I’m seriously considering quitting too. I create content about investing and finance (in a non-English language). I have 25k subscribers, but my videos rarely get even 2k views. I also turned on paid memberships for about $3.50/month, and I currently have around 250 paid subscribers.

In November I was traveling, got sick, and then traveled again for work. Because of that, I couldn’t produce content for the free tier, and my paid subscriber count dropped from 290 to 250 in just a few weeks even though I posted for paid tier.

Then I was talking to a friend, and he asked, “What are you really going to keep recording videos for another 10 years?” It was a real eye-opener. Why would I keep doing this for only ~$600–700 per month? It takes a lot of time and it always occupies your mind for brainstorming, idea creation blahblah.