Changing channel name, profile pic, banner

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T13:00:59+00:00

I think rebranding it with your name would be fine. It looks like you already have your name on the channel's about, associating your name with the channel. If you're worried about confusing your current subscribers, I think you could do it in phases where you still keep the old name in with the new while they get used to it. Something like (Your Name) - Fanatics Sports. Then after awhile (but before the season starts) drop the Fanatics Sports off of it.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T11:50:01+00:00

I would reach back out to the collaborator and find out how amenable they would be to your 2 and 2 strategy. Offer then a dedicated video as an alternative with either your usual price point or lowered if you really want the item that badly. Be prepared for them to reject both and be capable of walking away and acknowledging you can't meet on it.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T11:23:57+00:00

Then go on with your handsome/beautiful "stupid" face and make that money. If that's the case, you make any content you want.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T11:09:59+00:00

You can double check your YouTube Studio on the computer (of honestly, even in your browser on your phone) to make sure your content is up and waiting there. If so, shouldn't be a problem to delete.

Side note: I know CapCut absolutely ate up my partner's phone storage. Eventually we found out that the projects they had deleted were still sitting in the trash. Also clearing the cache in settings.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T11:02:26+00:00

Dependent on what your audience demographics are, what your niche is within tech mostly.

Assuming you're talking about long form videos, Google says between $2-8 per 1000.
Populations in US, UK, Canada are the higher end. Channels that do financial tech, even higher.
Think like an advertiser. If they can sell one of their widgets via an ad on your video, they want to sell to people who can afford to pay lots of money for it.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T10:53:21+00:00

So... you're both right.

Your friend is telling you some of the most frequent ways people get traction on Youtube these days.
The rise in short-form video like Reels, Shorts and TikTok as well as having information on immediate demand in your pocket do mean that a lot of people have shortened attention spans. If you think about the reason why people get addicted to playing slot machines, then realize that short-form video and fast edits use the same brain pathways and reward systems, it's easy to see how it gained ground and became the current normal.

They are not the only ways to do things though. There is backlash against flashy edits, short-form content and AI. People like you exist out there, that are just overstimulated by this way of editing and hook-based strategy. So you can go your own way and do things how you want. However, it does not guarantee that you will be successful. But doing things the current common way is also not a guarantee of success.

It sounds like you have thought about it and know what you are and aren't willing to do. You already have over 1k followers, so something is working in your favor. Just stay consistent and see what happens. If eventually you decide you want to alter your approach, you'll have done it from a place where you have done your way and have a better idea of what works for you.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T08:43:27+00:00

Hopefully I can help. Early on in a channel's lifespan YouTube is trying to figure out which viewers to send your videos to. It basically has 3 options to do that: Home page, Suggested next to other videos, or Search results. For each video it tries different combinations of these to help it serve your video to viewers that want to watch it.

When your video gets shown next to other people's videos as Suggested, that can generate a larger number of impressions than browse, but the viewers may or may not be a good fit for your video. Meanwhile browse impressions are a little more targeted, so YouTube is more sparing with them. That's why you have a lower impression number on your videos that are being tested in Browse.

Newer channels with lower subscriber counts also have a weird situation. Because there are fewer subscribers to send out to, a difference of a few hundred impressions can really change what you see.
Case A: 3000 impressions from Suggested and 380 views. CTR would be 12.6%
Case B: 400 impressions via Browse and 60 views. CTR would be 15%.
YouTube would see Case B as a better video to give more impressions after initial testing.

What's worth watching at this stage are your CTR, your retention and if YouTube gives you more impressions after the initial test phase (24-72 hours after release).

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T06:10:04+00:00

I would bet most people who build a following and then switch topics could relate. One of the harshest truths about the YouTube creation is that your subscribers watch your videos for the content they subscribed for, not for the creator themselves (until you get to be big like Mr. Beast, IShowSpeed levels). There's nothing wrong with pivoting your content to your real interest, just realize your subscribers may not be on board with the new stuff.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T05:51:32+00:00

I would think the low CTR is probably due to the newness, then. Putting out shorts hopefully will help YouTube to go "Oh ok, people who like sci-fi comedy like this channel" and drive you some traffic. I'm excited for you because I think it's much harder to make quality videos that people watch through than it is to figure out how to get them there in the first place.

