Thanks for featuring me! I hope my example serves as a useful one for people trying to make a big splash with a small channel. I definitely learned a few things myself from vidIQ's analysis. Like apparently an average view duration of 20 minutes is actually really good? I was looking at that and thinking it was bad, since it was such a small percentage of the whole video. There's a whole world of backend and presentational technique that I knew nothing about.
I'm pretty sure the average view duration doesn't factor in subsequent views by the same people, so if you think about it, one person watching the video for 20 minutes (1 20-minute view) might *also* continue watching that same video the next day! (Yet *another* 20-minute view). Edit: seems I was right, apparently UA-cam calculates this by watch time/total number of views, so it does also count subsequent viewings by the same person on different days!
But I have had 80 subs for about 2 mouths now and my videos are getting around 30 views each even if they are pretty good… anyone have a idea what I should do?
I am totally disillusioned. I don't get impressions even with great metrics. >15% CTR, huge engagement, no dislikes, high AVD. But UA-cam refuses to show my video to anyone, I often get less than 100 impressions and even get 0 impressions from time to time, I am sick of this platform
ya same, I make football (European football) short videos and long videos and for past 2 weeks no one was is watching them, I feel like I'm black listed or shadow banned or something. I don't have any copyright claims or strikes. My account is clean. I was getting more views and impressions first month when I didn't have any followers, really odd and discouraging.
Spent 11 months doing a channel with friends. We got 435 subs posting multiple weekly videos. We split and I started a solo channel. First video got 13k views and 460 subs. That was a massive eye opener!
Something that I DID decide to do was change the text on my thumbnails to white text and update my video titles so it draws in for more of a conversation aspect. Lots of people already use words and phrases like BEST, must have, essentials. But I feel like answering the question of “why” ____________ in the title incorporates more of a discussion. It makes the videos more interactive and it’s like the creator is hanging out with their viewers. It’s like the creator is talking to their best friends. So those are some things that I would recommend doing for your own channel.
I got 300k views within a week, with my brand new channel. I was of course a little bit experienced on UA-cam before but I would never think that's gonna happen.
It's easy to blame the algorithm for not getting views, but if we stay accountable and work on our own content we can take small steps and get better every day! Stay strong and your channel will take off! Best of luck to everyone:)
The explanation about the algorithm has literally happened to me on the last two uploads. I hope something special happens like this creator experienced.
I bet everything on the idea that it was time to start a channel on UA-cam… Here’s to years of hard work and getting better every step of the way. Best of luck everyone!
This is my favourite video you've done because of the massive "show me, don't tell me" value. You really demonstrated the keys you've been highlighting over and over again and I feel like the education really lands and STICKS when you present it like this.
The problem with the "The algorithm works tirelessly for you" statement is that most times it doesn't. Most times if you launch a video and it gets recommended to the wrong audience so the CTR and watch time is low the algorithm just flags that video "bad" and moves on. The only reason the algorithm tried in this example was because of the 28 minute AVD which is a massive outliner and not a normal AVD to get. If any of my videos drop blow 5% CTR that video is dead.
Absolutely everything in this video is 100% true. I just started my channel, and monetized it in 4 weeks with 10 videos, over 3k subs, and over 5k watch time hrs (for some reason it took YT a sec to catch up). I did exactly what this creator did, and my channel is growing very quickly. Plus, I'm enjoying making the videos and the community we're building is beautiful. I'm on week 5, approaching 4k subs and 7k watch time hrs. I can see everyday how the algorithm does its thing, sending out feelers here and there. Small channels can absolutely succeed.🎉
Hey man, amazing job you did there with your new channel! I have a question, was this your first UA-cam channel? Or 2nd? 3rd? How many channels did it take for you to get it “right”? How much trial and error basically did it take to get to a successful channel as the one you are speaking of now? I am sure this channel will continue to blow and grow with the stats you are talking about. That is amazing! 👍
@@TmoneyBagz1 I'm flattered by your questions! This is actually my very first channel. I tested out my content on Instagram and learned which art style appealed to my audience of 40k. When I came to UA-cam, about 100 of them followed me here but then the algorithm slowly sent ppl my way. I make sure to talk in my videos, I respond to most comments, and I don't fill my videos with unnecessary fluff 😊. I also teach my audience lots of valuable things in every single video and I try to leave them with a pleasant/positive feeling so they are more willing to come back. I also give them lots of free stuff.
I have been doing this type of thing on my own channel. I saw that there is no one doing guides and news updates for City of Heroes with the private servers keeping the game alive. So that is what I did for my channel and the exact same thing happened with my channel. The only difference is that my audience is a bit smaller so my numbers are not as big. But it is also getting people to check out the game and other videos I do about the game as they are getting interested in City of Heroes.
I have been binge watching your videos for 2 days and they have transformed my understanding of how to make progress on UA-cam - thank you:) One question - for a channel that doesn't really resolve burning questions in people's lives, but rather shows them nice walks in towns and cities, I'm not sure how to apply a lot of the 'rules' on generating titles. I feel a little unsure with titles like 'do THIS one thing when walking around Richmond Park'...;)
Just like all of your previous videos, this was incredibly insightful and inspiring! Another awesome reminder that it’s never too late to try something new and/or risky with our channels! It’s something I need to keep in mind with my videos!
