A title ages well when its promise does not depend on a trend, a date, or a number that shrinks. Write for the viewer who finds the video two years from now and the title keeps working.
Timely titles are not wrong. They are just a different tool. The problem is using a timely title on a video you want to earn for years.
A good title is a small piece of infrastructure. It should still hold weight after the launch traffic is gone.
Years, version numbers, trend names, and small counts all carry clocks. A title naming 2045 is dead in 2046. A list of five tools is wrong the moment a sixth arrives.
The content can still be current without the title announcing the date. The video will date itself in the first minute. The title does not need to help it along.
Titles built on a lasting problem and a clear outcome tend to survive. 'Why Your Videos Stall After 30 Seconds' describes a pattern that will exist as long as people watch videos.
The durable title names the viewer's problem better than the viewer can. That is why people search for it and why search keeps serving it years later.
Ask whether the title would still make sense if a stranger found the video in two years with no context. If it needs the current moment to land, it is a timely title and should be used with that in mind.
There is room for both. Just decide which kind you are writing before you start, because the two pull the words in different directions.
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