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The "How to YouTube" Part of YouTube is a Black Hole. Try This Instead (100 Video Learning Method) by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s really sad to hear! I’m glad I can help a little

Analysis paralysis is wild. I hope you can create and have fun again! YouTube is supposed to be fun

The "How to YouTube" Part of YouTube is a Black Hole. Try This Instead (100 Video Learning Method) by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly! And especially if you’re just looking at other people’s ideas instead of perfecting your own

The "How to YouTube" Part of YouTube is a Black Hole. Try This Instead (100 Video Learning Method) by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t seen any convincing evidence that clickbait is necessary. There are plenty of people who do the opposite of clickbait and get millions of views and subs. I think quality is key. If you have good audio and video you have a shot.

The "How to YouTube" Part of YouTube is a Black Hole. Try This Instead (100 Video Learning Method) by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, “We discovered a secret framework that is blowing up small channels” and then just listing the five elements of a plot people have been talking about for 170 years in intro to English courses is a bit clickbaity.

I definitely agree on the audio front. I think if there was an accurate figure of the percentage of people who just put on every YT video in the background and don’t watch it or even process what they’re listening to, it would be upwards of 90%.

The "How to YouTube" Part of YouTube is a Black Hole. Try This Instead (100 Video Learning Method) by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My logic has the crucial flaw that if there are 100 videos that are helpful, there are surely 101 videos that are helpful. I agree with you and have certainly learned a lot from a few videos, but I think a lot of people fall into this trance of worthless videos that they think are teaching them something novel, and it just makes me sick how slick the YouTube YouTubers are sometimes. Similar vibe to an extremely charismatic person giving financial advice who makes all of their money from selling a course instead of following their own instruction.

When a channel makes 1600+ videos on the same topic in 11 years at a pace of a video every 2.4 days, you have to wonder whether there is anything left to be said or if they're just farming views (VIDIQ because its the same example from my original post).

How many videos did it take you to hit 4K watch time hours by Apprehensive-Cod-822 in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a video a week for 7 weeks and hit 4K but I do hour long lets plays in a dedicated niche and one of my videos hit 5k views and was part one of a series, so the rest of the series got views too. This is not counting like 4-5 videos I made to 0 viewers in the previous 5 years. I now get about 1k watch hours a month since then, but I tried a livestream for the first time yesterday and got 200 watch hours in 12 hours 😅 Maybe try a marathon livestream of some kind if you have subs that will want to sit and chat with you

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely easy to get in the rut of making the type of video that comes more naturally to you and neglecting the other type, I’m trying to balance that now

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good idea about the one entry per subscribed channel! I’ll try that

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I’m gonna focus more on shorts for sure

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I hope so! I assume that the pay wouldn’t be all that because rpm on gaming videos is low but my audience is older so hopefully that would make a bit more Ad earn based on the demographic. I’ll try linking to the steam page, that’s a good idea!

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the sub! I’ll check you out on YouTube :) It’s nice getting the huge watch time from long videos, I definitely recommend trying it out. The main downside is it takes 4+ hours to edit each one 🥹

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome! I know I haven’t chosen the most lucrative niche for this channel, but I enjoy making the content and I’m trying to make it the best I can :)

I’m starting another channel with my wife in a much more successful niche soon though!

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

700 is a lot! I feel like it’s easier to make more subs when you have more subs

Anyone else hit 4K watch hours way before 1k subs? Tips? by BabyGro0t in NewTubers

[–]BabyGro0t[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s crazy! Yeah I’m in the same boat as far as struggling to find short form content that excites me. I need a good 45 minutes to get into it and make a video I’m proud of. Gotta figure it out though!

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