I am new in the You Tube world, I recorded my friend and I am still in shocked because to me it was crazy in almost 4 months we are close to reach the 200K views and I am still learning ( no monetizing yet) I am getting close to my 1000 subscribers, and that is one of the reasons why I keep on coming to your channel, thank you very much for all your advices on your vídeos. Keep it up 👍🏼
I truly think that small channels should use shorts to gain a following about a specific niche and eventually start making long form videos (especially now that there are so many new small channels)
Except subs gotten from shorts don't usually turn to subs for long content (eg the makeup channels with 300k+ subs and over 50 million views on shorts but less than 10k views on their longer vids. Those people aren't making much money unless they're directly selling stuff lol)
This is what I need to do. In other words this is also market search. This is my natural following strategy. Gaming was quite fun back in the day, and I think the first game I ever played on a console was “Manic Miner”. I have no idea how many people still know what that is. But yeah market search is possible in any area and there is a lot to explore there. Not my favorite work though but as Rob explains very well why this is important. Thanks for this very useful video!
I wanted to say that your app is amazing it helped me a little bit to reach 1k but I downloaded other apps that made me reach 6k as I continue I appreciate you for making the app its a life saver
My most popular video was planned exactly this way. After over a year, it has over 10k views. So I can confirm this tactic works. I'm also using your video ideas tool and if I don't see related videos in that idea, I'm also prioritizing that idea.
I have a very niche page and I would love to grow it. There is nothing like it, so being the first in a niche is nearly impossible to gain traction. Plus, being personalized, probably has it's down-sides - but the page was born out of need, not so much a desire to monetize.
I have one question that i think a lot of small creators are interested in. If i have 0 views, 0 subscribers and i want to make a video about a topic that doesn't exist on UA-cam, where will my viewers find my video? If i want to make a video about how people life's changed from 1950 to 2023. There are no keywords or specific audience for this. How can i make this work? Or how will this work on UA-cam, how UA-cam will find me viewers for my video, assuming it's a good video for everybody
The problem I'm having now is, sometimes I upload a video that gets a good amount of views but the next one has less than 30 , even though the content I talk about is popular 🤔. Maybe because I usually cover gaming news and talk about different games from different genres ? Should I delete the videos with few views and take it as a test?
UA-cam, occasionally rewards small channels and its all fine and good, until UA-cam shuts the algorithm taps off and then petitions the channel to buy advertisements for their channel... I know of a channel that has 800k subscribers, avetage views of 500k per video... then it tanked to 800-1000 views per video and at the same time UA-cam asks them to buy advertisements... sounds like sleazy behavior to me.
Didn’t expect to see a Gaming Historian video referenced on this channel. One of my favourite gaming channels, his videos are always very well produced
I've been creating videos on this channel and my older one (which was my main one for most of my time in UA-cam). I was making bad quality content for an over saturated market. The videos that did well were the one off ones in less competitive areas. I couldn't convert into subs though because that's not what my content was about. Now I've learned so much from vidiq that I'm focusing on quality over quantity, niche down to have a better target audience, and things are going much better. I finally hit 1000 subs August 1 and now I'm at 1045 already. My monthly watch hours were around 100 and now over 250 for the last 28 days. I still have a long way to go for monetization but I no longer feel the algorithm is against me. I know it was me all along 😂
If you are new on UA-cam, then you understand the pain of waking up and seeing only one or two views on your video. I'm never giving up, though🤷. We got this.👍
Never forget this sentence again: *The algorithm is very unpredictable.* It's controlled by AI to push out the right thing for the right viewers, no wonter why it's so smart??? Which is also the approximate reason why UA-cam has "Tags", Also hey VidIQ, You should definitely add a "Members only" comment section. (Ex. @KreekCraft) Overall this video is a . Oh also the colors and visual effects of the "1 of 10" and "10 of 10" emoji should be swapped. Thank you for reading this ridiculously long paragraph, Happy Uploading!
I am just curious... As a very small channel not doing great, I let most of my views come in organically. But now UA-cam starts removing my views... Why? Now I resort to sharing on groups etc, which sometimes damages the videos? Is organic views not the way to go anymore as UA-cam removes my views? I rarely share my videos with anybody.
This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that UA-cam DOES HATE small channels. The reason this one popped off is because of those few people who actually watched a decent amount which is why it started getting recommended. And then a high CTR got it shown off even more to the point that those commenters who are fans of the game found it. And with them watching the entirety of the vid, raised it’s recognition even more with the massive increase in watch time. If CTR is so meaningless, then clickbait thumbnails/titles wouldn’t succeed at getting vids hundreds of thousands of views. The simple fact is a small channel has little to no views so it doesn’t get recognition by UA-cam. Some people might find it and check it out by happenstance and then you get lucky with actually being shown somewhat. But then it stops because no one watches so UA-cam doesn’t show it at all anymore. That’s the truth if it.
