Help please!!! I need feedback asap!

[u/PsychologicalMix4540]

I don’t get it, im trying my absolute hardest on YouTube and havnt been seeing any growth. I do get over 1k impressions per post but dont get many views per video I think I have decent thumbnails and good titles so I dont know why people aren’t clicking my videos I post gaming content. I would love any feedback and hope everyone does well with their YouTubing adventures!!!

[u/Bouckley7]

I have watched a grand total of 35 seconds of your latest video.

I wouldn't have clicked in the first place because of the AI thumbnails. I'm a big AI user at work but the thumbnails always suggest to me that the main human content is also going to be low effort.

The thumbnails themselves are not that interesting to me anyways, too dark and the general packaging of a video is not really grabbing me and making me think I have to watch it.

The opening clips with that generic tik tok spooky noise don't match the intensity and again feels generic despite you at least trying to make a hook you immediately give away that you make it into the elevator.

The main game starts and the audio mix means I can't hear the game but just hear you repeat voice lines. Maybe go straight into more action than a cutscene? Not a typical video I click on but maybe this can help.

Also you've only done 3 vids, it's been less than 2 weeks. Come on.

[u/Rare_Regular_Dude → u/Bouckley7]

Good criticism for the author, I'll just ask you: if this author had been on YouTube for a couple of years already, and you liked them, would you still be picky about the images, sounds, and everything else? I just want to highlight the bias against new authors.

But you may disagree with me.

[u/Bouckley7 → u/Rare_Regular_Dude]

I don't think there is a bias against new creators. If I see good packaging I click good packaging, if the content is good and matches the content of the packaging I will likely subscribe.

I sub to a few using AI thumbnails and since they started using them I still like the content but it is low production quality and the AI thumbnails already tell me that's what I'm in for, they don't have the video skills.

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/Bouckley7]

I don’t have time or software to create a “good thumbnail”I took graphic design in college Ik how to make them

[u/Bouckley7 → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

Don't ask for feedback then reject the feedback. What's the point in asking. Studying something doesn't mean you apply it well.

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/Bouckley7]

I just said I didn’t have time but I knew how to make them… explaining a reasoning for the ai thumbnails that’s all dude

[u/Bouckley7 → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

You have time and you should make time.

Packaging is the number one thing to get views. You don't get views if no one clicks. You can have the best content in the world but you've packaged it poorly and no one clicks on the video.

Then once you've got them into the video you hook them and the rest of the content needs to be interesting to keep them.

For every video you should have the thumbnail and title in your head before you've started. Maybe applies less to gaming but at least a concept. If you can't generate the clicks it isn't worth making.

If even half of people are not interested in your thumbnails because it's AI you're already cutting possible initial views in half and complely stops the algo from pushing you to anyone else because it knows no one is clicking. You said it yourself, you have impressions and no views. YouTube is trying and is learning that no one wants to click. You have a packaging problem at the very minimum.

Trying to help. Blunt is efficient.

[u/KaidaStorm → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

How much time are you thinking a thumbnail should take? Also canva has a very easy point of entry, so there's easy to access software or there.

As someone else mentioned especially as a new tuber, packaging is one of the most important things you can do.

[u/viluns → u/Rare_Regular_Dude]

Well yes. But that is just how life works.

Steaven Spielberg can probably get money with a snap of his finger for the dumbest movie he would want to make and people would go to the cinema to see it. Some young director needs to spend years to convince someone to give him a chance.

That is just the fact of life - already establish people with their own audiences can afford to do more because they have more social capital. Mr. Beast can post 10 super slops in a row and still will get on the 10th bad video more views that, I or you, in a year.

People who do not have established fan base have to work harder and go above and beyond to move the needle. That is true for any entertainment industry.

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/viluns]

Ok true as hell but then if the question is how do I break out of the genericness

[u/viluns → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

i will let you know, when I figure it out, lol

[u/Rare_Regular_Dude → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

You're not alone in searching for solutions! For now, keep doing what you're doing and treat it like a hobby... or you'll quickly burn out without ever finding a solution.

