Some of my family members tells me to quit, I didn't come this far to quit, considering one of my videos went viral and made me monetized.. It's tough but nothing is easy.
Bro just been struggling for 5 years and i still couldn't get monetised so don't lose hope and don't care what other people say even if they're your family members You can never shut their mouth with your words but with the result of your actions you can
Big channels know what works ( title, thumbnail, topic, retention) small channels ( like mine) are still figuring it out. No matter how much work a small channel puts it, or how good they think they are doing, they probably are missing something somewhere and still need improvement in one of those areas. It’s simply a matter of experience and knowledge. Don’t get frustrated and direct blame, keep learning and improving. Once you finally break through, you will look back and realize why you weren’t finding the success you thought you deserved and see that you just weren’t ready yet. Keep digging and make yourself ready for success
Exactly. This is how I feel about it too. They kept going & now have a large catalog of vids for ppl to view. "If you build it, they will come." They gave ppl a reason to come & keep coming back
Great comment. I know it's my content that isn't good enough. That's why I'm not growing. I need to figure out how to improve. Accountability instead of finger pointing = Ability to improve. ❤
The algorithm is really bad MOST of the time. It constantly sends stuff I’d never watch over and over regardless of me hitting not interested. I have to search 5-10 pages to finally find NEW small channels.
I think a cool feature for creators might be an option for you to choose 20 channels you associate with as being similar. Then UA-cam pushes you to those audiences, kind of like A/B thumbnails.
@@MyHandleIsVeryCool then you know after say a month or two they can do analytics and say your audience associates you with these 4 or 5 creators, run test again. Or if it returns 0 then you could take it as a sign you need to change something.
@@sunbleachedangel obviously those would not be choices. You can’t choose Mr.Beast. In fact they could do it in increments 0-100 subs, you can’t choose a channel over 10k, 500 subs 25k, 1k subs 50k. It obviously would be only a tool for growing channels
Yes, I feel at times UA-cam is showing favouritism towards more established channels. But don't give up because that would mean you would be letting UA-cam's favouritism win.
I am starting to feel the opposite. Since I started creating, I see more channels with less than 10k subs. I was shocked how many channels are actually in my niche. Everyday I see close to 20 more in my home screen, that have been operating for a while.
The algorithm is the audience. Everything the algorithm does is based off of the engagement and feedback that it gets from the audience. So if you’re doing everything “right” according to what you’ve been told the algorithm wants and still not getting the results, it’s not the algorithm that’s holding you back, it’s the audience. So think about why the AUDIENCE isn’t choosing to engage with your videos and make changes based on that, not the algorithm.
Speaking of para social relationships, I would love a video on navigating these, as a growing UA-camr. What boundaries are appropriate? I’m sure a lot of us get awkward, over familiar DM’s, requests for personal one-to-one help on certain areas related to their videos that could take a lot of time out of your day, requests to meet, asking questions that you don’t want to answer. It feels rude ignoring questions in comments or DM’s, but some of them are too much or could impact safety.
@@cube22111 it really just comes down to personality, if you have the charm that people like then they well watch. I honestly feel like I’m good at that🤷♂️
Ok that’s crazy Something weird for me is that I managed to figure out videos that got me hundreds to a thousand views but overtime those types of videos got less and less views
I am a small channel in a niche market. I have definitely seen an uptick of UA-cam pushing out smaller channels. The fact is one must have delayed gratification. Provided you’re smart enough to realize how to keep improving your channel in the right direction. My last thumbnail was fire hahaha.
Let’s just keep pushing. Use this long and slow period of growth to just learn as much as we can. Learn your editing, learn UA-cam, learn your niche. I’d rather know what to do when I have subscribers then be surprised and be stuck in mud and lost with subscribers. Let’s get it 🎉
It’s called fighting the algorithm. Strategic titling of videos and thumbnails is what gets the views. Trust me, I personally know someone who is a UA-camr who gained thousands of subs overnight due to his thumbnails
I am a small channel with just over 50 videos and 1,600 subscribers. Recently I have seen that some of my videos are getting picked up by UA-cam. My normal view count will suddenly shoot up to thousands of views rather than hundreds. This usually lasts for around 24 hours before it shuts back off. Not every video gets this treatment, but it's getting a bit more frequent. Once out of every 3 or 4 videos or so. I'm hoping that this is the beginning of being more "visible" to the UA-cam algorithm.
It's just like TV (and now streaming services). UA-cam knows that people come to watch specific shows, and then what's popular, and then browse through the little guys when they're bored. Every hit series started out barely getting noticed and was moved to primetime (front page) after they had a base with good reviews. If we take the time to build a community and refine our practices, we'll all get there some day.
I just subscribed! I just started my UA-cam channel 6 weeks ago. I’ve learned some new strategies just by watching a lot of the bigger content creators. But I have gained some more useful information from smaller content creators. I use the strategies that I learned in my last video and my views improved from around 100 to almost 4000. I haven’t felt like UA-cam has been playing favorites YET, LOL, but I do feel like people are looking for quality content and information that they can use.😊And I have found it to be true. That consistency does pay off.❤
Where you are now is exactly where every other content creator has been, even later on down the line, push past it, keep going on, and keep improving and creating!