I played the hell out of tie fighter back in 1996. So many early mornings before school and late nights afterwards. One of the best Star Wars games from the 90’s.
I don't think UA-cam "hates small channels", it is just it doesn't help them grow either ... Why invest in someone who might not become successful and bring you money in a year or two, when you can just grow the channels that are already known and bring you money now ...
The UA-cam algorithm gives you the impressions everytime if you do the correct meta data. Getting people to watch and stay watching is a completely personal issue. I take complete responsibility for my views being directly linked to my quality of video.
Never give up Guys ! I reanimated my 11 Years old UA-cam channel just 2 Weeks ago . And have just reach the 150hours watch time and 20k Views in just 2 Weeks . Never give up just have fun in what you’re doing and don’t be disappointed if it’s not what you expected after your uploads :D
Supply and demand! Thanks for the tip, I recently was looking for a tutorial to do with live-streaming Minecraft multiplayer (not saying exactly what so that no one makes a vid about it and steals my thunder) and found literally no videos on the topic. Next video idea: found!
I almost quit YT after failing to gain any attraction, but since last few weeks ive been uploading shorts regularly, almost lost hope but my last short kinda got few attraction (2.5k its not much but its alot better than what i used to get like 20-40 views) so I'll keep on posting lets see how it goes. Cheers!
UA-cam needs to try out the first videos fo a new channel. Wing Commander is a big name. Retrospectives, as you said, are interesting. Channel got lucky that their video was promoted to the correct audience. Now the thing is: How will their next videos do? With X-Wing you have a Star Wars name. So yeah. Good chance that will make it too. But what happens when they dive into more niche content? Or when they create content which a lot of their now subs don't want to see? Doesn't even need to be off topic. But let's say they start analyzing a game like The Dig. There are a lot of channels who have one or two success videos while the other videos they are doing don't take off for whatever reason. You can look at your own upload history to see that. I also don't think it gives good insight into the YT Algo by picking out the few channels who have success. How about some more insight into channels who do make good content but don't make it? It's easy finding channels taking off and then coming up with an explanation why they did take off. That's just feeding on survivor bias. It's way harder finding a reason why a smaller channel who does everything right is not taking off. And they exist. Look for these. Where you yourself think "Damn. That's a good channel. Why is it so small?"
This content creator is in UA-cam fear right now , scared to death about how much people love the game and not the creators face , they have no clue how they're going to match the one and only
Change your success metric from “how can I get as many people as possible to see my video” to “how can I get one person to watch the entire video, start to finish?” And there you have it.
I can note also that the video is 2 hours long which I think is part of the algorythm, the longer your video, if it catches on, the more youtube will want to promote it.
It's always good to see these types of examples, as it's easy to blame the algorithm for lack of impressions or views. There's still opportunity out there if you put in the effort and stay creative.
Hi, i have been watching your videos for a long time, you guys do a great job in addressing gaming channels, could you also look into codding/programming channels too? I understand that it might be hard for you, since it is outside of your expertise, but iam sure, you can give some useful insights for programming channels, specifically, i love to post my programming projects, i usually dont upload tutorials as there are already tons of it in youtube. If possible, kindly include this channel for auditing.
I’ve been struggling a lot with impressions, but I can’t seem to find any good in depth analysis of how to get more impressions. Obviously I know the basics like high CTR and good retention, but it’s so much More then that. Besides most of the videos I’ve seen never actually tell you how to increase your CTR.(Just an idea for you guys if you ever want to revisit impressions)
I just started this channel a month ago exactly at 20 subs and no views im at 4k watch hours gaining about 100 subs a day and like 1k views a day … All i did was put a short clip in the first few secs of the video also the thumbnail has to invoke curiosity and make sure the thumbnail and the first clip match up so u provide what the viewer wants .. Good Luck Everyone 💪🏼💪🏼
A question: is more important time or percent of length? For example, if I pubblish a video of 8 min and average is 6 min or i pubblish a video of 20min and average is 10 min, what is better for UA-cam Algoritm ?
I had actually done the supply and demand strategy on my first video, and it's the best performing video of mine! But I didn't use that strategy on my next video, which I should have. Although, this video I will be trying to apply this strategy on one of my next video!
Ladies and Gentlemen, OCG here...What do you mean, "who?" Granted after three years on this glorious platform I expected growth I've only ever seen in adult films starring Godzilla. And my subscribers...Well, I've seen higher numbers in an "All you can eat hotdog contest." (The winner last year ate 1, 212 of the damn things. True story...kind of). So why am I telling you this? Well because this channel is all about growing on youtube and I MUST GROW DAMNIT! *coughs* Anyway...Help me. And no, this isn't a can of spam. I hate spam. Awful stuff OCG
Great video again. Thank you so much for your help!!! I started being a UA-cam creator back in May this year. I’m learning so much with every video. My niche is everything School Bus Driver related.