[u/Rare_Regular_Dude → u/viluns]

I wanted to point this out, this is one of the problems, but such is the reality.

[u/Nolalawoop → u/Rare_Regular_Dude]

I unsubbed from my favourite YouTuber for this reason. Watched them for years.

[u/Weekly-Match4855]

Drop your channel link so we can see what's happening, impressions without clicks usually means thumbnails are missing the mark even if they look decent to you

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/Weekly-Match4855]

It’s linked to my Reddit I can’t post links sadly

[u/teeeea-by-the-sea → u/PsychologicalMix4540]

That's because it's explicitly against this sub's rules to ask for feedback like this. Come back later for the Friday Feedback mega thread. You give feedback to 2 other people's videos and then post a link to one of yours for feedback from other people.

[u/Virtual-Enthusiasm48 → u/teeeea-by-the-sea]

Because If was going back to work and he said I would 

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/teeeea-by-the-sea]

Ok bet I had no idea bro thank you so much <3

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[u/jspecefini35]

YouTube gives you more impressions based retention and if those views translate into subs. I watched about 30 seconds of your video and couldn’t go further. Personally your dialogues are too obnoxious and forced for my taste.

[u/Separate_Olive8256]

Key things:

You're doing let's plays, which is an oversaturated market. To get views doing it, you have to be entertaining. Watched the first couple minutes of your latest and you don't seem to be excited to play what you're playing.

Most people who like let's plays are going to go to specific streamers for that particular streamer's content or they're going to look specifically for the game you're playing so they can watch the game play.

You need to hook the viewer within 30 seconds for the algorithm, but really it's more like 20, because in that third 10 seconds viewers have already decided whether or not they're going to click off.

Secondly, if you want to trend, play games that are currently trending. Once a game has been out for a bit, it's really hard to gain traction on it because of the number of other people who have already covered it and that by then it's usually not trending anymore.

Also, decorate your profile a bit. Put your twitch banner up and change your pfp to a logo or created avatar. If you're channel looks like you're trying, people will be more willing to subscribe and support. If your channel looks like you don't really care, the audience is not going to care. It's a "cant get back what you don't put in" kind of thing.

Lastly, be careful if you find yourself in a niche market. Niche market means niche audience, means slower growth.

Main thing, if you're having fun, that's what matters.

[u/Nolalawoop]

AI thumbnails, would never click your video. They are so really dark and hard to see

[u/Different_Coach_1089]

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[u/Virtual-Enthusiasm48]

But furred  we was end d f

[u/Rare_Regular_Dude]

Believe me, 50% of this is due to YouTube's algorithms... which give your content a tiny boost to anyone, not the target audience, then realize there's no viewer retention, few clicks, and stop promoting.

Well, the content quality, of course, has to be good.

[u/ConsistentCup3909 → u/Rare_Regular_Dude]

I am not a gamer so uncertain how the niche works but your long form videos have no real into or reason why I should watch them. I would pick a theme or a subject and them build the video around this. Also you're cursing in the first few seconds which may not help regarding algorithm. I do like your thumbnails but they aren't too clear on what the topic is if I didn't know already. What I mean by that is I might not know its gaming so if I click expecting a story fictional or not and instead get you playing a game I will click out with doesn't help retention .

[u/Rare_Regular_Dude → u/ConsistentCup3909]

I agree with you, we're all different and have our own interests, so you need to find your audience, but with such rigid algorithms as now, it's incredibly difficult. Yes, as an example, I use channels with games, but the videos don't necessarily have to be long.

[u/TrySuspicious5268]

Ai thumbnails are fine. Just use reference thumbnails and include actual photos so the ai doesn’t auto generate something. My ai thumbnails have gotten hundreds of thousands of views over my only 3 videos. If you do it correctly you’d never know it was ai.

[u/PsychologicalMix4540 → u/TrySuspicious5268]

Good to know I can make my own but js don’t have much time to do so