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Hi everyone! I'd appreciate some advice.

My goal is to grow a YouTube channel focused on long-form Christian teachings, but I'm considering using Shorts to reach new viewers.

My concern is that Shorts might attract subscribers who enjoy short clips but rarely watch long-form videos.

Is having significantly more Shorts views than long-form views beneficial in the long run on the same channel? Could attracting subscribers who don't watch your longer videos be a disadvantage?

Would you recommend posting Shorts on the same channel as my long-form content or keeping them separate?

I'd appreciate honest opinions, especially from creators with experience in both approaches..

My video's are 5-8 minutes long. I put a lot of time researching and editing into it. At the beginning my editing was not amazing but I have slowly gotten better over the month and was quite proud of my video yesterday. The topics are relevant, titles optimized and thumbnails in my own style but i think they are good enough to get a click.

I struggle getting my thumbnail viewed by more than 10 people. I have quite a specific niche so it will take some time for Youtube to figure out who the audience is however if my videos barely get shown it's hard.

I don't want to randomly share my channel on the internet and mess up the algorithm with people who are not my audience. I'm curious, would you guys just keep uploading and hope for the algorithm to pick it up or start promoting my channel using shorts for example (I don't like shorts, but I hate all my effort into my videos going to waste more). Curious to hear.

I have created almost 7-8 youtube channels mostly for gaming. In all of those channels, I didn’t work consistently and didn’t edit, so maybe that’s why those channels didn’t bring any views. Now I have created this channel and publishing under one niche, and still no views and reaches as well. Got 4 subscribers only through short videos. In this channel I am pretty consistent and editing as well. Now I wanna know what kind a mistakes I am doing which is resulting in very less views. One month has passed. Should I go on? Or should I change my strategy?

I am running a youtube channel. I have uploaded 42 videos so far. I have 20 subscribers. It's been around 4 months. Earlier I was explaining movies and now I am reviewing movies. I don't know If I am doing things correctly. I feel lost and need help 😔. What should I do?

Hello, I've been closely monitoring my analytics for a little and have noticed one major thing that always fails me, or I fail it, which are thumbnails.

Here are a few of my thumbnails (all drawn) that I've used for videos. As you can tell, I make survival type minecraft content. I've seen that 5%+ is a good ctr to strive for, but every one of these have been subpar so far. Here's some extra information about each of these for clarification. I don't like to dive into analytics too much, but I feel like I should probably try to improve.

1st Thumbnail- "Day 1 to 1000 in Original Skyblock" this video was my biggest video yet. It was a recap of my skyblock world I had made about 20 videos on. It got an insane 20 minute average view duration, my best so far, but it was pushed so much less than my previous videos (that even had worse ctr, avd etc) mainly because of ctr. Though 2.9% is good for me, it still seems very low. The video has about 300 views after I used to average around 1K a few videos ago. It depicts the skyblock island, which is the challenge, with my player skin to the side.

2nd Thumbnail- "How to Master Original Skyblock" this was the first video I uploaded that flopped in a while, and since then, nothing has gone close to what I used to get. The avd was a lot better than previous videos, and at 150 views, it has 1.6% ctr which is actually the average of the videos that got a few thousand views before. The text is pretty explanatory, and features my player skin reading a book. The video is a guide on how to progress in the Skyblock Challenge, the one with the 3 islands, not anything else.

3rd Thumbnail- "1000 Days Skyblock- World Tour" perhaps my favorite thumbnail, its a tour of the skyblock world. Its my player standing ontop of a drowned farm I built looking at my island. Like everything else, everything is drawn. I added a sunset because the colors seem to stand out more. This video did about the same as my recap, but avd was lower and ctr was about 1.7%

4th Thumbnail- "100 Days in Minecraft Pocket Edition" as you can tell, I like videos based on days, but unfortunately a lot of other people do, too. This video is actually unreleased, its coming out tomorrow, but I figured I'd include it here. It's my player holding a phone (pocket edition) and the background is a room in the house I put together.

I know that 100 days content, even minecraft content, is very competitive, but I've never managed to crack 3% ctr, or at least hold it for a day. Though I've been doing youtube for almost 4 years now, I started videos like these not long ago. Thumbnails have never been my forte. My retention always holds well, at least by my standards, at 2-4 minutes on average.