Even if one finds a niche gap that has not yet been filled on UA-cam, it might not be of any help to that particular creator. So, if I somehow happen to find out that a massive number of people are searching for “boiling a frozen dinosaur egg” and there still is no video about it on UA-cam, this doesn’t really help me, since my channel is about repairing guitars. Yes, that video will bring me a bunch of viewers, but will not help my channel, nor attract subscribers, that I want to attract, which are people who want to watch a Guitar repair videos. In the guitar repair a video world, I really can’t think of any type of repair or any detail that a massive number of people would be searching for, but that yet hasn’t been published.
Actually, I also made some shorts and tried my best to make them. I did not want to copy or anything and my passion was to share the anime that no one heard of .... but I have one problem that I can't speak well and don't like to show my face. I tried my best and still want to support my family just a little bit. Now I got a bit of motivation to make countless videos to make my audience enjoy and watch. Thanks vidIQ for making my day.
Awesome...learned something again :). Question about something else though: I have a lot of old videos on my channel that no longer make sense to the current content (took me a while to figure out where I really wanted to go with my channel). Do I keep them on there or delete them?
So based in this analysis one of my channels Yesterday showed that I had (for 14 videos) 45.8k impressions, 5.4k views, with the avg watch time of 31mins = 2.8k watch hrs (Im rounding down on all of my numbers btw). The channel has been active for 2 months, but most of this happened within the last 10days. I'm currently looking at my analytics (12hrs later) and my impressions are 96.3k, views are at 6.6k, with the avg watch time of 33mins = 3.7k watch hrs. I had just hit my first 100 subs on Aug 17th, 2023. and I am now almost at 200 subs. Its funny, because based on my average starting out, mines were higher than his, but my channels isn't being boosted as much. And I for sure know the value my content brings. This stuff is so fascinating, because its different for everyone. This guy is awesome for letting you do a deep dive into his channel. Thanks for the breakdown, I feel like I have a better understanding of the numbers.
What I kinda want to know is, if your channel is a few years old, and if you've only posted videos on there for fun for the last few years until now when you want to actually be serious about it - does the algorithm still work for you? or is it too late and have you been soft locked out of any chance of videos going viral because your channel is old and still has quite a few videos on it?
Then tell me why on incognito tabs of UA-cam, you only get videos from channels with 10M+ subs. I have tried for a year. And only got 32 subs. Sure I haven’t uploaded in 2-3 months, but I have a niche I am trying to work on, only to get like 15 views, because YT DOES favor big channels. They will even put ads and take all of the revenue on smaller channels.
Thanks for featuring me! I hope my example serves as a useful one for people trying to make a big splash with a small channel.
I definitely learned a few things myself from vidIQ's analysis. Like apparently an average view duration of 20 minutes is actually really good? I was looking at that and thinking it was bad, since it was such a small percentage of the whole video. There's a whole world of backend and presentational technique that I knew nothing about.
Congratulations man
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Awesome, Greatest of Luck to you
Inspirational stuff!
I'm pretty sure the average view duration doesn't factor in subsequent views by the same people, so if you think about it, one person watching the video for 20 minutes (1 20-minute view) might *also* continue watching that same video the next day! (Yet *another* 20-minute view).
Edit: seems I was right, apparently UA-cam calculates this by watch time/total number of views, so it does also count subsequent viewings by the same person on different days!
Your channel will be next! If you’re seeing this, don’t give up 💪
But I have had 80 subs for about 2 mouths now and my videos are getting around 30 views each even if they are pretty good… anyone have a idea what I should do?
Thank you !
Bro I started my channel and I didn't get any views but after a few days I got 2k 5k views but now suddenly my views are dead 😢
You too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you..
I am totally disillusioned. I don't get impressions even with great metrics. >15% CTR, huge engagement, no dislikes, high AVD. But UA-cam refuses to show my video to anyone, I often get less than 100 impressions and even get 0 impressions from time to time, I am sick of this platform
ya same, I make football (European football) short videos and long videos and for past 2 weeks no one was is watching them, I feel like I'm black listed or shadow banned or something. I don't have any copyright claims or strikes. My account is clean. I was getting more views and impressions first month when I didn't have any followers, really odd and discouraging.
This was probably one of the most insightful videos about HOW UA-cam works that I ever seen... Fair play, thank you
Spent 11 months doing a channel with friends. We got 435 subs posting multiple weekly videos.
We split and I started a solo channel.
First video got 13k views and 460 subs. That was a massive eye opener!
That's fantastic! Congrats!
Something that I DID decide to do was change the text on my thumbnails to white text and update my video titles so it draws in for more of a conversation aspect. Lots of people already use words and phrases like BEST, must have, essentials. But I feel like answering the question of “why” ____________ in the title incorporates more of a discussion.
It makes the videos more interactive and it’s like the creator is hanging out with their viewers. It’s like the creator is talking to their best friends.
So those are some things that I would recommend doing for your own channel.
That's a great tip. Thank you.
From 1 video that person is already basically monitised???
I got 300k views within a week, with my brand new channel. I was of course a little bit experienced on UA-cam before but I would never think that's gonna happen.
That's awesome! Congratulations!