Succeeding on UA-cam will be the hardest examine I've ever passed in my entire life but I have the confidence and determination to pass the UA-cam exam no matter how long it might take. I WILL SOON BE THE NEXT UA-cam GRADUATE
I mean certain topics seem to blow up more than others...I've definitely learned this. It's worth sprinkling in some more universal topics in there to widen the audience a bit...anyway I wish you all the best. If you are determined enough, you will succeed
@@HerbertTOutdoors same, and it's not suspicious. UA-cam gave your video a chance because it had some positive results, but it seems to not have been good enough to get pushed out more. Keep improving
@-UNLUCKY- it was good enough that the number of views kept increasing daily. In fact, it had the best growth in the shortest time over all my videos. That doesn't seem like a reason to cut it off cold turkey. I can understand dialing it back, but not suddenly drop to 0 views.
It's the main reason why it's almost never worth making original content. The simple reality is, most micro channels are a bit like family photo albums found in the houses of someone who's recently died. The content might have some sentimental value but for the most part isn't content worth viewing.
@@UncStrangedon’t do it! Do as much original content as possible & stay consistent, if your videos are good you will grow. The rewards for original content are much greater, at least the possibility is much greater. And yes, I’m speaking from having experience on the opposite side. But, on the other hand, my channel had 500 subs less than 2 months ago & have 42k now so it depends on your goals. Just don’t give up, that’s the only guaranteed way to fail! 😁👍🏻
Is it possible that the UA-cam algorithm put us, creators, to the test? Does it test our determination? Our endurance? Our boldness? Our courage? Our firmness? Our patience? Our perseverance? Does UA-cam wants to see if we're gonna carry on? Or are we gonna give up? Everything is possible with the algorithm. I don't want to disappoint my audience and UA-cam by leaving cowardly and whimly. So, I'm gonna keep going and beat this algorithm and go on to the goal I set for myself. NEVER GIVE UP AND DON'T FEAR FAILURES; FACE THE FAILURES! GET BACK UP FROM FAILURES, NEVER STAY DOWN ON THE GROUND! FACE THE DIFFICULTIES! STAYING ON THE GROUND IS COWARDICE, FACE THE HARDSHIPS IS BOLDNESS AND COURAGE! KEEP GOING! 0:24
@@AnObservantTraveller74 The audience has no mercy for those who give up! Nobody has anything to win giving up, but everything to lose. Nobody owes you anything on UA-cam. So be perseverant and patient when you work on UA-cam. Keep going, never fear the failures but face them and learn in your way to work! Nobody will cry or miss you if you quit. Carry on! Keep your dream alive!
This is from another comment but I feel like it should be shared again - UA-cam should add a “small channels” filter or page in which it recommends only small channels. That would certainly help! 😊
@@Joltverse I second that. Most of the videos that pop up on the home page are almost always at least 10K views, with the exceptions being small channels I’ve already subscribed to.
Yeah it is pretty hard starting out. It took my whole first year just to have around 15 subs from what I can remember, though it did jump up in two months after the first year. I'm entering my third year soon and while I have improved and learned a lot since then, I still have so much to learn, but these videos help a lot. And I've met a lot of amazing people I would never have met if I never posted videos who I keep in touch with. My advice for anyone who is starting out besides making sure you have a good mic that works is to have a hard drive that you can store your videos on, that way you can record in bulk and upload at your own pace. Other then that you can go far with just a simple laptop with a built in mic and your tenacity, it's not ideal but it's good to start out with.
Check out those videos for advice 😉 ua-cam.com/video/57OHHS90FAY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/n9vdSZO0wfI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/L2jPG80rDwE/v-deo.html
I purposely made 2 different channels and have uploaded the exact same videos and shorts on each channel to see how the videos would perform. Some have performed good on one channel and bad on the other. It's a hit or miss for me but I refuse to give up.
I do see a lot of smaller channels on my feed. The problem is that they often aren't videos that I would watch. Part of the problem is UA-cam figuring out who our proper audience is.
Every channel was once a small channel, just check out those videos for more help: ua-cam.com/video/PK0o528EkUU/v-deo.html&lc=Ugzbby8xffQt9VphB6d4AaABAg ua-cam.com/video/r1xv4Nvh-6w/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SHudB7E1nHk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/W8we3bXyAcY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SE6czWaoQy4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ipC-k239Q5g/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ndCtowKQ3ck/v-deo.html
@@UnluckyTortol Yeah, I have a second channel that’s audience is in a very tiny niche (only a couple thousand users on UA-cam, maybe not even active users) and it would be helpful to choose some other videos in the niche.
UA-cam is heading towards saturation. Its down to what people want to watch we hear. The audience. But smaller channels have a minimal chance to get viewers as the whole platform is saturated by big accounts and whats ready-made, off the shelf. Create two versions of UA-cam - pro and up and coming.
It's definitely easy to feel that way. Building community is so key! We need to keep our audience in mind and remember we're creating for them. It takes persistence, consistent improvement, and some luck :) but I believe small channels can still grow!
I'm a retired 60+ year old who decided to start uploading 3 years ago. About 6 months later my channel started growing. About a year after that I hit 100k subs. Now I'm approaching 200k in under 3 years. If I can do it anyone can.
One of the most interesting video is right here, and every small channels' problem can alter it after watching this video, they'll gonna do youtube research for those genre you'll like to make on your content.
8:40 "...because they choose to be faceless and use an AI voice, and there's just no human to connect with." I am very HAPPY you brought this up because it seems like the algorithm is currently favoring AI generated content in the niche I am focused on. I keep researching channels that have thousands of subs and 100K+ views yet their videos are robots talking about the niche-related topic. It's also important to mention that most of these channels lack SEO format. The information is relevant, however, the frustration comes from the fact that the REAL content creators are putting their face out there, expressing their opinions and research with their own voice, and trying to build that genuine community. Thank you for making this a point of discussion in your video, it gives me, and all of us on UA-cam hope that by continuing the work we are doing we will reap the rewards.
