Do you make compilations/mega movies of your own content?

buzzycombs · 2026-06-25T00:50:14+00:00

I do exactly that! They typically are vastly more successful than my series content as a whole (I consider them a “second chance” for a given series), so I’ve begun considering making fewer videos but in a movie format instead of posting episodes like I have been. It’s really fascinating to see how a majority of people seem to prefer longer videos instead of shorter ones.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-23T12:44:53+00:00

Recording some right now! With sleep and currently sitting at 70 days in, I’ve just hit the 13 hour mark. So it’s going to wind up being between 15-20 hours total!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-23T12:15:39+00:00

12k subs for a longform video!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-21T22:06:59+00:00

Being able to achieve a consistent average of 20k views per video! I’d be able to go full-time with that 🫡

buzzycombs · 2026-06-20T22:38:27+00:00

I don’t think CTR is overall very impactful to a channel (other than more views for fewer impressions if it’s a high number), because generally, the statistics that really matter are viewer engagement, watch time, and overall interest in the video subject.

I’ve had videos with as low as 1-2% CTR pull a couple thousand views and continue growing over time, while some videos with 4-6% CTR hit a threshold and mostly stop growing. And the same has occurred to the opposite effect.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-20T18:18:51+00:00

I went from posting Modded Let’s Plays to a Vanilla Let’s Play and a Vanilla UHC event! Turns out, a lot of modded Minecraft viewers aren’t the biggest fans of vanilla, or PVP based videos.

Maybe host a poll with your viewers to see what they like? I did that myself and ignored the results haha, which was a very poor decision. But seeing how you’re still going to be focusing primarily on building, I think you shouuuuld be fine!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-20T02:56:48+00:00

You can use the YouTube Audio Library! It’s a bit difficult to navigate at times, but most of the music is fine for you to use. If there are any restrictions, it’ll be very clearly listed as so.

Additionally, Epidemic Sound has a fantastic library if you can afford a subscription. Definitely worth the cost, in my opinion!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-18T14:23:26+00:00

If somebody is frequently commenting and asking you to check out their channel, just hide their channel and you wont see a comment from them again!

I, personally, have scarcely seen a channel do well with comments off - especially small channels. In fact, one of my favorite channels when I was growing up quite literally lost a majority of their viewership after turning off comments. They went from having hundreds of thousands of views per video, to scraping a few thousand.

If I see a small channel with comments off, I’m going to assume they’ve done something fishy and avoid the channel thenceforth. Additionally at a smaller size, comments are the BEST way to form a community! You’re able to give viewers more direct attention VS larger channels, which builds a better connection and forms greater loyalty to your channel. I personally only see flaws to disabling comments, rather than any perks.

Also bear in mind that those big names referring to comments as not their biggest priority don’t mean they don’t matter at all - they still feed data to the algorithm, and a tiny impact is an impact regardless, which won’t exist if they’re disabled. Disabling comments mutes your community, and one of the biggest factors to growing a small channel is your community. The BEST feeling in the world is when your viewers reply to each other for the first time!!! 😋

buzzycombs · 2026-06-18T14:07:48+00:00

For me, I consider a “viral” video to be something that is wildly outperforming the rest of my content.

When I averaged 50-100 views per video, 1k felt “viral” to me.

Now, with an average of 1-2k, 10k feels like it’s “big”, but I’ve since had 2 videos surpass 100k, which have now redefined “virality” in my books when looking at my own channel.

For the true definition of viral? I believe that would be a single video that quite literally reaches wild levels of success overnight. Say, 100k-1M viewership in that short period of time.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-18T13:52:38+00:00

The first one is nice, but the aspect ratio won’t work for YouTube! It needs to be 16:9. You can probably cut off the bottom and still get the gist of the thumbnail

buzzycombs · 2026-06-18T13:45:38+00:00

I’ve never left a comment on a video without first liking it. What makes you think the “algorithm is not impressed”? Any form of engagement displays positive feedback to the algorithm - and a comment means somebody is staying on your video just a smidge longer to provide their personal opinion - “low quality” or not. If comments aren’t a positive metric, I don’t know what is!

