YouTube has zero interest in growth or providing a healthy environment. They care about the (roughly) 10 YouTubers who generate the most Ad-space... I mean "views". Whenever one of them quits/dies/falls out of favor they are just replaced by whoever fills that "content" slot.
If growth happens over there it's 'despite' their system; not 'because of it'.
There are videos on YT which explain this in way more depth, if you're interested, but most smaller YouTubers will impart that knowledge on the side. ;)
NanoSoft
My current approach is to release on NG first, then Youtube later. NG's preview system helps from a technical standpoint by being able to preview projects before publishing them. By all means, please publish more sprite animations to here! The more sprite animations, the better.
RicPendragon
Yeah, I get ya, there's been many a times I've released a video and wanted to change one or two elements 🤣 and had to wait until I do a compilation or an edit for a Shorts reupload