So recently after reading a forum post i realized i couldent advertise on projects, it wasent allowed, so i stopped, but when i put my projects in like, 10 add everything studios, they get BARELY any views, anyone know a way to make your scratch project more popular while abiding the rules of scratch??

Be active in the community in general, and people might check your projects out. That is the best option.

1 word, 3 letters.

SDS

usually when you have a good project for SDS, it gets views and stuff

1. Be active
2. Add projects to featured studios, I once got 500 views from that

Adding your projects to front page studios or active studios related to your projects can help.
Also just being active in the community in general and getting acquaintances who check out your projects helps a lot as well.

It also helps to have good thumbnails (which are easier to make now.) Putting your projects in advertising studios can help, and if possible, hosting an advertising studio is something people often appreciate.