Question Getting decent reach on Shorts but 0 sub conversion. Anyone figured this out?

[tahirmehmoodkhokhar]

Hey guys, looking for some advice on a weird bottleneck I’m hitting.

I’ve been trying to use YouTube Shorts to grow a new channel over the last month, mostly doing quick tech tips and some gaming clips. I’m just using OBS for the raw captures and CapCut for the vertical exports.

The "reach" is actually okay—the algorithm is pushing my stuff to about 1.5k–3k views per video. But here’s the problem: my subscriber count is basically frozen. I’m getting maybe 1 sub for every 2,000 views, which feels totally off compared to what I see people talking about online.

Here’s what I’ve already tried to fix it:

• Pinned Comments: Always putting a CTA in the top comment.
• The "Loop" Edit: Making the end of the video flow back into the start.
• On-screen Overlays: Added a small "Sub" graphic in the last 3 seconds.

I’m starting to wonder if the "Shorts-to-Sub" pipeline is actually a myth, or if the people watching in the vertical feed just have zero interest in actually visiting a channel page. It feels like they just swipe and forget you exist 2 seconds later. Is anyone actually seeing their sub count move from Shorts, or is it better to just go back to focusing on 10-minute long-form videos?

 

[rgd1101]

probably not interesting enough for people to sub. tech tip and gaming clip is a dime a dozen