YouTube Insight
Here's a share -
Because the video has so many views, YouTube Insight kicks-in with Hotspots data that shows which parts of the video people liked along the duration of the video.
This information I cannot show you, but I can tell you, as the uploader.
At the start of the video, I show some text that sets the context.
The viewers appear to hate that.
I'm losing views from the word go, only to recover quite well midway and then see a steady decline in interest thereafter.
So viewers - do you really hate intro text on videos?
What's the limit?
5 secs, 10 secs for intro titles?
In this video, viewers decline for the first 40secs before a recovery.
In other videos I make, I try to keep the intro text to 5secs or so.
So yeah, maybe I should have spotted that 40secs is FAR too long for an intro.
I'd appreciate some feedback on this whole issue from you online viewers.
Video intro stuff - how much are you willing to put up with online before the 'meat' of the presentation?
I'm learning as I go here, and I suspect even seasoned producers are.
So what say you to the duration of online video intro-segments?
Help us producers make stuff that you like better and not waste your viewing time...