Good luck
It's easy to blame the algorithm for not getting views, but if we stay accountable and work on our own content we can take small steps and get better every day! Stay strong and your channel will take off! Best of luck to everyone:)
Man youtube is really annoying, i did my best but nothing is working
The explanation about the algorithm has literally happened to me on the last two uploads. I hope something special happens like this creator experienced.
Wow! GG to them, And this is a dramatic intro! 😮
They also used the power of nostalgia, when you're older you reminisce on things that you used to do when you were young
I bet everything on the idea that it was time to start a channel on UA-cam…
Here’s to years of hard work and getting better every step of the way. Best of luck everyone!
good luck for us
You got this! 💪
@@vidIQ thanks! With you guys’ resources anything is possible.
Thanks for giving knowledge 🔥
Absolutely! My first video blew up not just because it was engaging but because it was and still is a very high demand topic
"What content is missing on UA-cam that people want to watch that I know a lot about? "That question is easier asked than answered!
This is my favourite video you've done because of the massive "show me, don't tell me" value. You really demonstrated the keys you've been highlighting over and over again and I feel like the education really lands and STICKS when you present it like this.
The problem with the "The algorithm works tirelessly for you" statement is that most times it doesn't. Most times if you launch a video and it gets recommended to the wrong audience so the CTR and watch time is low the algorithm just flags that video "bad" and moves on. The only reason the algorithm tried in this example was because of the 28 minute AVD which is a massive outliner and not a normal AVD to get. If any of my videos drop blow 5% CTR that video is dead.
Facts
Absolutely everything in this video is 100% true. I just started my channel, and monetized it in 4 weeks with 10 videos, over 3k subs, and over 5k watch time hrs (for some reason it took YT a sec to catch up). I did exactly what this creator did, and my channel is growing very quickly. Plus, I'm enjoying making the videos and the community we're building is beautiful.
I'm on week 5, approaching 4k subs and 7k watch time hrs. I can see everyday how the algorithm does its thing, sending out feelers here and there. Small channels can absolutely succeed.🎉
That’s awesome, congrats!
Congrats man love to hear it
I started a Football channel, can you tell me how to get on the algorithm
Hey man, amazing job you did there with your new channel! I have a question, was this your first UA-cam channel? Or 2nd? 3rd? How many channels did it take for you to get it “right”? How much trial and error basically did it take to get to a successful channel as the one you are speaking of now?
I am sure this channel will continue to blow and grow with the stats you are talking about. That is amazing! 👍
@@TmoneyBagz1 I'm flattered by your questions! This is actually my very first channel. I tested out my content on Instagram and learned which art style appealed to my audience of 40k. When I came to UA-cam, about 100 of them followed me here but then the algorithm slowly sent ppl my way. I make sure to talk in my videos, I respond to most comments, and I don't fill my videos with unnecessary fluff 😊. I also teach my audience lots of valuable things in every single video and I try to leave them with a pleasant/positive feeling so they are more willing to come back. I also give them lots of free stuff.
I've just been accepted into YPP... Thank you vid iq
That's great! Congratulations!
I have been doing this type of thing on my own channel. I saw that there is no one doing guides and news updates for City of Heroes with the private servers keeping the game alive. So that is what I did for my channel and the exact same thing happened with my channel. The only difference is that my audience is a bit smaller so my numbers are not as big. But it is also getting people to check out the game and other videos I do about the game as they are getting interested in City of Heroes.
I have been binge watching your videos for 2 days and they have transformed my understanding of how to make progress on UA-cam - thank you:) One question - for a channel that doesn't really resolve burning questions in people's lives, but rather shows them nice walks in towns and cities, I'm not sure how to apply a lot of the 'rules' on generating titles. I feel a little unsure with titles like 'do THIS one thing when walking around Richmond Park'...;)
Definitely:) It's better to adjust to your niche. Highly recommend checking out our Title Generator tool here:
vidiq.com/ai-title-generator/
Just like all of your previous videos, this was incredibly insightful and inspiring! Another awesome reminder that it’s never too late to try something new and/or risky with our channels! It’s something I need to keep in mind with my videos!
Absolutely! Go for it!
Hi
Absolutely
@@vidIQ can the next video can be about me my name is Jedi’s world!
With 471 subs and over 6000 watch hours with 369 videos and shorts combined
I am new in the You Tube world, I recorded my friend and I am still in shocked because to me it was crazy in almost 4 months we are close to reach the 200K views and
I am still learning ( no monetizing yet) I am getting close to my 1000 subscribers, and that is one of the reasons why I keep on coming to your channel, thank you very much for all your advices on your vídeos. Keep it up 👍🏼
I truly think that small channels should use shorts to gain a following about a specific niche and eventually start making long form videos (especially now that there are so many new small channels)
That is my approach and I’m tweaking it as I go. I’m just a day over 2 months
Except subs gotten from shorts don't usually turn to subs for long content (eg the makeup channels with 300k+ subs and over 50 million views on shorts but less than 10k views on their longer vids. Those people aren't making much money unless they're directly selling stuff lol)
Thanks Rob!! So interesting! Thank you for always keeping us little ones in mind! We appreciate it! 💖
We are here for you!
