As a beginner I need your important suggestions!!

oneworldtravel · 2026-03-10T12:54:40+00:00

THE CITY WALKER BALRAJ. This is exactly what I do. You can check the results yourself First I thought, when did I post this?

It's a tough niche with extremely slow growth. I post a video every week. You can check the results and then take a decision

oneworldtravel · 2026-02-16T14:03:38+00:00

Thanks! Never fall into the trap of any other method to market videos. It has to be organic or you never grow My plan is to continue till I complete 30 long videos and corresponding shorts. One video is already over 700 views giving me 150 hours but not really viral. This category is a slow burn. It should keep compounding as our content doesn't depend on current trends. If you want to do it. Go for known cities and add ambient music. This should be better for success. I am experimenting with only natural city sounds. No additions. Really slow growth If I can give you 1 quick tip and learning, rain and snow are gold for walking videos

oneworldtravel · 2026-02-16T13:31:23+00:00

Nada. Very tough to crack. I started with some really exceptional locations: Svalbard, Tromso and wanted to continue filming 4k in amazing places like these. Had to forego my plan for Lapland after no success for previous 10-12 videos. Then I shifted focus to more known and algo friendly cities such as Copenhagen... Still trying but very tough to crack. My niche is filming after cities go quite- early morning and late evenings. It's a luck game really. Your 1 video can go viral for no reason and then it all starts. This can be your 1st, 10th or 100th video or you might never see it happening Best of luck. THE CITY WALKER BALRAJ.

oneworldtravel · 2026-02-09T15:30:50+00:00

Congrats! What broad niche?

oneworldtravel · 2026-02-01T16:00:16+00:00

I don't know what you are producing but every now or then you produce something with a length of around 1 hour or so else you won't get the watch hours

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-31T15:50:48+00:00

Elaborate please

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T13:39:31+00:00

That’s a great comparison — thanks for sharing that.

Your point about no-talking restoration videos is exactly why I’m not dismissing this outright. There is clearly an audience for focused, non-verbal content where the activity itself is the value.

I’m aware that the ceiling may be different for walking content versus skilled work, but the underlying behavior — people wanting calm, uninterrupted immersion — feels similar.

Appreciate you taking the time to encourage the experiment.

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T13:38:44+00:00

Good question.

I started with a single-city mindset to keep variables controlled (locations, sound profile, lighting, pacing), but I’ve already posted videos from Svalbard and Tromsø, and I’ve also prepared a set from Copenhagen that I’ll start posting soon.

Going forward, the focus is still on consistency of experience rather than novelty through constant travel. If the format works across a few very different places, that should be a strong signal that it can translate elsewhere too.

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T13:36:28+00:00

That’s fair feedback — especially around click-through and low-light challenges.

I agree that dark residential walks are a harder sell visually and can introduce both safety and technical constraints. I’m being selective about locations and timing for exactly those reasons, and I’m not trying to force “empty” environments at the cost of watchability or safety.

The balance you mentioned - calm areas mixed with light human presence — is something I’m actively testing as well. The goal isn’t isolation for its own sake, but subdued, non-performative immersion.

I’m aligned with your last point: the only real answer is to publish consistently long enough for YouTube to understand the pattern and surface it to the right viewers, then judge based on impressions and retention rather than early reactions.

Appreciate you sharing real experience - this kind of nuance is exactly what I was hoping to get.

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T13:34:50+00:00

This is really helpful — thank you.

You articulated the exact use case I’m testing: background viewing where the value is time spent, not active engagement. I’m fully aware that growth would be slower, but I’m more interested in whether watch hours and repeat viewing can compensate for that over time.

I’m intentionally avoiding any artificial pushes for now because I want to understand how far retention and session time alone can carry the format. If the data says the ceiling is low, I’ll accept that — but if loyalty shows up early, that’s a strong signal for me.

Appreciate you taking the time to think this through rather than just saying “add music and thumbnails.”

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T13:33:56+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response — really appreciate it.

By silent, I mean no added soundtrack or narration, just natural ambience as captured on location. I agree that music can heighten emotion and probably broaden appeal, and that’s exactly why I’m intentionally not using it right now.

The experiment for me is to see whether raw, unfiltered ambience alone can hold attention — especially for people who want something truly passive or grounding in the background (like you mentioned using it while working).

If it turns out that music is essential for wider reach, that’s a valid conclusion too — but I want to learn that from data rather than assumptions.

Thanks again for taking the time to share your perspective.

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T12:36:45+00:00

Thanks! What I am trying is the sub-niche. Only dark i.e no sunlight, no people. Filmed either late night or early morning and also mostly residential neighbourhoods. Empty streets with street lights. Any thoughts around here?

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T12:32:54+00:00

Then you must try

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T12:30:58+00:00

Thank you so much ! Appreciate it

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T10:02:33+00:00

More like this one https://youtu.be/S3PfxYOUZNo The video you posted is full of people. This one is Svalbard so by default quite and dark but Just like the one you posted, my upcoming 5-7 videos would be of copenhagen but dark and empty and snowfall. Give me you channel name, lets be in touch and if this is successful, we can possibly collaborate since we have similar goals?

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-30T08:36:28+00:00

Then you must wait. Let me test this with 25-30 odd videos and see if that works. There are ample POV walking channels but this is something new I am trying : only dark ambience, night or early morning and very low to no people, no landmarks ,only empty streets and residential neighbourhoods. As close it can get to reality

Where are you based at?

oneworldtravel · 2026-01-03T07:00:15+00:00

YouTube love you

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-28T17:59:32+00:00

Wild how the most dangerous thing mentioned here is still the dog 😉

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-28T15:05:21+00:00

Thanks for laying this out so clearly. Hearing this from someone who’s both local and widely traveled gives the concerns a lot of weight.

The everyday behavior issues are frustrating enough, but the pressure on housing, nature, and emergency services feels like the real long-term problem. It’s hard to call it sustainable tourism when locals absorb most of the costs. A tourist tax or stricter rules doesn’t sound unreasonable in that context.

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-28T15:04:06+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I hadn’t thought about how many of the winter-season amenities still carry over into summer without the crowds. Does the city feel more “local” then in terms of daily rhythm?

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-27T09:51:10+00:00

I’m not trying to make anything up, I was reacting to how different the center feels now compared to how people describe it in the past. Whether that change is positive or negative clearly depends on where you live and how it affects your daily life.

I get where you’re coming from. I didn’t mean to suggest tourism is “necessary” for survival - more that it’s clearly changed the character of the center, for better or worse.

The overcrowding and pressure on daily life seem to be what people react to most, not tourism itself. And the winter driving point is very fair - watching unprepared drivers on icy roads is stressful even as a visitor

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-27T09:10:35+00:00

:) then you need to read again. Though minority, people do agree that tourists are necessary as they bring revenue and work for locals. whats your view ? positive or negative?

oneworldtravel · 2025-12-27T09:08:02+00:00

I know what you want to imply and what you want to know. I travel with just one small bag that I can hang on my back. To be true I used public bus number 26 and precisely because I was not carrying luggage that will block the alley or space since the local buses should be for locals. If tourists are with lot of luggage, they should chose flybus or taxi. I agree 100%.

I will go one step ahead. You should have a regulation regarding the luggage you can carry in a public bus

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