Here is my no-frills strategy to understanding posting on YouTube.
Be consistent in order to play the YouTube game. Posting a video and then going away for months is not going to yield results.
So here is my strat.
I come up with 8-10 videos in a particular topic, like say OBS Tutorials. I post them as often as I can and then move on to another batch of video content. Once done, I now have 20 videos in a few months to look at the data for. I can see what’s working and what’s not. You may not get enough data in the beginning if you post infrequently.
So set a goal, get 1 video uploaded a week with minimal excuses. Don’t be afraid to fail when you have no one watching anyway.
We improved our videos one step at a time. Not because we waited until the videos were perfect before posting.