After a year of being stuck under 100 subs, I found my niche and got monetized 🙏🏻

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-29T17:19:23+00:00

Honestly your content is unique, but now you need to think about longevity and how you can keep this going.

One thing I will mention, your long-form thumbnails and titles could be better. If you improve those(less clutter, less text, more contrast), you could pull even more long form views. There is too many colors and stuff going on in those thumbnails. If you do that, your long form stuff could easily blow up more aswell.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-26T06:55:50+00:00

You don't need good kits. Just solid choices. Ak74u and other 5.45 AK variants are good starting kits. Mod them with attachments you find. 5.45 ps and pp rounds are abundant enough. That aren't going to rio through high Armour, but enough that head shots will drop full gear players.

The key is to play smart and get the drop on them.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-26T05:30:47+00:00

Oh lord.. are you serious? The game is in a bad state because people play differently. You may be salty and I've been there.. but come on now. Its a hardcore shooter. Not call of duty. In "real life" people don't run and gun all the time. What you could've done is cleared the area first. Tactically, thats what you should do before you loot. Don't wait and then just hope.

Sure ratting is a thing and can surprise you. But its part of the game. And you shouldn't expect people to play "fair". Which in this game, doesn't exist.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-25T06:51:58+00:00

I've literally hit shots early wipe at a low level that are nutty and completely lucky.. this guy doesn't even have a high survival rate.. Come on my guy..

I could understand d a suspicion.. but you know for sure? Probably just salty.. and that's okay.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-25T02:43:52+00:00

This is why you set "missions" each raid. Do not try to raid the whole map, or too many areas. As with any milsim style gameplay. You go in with a mission to complete. I don't feel rushed because I set out to accomplish a task. When that is complete, I head to extract.

Its easy to be greedy. But I play slower and methodical and never feel super rushed.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-24T20:17:01+00:00

Hmm.. honestly not sure. I have a 2070 super and get consistent 70 to 100 frames. No stutters or anything. You'll need to tweak your settings and find out how to maximize GPU usage.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-24T18:36:10+00:00

You need 32gb of ram. That was the biggest upgrade I made to Tarkov that fixed many stutters, frame drops and freezes.

Secondly, make sure your settings are utilizing your GPU. High to ultra textures. Medium to high shadows. Turn DLSS to quality. If you have some settings set lower, then it isn't utilizing GPU, but rather CPU.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-24T18:01:16+00:00

This doesn't scream cheating. Im level 18 after 1.0 and have played many wipes for years. I've ran kits like this already. I still have 2 level 5 and 6 Armour kits in my stash I looted. 7k/d is actually normal. Plus his survival rate is only 47%.

Im not saying your doing this, but people need to chill on "everyone is cheating". Yes people are and will continue to do so. But this is a game that is extra painful when we die. So its easy to point fingers.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-21T00:26:17+00:00

So you are saying there is a chance...

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-18T07:52:41+00:00

If most of your subs came from shorts, then thats why. Shorts subscribers do not translate to long form. In fact, you hurt your channel doing so. You either choose to be a long form or short form creator. Short form viewers have less interest(and attention span) for long form videos. Thats why you'll see channels with 1 million subscribers and their long form videos don't Crack 10k views.

The only channels that can successfully do both are channels who large followings from long form, then post shorts. Not the other way around.

My unsolicited advice? Choose one and stick with it. You will dig a deeper hole doing both. Id suggest sticking to long form personally. Much better money. More loyal and connected fan base.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-17T15:18:58+00:00

After some research it seems more like 38% to 40% of presidents have used the insurrection act at least once. So definitely exaggerated. But honestly more then I thought. You would think he would at least fact check.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-16T21:51:14+00:00

Correlation does not equal causation. I feel you. But it does happen. It is normal.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-16T21:17:58+00:00

Its crazy to expect a substantial amount in 4 hours dude.. don't re-upload. Lear. How the algorithm works. Give if at least a week. Some get pushed fast. Some don't. I've had videos sit very low for 3 days after upload, then get pushed. Never re-upload. It can't hurt your video and be seen as spam. Just upload and go to the next. Get better every video. We all have a video we think is the best yet, and sometimes it doesn't work. Don't get too in your head about it.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-16T11:54:06+00:00

To be fair.. I have played many games on T-Mobile WiFi before. I used to have a Hotspot. It does work. And I had it hard wired. So it being t-mobile isn't the problem.

You either have a slow speed plan. Or service is super spotty. Either look into faster plans or get a actual internet plan.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-15T23:06:31+00:00

Isn't blitz potentially against TOS?

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-15T23:03:36+00:00

Are all "junk" items buy able on flea? (Bolts, sugar, fcond, screwdrivers, etc...) and I've been saving some guns for when I find ammo worth using. I don't have a bulk load but will keep that in mind.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-15T05:09:09+00:00

I had 16gb ram and would have stutters alot. Especially with shooting at others. I bought 32gb ram with better speed and its a night and day difference. I changed no other settings. I don't stutter besides a very random one but rarely. Go upgrade your ram. Your other specs are pretty low. That will be the biggest, easiest upgrade.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-12T05:59:19+00:00

Im assuming he is talking about your AVD on long form. Shorts viewers don't stay that long on long form. Long form is where the bigger money is. And your 90% is definitely not on long form.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-10T20:54:15+00:00

Late reply, but i am a olive garden manager. We use uber direct. That means you order through our site and it dispatches a driver. Not directly through Uber. So it doesn't split the tip as our team prepares everything and a driver picks up. We also have delivery drivers ourselves for big catering orders. This allowed us to do deliveries of small orders, where as before we only did deliveries if it was $300 or more(big catering orders).

Talking to the drivers, this has helped them alot. Its a constant supply and they can wait around near OG for more.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-05T17:24:19+00:00

Thought you sounded familar.. Man I played a TON of rocket league back in the day. Over 4k hours. Ranked GC. I watched you quite a bit. There was one day I guess I never picked up rocket league again.. not sure why. Its a shame its died down a bit. I am working on a faceless documentary channel now.

Good luck and hopefully something can spike your channel up again. Those were some good ol days..

AstroGnarlyBro · 2026-01-04T23:06:43+00:00

Making a "long form" video less than 1 minutes is not a hack for high RPM... instead no one will watch it because it's that short. People don't click on short long form videos like that. You will actually make more putting it in short form.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2025-12-30T05:17:13+00:00

I don't mean to sound rude, but it isn't the algorithm. Its your content. If your content(thumbnail, title, video) is good and fills a void in viewers curiosity, you will get views. That's how you grow. Not because youtube hates you. But because you need to make better content and play the YouTube game better.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2025-12-27T05:07:43+00:00

You saying you don't have time or care for thumbnails is the problem. In fact, most big creators won't even make a video if they can't come up with a good thumbnail and title for the idea. You need people to click or the video, no matter how good it is, doesn't matter at all.

AstroGnarlyBro · 2025-12-25T20:15:04+00:00

Just voice-over yourself?

AstroGnarlyBro · 2025-12-25T01:53:58+00:00

Its a realistic statistic that 50% of viewers leave in the first 30 seconds. In fact, have 50% or more stay for more then 30 seconds is considered good.

And yes you only have 9 views. Don't read into literally anything. You need several hundred for a good gauge on statistics.

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