It's 6 and two 3s I think. Bigger UA-camrs have a bigger audience so have more click and view power to get to more people. Smaller UA-camrs have much less click and view power so it reaches less people. But it's all about growth which happens slowly 99% of the time. But growth is growth.
I kind of did quit. Got about 300k views but ultimately never joined the shorts fund almost 2 years ago. I think I’m going to apply what I’ve learned to create shorts and long form content now that I’ve got time on my hands again! I even found a niche that was successful every time but didn’t capitalize on it too much. Might see if it still works all this time later
Every channel was once a small channel, just check out those videos for more help: ua-cam.com/video/PK0o528EkUU/v-deo.html&lc=Ugzbby8xffQt9VphB6d4AaABAg ua-cam.com/video/r1xv4Nvh-6w/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SHudB7E1nHk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/W8we3bXyAcY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SE6czWaoQy4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ipC-k239Q5g/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ndCtowKQ3ck/v-deo.html
I started my short channel Janurary and I upload 1 video. the next day I got 800 views and 59 subscribers, but I was afraid of copywrite strike so I contact the creators of the long form that I did shorts ON. they said "NO" lol. then I just stopped, but now I learn how to edit and script, TN, title etc2 long form .... I think I am ready! wish me luck
Sometimes I get frustrated that I put a lot into a vid and barely anyone watches it. But then I either get a comment or remember a comment that made it worthwhile. Even if one person feels what I put out there helpful, I'm thrilled.
Great video my dude….at the end of the day these tips are appreciated and glad to have learned a lil more about my level of being persistent and consistent and doing things a lil different
I've been watching this channel for about 2 months and slowly implementing the advice. I was at 0 subs for those two months and suddenly got 100 subs in the past few days. I'll keep watching to keep improving
Here's I hope what UA-cam will do for small channel videos. Instead of showing up the number of views from that small channel's video, just replace it with recommended video or suggested video. Coz as a viewer, I also like to watch videos that already had thousands of views compared to those who just had hundreds of views. One of the reason was that, thousands of views more likely have comments in it which I also love to read about unlike videos with small views, most likely only have less than 10 comments or not at all. Just let the viewers decide to click on that video through its thumbnail and title.
An issue I'm finding is. A lot of my subscribers tell me they don't get notified about my videos (good job i post the same day/time every week ) Also have subscribers tell me they keep randomly needing to keep re subscribing to my channel 🤔
Remember, it takes money to make money. Every bit of money you make, has to be "reinvested" back into your channel ....somehow, someway. Boils down to this .... If your not in it for the "long haul," don't even start a channel for viewing. Just sayin' 🤔
I think that you guys are giving so much value in these videos! This is helping my channel grow every time. I just started and noticed significant improvement! If you’re reading this I wish your channel gains traction very soon!
I have been on this platform for almost 5 years, Posted over 900 videos & Consistency is the key to victory, All It takes is 1 Video which can change your Channel's growth, Don't give up !
i think ultimately channel growth depends on your sub count and overall audience interaction i think i'll know when i reach 5k subs i'm a believer at 3k already
This is exactly an issue I am finding. My videos are being suggested I feel to a completely wrong audience. I know people can watch many different things but for an example I am a more “homemaking, vlog” channel and I’m constantly being suggested in videos about self defence, plastic surgery, etc. I mean topics way far removed from what my channel is about and none of my videos ever address any of these topics. The chance of someone that is watching self defence videos wanting to then watch my little homemaking video is pretty small. I am trying everything I can between titles, description, chapters and thumbnails to make it obvious where my content should be suggested to but it seems like it just doesn’t work. I had a long time subscriber once comment “why aren’t you a bigger channel, you’re so real?” All I can answer is 🤷🏼♀️
Can you compile some data for how the average youtuber does in their first year? Average videos made? Average views per video? Average subs after a year? and the same for after 5 years and 10 years. So we can compare our own. I have a feeling the numbers would be lower than expected because a lot of people give up.
Good info, thanks for sharing. I'm a new small channel that I started because my youngest daughter is 2 and learning her basics. I noticed she was watching certain things and saw where maybe she would accel more, with her and I creating her own little channel. It has helped her accel in her learning for sure and all her little cousins and nephew love the channel. I think that it will appeal to some and definitely not all folks but I really created it to have a different approach on interaction with my daughter in her early education. It seems to me that like anything in life, if we stick to our goal, we will achieve success. In whatever manner that is for each of us. For me the channel is really about my daughter learning and me helping her learn using a slightly different approach of creating her own little videos. Thanks for sharing and helping us understand more clearly some things, for those of us who may appreciate the clarification, hahaha.
UA-cam is a business that says it all. Why pay for a channel when there is so much free content. The law of supply and demand means it is in UA-cam's business interest to show non-monetized content. Popular channels will get views because they have established an audience. The platform is evolving and staying current with new tactics will make this a challenge. Many will quit because they went after the money.