This is what I need to do. In other words this is also market search. This is my natural following strategy. Gaming was quite fun back in the day, and I think the first game I ever played on a console was “Manic Miner”. I have no idea how many people still know what that is. But yeah market search is possible in any area and there is a lot to explore there. Not my favorite work though but as Rob explains very well why this is important. Thanks for this very useful video!
Thanks for watching! We got you!
I wanted to say that your app is amazing it helped me a little bit to reach 1k but I downloaded other apps that made me reach 6k as I continue I appreciate you for making the app its a life saver
Can you please tell me other apps name?
Please can you tell us the app?
Hi
Gowan bro keep the grind on 👍👍👍👍
We are so happy to hear that! Thank you!
My most popular video was planned exactly this way. After over a year, it has over 10k views. So I can confirm this tactic works. I'm also using your video ideas tool and if I don't see related videos in that idea, I'm also prioritizing that idea.
Hi
I have a very niche page and I would love to grow it. There is nothing like it, so being the first in a niche is nearly impossible to gain traction. Plus, being personalized, probably has it's down-sides - but the page was born out of need, not so much a desire to monetize.
I have one question that i think a lot of small creators are interested in. If i have 0 views, 0 subscribers and i want to make a video about a topic that doesn't exist on UA-cam, where will my viewers find my video? If i want to make a video about how people life's changed from 1950 to 2023. There are no keywords or specific audience for this. How can i make this work? Or how will this work on UA-cam, how UA-cam will find me viewers for my video, assuming it's a good video for everybody
The problem I'm having now is, sometimes I upload a video that gets a good amount of views but the next one has less than 30 , even though the content I talk about is popular 🤔.
Maybe because I usually cover gaming news and talk about different games from different genres ?
Should I delete the videos with few views and take it as a test?
VidIQ: The algorithm is your friend
Also VidIQ: how to CRUSH the algorithm
@@vidIQ wait how did you comment that
@@notrishyit's a channel sticker
@@notrishywhen u join member ship you can type that and make it appear. no problem! 😊
@@YourHotTakes ah I didn't know that
Oh mighty UA-cam Algorithm, let your blessings rain upon us with your almighty power. 🙏🙏🙏
Congrats to them! Listening to what your audience wants is the key I think.. although I still haven’t figured it out myself 🤷🏼♂️
UA-cam, occasionally rewards small channels and its all fine and good, until UA-cam shuts the algorithm taps off and then petitions the channel to buy advertisements for their channel... I know of a channel that has 800k subscribers, avetage views of 500k per video... then it tanked to 800-1000 views per video and at the same time UA-cam asks them to buy advertisements... sounds like sleazy behavior to me.
Thank you for walking us through on what they did, the insight is mind blowing...im going to try it!
Didn’t expect to see a Gaming Historian video referenced on this channel. One of my favourite gaming channels, his videos are always very well produced
I've been creating videos on this channel and my older one (which was my main one for most of my time in UA-cam). I was making bad quality content for an over saturated market. The videos that did well were the one off ones in less competitive areas. I couldn't convert into subs though because that's not what my content was about. Now I've learned so much from vidiq that I'm focusing on quality over quantity, niche down to have a better target audience, and things are going much better. I finally hit 1000 subs August 1 and now I'm at 1045 already. My monthly watch hours were around 100 and now over 250 for the last 28 days. I still have a long way to go for monetization but I no longer feel the algorithm is against me. I know it was me all along 😂
Rob, how do you change content ideas without changing the original content algorithm...?
If you are new on UA-cam, then you understand the pain of waking up and seeing only one or two views on your video. I'm never giving up, though🤷. We got this.👍
Keep pushing everyone x
Absolutely
Never forget this sentence again: *The algorithm is very unpredictable.* It's controlled by AI to push out the right thing for the right viewers, no wonter why it's so smart??? Which is also the approximate reason why UA-cam has "Tags", Also hey VidIQ, You should definitely add a "Members only" comment section. (Ex. @KreekCraft)
Overall this video is a .
Oh also the colors and visual effects of the "1 of 10" and "10 of 10" emoji should be swapped.
Thank you for reading this ridiculously long paragraph, Happy Uploading!
I am just curious... As a very small channel not doing great, I let most of my views come in organically. But now UA-cam starts removing my views... Why? Now I resort to sharing on groups etc, which sometimes damages the videos? Is organic views not the way to go anymore as UA-cam removes my views? I rarely share my videos with anybody.
Same is the case with me😢
This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that UA-cam DOES HATE small channels. The reason this one popped off is because of those few people who actually watched a decent amount which is why it started getting recommended. And then a high CTR got it shown off even more to the point that those commenters who are fans of the game found it. And with them watching the entirety of the vid, raised it’s recognition even more with the massive increase in watch time. If CTR is so meaningless, then clickbait thumbnails/titles wouldn’t succeed at getting vids hundreds of thousands of views. The simple fact is a small channel has little to no views so it doesn’t get recognition by UA-cam. Some people might find it and check it out by happenstance and then you get lucky with actually being shown somewhat. But then it stops because no one watches so UA-cam doesn’t show it at all anymore. That’s the truth if it.
