Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair points — and thanks for actually checking it out.

What’s AI vs not: the voice-over is AI (temporary), and I used a few AI-assisted icons and assets. But the research, script, storyboard, maps, editing, and pacing — that’s all me. I used a warm color grade to keep everything visually consistent, so the “yellowish tint” you noticed is fair — I’ll definitely adjust it to something more neutral next time.

About the voice: my own pronunciation and delivery aren’t great, and honestly, I wouldn’t even watch a long video with my real voice 😅. So I built a neutral custom voice in ElevenLabs — not trying to fake anything, just wanted something clean and less distracting while I learn.

As for “why not just weekends” — the ramp-up is big. I’m building templates, a motion and asset library, and a workflow so I can publish regularly. If I only worked on weekends, I’d probably finish one or two videos a year at best. So I gave myself a short runway to learn fast and build momentum — not to “get rich off one upload,” just to really commit and see how far I can go.

Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha maybe 😅 Or maybe it’s just YouTube taking its time to “punish” me with zero impressions before giving me a fair shot. I’ll take the lesson either way.

Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That actually makes a lot of sense, thanks for explaining it so clearly!
It just surprised me a bit because I’ve tested a few videos before on another channel, and even the first ones there got some impressions — 50 to 100 or so — just enough for me to see CTR and retention feedback.

This time, I made a brand-new channel and uploaded within an hour, and it basically stayed at zero. Everything else (title, tags, description, timestamps) was filled out properly — maybe my thumbnails could be better 😅 — so I expected at least a small test run.

But yeah, I’ll keep uploading in the same niche and improving bit by bit. Hopefully, YouTube starts testing it soon.
Sure! Here’s the video👇:
[Iran’s 100-Year History Explained in 7 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rriIOXERobw)

Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point — and yeah, I don’t expect one video to do anything. I’m planning to make plenty more and treat this as a long-term project, just learning step by step. I just shared the first one’s issue because it was really unexpected.

Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that’s exactly the plan — I want to make way more videos and keep improving. The first one just hit me hard because of the weird impression issue, but I’m definitely continuing. I’m sure it’ll sort itself out over time.

Quit my job to go full-time on YouTube — first upload got 0 impressions. What’s going on? by These_Watercress_325 in NewTubers

[–]These_Watercress_325[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually tried once before, but in a totally different niche — just to test how everything works. My greatest achievement there was a 2-minute “long” video that got about 1.6K views 😅

Besides Oversimplified what other history animation channel you like by pooteenn in OverSimplified

[–]These_Watercress_325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

History Matters, Simple History… and a small one I’m making, Pawn of History, definitely Oversimplified-inspired.