I got a short that suddenly grew to 10k views and I was so excited, then it suddenly stopped growing. 😭 I was so frustrated as my other videos usually constantly get views for at least 2 days but that short stopped in 10 hours... That video had so much potential that it should deserve more views 😭😭😭
I believe UA-cam doesn’t do enough to help small channels. I feel that my channel suffers because certain channels like mine are favored by the algorithm. For example Sunday I uploaded the same video as another channel…I’ve had 60 views, the other channel has 3200, same content uploaded nearly same time. I really don’t know if I’ll continue and I think that’s what UA-cam wants
Persistence is the key. My channel is over a year old and only in the last 6 months has there been action. I tried a few different topics until I found something that gained traction. Part of the problem is there is only so much screen realistate on the feed for UA-cam to list possible videos. Finally subs are rising so far it is just approaching 200 but it feels good to see it finally happening. I even had one viral that got almost 5k views and got me 50 new subs. Just keep plugging away at your passion, experiment and have fun. The rest will come
There were times when I would have a lot of impressions but the views were very low with sometimes a watch time of only 1% -2% and I looked at the “content suggesting this video section “ and it was always an audience that even I wondered who was watching those kind of videos and the titles would be in some language I didn’t even know. I think UA-cam works the same way training a LLM does. It needs a decent amount of data before it can know which audience to push your videos to so that means you need to post a lot of videos ( especially if you’re too niche) and the algorithm will pretty much throw most of them on the wall and see what sticks. With this perspective, I think you can find ways to make it easier to know which videos you should post To make it easier for yt to know your targeted audience.
I’m sharing my story and hope it helps others. I’m in the gaming niche. I started the first channel beginning of 2024 as a verity channel to learn about UA-cam and editing. I pushed it to 2k subs but 2022 July I started my “real channel”. I had 1500 subs at 2023 Xmas, now I’m around 3,5k. I’m creating content for a game that is hard and pretty much a niche game. However there are channels in the space with 80-100k subs, not many but there are. I will not give up. Try to stand out, be unique and don’t think your video is better compared to everyone else’s. Keep rocking! 🎉
I did a review on a battery charger expecting it to be ignored. I'm shocked at how popular it is. Another video I did that I thought would be a hit is not grabbing the views like I thought it would. Really does seem to be a flip of a coin. I guess you truly do need to be consistent.
Some of my family members tells me to quit, I didn't come this far to quit, considering one of my videos went viral and made me monetized.. It's tough but nothing is easy.
Correct, don't worry we got you cover 😊
@@kevinkirathe you got fake subs lol give up bro 3k subs 80 views ya fake subs
@@DarkSteel_YTThank you
@@kevinkirathe always welcome dude
Bro just been struggling for 5 years and i still couldn't get monetised so don't lose hope and don't care what other people say even if they're your family members
You can never shut their mouth with your words but with the result of your actions you can
Big channels know what works ( title, thumbnail, topic, retention) small channels ( like mine) are still figuring it out. No matter how much work a small channel puts it, or how good they think they are doing, they probably are missing something somewhere and still need improvement in one of those areas. It’s simply a matter of experience and knowledge. Don’t get frustrated and direct blame, keep learning and improving. Once you finally break through, you will look back and realize why you weren’t finding the success you thought you deserved and see that you just weren’t ready yet. Keep digging and make yourself ready for success
Exactly. This is how I feel about it too. They kept going & now have a large catalog of vids for ppl to view.
"If you build it, they will come."
They gave ppl a reason to come & keep coming back
@@CourtneyDeezMost definitely! 👍
Exactly this. It’s crazy how many people ask “how do I get my channel to blow up” and they’ve just published their first video only 10mins ago 😢
Great comment. I know it's my content that isn't good enough. That's why I'm not growing. I need to figure out how to improve. Accountability instead of finger pointing = Ability to improve. ❤
@@mgbgtguy this is the definition of what they always say "BE CONSISTENT "
The algorithm is really bad MOST of the time. It constantly sends stuff I’d never watch over and over regardless of me hitting not interested. I have to search 5-10 pages to finally find NEW small channels.
When you put not interested. It stops that channels traffic
Not for me. Small channels have never shown up more for me then now. I have no idea why but there have been a lot
@@HenrysPokeCorner hahahaha..alway bad
plz sport kariye plz plz plz plz
I think a cool feature for creators might be an option for you to choose 20 channels you associate with as being similar. Then UA-cam pushes you to those audiences, kind of like A/B thumbnails.
Sounds cool
@@MyHandleIsVeryCool then you know after say a month or two they can do analytics and say your audience associates you with these 4 or 5 creators, run test again. Or if it returns 0 then you could take it as a sign you need to change something.
people will just choose the biggest channels they can find, relevant or not and the system will not work
@@sunbleachedangel obviously those would not be choices. You can’t choose Mr.Beast. In fact they could do it in increments 0-100 subs, you can’t choose a channel over 10k, 500 subs 25k, 1k subs 50k. It obviously would be only a tool for growing channels
This is exactly what I been saying haha
It feels like UA-cam doesn’t show good content all the time
auto spam Ai art playlist to me, youtube look like a stupid dog
Yes, I feel at times UA-cam is showing favouritism towards more established channels. But don't give up because that would mean you would be letting UA-cam's favouritism win.
Wish you luck!😁
VidIQ is badass.. I just don’t like that is Mr. Beast as an example for everything… keep pushing through your mind set is everything.
Agreed I have been struggling for almost a year.
@@Drakefell well maybe some thumbnails and better seo optimiztion would help...
I am starting to feel the opposite. Since I started creating, I see more channels with less than 10k subs. I was shocked how many channels are actually in my niche. Everyday I see close to 20 more in my home screen, that have been operating for a while.
The algorithm is the audience. Everything the algorithm does is based off of the engagement and feedback that it gets from the audience.
So if you’re doing everything “right” according to what you’ve been told the algorithm wants and still not getting the results, it’s not the algorithm that’s holding you back, it’s the audience. So think about why the AUDIENCE isn’t choosing to engage with your videos and make changes based on that, not the algorithm.
Exactly that!