Exactly this!
I played the hell out of tie fighter back in 1996. So many early mornings before school and late nights afterwards. One of the best Star Wars games from the 90’s.
I don't think UA-cam "hates small channels", it is just it doesn't help them grow either ... Why invest in someone who might not become successful and bring you money in a year or two, when you can just grow the channels that are already known and bring you money now ...
The UA-cam algorithm gives you the impressions everytime if you do the correct meta data. Getting people to watch and stay watching is a completely personal issue. I take complete responsibility for my views being directly linked to my quality of video.
vid quality isnt so important but what does the content provide …
Pls what's the correct metadata
I have to admit, I do miss that game, lol. WTG!
:O dang good for them! heres to theirs and everyones continued success. So uh they will do Tie Fighter at some point too right ;P
Never give up Guys ! I reanimated my 11 Years old UA-cam channel just 2 Weeks ago . And have just reach the 150hours watch time and 20k Views in just 2 Weeks . Never give up just have fun in what you’re doing and don’t be disappointed if it’s not what you expected after your uploads :D
Good luck❤
To the person reading this don't give up on your dream/channel very soon and sooner than you think, it will be your victory!
Supply and demand! Thanks for the tip, I recently was looking for a tutorial to do with live-streaming Minecraft multiplayer (not saying exactly what so that no one makes a vid about it and steals my thunder) and found literally no videos on the topic.
Next video idea: found!
I almost quit YT after failing to gain any attraction, but since last few weeks ive been uploading shorts regularly, almost lost hope but my last short kinda got few attraction (2.5k its not much but its alot better than what i used to get like 20-40 views) so I'll keep on posting lets see how it goes. Cheers!
Another example of this would be this amazing channel called TurtleNation who's first video got over 100k views and 5k subs!
Surely He got through seo 😊😊
UA-cam needs to try out the first videos fo a new channel. Wing Commander is a big name. Retrospectives, as you said, are interesting. Channel got lucky that their video was promoted to the correct audience. Now the thing is: How will their next videos do? With X-Wing you have a Star Wars name. So yeah. Good chance that will make it too. But what happens when they dive into more niche content? Or when they create content which a lot of their now subs don't want to see? Doesn't even need to be off topic. But let's say they start analyzing a game like The Dig. There are a lot of channels who have one or two success videos while the other videos they are doing don't take off for whatever reason. You can look at your own upload history to see that.
I also don't think it gives good insight into the YT Algo by picking out the few channels who have success. How about some more insight into channels who do make good content but don't make it? It's easy finding channels taking off and then coming up with an explanation why they did take off. That's just feeding on survivor bias. It's way harder finding a reason why a smaller channel who does everything right is not taking off. And they exist. Look for these. Where you yourself think "Damn. That's a good channel. Why is it so small?"
"The UA-cam Algorith" is really simple. It's all about the viewer. The algorithm does not care about your video, it cares about the viewer.
This content creator is in UA-cam fear right now , scared to death about how much people love the game and not the creators face , they have no clue how they're going to match the one and only
Change your success metric from “how can I get as many people as possible to see my video” to “how can I get one person to watch the entire video, start to finish?” And there you have it.
If you’re reading this, don’t give up! your chanel will blow up!
waiting 😊
Aw thanks. I indeed love somebody loves what I do, good luck to you too
Hello Rob, I did have a question. Is it allowed to use live streaming software under 1000 subscribers?
I can note also that the video is 2 hours long which I think is part of the algorythm, the longer your video, if it catches on, the more youtube will want to promote it.
It's always good to see these types of examples, as it's easy to blame the algorithm for lack of impressions or views. There's still opportunity out there if you put in the effort and stay creative.
Hi, i have been watching your videos for a long time, you guys do a great job in addressing gaming channels, could you also look into codding/programming channels too? I understand that it might be hard for you, since it is outside of your expertise, but iam sure, you can give some useful insights for programming channels, specifically, i love to post my programming projects, i usually dont upload tutorials as there are already tons of it in youtube. If possible, kindly include this channel for auditing.
The algorithm didn’t like me since day one 🤕
I’ve been struggling a lot with impressions, but I can’t seem to find any good in depth analysis of how to get more impressions. Obviously I know the basics like high CTR and good retention, but it’s so much More then that. Besides most of the videos I’ve seen never actually tell you how to increase your CTR.(Just an idea for you guys if you ever want to revisit impressions)
I just started this channel a month ago exactly at 20 subs and no views im at 4k watch hours gaining about 100 subs a day and like 1k views a day … All i did was put a short clip in the first few secs of the video also the thumbnail has to invoke curiosity and make sure the thumbnail and the first clip match up so u provide what the viewer wants .. Good Luck Everyone 💪🏼💪🏼
A question: is more important time or percent of length? For example, if I pubblish a video of 8 min and average is 6 min or i pubblish a video of 20min and average is 10 min, what is better for UA-cam Algoritm ?
I had actually done the supply and demand strategy on my first video, and it's the best performing video of mine! But I didn't use that strategy on my next video, which I should have. Although, this video I will be trying to apply this strategy on one of my next video!
