YouTube Self-Destruction! Did Unlisting my Top Video Crash my Channel?

Self experimentation on a monetized YouTube channel can be dangerous, but I did it anyway!

I wanted to know the impact on my channel if I lost the video with the most views and highest click-through rate. I did not deleted the video, but I switched it to "unlisted" for a 48 hour period, the duration tracked be YouTube Realtime analytics. I also removed it from all playlists so it would not have any public presence.

In this video, I analyze both video and channel view counts, real-time analytics for the unlisted video as well as the channel, and total views for the channel, both before and after I unlist. I examine other pieces of analytics such as traffic source types, audience retention, and more.

I compare search rank using YouTube Search, Google Video Search, and Duckduckgo video search, and discuss the before and after comparison of all these statistics as I conduct this YouTube experiment.

The video I unlisted is titled ASRock B450M Pro4 Motherboard Installation | Ryzen 5 2600X Build, Part 4
It is available to view HERE:
https://youtu.be/g7rG6YQ90FY

Prior to unlisting, this video was ranking 5th on both YouTube video search and Google video search for this product.

Even though the results of this experiment are somewhat predictable, if you want to see 10 minutes of analytics deep dive, jump right in... I found this to be an interesting exercise that taught ME a few things about YouTube statistical data!

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