@@CaseyLaDelle
Speaking of para social relationships, I would love a video on navigating these, as a growing UA-camr. What boundaries are appropriate? I’m sure a lot of us get awkward, over familiar DM’s, requests for personal one-to-one help on certain areas related to their videos that could take a lot of time out of your day, requests to meet, asking questions that you don’t want to answer. It feels rude ignoring questions in comments or DM’s, but some of them are too much or could impact safety.
I’ve been trying for 7 years and it still feels like I’m at square one, the only way I get views is from other websites, but not UA-cam😭
You just earned a new sub:) Keep it up!
@@LofiMelodiez-x7i thanks man😁🤝
truth is you aren't special, what can you bring to the table that thousands of others cant?
@@cube22111 it really just comes down to personality, if you have the charm that people like then they well watch. I honestly feel like I’m good at that🤷♂️
I don't know why I got a few subscribers, what is the reason?
If you are a small UA-camr remember to never give up and keep going!
Thanks bro, you too bro, keeping up the pace ❤
True never give up always try different things out
😂😂 just buy views buy watch hours buy 1000 real subs 😅
Thanks 😊
Its hard but I will keep going my followers say my videos are great but youtube isn't giving me enough traffic.
Good luck on the grind boys & girls! Don't give up, you are one video away from the breakthrough!
Exactly!!!
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I hope so ❤
what’s weird is all my shorts never get over 700 views, it’s like they completely stop showing my short after 690.🤔
@@ztkrx I had this issue, follow the ranking rule, that solved it.
YEAH BRO IT HAPPENED WITH ME TOO
@@tunefullness WHAT'S THAT ???
Ok that’s crazy
Something weird for me is that I managed to figure out videos that got me hundreds to a thousand views but overtime those types of videos got less and less views
@@aquadn21 so for example if any of your existing shorts or videos rank 1 of 10 today, take a break tomorrow and do your next upload, the day after.
I am a small channel in a niche market. I have definitely seen an uptick of UA-cam pushing out smaller channels. The fact is one must have delayed gratification. Provided you’re smart enough to realize how to keep improving your channel in the right direction. My last thumbnail was fire hahaha.
@@FYRC15 I subscribed😁
@@notsmartist Nice! Like I said I’m an extremely niche market. I will talk anything RC. Welcome to all the good humans.
I feel that something strange is happening with UA-cam
your feelings don't matter, look at the facts and put forward evidence.
@@cube22111 lol
I amost quite co most of my videos are loosing videos 😮
Let’s just keep pushing. Use this long and slow period of growth to just learn as much as we can. Learn your editing, learn UA-cam, learn your niche. I’d rather know what to do when I have subscribers then be surprised and be stuck in mud and lost with subscribers. Let’s get it 🎉
It’s called fighting the algorithm. Strategic titling of videos and thumbnails is what gets the views.
Trust me, I personally know someone who is a UA-camr who gained thousands of subs overnight due to his thumbnails
On my feed, the small channels that are being recommended are consistent with my interests more often than not.
I am a small channel with just over 50 videos and 1,600 subscribers. Recently I have seen that some of my videos are getting picked up by UA-cam. My normal view count will suddenly shoot up to thousands of views rather than hundreds. This usually lasts for around 24 hours before it shuts back off. Not every video gets this treatment, but it's getting a bit more frequent. Once out of every 3 or 4 videos or so. I'm hoping that this is the beginning of being more "visible" to the UA-cam algorithm.
@@OutdoorAdventureTV best of luck!!!💙
It's just like TV (and now streaming services). UA-cam knows that people come to watch specific shows, and then what's popular, and then browse through the little guys when they're bored.
Every hit series started out barely getting noticed and was moved to primetime (front page) after they had a base with good reviews.
If we take the time to build a community and refine our practices, we'll all get there some day.
I just subscribed! I just started my UA-cam channel 6 weeks ago. I’ve learned some new strategies just by watching a lot of the bigger content creators. But I have gained some more useful information from smaller content creators. I use the strategies that I learned in my last video and my views improved from around 100 to almost 4000. I haven’t felt like UA-cam has been playing favorites YET, LOL, but I do feel like people are looking for quality content and information that they can use.😊And I have found it to be true. That consistency does pay off.❤
Loving my first week as a UA-camr! 16 subs and counting. So many awesome people in the community to share ideas with as well. Great video!
Where you are now is exactly where every other content creator has been, even later on down the line, push past it, keep going on, and keep improving and creating!
Succeeding on UA-cam will be the hardest examine I've ever passed in my entire life but I have the confidence and determination to pass the UA-cam exam no matter how long it might take.
I WILL SOON BE THE NEXT UA-cam GRADUATE
Of all of the smaller channels that UA-cam seem to be pushing most seem to be Ai dross...
I mean certain topics seem to blow up more than others...I've definitely learned this. It's worth sprinkling in some more universal topics in there to widen the audience a bit...anyway I wish you all the best. If you are determined enough, you will succeed
I think it's important to remember that unless we actually enjoy the process of making videos, then what's the point in actually having a channel?
why my videos are getting 0 shows in feed it feels like it's wrong,like how will I get views if I don't even get shows?
all i can say is youtube is hard without the knowledge alone.. imagine this fact
I put out a video that started slow, then started hitting over 100 views a day. Then on the 16th day, it flatlined to nothing. Seems suspicious to me.
@@HerbertTOutdoors same, and it's not suspicious. UA-cam gave your video a chance because it had some positive results, but it seems to not have been good enough to get pushed out more. Keep improving
@-UNLUCKY- it was good enough that the number of views kept increasing daily. In fact, it had the best growth in the shortest time over all my videos. That doesn't seem like a reason to cut it off cold turkey. I can understand dialing it back, but not suddenly drop to 0 views.
