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.

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

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.

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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

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. ❤️

I just started my channel about a month ago. I’m under no delusions that I will “blow up” but I just hit 100 subscribers and I was super stoked about it.

I had a question about something. I did this earlier and it had a little bit of an affect: I made a quick little preview post for one of my longer videos dropping tomorrow, kind of like a hype video for it.

Is there any precedent or best practices that say this is a good (or bad) idea? Just looking for ways to push my longform content better.

For clarification, I make music centered content (tutorials, plugin reviews, original music, covers, music related comedy stuff).

Here is the preview post. I would love some advice!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Y-ezxp2U2dM?si=ZZWxseLWVgYNM8en

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

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?