I’m embarrassed to write this. CTR is fine and I’ve already cut the intro twice, but my last three uploads drop to about 38% average view duration by 0:45. Sponsors notice. I work alone and can’t put more hours into editing. What actually moved your retention, not just views?
Retention dies at 40 seconds and I’m out of ideas
What a useful answer should help achieve
Walk away with one edit-level change I can test this week without rebuilding the channel.
Already tried
Tightened hooks, cut intros twice, fixed thumbnails.
Constraints and unknowns
Solo creator; editing time is the binding limit.
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