Awesome video! I’m currently shifting the niche of my channel and this gives me so much hope for the future!
1:35 yooo the UA-cam sub counter in the back jumps from 1.56 to 1.57
As a small reaction channel I'm not even Doing it for the subscribers (although it helps) i just love what I do.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
OCG here...What do you mean, "who?" Granted after three years on this glorious platform I expected growth I've only ever seen in adult films starring Godzilla. And my subscribers...Well, I've seen higher numbers in an "All you can eat hotdog contest." (The winner last year ate 1, 212 of the damn things. True story...kind of). So why am I telling you this? Well because this channel is all about growing on youtube and I MUST GROW DAMNIT! *coughs* Anyway...Help me. And no, this isn't a can of spam. I hate spam. Awful stuff
OCG
Great video again. Thank you so much for your help!!! I started being a UA-cam creator back in May this year. I’m learning so much with every video. My niche is everything School Bus Driver related.
Great explanation touching about the technical and statistic. As they said, numbers wont lie. I'll keep coming back on this channel to learn more.
Keep up the nice content vidIQ!
Even if one finds a niche gap that has not yet been filled on UA-cam, it might not be of any help to that particular creator.
So, if I somehow happen to find out that a massive number of people are searching for “boiling a frozen dinosaur egg” and there still is no video about it on UA-cam, this doesn’t really help me, since my channel is about repairing guitars.
Yes, that video will bring me a bunch of viewers, but will not help my channel, nor attract subscribers, that I want to attract, which are people who want to watch a Guitar repair videos.
In the guitar repair a video world, I really can’t think of any type of repair or any detail that a massive number of people would be searching for, but that yet hasn’t been published.
I just created my first video a simple documentary and looking forward in my UA-cam journey. Thanks a lot🎉
Actually, I also made some shorts and tried my best to make them. I did not want to copy or anything and my passion was to share the anime that no one heard of .... but I have one problem that I can't speak well and don't like to show my face. I tried my best and still want to support my family just a little bit. Now I got a bit of motivation to make countless videos to make my audience enjoy and watch. Thanks vidIQ for making my day.
That also happens to me too one of my video has over 100K views and I have only 277 subscribers that was really crazy to see that. 😮
I can feel the UA-cam algorithm is starting to finally notice me.
I can feel it in my latest videos.
That's great! Keep going!
Awesome...learned something again :). Question about something else though: I have a lot of old videos on my channel that no longer make sense to the current content (took me a while to figure out where I really wanted to go with my channel). Do I keep them on there or delete them?
So based in this analysis one of my channels Yesterday showed that I had (for 14 videos) 45.8k impressions, 5.4k views, with the avg watch time of 31mins = 2.8k watch hrs (Im rounding down on all of my numbers btw). The channel has been active for 2 months, but most of this happened within the last 10days. I'm currently looking at my analytics (12hrs later) and my impressions are 96.3k, views are at 6.6k, with the avg watch time of 33mins = 3.7k watch hrs. I had just hit my first 100 subs on Aug 17th, 2023. and I am now almost at 200 subs. Its funny, because based on my average starting out, mines were higher than his, but my channels isn't being boosted as much. And I for sure know the value my content brings. This stuff is so fascinating, because its different for everyone. This guy is awesome for letting you do a deep dive into his channel. Thanks for the breakdown, I feel like I have a better understanding of the numbers.
It's really funny when everybody says, actually "don't know their secret".
SMALL UA-camRS WE HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER !!!
What I kinda want to know is, if your channel is a few years old, and if you've only posted videos on there for fun for the last few years until now when you want to actually be serious about it - does the algorithm still work for you? or is it too late and have you been soft locked out of any chance of videos going viral because your channel is old and still has quite a few videos on it?
the information that uncle gave was very detailed and very useful for us beginners, thank you uncle 🥰🥰🥰
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i am pretty new this its hard but so rewarding and fun best of luck to you all!!!
Algorithm is never against anybody or any channel it is there to help promote to correct people
Absolutely!
Then tell me why on incognito tabs of UA-cam, you only get videos from channels with 10M+ subs. I have tried for a year. And only got 32 subs. Sure I haven’t uploaded in 2-3 months, but I have a niche I am trying to work on, only to get like 15 views, because YT DOES favor big channels. They will even put ads and take all of the revenue on smaller channels.
Hi VidIQ!I will definitely watch it,to see how his strategy worked in practice!
These 1 video channels that blow up always amaze me.
Thanks for the advice as a small UA-camr.
Weeellll I hope they have that next video ready to go. Now that you have mentioned that there is a gap...someone might come in and swoop it away!
This video helped me understand the algorithm more! Thanks!
Words of advice guys, keep going
Wow, this is so inspiring!
I'm really beginning to believe UA-cam hates small channels 😢
These videos are giving me much enthusiasm not to give up
yeah,I uploaded a tutorial video, saying how to get better, but when I said "why are you still bad at this game?" that attracted a lot of viewers
The message I got from this was that if you make engaging content - your video will perform well!
Dang that’s one way to get monetized on your first video.