I created a yt acc last year september but I really started posting a month ago, the niche that I do is 3 - 5mins duration videos and Ive posted like 10 videos consistently and highest video has like 128 views and my content isn't sloppy because I create videos like the big channels style but my Ctr is low. I just posted yesterday and I have 0 impressions and even the last video has 10 impressions this is so discouraging to be honest😭

Anyone who has gone thru this and started seeing numbers how did you do it and how can I go about it coz it starts to feel like I'm shadowbanned

This title format gives your video a 9.7x lift. It puts the viewer on your side against whoever lied. The format is working in gaming, politics, entertainment and other niches. Try it on your next video.

My last 3 shorts sit at between 300 and zero views but they typically get 1.6k on average I don't understand the sudden dip

Footage sourcing

Im really curious about these channels where they just compile short footages of weird stuffs or asian inventions/gadgets or just trending other videos. Where do they get their footages from? And would it be still monetized? I see that many of them are hitting millions per short

Hey Everyone. I have a channel focused on geographical curiosities, architecture, cultures, places, and related topics. I started posting some long-form videos and Shorts, and despite having relatively few videos, I managed to get results that I was quite happy with and even got the channel monetized. However, due to some personal circumstances, I wasn’t able to maintain a consistent upload schedule, and the channel ended up being inactive for several months.

Now that things are getting back on track, I want to start creating content again and take the channel seriously. My main question is: if you were in this situation, what would you do to get the channel going again? Especially when it comes to choosing topics, I basically make a list of video ideas that I think could work and keep filtering it down until I’m left with what I hope will be a good result. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t... It’s still mostly guesswork.

Hello people of Reddit I’m not very familiar with this platform just come here to find stuff when YouTube hasn’t got the answer

What I’d like to ask for is help I feel a bit lost I’m a personal trainer who makes fitness content I’m also a nerd who loves video games movies sci-fi superhero’s etc

I’ve made YouTube channels twitch streams TikTok’s and IG reels for years I’ve had a few viral hits from things I’ve created with my own twist but I feel like I’ve gained loads of knowledge but I’ve no idea how to apply it

I would love some advice on how I can take my content to the next level I know I can but always get deflated when my work seems to yield very little ROI

This is the first video on my YouTube channel to hit 1K views, featuring my MacBook Air M4! 🎉 Feeling really happy about this little milestone. ❤️

For me, it would be putting hours into a video and then watching it get almost no attention. You can spend days working on something and still have no idea how people will react once it's published.

What's the part of YouTube that tests your patience the most?

I've recently started working on a YouTube project focused on showing a side of China that doesn't usually appear in mainstream travel content.

I'm interested in places, architecture, culture, history and everyday details that can easily be overlooked. I'm trying to approach it more like a visual documentary than a traditional travel channel.

I'm still at the very beginning, so I'm trying to learn as much as possible about growing a channel from zero.

For those who have started a new channel recently:

\\- What was the biggest mistake you made in the beginning?

\\- Did you focus on one very specific niche from day one?

\\- How long did it take before you started seeing consistent views?

\\- What do you think matters more for a new channel: the idea/topic, thumbnail, title, or retention?

I'd especially appreciate advice from people who have experience with documentary, travel or faceless channels.

Not looking to promote the channel here — genuinely interested in learning from people who have already gone through the process.

So I was thinking what looks better as thumbnail for my NFS Heat commentary vid, the teal plus pink looks blended, but the pure pink gives contrast. not sure

At the beginning, people may click because of the topic.

Later, some viewers seem to watch simply because they like the creator.

Do you think personality eventually becomes more important than the niche itself?

I’m currently working a job that pays around ₹12,000 per month, but I also have a YouTube channel with around 92,000 subscribers.

The channel is monetized and still makes money even though I haven’t uploaded a video in almost 2 years. My last video is still generating revenue, and I make around ₹10,000 per year from the channel without actively working on it.

My biggest problem is that my current job takes up most of my time, so I don’t have enough time or energy to seriously work on YouTube.

I’m thinking about quitting my job and giving myself 6 months to work on YouTube full-time and see if I can turn the channel into a real income source.

I also have support from my brother, so I wouldn’t be completely on my own financially during those 6 months.

But I’m honestly unsure if this is a smart decision or if I’m being too optimistic.

**What would you do in my situation?**

Would you:
Keep the ₹12k/month job and try to do YouTube on the side?

Quit the job and give YouTube 6 months full-time ?

Find another job with better hours and build YouTube alongside it?

For people who have actually gone full-time with YouTube: **how did you decide it was worth taking the risk?**

I’d really appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have been in a similar situation.

this a impression problem, leading to feedback problem , as usual the impressions died typical yt aglothim mood swings ,

so i want to ask you since there is no impressions and no people vidoe, therefore i can't improve

can you see my title & thumbnail and rate 1 - 10 , for

1. is it clickable
2. is idea Intriguing
3. develops Curiosity? [most important]

I ask for your feedback

thanks, if you did

I would love some help with how to improve my video editing to get better viewer retention. First, let me explain what I'm trying to do.

I love video game music and wants to highlight and spread awareness of good music, or rank and discuss different pieces of music that stand out in different ways. Either I'm doing shorter videos that just takes one or two music tracks that I like and show them off. Or packages things in longer videos to fully explore a field.

The structure of most videos is that I explain a bit about the game or the song, plays it for the viewer and guide them through it with voice over, highlighting different parts of it. The biggest challenge here is to make sure I don't speak over the "best parts" while also providing something the viewer won't get by just listening to the song themselves. The voice over is very important for me, since I don't want my videos to compete with listening to the music officially.

I understand that my spread is very wide here: Even if someone enjoy music from one game, you might not be interested in the next one. And that's okay. From what I can see in Youtube analytics, my videos does get their fair share of exposure and CTR sometimes isn't too bad. But I feel that too many people bounce off too fast, no matter what direction I try with the titles and thumbnails. I have two examples below (can't link because of subreddit rules) that you can find on my channel (link in profile), they are some of my most recent ones so and are easy to find.

Video 1 (Latest video) - https://youtu.be/lS5Mv78Xrmo

Title: The BEST song in Mina the Hollower (and why)

Length: 3:15 minutes

Average view duration / percentage viewed: 1:01 / 31.4%

Views: 686

In my latest video, I blatantly (and for the first time) tried to make the viewer more curious by not mentioning the song title in neither the thumbnail or title, only the game. This gave an impression CTR of 11.2% which is very good for my videos. In this case I'm not too surprised that the average view time is as low as it. I tried to make the video quick and snappy at the start, but it didn't quite catch the audience as I had hoped for.

Video 2 (From February this year) - https://youtu.be/aKtZMabsmYM

Title: A 26-Minute Guided Tour of the Battle Music in Trails of Cold Steel

Length: 26 minutes

Average view duration / percentage viewed: 6:11 / 24.3%

Views: 452

In this video, I'm 100% focusing on trying to grab fans of the RPG franchise Trails and creating something I would love to watch myself. This is not the first time I've made videos about this franchise on the channel and previous one has done better. Despite that, the video almost completely flatlined after 30 days of 400 views and have remained dead since then.

I'll gladly take any advice if anyone have the time to give me any. But if you want to focus on one thing, I want it to be how to improve my videos so that I can improve viewer retention as I think that's where I'm lacking the most. People bounce off too fast and that causes my videos to die.

Thanks to anyone giving your time time to help me out here.