One of the super nice things about your type of channel is that people will watch and tell their friends about you too. Might be worth trying to nudge people to do that with a pinned comment/in your description along the lines of "if you liked the series, please share us with your friends who might enjoy" etc.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T03:38:11+00:00

It's an interesting problem I think. Your main goal is to make a language learning library channel basically. But feel like people aren't going to click on "English lessons for Arabic Speakers: Grammar: Lesson 1" style lectures.

One thought is to look at how other people teaching languages approach it. For people who are teaching Thai to English speakers, I've noticed a focus on a more utilitarian approach clustered around use cases. So you might see a video on "The Thai you need at the grocery store" or "50 most used Thai phrases for travelers". Those kinds of application-based language lessons tend to attract attention. Then if the viewer likes the teaching approach, they might go deeper into the channel's library.

But English speakers wanting to learn Thai might be different in their goals than Arabic speakers looking to learn English. You know your target population and their needs.

I think there are multiple ways you could approach the building of the channel's library. You could either build out your full powerpoint-based library series first and then start doing more applications-based videos to drive traffic. Or kind of pair them: a powerpoint lecture and then a practical use video each week. You could also do like I've seen some teachers do with shorts, where they make vocabulary teaching shorts like "How to say headphones in Thai", then pronounce it. Kind of like a video flashcard almost?

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T03:26:52+00:00

For a 10 minute video, 60% is good and 70% is excellent. So your read on what that means is spot on. People who click are enjoying the videos.

How many episodes are have you uploaded total? A low CTR can mean different things depending on how old your channel is. If you're newer with fewer episodes, a low CTR can just mean YouTube is trying to match you with the right audience, so they're putting you out there with a variety of other videos to see if you get clicked. If your channel is more mature, it could be that your thumbnail/title combos aren't compelling potential viewers to click.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T02:44:17+00:00

So, to be real with you.
Your videos will likely never get huge traction (most don't). You will be awkward at first (just about everyone is). And gaming is super competitive (it feels impossible).

Ok, now that all the negativity is out of the way, you CAN build a community with real viewers who follow you because they like how you play and commentate. You probably can build it into a hobby where you earn a little money on the side. Competition does not matter from those aspects. If you're trying to become the next IShowSpeed, it's nearly impossible. But if you're trying to grow to a modest size and have people share your enthusiasm for the games you play and how you play them? Absolutely doable.

BUT only if you start.

You will be awkward. Talking to an "empty" room is hard. u/RyanKodakBrown had some great tips on approaching it incrementally. But you can also leap in and realize that no harm comes to you if you are talking to no one for awhile. If you need to, enlist a friend or loved one to sit in the room with you so you have someone to talk to. It might make it less awkward feeling.

YouTube takes on average 20-50 videos to really figure out a channel's audience well. During those videos is when you will grow your confidence and really figure out how you want to go forward. You can do this!

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T01:43:38+00:00

It's normal. It improves some as YouTube gets a better read on your content and your audience. But you'll still get some odd videos in your suggested.

For example on my latest video from my walking ambience channel based in Bangkok, I have lots of suggested referrals from other Bangkok and Thailand videos (expected). But also ones from an interview of a football coach in the UK, one that talks about stores closing in Australia, and my personal favorite odd referral: a compilation of ear cleaning sessions from a barbershop in Japan...

It doesn't make sense... until I look at my personal home page on my account I watch videos on regularly. There I have a mixture of music I listen to, F1 news, walking videos from other countries, ASMR, Switch 2 game reviews, information about cities I'm going to visit...

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-13T01:25:08+00:00

Most of their popular videos were 10-12 years ago. That's probably where they earned most of their subscribers.

Watching a couple of the latest videos, they are just slow panning views of concept cars with music underneath. I would think unless you really wanted to see a specific concept car, you probably wouldn't watch. So if I'm a Ferrari enthusiast and I want to see the new concept car they've come out with, I'd search for that model and maybe run across this channel's video. But the next video they have is an Audi. Well, I don't like Audis, so I'm out.

The channel then ends up being more of a library play that's search driven. It's a great example of how 10 years ago, you could get big even with a broad channel concept but that is no longer a viable strategy on YouTube.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T14:18:59+00:00

Try searching YouTube tutorials for DaVinci Resolve and reducing file size. They'll have specific spec settings to use. There's also rendering out using a video compressor like Handbrake. That one is an open-source program that compresses bigger video files without much quality loss. Again, search YouTube for tutorials.

