title
Channel Subscribers
Helps benchmark your numbers
Hours Live
Under 48h = provisional diagnosis only
2
Your Studio Numbers REQUIRED
📊 Where to find these in YouTube Studio
→ Go to YouTube Studio → Content → click your video
→ Click Analytics → then the Reach tab for impressions + CTR
→ Click Engagement tab for watch time and retention
→ Click Audience tab for subs gained from this video
Impressions
Reach tab → Impressions
Click-through Rate (CTR %)
Reach tab → Impressions CTR
Total Views
Overview tab
Video Length (minutes)
Total video duration
Avg View Duration (minutes)
Engagement tab
Avg % Viewed
Engagement tab
Subscribers Gained
Audience tab → Subs from this video
Likes
Comments
Traffic Sources — Top 3 (optional but very useful)
3
Your Last 5 Videos Average OPTIONAL — makes diagnosis much more accurate
Without this we use small-channel floor benchmarks. With this we compare you to you.
Usual CTR %
Usual Avg % Viewed
Usual Views per Video
4
Optional — Makes the Retention Diagnosis Much Better
First 30 Seconds Retention %
From retention graph in Studio
First 20 Seconds of Your Script / Hook
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Running the autopsy...

Diagnosing your funnel from the numbers — takes about 10 seconds

YT
What YouTube Decided vs What Viewers Decided
The algorithm shows. People choose.
YouTube decided:
Viewers decided:
VS
This Video vs Your Usual
Your numbers compared to your own baseline — not MrBeast
PA
Promise Audit — Title vs Thumbnail vs Opening
Did the video deliver what the packaging sold?
EXP
One Experiment — One Metric — One Window
Do exactly this. Read it in exactly this long. Nothing else.
The Change
Do NOT Touch
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What Not to Fix
Fixing the wrong layer wastes weeks. This is the one to leave alone.
2ND
Secondary Observation
Worth noting — but fix the primary layer first
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