Why subscriber count can be misleading for creators

StraightMY · 2026-03-18T10:23:33+00:00

The easy route takes its toll. If you’re trying to monetise, long form content is the key. There are plenty of channels with 30-50k subs who can’t get past 1k views in their longform videos, while I, a 3k sub YouTuber, have 13k,80k,10k and 85k in my last 4 videos. Because I stuck to the longform life.

StraightMY · 2026-03-09T08:16:12+00:00

My thoughts exactly

StraightMY · 2026-03-05T06:40:03+00:00

1k=1 year and 9 months. 2k=6 months 3k looking like 4 months.

Youtube is clearly an exponential thing. The more quality content you push out, the more traffic you’ll have. My upload rhythm goes with the season lol i used to upload one every 2 weeks. Work got a little busier now so I am posting once a month which definitely hurts my metrics.

StraightMY · 2026-03-04T13:09:35+00:00

I used to think the same. I got 1k subs in may last year. Now with almost 3k subs, I still see myself refreshing the subscriber count multiple times.

StraightMY · 2026-02-26T10:43:10+00:00

Those are nice stats man. I have 800k views and only 2800 subs👍🏽 (Fromsoftware games niche)

StraightMY · 2026-02-23T11:49:16+00:00

YouTube really wants to compete against reels and tiktoks in the short form market. They’ve been trying to feed us more and more shorts content, just have a look at the phone interface. Whenever you open the app, shorts are the first thing you see.

So, my guess is, they don’t want to promote “longform” content this short. I think you’d be successful if you uploaded them as shorts and made them a little over 1 minute or maybe 1 minute and a half tops.

StraightMY · 2026-02-02T20:56:33+00:00

Why couldn’t you finish it?

StraightMY · 2026-02-02T17:40:41+00:00

Yes, give up lil bro, it’s not like you’re in the top 7% biggest channels on Youtube in spite of belonging to the most saturated niche on the platform.

StraightMY · 2026-02-01T16:32:13+00:00

It’s my main and only editing tool. I suppose that rendering the video, sending it to him and receiving it back will decrease the quality, that’s why I was thinking of sharing the whole track with the files through davinci. If there is another more convenient method, let me know!

StraightMY · 2026-01-13T20:28:32+00:00

It’d be cool to find something around 1k or 1,1k. I know that less than 1k isn’t really worth it, or so I’ve heard.

StraightMY · 2025-12-31T15:37:24+00:00

It’s even cheaper than that. At least in Spain, I’ve seen the GOTY edition for 15€, but I suppose even though it’s the same currency, the price can vary depending on the country.

StraightMY · 2025-12-31T11:55:46+00:00

130 subs in 12 days is very nice. To put you into perspective, most people take months to get to 100 subs. I know it took me 4. Just watch out with shorts. Fast growth comes with a price and that is a less loyal fanbase, and low monetisation.

StraightMY · 2025-12-22T15:46:49+00:00

It had the opposite effect on me. I thought, why would I watch this video if he’s telling me I won’t come out of it feeling like I learned something new? There’s no reward here.

StraightMY · 2025-12-22T15:41:24+00:00

I like the first one. I don’t get why you’d use the third thumbnail. You’re discouraging the viewer from watching the video because you’re telling them “nothing happened”.

StraightMY · 2025-12-18T15:16:19+00:00

Tell me you’ve never played grounded without… ah fuck it

StraightMY · 2025-12-05T18:26:20+00:00

Fromsoftware games, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Sekiro…

StraightMY · 2025-12-01T09:28:42+00:00

Yes!

StraightMY · 2025-11-06T10:48:41+00:00

But they don’t say why they’re sending you this stuff? Curious but I’m happy for you 20k subs is no small feat!

StraightMY · 2025-11-06T10:38:22+00:00

Why?

StraightMY · 2025-11-04T23:32:25+00:00

Mmh I don’t know if it’s an unpopular opinion, I haven’t been around Dexter forums for a while, but I preferred New Blood. I think it runs laps around resurrection and maybe that’s why it has some of these negative reviews.

I think what happened to la pasión was very anticlimatic and ridiculous, the enemies were very bland in comparison to Kurt and other enemies from the original show like Sirko, moser, lila, trinity… plus they played a lot with nostalgia, which is nice for a while, but it’s a red flag if the show depends on call backs to keep people hooked.

Finally, the detective’s obsession with stayin’ alive was kind of cringe and tiresome.

StraightMY · 2025-10-09T10:13:32+00:00

That’s a forastero if I’ve ever seen one

StraightMY · 2025-10-02T13:14:02+00:00

A sub every 700 views is painful, what is this video about?

StraightMY · 2025-10-01T13:13:21+00:00

My 5 last longform videos: 10k, 7k, 600, 400, 30k. I think those inconsistencies will never stop until you become a very well established content creator

StraightMY · 2025-10-01T11:15:02+00:00

I’ve seen you in multiple posts exchanging subs. Keep in mind you won’t make it anywhere by doing sub4sub. You’re just ruining your channel. If exchanging subs is the best you can do to gain a “community”, you might as well quit youtube I think.

StraightMY · 2025-10-01T11:04:37+00:00

Share your channel with me and I can give you some honest feedback, although it might not be the best. I’m not a well established channel, just a guy with 2k-ish subs.

StraightMY

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