@@HerbertTOutdoors weird
I'm seeing a lot of small music channels popping up now, probably since music is a big interest of mine.
Yes,it's a great way to boost new talent within the music industry 👍💯
every channel starts somewhere. keep grinding stop with excuses
Yes ❤
i agree
@@CraftingGuides I agree. Grind grind grind
true! I’m disappointed I stopped 2 years ago because I was about to go viral with a good repeating shorts topic, but then I quit!
it's important not to dwell too much on the past. We all make mistakes, but let's focus on moving forward and getting back to work!
It's the main reason why it's almost never worth making original content. The simple reality is, most micro channels are a bit like family photo albums found in the houses of someone who's recently died. The content might have some sentimental value but for the most part isn't content worth viewing.
Ive thought of abandoning creating original content since it's such a draining effort and the rewards are low
But i keep going since im not so long in in this stuff
@@UncStrangedon’t do it! Do as much original content as possible & stay consistent, if your videos are good you will grow. The rewards for original content are much greater, at least the possibility is much greater. And yes, I’m speaking from having experience on the opposite side. But, on the other hand, my channel had 500 subs less than 2 months ago & have 42k now so it depends on your goals. Just don’t give up, that’s the only guaranteed way to fail! 😁👍🏻
Is it possible that the UA-cam algorithm put us, creators, to the test? Does it test our determination? Our endurance? Our boldness? Our courage? Our firmness? Our patience? Our perseverance? Does UA-cam wants to see if we're gonna carry on? Or are we gonna give up? Everything is possible with the algorithm. I don't want to disappoint my audience and UA-cam by leaving cowardly and whimly.
So, I'm gonna keep going and beat this algorithm and go on to the goal I set for myself. NEVER GIVE UP AND DON'T FEAR FAILURES; FACE THE FAILURES! GET BACK UP FROM FAILURES, NEVER STAY DOWN ON THE GROUND! FACE THE DIFFICULTIES! STAYING ON THE GROUND IS COWARDICE, FACE THE HARDSHIPS IS BOLDNESS AND COURAGE! KEEP GOING! 0:24
It’s testing everything you mentioned 😊
@@AnObservantTraveller74 The audience has no mercy for those who give up! Nobody has anything to win giving up, but everything to lose. Nobody owes you anything on UA-cam. So be perseverant and patient when you work on UA-cam. Keep going, never fear the failures but face them and learn in your way to work! Nobody will cry or miss you if you quit. Carry on! Keep your dream alive!
@@DominicHamel286 Algorithm ❌ Audience ✅
@@UnluckyTortol What do you mean by that?
@@DominicHamel286 it's all about the audience, the people who watch UA-cam.
This is from another comment but I feel like it should be shared again - UA-cam should add a “small channels” filter or page in which it recommends only small channels. That would certainly help! 😊
@@Joltverse I second that. Most of the videos that pop up on the home page are almost always at least 10K views, with the exceptions being small channels I’ve already subscribed to.
Never give up and keep improving ❤
UA-cam is like a rollercoaster ride if you never give up tou will make it
All the best everyone ❤
Doing UA-cam is like playing the lottery.
Yeah it is pretty hard starting out. It took my whole first year just to have around 15 subs from what I can remember, though it did jump up in two months after the first year. I'm entering my third year soon and while I have improved and learned a lot since then, I still have so much to learn, but these videos help a lot. And I've met a lot of amazing people I would never have met if I never posted videos who I keep in touch with.
My advice for anyone who is starting out besides making sure you have a good mic that works is to have a hard drive that you can store your videos on, that way you can record in bulk and upload at your own pace. Other then that you can go far with just a simple laptop with a built in mic and your tenacity, it's not ideal but it's good to start out with.
I've had good views until recently, a couple of weeks ago when they said they would help smaller channels, every video I've uploaded have done nothing
Check out those videos for advice 😉
ua-cam.com/video/57OHHS90FAY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/n9vdSZO0wfI/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/L2jPG80rDwE/v-deo.html
I'm the middle child. I'm used to that but still sometimes i do wish some attention 😭
I am at 283 subscribers, I hope to get to 300 soon, just never give up!
I started this channel in march and it’s grown really good! thumbnail is key and value is needed
Oh yes! Small channels always have a hard time. That's why I will support your little channel. Do not give up! 😉 ... 👍
Look like a joke
I purposely made 2 different channels and have uploaded the exact same videos and shorts on each channel to see how the videos would perform. Some have performed good on one channel and bad on the other. It's a hit or miss for me but I refuse to give up.
smart to test it that way.. its easier to digest low views when you put so much effort in content
Yeah this is the actual fact
I do see a lot of smaller channels on my feed. The problem is that they often aren't videos that I would watch. Part of the problem is UA-cam figuring out who our proper audience is.
true! It might take some time from both sides.. to hit that sweet spot 😊
YES.
Feels like it too baby creators like myself 😂
Yeah 😂
@T111sseen I got you bro I'll sub 👊 always help a brother
Every channel was once a small channel, just check out those videos for more help:
ua-cam.com/video/PK0o528EkUU/v-deo.html&lc=Ugzbby8xffQt9VphB6d4AaABAg
ua-cam.com/video/r1xv4Nvh-6w/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SHudB7E1nHk/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/W8we3bXyAcY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SE6czWaoQy4/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ipC-k239Q5g/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ndCtowKQ3ck/v-deo.html
Me am still struggling to grow but I won't give up
yesterday i got my firsts 1k subs
but my views...