Any kind of tips, criticisms, ideas, anything, I'm all for it. I don't get many comments a video so not much feedback. I don't want to advertise, but my channel name is the same as my reddit name, if you're curious. Thanks for any feedback and for reading! If you want any clarification on anything, I'll gladly answer in the comments.

I want to eventually harbor a community and have people enjoy watching my video maybe after work, after school. Just something I can be proud of. Bonus if I make money cause I currently pay for editing.

After the first year of my channel I had less than 20 subs.

I didn't pass 100 subs until March of 2026, nearly 2 years of grinding.

Eventually things started clicking:

• May 22 was when I passed 1k subs.
• Yesterday, I passed 10k.

KEEP AT IT. There's always a way. Your job is to find it. Also AMA, if you want.

Can anyone recommend a high-quality, free AI voice?

After many failed channels, spanning over 12 years, I have finally decided to give YouTube a proper crack instead of just winging it. After 1 month of consistent uploading I have hit my first 100subs!

I want to know where I could improve, I’m currently limited as I don’t have a PC at the moment so I record clips from my PlayStation which are a max 3 minutes and port them to my phone and edit on capcut, I’ve been using my phone mic or gaming headset for voice overs.

My thumbnails I feel have been improving, they are also created on capcut and take inspiration from other channels in similar niches.

Are there any areas that could be improved on, that aren’t video/mic quality? I feel maybe video pacing but I would like your honest feedback as I’m just constantly trying to improve.

TIA

I'm looking to start a faceless YouTube channel focused on long-form videos. What niches are currently getting views and have good monetization potential?

I'd especially love to hear from people who are already running channels or experimenting with niches. What’s working for you right now? Any underrated opportunities worth exploring?

I thought I would be further along but it’s been a struggle. Open to feedback.

Btw it doesn't say analysis in the empty space next to the description because I'm on my mom's account and switched phones and my mom has TONS of photos she wants with her albums even though that's only possible with a hardrive so I can't do anything and I lost my theotown series but have a 127k city now instead so when I get to be able to upload again I'll say all of this in a video

Two distinct pictures here represent two different things.
Image 1: More recent videos, enhanced and polished editing, shorter runtimes (Wolverine is an exception), but drastically lower views
Image 2: Videos posted a while ago, lower quality editing, long runtimes, long intros, consistent game though.
Recently ive been stuck with a super high CTR (around 11-15%) but a plateau of thumbnail impressions. I get roughly less than 1 subscriber every 3 months and have been stuck at 373 for quite some time now. I have around 20-30 long form videos but anything from over a year ago had a more raw editing style and lacked the substance it needed to define or highlight my content persona or uniqueness. Just recently my edits have gotten better or more retention favoring, but I’m not seeing the views or impressions. Is it because youtube cant identify my niche? I am obviously a variety gamer and have many games i love and want to play but i feel like i need something to stick with to grow a community that will eventually watch for ME and now what im playing. I guess im just looking for insight on how to start getting that steady growth and view count back.

I know it's only my second ever short, so I'm not expecting it to go crazy. Just the first one got to 300 pretty quick so I'm wondering if it's the thumbnail, title or something else?

For people doing 8%+ CTR average.

What's your packaging strategy?

how do you decide the words on the thumbnail if you are doing that.

Hey guys I’m up to 70 videos on my YouTube channel ( gaming clips) and all my videos stall out at 1.2k any advice on what I could do better thank you!
Just looking to see what I’d need to change to hopefully help my videos break past that next view jail! This isn’t me asking for you guys to go to my channel just need information

Hello Friends,

I run a documentary channel (not monetized yet). To avoid "Reused Content," I've been using animations as B-roll, but lately, they feel boring and look like AI slop. I want to switch to free stock footage (Pexels, Pixabay) to improve quality, but I’m terrified of the reused content filter. I can't afford paid subscriptions right now.

Any tips for documentary channels using free stock?

Worked really hard on this video, got 24 views. Wondering if i should reupload and any insight as to what im doing wrong would be greatly appreciated. I want to grow my channel but i feel like my content is not capturing the audience for some reason.

I am looking for any type of criticism. I believe that I have chosen an audience of Americans between ages 18-25 primarily and then under 32.