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How YouTube recommendations work, topics and titles, thumbnails and A/B Testing, retention and chapters, Shorts, Studio tools, analytics, the Partner Program, and YouTube myths and rules.
Learn how YouTube says its recommendations work: where videos get recommended, the signals YouTube names, how clicks, watch time and satisfaction surveys fit together, and why YouTube's creator liaison says the algorithm follows the audience.
Learn how viewers find YouTube videos through search and browse, how to find topics with search suggestions, the Trends tab and Ask Studio, and how to write clear, honest titles that match the video.
Learn how to design YouTube thumbnails that match the video, YouTube's current thumbnail specs, how A/B Testing compares up to three thumbnails or titles by watch time, and why a high click-through rate with low watching is a clickbait warning sign.
Is Social Media Mastery: YouTube free on 850 University?
Yes — 9 of 9 lessons in this course are free with an 850ai account. Watch on YouTube anytime; create a free account to take quizzes and track progress.
How many lessons are in Social Media Mastery: YouTube?
This course includes 9 short video lessons, each followed by a quiz when you learn inside the 850ai app.
Can I dispute errors on my credit report after this course?
850 University teaches the concepts; 850ai can analyze your credit report and generate dispute letters when you are ready. Start free at my850.ai/landing.
Learn the strategy here, then let 850ai analyze your credit report and generate dispute letters tailored to your accounts.
Learn how to read YouTube's audience retention and key moments report, open with what your title and thumbnail promised, structure and pace a video, add chapters and end screens the right way, and why the eight-minute rule is a myth.
Learn what counts as a YouTube Short as of 2026, how the Shorts feed works, what YouTube says about Shorts and long videos, and how to use the related video link, Remix and music in Shorts without copyright trouble.
Learn the free tools inside YouTube Studio and beyond: captions, auto dubbing, cards, end screens, playlists, posts, live streaming, YouTube Create and the Audio Library, and what each one requires as of 2026.
Learn to read YouTube Analytics like a funnel: what counts as an impression, what a normal click-through rate looks like, the 2026 change to how views are counted, average view duration, the retention graph, traffic sources, and new, casual and regular viewers.
Learn YouTube's comment tools and moderation settings, how posts can keep a conversation going, and the official YouTube Partner Program thresholds as of October 2026, including the lower tier for fan funding and the changes starting February 1, 2027.
Check popular YouTube hacks against YouTube's own rules and statements: sub-for-sub, upload times, deleting flops, small channels, tags, reused and inauthentic content, and when to disclose realistic AI.