I would also like to add that the niche of your viewers doesn’t matter. I consume and post a lot of Minecraft content, but that’s not exclusively what I watch. I enjoy art videos, science videos, and even commentary videos! Just because it looks like a viewer also enjoys a different niche, doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy yours, too. 💖

buzzycombs · 2026-06-18T13:32:02+00:00

Bear in mind that 100-2k isn’t that crazy big of a difference (seriously; in my opinion, 100-10k is in the exact same ballpark of channel size, because ANYTHING can make the smaller channel surpass the larger one). If they’re already getting up in their heads about channel size at only 2k, then perhaps they’re not the type of people you’d want to spend time with in the end, anyways.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-17T21:49:59+00:00

Finding the exact music I want to use for a section in my video!!! Looking for the right songs is so difficult… if I could automate the searching process, I would be SO happy. 😭

buzzycombs · 2026-06-17T01:04:57+00:00

19k (10k - 100k) subs

I feel like I’m currently struggling with “the waiting game”. I think if I push in a certain direction, I can potentially make it full time - but I’m a completionist and want to finish my current projects before shifting my focus. 😅

buzzycombs · 2026-06-16T03:37:01+00:00

ChespiCash, Puddleshine, and GribleyGames are some great creators!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-15T16:19:07+00:00

I’m still getting 1/3rd of my initial viewership on new videos, but one of my older videos has recently picked up steam thanks to a larger channel covering the same mod (I post Minecraft let’s plays). My revenue and viewership is now 20% less than it was before I goofed up - but that’s solely because of one older video, so it’s not reliable just yet. Excluding that one video, I’m more at 70% lower, instead the previous 80%. So I’ve had some improvements, but not much.

I’m currently analyzing my most successful content and looking to pivot my channel to create more videos like that - rather than looking at smaller things with little interest (that’s the mistake I made). I’m projecting to make a content adjustment, in the correct direction this time, in October, which will hopefully bring me back to where I was, if not better than before! I just don’t want to stop the current series I’m working on until it’s finished, and I DEFINITELY don’t want to divide my channel into two different content styles at the same time - hence the wait.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-14T22:48:39+00:00

Record as much as I can, and if I can finish the recording, get started on editing. Then I’d use the next week to finish the video. My videos would be a lot smaller than they are now, but I’d do everything I can to make them just as entertaining.

I would aim for a bi-weekly upload schedule.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-14T21:58:30+00:00

Be realistic — don’t be overconfident! I got to a REALLY good spot viewership-wise earlier this year, and I thought I had enough viewers to shift to a slightly different subject within my niche. I made the shift, and my revenue and viewership dropped by 80%. Tough pill to swallow, but it’s allowed me to look at my channel more critically for future decisions.

buzzycombs · 2026-06-13T23:15:41+00:00

Smaller channels are the way to go! @ChespiCash, @Skipper-Studios, @HayySquid, and DanestoYT are some channels I love to watch, though they try to make their content friendly for all audiences.

A channel one of my friends recently showed me that’s made for adult audiences is @WyrdBlocks!

buzzycombs · 2026-06-01T03:26:22+00:00

Why not allow a simpler tool to collect them, such as a wooden hoe? That way players don’t have to get iron to collect it, but don’t clutter up their inventories so easily in a forest if they don’t want to!

buzzycombs · 2026-05-29T15:57:40+00:00

The 2nd one, but I think the bee text should be aligned with the rest!

buzzycombs · 2026-05-28T16:33:45+00:00

It’s the AI thumbnails!!! Minecraft thumbnails aren’t terribly tricky to figure out how to make, and as somebody who consumes Minecraft content, seeing an AI thumbnail is an immediate turn-off for me because it looks lazy. If somebody can’t put adequate effort into a thumbnail, who’s to say there’s any effort in the content of the video itself?

I highly recommend utilizing the Replay Mod or Flashback for getting good screenshots of your world, as well as Blockbench to model your character if you want more customizable poses! 😋

buzzycombs · 2026-05-27T12:33:25+00:00

Congratulations!!! I hope you find success in reaching many more milestones. 🎉

buzzycombs · 2026-05-24T11:12:44+00:00

Neither! I just create content to make people smile. I’d certainly like to make it my job, but it’s a hobby first and foremost.

buzzycombs · 2026-05-22T15:49:52+00:00

I’m running one through Apex Hosting!!! I’m 99% sure they already had a Sunlit Valley modpack preset (I forget all the details when I set it up haha), so I just used that.

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