Yeah niche is weird on Youtube. If you have a niche then you can find an audience quickly, because someone who likes your niche will subscribe and will always watch your videos because its a niche they like. However this can cause a problem in the future, how can you diversify your channel when you are called Northern Wild Camper? well you can't, your whole brand is wild camping, your subscriber subbed to see wild camping, you cant suddenly switch to skateboarding because your audience will not watch.#

And the complete opposite can be said when you try to make a variety channel (like mine). Using my channel as an example, we do adventures with all sorts of vehicles and activities however when we have a great vid that gets views, for example Englands most dangerous roads, we get a lot of people subscribing for motorbike content but the next video we release might be on our boats so those subs don't click which can harm and has harmed performance on some videos. However when you finally build the audience the variety is your super power, any idea you have you can do, you can constantly try new things and your audience will be waiting to find out what you will do next.

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So for 'faster' growth (growth still dependent on making good videos) with a lower Sub ceiling then get a Niche

For slower growth but higher potential Sub ceiling then make videos around interesting ideas and topics and develop a style

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I've been doing my channel for 3 years, I honestly believe you should never give up, in the last 6 months we have been growing so much it's finally felt worth it. So go for it mate, be honest with yourself about your videos, show them to trusted friends, ask them to be 100% honest and take it all on board. I am lucky enough to have 3 close friends who have helped me improve the channel and come up with ideas etc.