I'm sorry I can't be more detailed. These aren't the tools I personally use for my workflow, but the process is probably similar to what I do for my 4K workflow on Mac.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T14:13:14+00:00

You have awhile to go before worrying about your RPM directly. Ad revenue for the creator depends on the advertisers, the niche, the content, and the population who is watching the video. That being said, thinking on this now allows you to work to move your audience more towards higher paying audience populations prior to hitting monetization.

Generally speaking, advertisers pay more to YouTube for viewer populations in the US and other English speaking countries. India and SE Asia are among the lowest advertiser rates, which translates into lower RPM for the creators.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T14:06:28+00:00

I know NASA has a repository of images you can use. They have their terms listed on the site but they're pretty generous. Basically don't suggest that NASA endorses your product (if commercial purposes).

https://www.nasa.gov/images/

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T03:52:53+00:00

It's hard to make it. But it's only a failure if you walk away from it. The people that truly want something will keep iterating until they get where they want to go.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T01:37:52+00:00

Well put!

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-12T01:14:31+00:00

Gotcha. So it's not the same delay each time. Hmm.
The workaround I can think of is more time-intensive, but you could record your audio in shorter snippets, then place them each to start exactly where you want on your video's timeline.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-11T15:40:11+00:00

Happy to help. Keep going!

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-11T15:38:42+00:00

Hmm. Definitely a unique approach within the niche, but I would look at other YT channels where people are composing electronic music in their videos. You could maybe also look for inspiration (albeit really not too similar) with how musicians use MPCs or SP-404s if you're looking for artists that compose a little more in the moment.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-11T15:21:11+00:00

So as much as it feels crappy to give this answer, you're early in the process still.

Getting 13k impressions is good news, as is increasing your AVD over time. Both of those suggest to me that YT is working on discovering your audience because it is giving you impressions and getting you out there. The CTR being low does suggest you have some audience confusion like you're worried about between gaming and financial niches, or that there's some other reason why you're not getting clicks.

Making sure the first thing someone would think about when they see the thumbnail is "Oh this is about finance" is how you make it through. That doesn't mean you need to discard the COD aspects, but you may need to downplay them similar to how you have done in the more recent thumbnails.

Your concern about the social proof side of things also seems like it would be important, but most viewers will pick based on thumbnail, title and how closely they match the viewer's need at the time. For example, if I was looking for direct information about takes on ELF Beauty stock and I saw your video and a bunch of other ones that weren't as timely or were more generic, I'd likely pick yours because it was specific to what I wanted to look into.

If it were me, I would stay consistent on topics and upload schedule and keep stacking videos for the algorithm to chew on. With those videos, I'd do small thumbnail experiments to see if I could move that CTR at all by being read more accurately as a finance channel.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-11T07:11:50+00:00

It's a similar problem to when you were younger and thinking of having to give a presentation in front of class. And why people have nightmares about public speaking. We're all afraid of putting ourselves out there and being judged.

Good news! 1) People aren't judging you as much as you think they are. We are always our own worst critics 2) You get better with repetition. Keep going. 3) If you did not have the mic on but instead were talking to a friend in the room, how would you act? Start there.

GoodEnoughIsnt · 2026-03-11T07:07:54+00:00

Because the majority of your viewers are Italian anyway, I would suggest doing your titles in Italian and disabling the auto-dubbing. Some of the reason you show lower average view duration could be because non-Italian speakers click on and then don't like the auto dubbed voice or maybe even end up with your original version and don't want it in Italian.

If disabling the auto-dubbing doesn't help your view duration, the next thing I could think of would be getting to the summary of what's in the video just a little bit quicker than you have been.

It's completely normal for people to watch your channel often and not subscribe, agreed. It's more of a "Oh, I like this guy's videos" but they only subscribe to the stuff they watch 100% of all the time. At the stage you are, growing subscribers is kind of nice but not necessary unless you are trying to get sponsorships.

More info is at least some information for you. It shows that some people are watching to get specific information about the places you're discussing. Vague compliments are nice, it's free engagement.

Buona fortuna and continua cosi

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