Question is the title Text takes up 90% of thumbnail Text is super small Asks a question but video never answers it Mid- sentence jump cut Part 45282 "If you’re still watching…” Feedback request is bare Family guy/Simpsons clips Youtube generated thumbnails Just YTing for money/fame Default game screenshot No/low effort post Uses low- res facecam over high- res footage No/low energy No/low edits Reddit reading Obvious TikTok trend Still using default avatar Has watermark or editing app tag The first ever indie horror letsplayer?! Pitches a Patreon on video one Sudden volume spikes Uses a collage in thumbnail Explains what they’re about to do instead of doing it Audio desynced from video Calls subscribers fans How old are you? Upload rate for "consistency" points Obvious scam Ends video with "That’s it I guess…" Audio clipping Intro sequence You won’t believe this (but you do) Echo Emotionless expression Long loading screen or pause left in video Spelling or grammar error in title Ends title with ellipses... Subscriber milestone shoutout Lighting problems A friend posted this?! Trying to be cool 😎 A topic viewers aren't interested in Gameplay footage with no commentary 90 seconds of nothing Asks to ask questions Title is 100+ characters Rambling No color stroke when needed Long intro... Still going... Omg they're still introing Video tags say funny, cool, YouTube "Letsplay" is really a "watch me play" Ugly/unreadable font Copies another channel Asks for video help, posts channel link SEO everywhere Horizontal video forced into vertical "Sorry for the bad quality” Memes Obnoxiously loud meme sound No persona "I need feedback on..." "I have _ stat and _ stats, why don't I have views/subs?!" Dat ✨saturation✨ baby Thumbnail spoilers video Title contains clickbait phrases Starts with “Hey guys welcome back to my channel” Not adding to the niche/topic Adverse reaction to feedback Title starts with "My First..." Overuses zooms or creative edits No hook?! No ending, just stops Thumbnail makes you cry Commentary- less commentary content Broken/bad mic Audio is too quiet or makes your ears bleed Minecraft letsplay Is wrong, confidently Cringe Used same thumbnail as last video Thumbnail has more than 5 words Clear crosspost Clickbait thumbnail that doesn’t match video Reads direct from script Thumbnail facial expression is mid Vague title Clear cta spot not used Title and thumbnail repeat exact same phrase Dead eyes Starts with dead air Explains YouTube’s rules or algorithm mid-video Venting in a non- vent video "My video blew up!!" Video has 100 views Fan Post Posted 100 videos, no views Red font Talking head is... only talking head "I need advice from a YPP" Fake energy Too early CTA Fake laugh Game name in thumbnail Overly enthusiastic Breaks ToS or YT policies "[Gone wrong] [Gone sexual]" Long outro No value to content Copyrighted material No captioning when needed "this is just a quick video" Entire title is a sentence Ai! Ai! Ai! OBS UI Blatantly sub/view fishing Background music overpowers speech ALL CAPS CLICKBAIT Hashtags in the title Thumbnail looks better than the video Apologizes for not uploading Misleading titles (clickbait) Shadow banned?! Text cuts only Laughs at their own joke no one else gets Promotes socials Tags video with MrBeast, PewDiePie, Dream Uses bots Ignores previous advice Reuploaded TikTok with watermark Reaction content without reactions Red arrows or circles Short thats just a cropped meme/tweet Does entire video in one take (poorly) Uses a common stock photo Title contradicts thumbnail Overstimulating edits Title promises drama that never comes Cuts off mid- sentence Audio ducking like a pond Thumbnail shows something not in the video Too many emojis Thumbnail has black bars Question is the title Text takes up 90% of thumbnail Text is super small Asks a question but video never answers it Mid- sentence jump cut Part 45282 "If you’re still watching…” Feedback request is bare Family guy/Simpsons clips Youtube generated thumbnails Just YTing for money/fame Default game screenshot No/low effort post Uses low- res facecam over high- res footage No/low energy No/low edits Reddit reading Obvious TikTok trend Still using default avatar Has watermark or editing app tag The first ever indie horror letsplayer?! Pitches a Patreon on video one Sudden volume spikes Uses a collage in thumbnail Explains what they’re about to do instead of doing it Audio desynced from video Calls subscribers fans How old are you? Upload rate for "consistency" points Obvious scam Ends video with "That’s it I guess…" Audio clipping Intro sequence You won’t believe this (but you do) Echo Emotionless expression Long loading screen or pause left in video Spelling or grammar error in title Ends title with ellipses... Subscriber milestone shoutout Lighting problems A friend posted this?! Trying to be cool 😎 A topic viewers aren't interested in Gameplay footage with no commentary 90 seconds of nothing Asks to ask questions Title is 100+ characters Rambling No color stroke when needed Long intro... Still going... Omg they're still introing Video tags say funny, cool, YouTube "Letsplay" is really a "watch me play" Ugly/unreadable font Copies another channel Asks for video help, posts channel link SEO everywhere Horizontal video forced into vertical "Sorry for the bad quality” Memes Obnoxiously loud meme sound No persona "I need feedback on..." "I have _ stat and _ stats, why don't I have views/subs?!" Dat ✨saturation✨ baby Thumbnail spoilers video Title contains clickbait phrases Starts with “Hey guys welcome back to my channel” Not adding to the niche/topic Adverse reaction to feedback