I think UA-cam should add a feature that when you upload you could pick a couple related videos on UA-cam to recommend it out to those viewers.
@@ZombeastGaming interesting
@@UnluckyTortol Yeah, I have a second channel that’s audience is in a very tiny niche (only a couple thousand users on UA-cam, maybe not even active users) and it would be helpful to choose some other videos in the niche.
UA-cam is heading towards saturation. Its down to what people want to watch we hear. The audience. But smaller channels have a minimal chance to get viewers as the whole platform is saturated by big accounts and whats ready-made, off the shelf. Create two versions of UA-cam - pro and up and coming.
It's definitely easy to feel that way. Building community is so key! We need to keep our audience in mind and remember we're creating for them. It takes persistence, consistent improvement, and some luck :) but I believe small channels can still grow!
I'm a retired 60+ year old who decided to start uploading 3 years ago. About 6 months later my channel started growing. About a year after that I hit 100k subs. Now I'm approaching 200k in under 3 years. If I can do it anyone can.
One of the most interesting video is right here, and every small channels' problem can alter it after watching this video, they'll gonna do youtube research for those genre you'll like to make on your content.
my answer: yes.
8:40 "...because they choose to be faceless and use an AI voice, and there's just no human to connect with." I am very HAPPY you brought this up because it seems like the algorithm is currently favoring AI generated content in the niche I am focused on. I keep researching channels that have thousands of subs and 100K+ views yet their videos are robots talking about the niche-related topic. It's also important to mention that most of these channels lack SEO format. The information is relevant, however, the frustration comes from the fact that the REAL content creators are putting their face out there, expressing their opinions and research with their own voice, and trying to build that genuine community.
Thank you for making this a point of discussion in your video, it gives me, and all of us on UA-cam hope that by continuing the work we are doing we will reap the rewards.
It's 6 and two 3s I think. Bigger UA-camrs have a bigger audience so have more click and view power to get to more people. Smaller UA-camrs have much less click and view power so it reaches less people. But it's all about growth which happens slowly 99% of the time. But growth is growth.
I kind of did quit. Got about 300k views but ultimately never joined the shorts fund almost 2 years ago. I think I’m going to apply what I’ve learned to create shorts and long form content now that I’ve got time on my hands again!
I even found a niche that was successful every time but didn’t capitalize on it too much. Might see if it still works all this time later
Im a small chanel and dont get a lot of views but i still keep going like you also should !
Every channel was once a small channel, just check out those videos for more help:
ua-cam.com/video/PK0o528EkUU/v-deo.html&lc=Ugzbby8xffQt9VphB6d4AaABAg
ua-cam.com/video/r1xv4Nvh-6w/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SHudB7E1nHk/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/W8we3bXyAcY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/SE6czWaoQy4/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ipC-k239Q5g/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ndCtowKQ3ck/v-deo.html
I remind my viewers to check the subscriptions tab when UA-cam keeps recommending content they don't want to watch.
I started my short channel Janurary and I upload 1 video. the next day I got 800 views and 59 subscribers, but I was afraid of copywrite strike so I contact the creators of the long form that I did shorts ON. they said "NO" lol. then I just stopped, but now I learn how to edit and script, TN, title etc2 long form .... I think I am ready! wish me luck
It's just hard to build from zero
Very true, but you'll manage once you're adapting the UA-cam
Very true
If you're not in it for the l
"long haul" don't even open up a channel for viewing.
Don't worry I also started from zero
definately YES
Honestly yeah yt is playing favs
Sometimes I get frustrated that I put a lot into a vid and barely anyone watches it. But then I either get a comment or remember a comment that made it worthwhile. Even if one person feels what I put out there helpful, I'm thrilled.
@@Midwest_Lizard_Mom 💙
I've applied everything you've said throughout many of your videos and it resulted in my best performing long form video ever! So thanks!
I’d guess so because the bigger channels get more watch time and UA-cam wants people watching for longer so naturally will push the bigger channels
Great video my dude….at the end of the day these tips are appreciated and glad to have learned a lil more about my level of being persistent and consistent and doing things a lil different
I've been watching this channel for about 2 months and slowly implementing the advice. I was at 0 subs for those two months and suddenly got 100 subs in the past few days. I'll keep watching to keep improving
Here's I hope what UA-cam will do for small channel videos. Instead of showing up the number of views from that small channel's video, just replace it with recommended video or suggested video. Coz as a viewer, I also like to watch videos that already had thousands of views compared to those who just had hundreds of views. One of the reason was that, thousands of views more likely have comments in it which I also love to read about unlike videos with small views, most likely only have less than 10 comments or not at all. Just let the viewers decide to click on that video through its thumbnail and title.
Good Information!
Guys, just remember, keep grinding and don’t let the haters pull you out, you got this and wish you all luck to a good journey, God bless!
An issue I'm finding is. A lot of my subscribers tell me they don't get notified about my videos (good job i post the same day/time every week ) Also have subscribers tell me they keep randomly needing to keep re subscribing to my channel 🤔
Right it’s like being an artist you need money to create arts, and UA-cam is starting to pay people too late in their UA-cam careers
Remember, it takes money to make money. Every bit of money you make, has to be "reinvested" back into your channel ....somehow, someway. Boils down to this .... If your not in it for the "long haul," don't even start a channel for viewing. Just sayin' 🤔
I think that you guys are giving so much value in these videos! This is helping my channel grow every time. I just started and noticed significant improvement!
