Filtering Logic
Current discovery settings and scoring signals used by the daily YouTube search.
Search Inputs
Lanes
3
Refresh limit
500
Durations
medium, long
4K travel
4K HDR travel
4K walking tour
4K city walk
4K scenic drive
4K drone travel
4K nature relaxing
4K train journey
4K beach walk
4K mountain scenery
Discovery Lanes
- Fresh
- order=date, last 14 days , max 25
- Recent Gems
- order=viewCount, last 180 days , max 15
- Evergreen Best
- order=viewCount, any age , max 10
YouTube Filters
- type
- video
- order
- date, viewCount by lane
- videoDefinition
- high
- videoDuration
- medium or long
- publishedAfter
- lane-specific
Positive Score
- +8 each
- quality terms in title or description
- +4 each
- quality terms in title
- +8 each
- travel terms in title
- +25
- duration from 10 to 90 minutes
- +3 to +25
- lifetime view velocity based on age and views
- +5 to +10
- high or maxres thumbnail
Trend Score
Daily refreshes store view snapshots for new and saved videos. Trend score uses growth since the previous snapshot after at least 6 hours.
- +25
- 50,000+ new views per day
- +18
- 10,000+ new views per day
- +10
- 2,000+ new views per day
- +5
- 500+ new views per day
Quality Terms
4k
uhd
2160p
hdr
Travel Title Terms
walking tour
city walk
scenic drive
drone
aerial
nature
beach
mountain
train journey
train ride
railway
journey
Required Context
Videos missing these travel, scenery, walking, or driving signals lose score.
travel
walk
walking
tour
city
scenic
drive
driving
drone
aerial
nature
beach
mountain
train journey
train ride
railway
railroad
journey
scenery
landscape
street
road
forest
island
coast
hiking
relaxing
Negative Score
- -18 each
- negative title terms
- -6 each
- negative description terms from blocklist
- -40
- duration under 4 minutes
- -30
- missing travel/scenery context
Title Blocklist
shorts
#shorts
live
livestream
reaction
review
camera
gear
tutorial
packing
hotel review
vlog
news
official video
music video
lyrics
album
concert
remastered
official 4k video
official music video
movie
film
scene
trailer
Description Blocklist
affiliate links
sponsored gear
camera setup
travel tips
official music video
listen to
movie clip
film clip