Title starts with "My First..." Overuses zooms or creative edits No hook?! No ending, just stops Thumbnail makes you cry Commentary- less commentary content Broken/bad mic Audio is too quiet or makes your ears bleed Minecraft letsplay Is wrong, confidently Cringe Used same thumbnail as last video Thumbnail has more than 5 words Clear crosspost Clickbait thumbnail that doesn’t match video Reads direct from script Thumbnail facial expression is mid Vague title Clear cta spot not used Title and thumbnail repeat exact same phrase Dead eyes Starts with dead air Explains YouTube’s rules or algorithm mid-video Venting in a non- vent video "My video blew up!!" Video has 100 views Fan Post Posted 100 videos, no views Red font Talking head is... only talking head "I need advice from a YPP" Fake energy Too early CTA Fake laugh Game name in thumbnail Overly enthusiastic Breaks ToS or YT policies "[Gone wrong] [Gone sexual]" Long outro No value to content Copyrighted material No captioning when needed "this is just a quick video" Entire title is a sentence Ai! Ai! Ai! OBS UI Blatantly sub/view fishing Background music overpowers speech ALL CAPS CLICKBAIT Hashtags in the title Thumbnail looks better than the video Apologizes for not uploading Misleading titles (clickbait) Shadow banned?! Text cuts only Laughs at their own joke no one else gets Promotes socials Tags video with MrBeast, PewDiePie, Dream Uses bots Ignores previous advice Reuploaded TikTok with watermark Reaction content without reactions Red arrows or circles Short thats just a cropped meme/tweet Does entire video in one take (poorly) Uses a common stock photo Title contradicts thumbnail Overstimulating edits Title promises drama that never comes Cuts off mid- sentence Audio ducking like a pond Thumbnail shows something not in the video Too many emojis Thumbnail has black bars
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Question is the title
Text takes up 90% of thumbnail
Text is super small
Asks a question but video never answers it
Mid-sentence jump cut
Part 45282
"If you’re still watching…”
Feedback request is bare
Family guy/Simpsons clips
Youtube generated thumbnails
Just YTing for money/fame
Default game screenshot
No/low effort post
Uses low-res facecam over high-res footage
No/low energy
No/low edits
Reddit reading
Obvious TikTok trend
Still using default avatar
Has watermark or editing app tag
The first ever indie horror letsplayer?!
Pitches a Patreon on video one
Sudden volume spikes
Uses a collage in thumbnail
Explains what they’re about to do instead of doing it
Audio desynced from video
Calls subscribers fans
How old are you?
Upload rate for "consistency" points
Obvious scam
Ends video with "That’s it I guess…"
Audio clipping
Intro sequence
You won’t believe this (but you do)
Echo
Emotionless expression
Long loading screen or pause left in video
Spelling or grammar error in title
Ends title with ellipses...
Subscriber milestone shoutout
Lighting problems
A friend posted this?!
Trying to be cool 😎
A topic viewers aren't interested in
Gameplay footage with no commentary
90 seconds of nothing
Asks to ask questions
Title is 100+ characters
Rambling
No color stroke when needed
Long intro... Still going... Omg they're still introing
Video tags say funny, cool, YouTube
"Letsplay" is really a "watch me play"
Ugly/unreadable font
Copies another channel
Asks for video help, posts channel link
SEO everywhere
Horizontal video forced into vertical
"Sorry for the bad quality”
Memes
Obnoxiously loud meme sound
No persona
"I need feedback on..."
"I have _ stat and _ stats, why don't I have views/subs?!"
Dat ✨saturation✨ baby
Thumbnail spoilers video
Title contains clickbait phrases
Starts with “Hey guys welcome back to my channel”
Not adding to the niche/topic
Adverse reaction to feedback
Title starts with "My First..."
Overuses zooms or creative edits
No hook?!
No ending, just stops
Thumbnail makes you cry
Commentary-less commentary content
Broken/bad mic
Audio is too quiet or makes your ears bleed
Minecraft letsplay
Is wrong, confidently
Cringe
Used same thumbnail as last video
Thumbnail has more than 5 words
Clear crosspost
Clickbait thumbnail that doesn’t match video
Reads direct from script
Thumbnail facial expression is mid
Vague title
Clear cta spot not used
Title and thumbnail repeat exact same phrase
Dead eyes
Starts with dead air
Explains YouTube’s rules or algorithm mid-video
Venting in a non-vent video
"My video blew up!!" Video has 100 views
Fan Post
Posted 100 videos, no views
Red font
Talking head is... only talking head
"I need advice from a YPP"
Fake energy
Too early CTA
Fake laugh
Game name in thumbnail
Overly enthusiastic
Breaks ToS or YT policies
"[Gone wrong] [Gone sexual]"
Long outro
No value to content
Copyrighted material
No captioning when needed
"this is just a quick video"
Entire title is a sentence
Ai! Ai! Ai!
OBS UI
Blatantly sub/view fishing
Background music overpowers speech
ALL CAPS CLICKBAIT
Hashtags in the title
Thumbnail looks better than the video
Apologizes for not uploading
Misleading titles (clickbait)
Shadow banned?!
Text cuts only
Laughs at their own joke no one else gets
Promotes socials
Tags video with MrBeast, PewDiePie, Dream
Uses bots
Ignores previous advice
Reuploaded TikTok with watermark
Reaction content without reactions
Red arrows or circles
Short thats just a cropped meme/tweet
Does entire video in one take (poorly)
Uses a common stock photo
Title contradicts thumbnail
Overstimulating edits
Title promises drama that never comes
Cuts off mid-sentence
Audio ducking like a pond
Thumbnail shows something not in the video
Too many emojis
Thumbnail has black bars