If you’re reading this I wish your channel gains traction very soon!
yt has guidelines stating that no video can be made which is offensive to yt and hear is vidIQ exposing yt with almost every video😅😅
I have been on this platform for almost 5 years, Posted over 900 videos & Consistency is the key to victory, All It takes is 1 Video which can change your Channel's growth, Don't give up !
One of my first shorts videos is growing thank you so much to help a lot and thanks for giving me advices
i think ultimately channel growth depends on your sub count and overall audience interaction i think i'll know when i reach 5k subs i'm a believer at 3k already
This is exactly an issue I am finding. My videos are being suggested I feel to a completely wrong audience. I know people can watch many different things but for an example I am a more “homemaking, vlog” channel and I’m constantly being suggested in videos about self defence, plastic surgery, etc. I mean topics way far removed from what my channel is about and none of my videos ever address any of these topics. The chance of someone that is watching self defence videos wanting to then watch my little homemaking video is pretty small. I am trying everything I can between titles, description, chapters and thumbnails to make it obvious where my content should be suggested to but it seems like it just doesn’t work. I had a long time subscriber once comment “why aren’t you a bigger channel, you’re so real?” All I can answer is 🤷🏼♀️
Can you compile some data for how the average youtuber does in their first year? Average videos made? Average views per video? Average subs after a year? and the same for after 5 years and 10 years. So we can compare our own. I have a feeling the numbers would be lower than expected because a lot of people give up.
Good info, thanks for sharing. I'm a new small channel that I started because my youngest daughter is 2 and learning her basics. I noticed she was watching certain things and saw where maybe she would accel more, with her and I creating her own little channel. It has helped her accel in her learning for sure and all her little cousins and nephew love the channel. I think that it will appeal to some and definitely not all folks but I really created it to have a different approach on interaction with my daughter in her early education. It seems to me that like anything in life, if we stick to our goal, we will achieve success. In whatever manner that is for each of us.
For me the channel is really about my daughter learning and me helping her learn using a slightly different approach of creating her own little videos.
Thanks for sharing and helping us understand more clearly some things, for those of us who may appreciate the clarification, hahaha.
The algorthm is so random. Even I get random recomendations.
UA-cam is a business that says it all. Why pay for a channel when there is so much free content. The law of supply and demand means it is in UA-cam's business interest to show non-monetized content. Popular channels will get views because they have established an audience. The platform is evolving and staying current with new tactics will make this a challenge. Many will quit because they went after the money.
yes, they are playing favorites
Where do you see community posts? I do not see them in my feed or elsewhere. I have posted several, but no comments, likes
I got a short that suddenly grew to 10k views and I was so excited, then it suddenly stopped growing. 😭 I was so frustrated as my other videos usually constantly get views for at least 2 days but that short stopped in 10 hours... That video had so much potential that it should deserve more views 😭😭😭
I'm not their favorite
I believe UA-cam doesn’t do enough to help small channels. I feel that my channel suffers because certain channels like mine are favored by the algorithm. For example Sunday I uploaded the same video as another channel…I’ve had 60 views, the other channel has 3200, same content uploaded nearly same time. I really don’t know if I’ll continue and I think that’s what UA-cam wants
Dumb algorithm
ALWAYS!!!!!! you can see it and what they auto play next it’s never there least favorite channels who might change society for the better
Persistence is the key. My channel is over a year old and only in the last 6 months has there been action. I tried a few different topics until I found something that gained traction. Part of the problem is there is only so much screen realistate on the feed for UA-cam to list possible videos.
Finally subs are rising so far it is just approaching 200 but it feels good to see it finally happening.
I even had one viral that got almost 5k views and got me 50 new subs. Just keep plugging away at your passion, experiment and have fun. The rest will come
If I never grew anymore then I have already I would still keep going, I love livestreaming and creating.
You got this!
3 years, over 100 videos, 2.83k Subs, and still grinding. Don't give up because you never know how close you are to your channel's big break!
Vidiq pleaseee talk about the 10k view jail on shorts, most people get stuck at 10k views with decent analytics
There were times when I would have a lot of impressions but the views were very low with sometimes a watch time of only 1% -2% and I looked at the “content suggesting this video section “ and it was always an audience that even I wondered who was watching those kind of videos and the titles would be in some language I didn’t even know. I think UA-cam works the same way training a LLM does. It needs a decent amount of data before it can know which audience to push your videos to so that means you need to post a lot of videos ( especially if you’re too niche) and the algorithm will pretty much throw most of them on the wall and see what sticks. With this perspective, I think you can find ways to make it easier to know which videos you should post To make it easier for yt to know your targeted audience.
I’m sharing my story and hope it helps others. I’m in the gaming niche. I started the first channel beginning of 2024 as a verity channel to learn about UA-cam and editing. I pushed it to 2k subs but 2022 July I started my “real channel”. I had 1500 subs at 2023 Xmas, now I’m around 3,5k. I’m creating content for a game that is hard and pretty much a niche game. However there are channels in the space with 80-100k subs, not many but there are. I will not give up. Try to stand out, be unique and don’t think your video is better compared to everyone else’s. Keep rocking! 🎉
There for sure something wrong . My shorts getting over 75% choose to watch and over 90% watch time still it stops pushing content. So frustrating
Yeah I think so , UA-cam stopped recommending my videos idk why !!!
I did a review on a battery charger expecting it to be ignored. I'm shocked at how popular it is. Another video I did that I thought would be a hit is not grabbing the views like I thought it would.
Really does seem to be a flip of a coin. I guess you truly do need to be consistent.
I truly belive there is an audience for every kind of creator, unfortunately the algorithm will make sure we never reach them