Just hit 10k views on a video I posted at 3 AM and it's making me question everything

For months, I followed the standard advice to post at peak times, usually between 5 and 7 PM. My numbers were okay, maybe a couple hundred views. Then last Tuesday, I was up late editing a quick clip about how I organize my video ideas in a plain text file. On a whim, I posted it at 3 AM. Woke up to 2,000 views and it kept climbing to 10k by the weekend. Everyone says the algorithm sleeps when you do, but my analytics show most of those views came from a different time zone I never targeted. It makes me think we focus too much on our own local 'best times' and ignore the whole global clock. Has anyone else seen a weird spike from posting at a totally off hour?

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jana_fox501mo ago

Maybe your 3 AM viewers just needed that text file advice.

miam7523d agoMost Upvoted

Bet they needed a step-by-step guide. Late night tech support hits different.

the_piper1mo agoMost Upvoted

What kind of text file advice are we even talking about here? The mystery is killing me.