The share of people who saw your thumbnail and title on YouTube and clicked to watch.
YouTube Studio counts an impression each time your thumbnail is shown, and CTR is the percentage of those that became views. Title and thumbnail are what move it.
A high CTR with low retention means the packaging promised more than the video gave; work on both together.
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Try itYouTube’s name for mass-produced or repetitive videos: content that looks made from a template, with little difference from one video to the next.
OpenVideos built mostly from someone else’s material (clips, audio, text) without significant original commentary, editing or educational value.
OpenThe program that lets a channel earn from YouTube: ads, memberships and more, once it meets the thresholds and is accepted.
OpenWhat a creator earns for every 1,000 views, after YouTube’s share: the number that turns views into money.
OpenWhat advertisers pay for 1,000 ad impressions. It is not what the creator earns: that is RPM.
OpenA YouTube or TikTok channel whose creator never appears on camera: narration over footage, images or animation.
Open