“I've come to try to like separate the result of a video into like three categories in my head one category is the views right... bucket B is how much did my audience or like any people enjoy this content what are my comments like... and then the third bucket is what did I learn from this process”

Judge each video by three buckets, not views

Stop letting view count be the only verdict. Score every release on three buckets: reach (views), resonance (comment depth and quality), and creator-side learning (new b-roll angle, new edit trick, new hook formula). A flop on bucket one can still be a clear win on bucket three — and skills compound across every future ship.