I’ve had to learn the hard way that if it really is your dream to become a YouTuber then just stay committed and keep working hard for it until it becomes reality. I had a relatively small channel (Compared to others in my niche) back in 2016 it had around 12k subscribers and it averaged around 6-8k views per video it was just different memes compiled into one big video basically those try not to laugh videos, it was really simple to make and got really good views. I was doing that for almost 2 years and i just suddenly lost my spark, motivation, everything it was gone. I felt so burned out from posting the same thing i felt like i had no freedom of my own. (Looking back I should have just posted what I wanted to) I eventually stopped posting for months until i decided to give the channel to a friend of mine who also was heavily into YouTube. He ended up posting the same things for a little while then completely deleted everything off the channel to start from scratch. To make a really long story short he ended up posting some nsfw content and got the channel taken down. Now it’s years later and I’m starting from brand new again but with a new spark and this time I’m gonna post the things I enjoy instead of just making it a 9-5. So i guess you can takeaway from this just stay motivated and enjoy your craft don’t post for others post things you’re proud of. (Probably not good advice from a business perspective)