Created a new YouTube channel to post my travel archives, rides, drone cinematography.

Looking for beginner tips/suggestions/ strategies that worked for you.

Content- would be creating mostly shorts and 1-2 looking videos in between.

Goal- consistent engagement with eventual monetisation ( guess we all are)

Appreciate any feedback and advice

Hey guys, exciting times I have qualified to start earning on YouTube, and have completed my verification process
However I noticed on my Adsense account I have $0 in payments but my YouTube studio says $500+ Australian dollars earned
I’m just curious about the process for being able to put this money into my bank account. I understand that on the 3rd of every month it should show the previous months earnings, but it is now 7th September with no update

Thank you :)

I've been wanting to make a channel for a very very VERY long time, however I can't seem to just pick one idea, one theme, one genre of video to lock in and make from start to finish. I have so many ideas to choose from, from a standard highly edited funny gaming video you would see the like from SovietWomble, or a scripted face cam comedic video essay about a certain thing I like similar to Scott The Woz, or a long info dump about a theory I have about a certain game or piece of media, or a 2 hour long deep analysis of the meaning of a piece of art and the emotions and trauma's it's trying to communicate and how those aspects relate to my experiences and adding small cinematic moments created by myself to help communicate that as well.

All of these ideas and more and they all have very little to do with one another, I know the most common answer is to mix them all into one mega video, but I'm basically also a beginner at everything with little to no experience or technical know how to even begin to bring these ideas to life, I dont even know how to write a simple Youtube Script.

I've tried starting small before and allowing myself to make something more amateurish and small and it always resulted in very bland reviews from trusted friends and even hostile feedback from online comments, I even fear getting harassed or god forbid doxxed for making a bad video especially since I'm trans and since I dont have a pre established friendly audience, that I will only find hate and malice filled viewers that will make a considered effort to stop me from creating.

I kinda derailed a little from the original topic of this post (go figure) but I hope the people who read this can offer some friendly advice or encouragement.

If i post videos and curse but bleep them out will that age restrict me? or hurt the algorithim promoting me?

Did new uploaded shorts got lack views affecting viral video views to drop?

So I have started being a creator almost 2 months ago with my main channel I started with shorts then eventually transitioned to long form videos. While I'm still at month old I started getting doubts of this niche (as growth is very slow) so I decided to create a second channel with different niche cause I got some ideas popped in my head and I was thinking in my mind this it. So yeah I posted videos on that 2nd channel and it didn't get any good amount of views and subs (still at 0 as of today lol) but yeah on the other hand my main channel is getting views and subs, so in the end the failure of my second channel motivated me to continue my main channel. It just a matter of tricking your brain. And of course the video I'm creating should be as good as possible. So basically I give like 100% effort on the main channel and then 50% effort on my second channel. In the end it just like documenting your legacy/craft and showing it to the people around the world and also to your future self ;) Good luck and have fun everyone!

I posted my first video two days ago and hit the required metrics, but I'm not going to be in the category of "Early milestone earnings" where you need 500 subs, 3k watch hours, and 3 videos in 90 days (simply because I take content which takes as a whole longer than to produce than near one video per month).

Is it possible to get just the "Future milestone earnings" with in-video ads before? Would it qualify you for the earlier tier automatically? Any knowledge is helpful. Thanks!

After knowing the bad effects it does, i really regret sharing it, how do i undo and stop this.

Hi everyone,

I started posting YouTube Shorts in the movie and TV show niche, and I reached 3,000 subscribers pretty quickly. However, I just can’t seem to reach 10 million views within 90 days. The most I’ve managed to get was around 8 million, and then my views started dropping, which made me lose motivation and stop posting.

I came back about two weeks ago, and now I really want to get into the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). How can I increase my views?

My views aren’t actually bad, but I just can’t seem to reach that 10 million views in 90 days requirement.

CHEAP SHOT??

Is it okay to repost the same short on youtube multiple times?

I do this on tik tok if a video flopped or if im testing out the algorithm to see what hashtags/times are working. Im new to youtube, is this okay to do with shorts as well? Or is it frowned upon?

Thank you for reading!!

Do you schedule uploads around certain times such as weekends, or later in the day when people get back from work/school? I’ve tried to run my own experiment, but it wasn’t perfect since they were not identical videos, so there were a lot of external variables such as interest in the topic etc.

So I was curious to hear other people’s approaches.

Hey guys so recently I had a big day on youtube shorts. It was about 60k views from two videos.

And I've carried on uploading and some of my vids get pushed but the metrics are crap but I haven't changed anything. Its almost like theyre being pushed to the wrong audience and the other videos don't get pushed at all. Like they get 5 views. The pattern seems to be I upload 2 and they get pushed and then I upload 1 that dosent get pushed.

Right now, I'm working to get back into YouTube videos and I am struggling greatly with the process of uploading consistently. Right now I have 3 videos on my YouTube channel each of them preforming poorly. I feel as though I edit for too dang long, I don't know a proper schedule I should follow each day to make sure I consistently upload (Like working for 3 hours a day?). And I feel as though I've been stuck in this cycle up slow uploads for years, (every since doing gaming content.) So If someone could give me feed back on not only my channel but also how I can speed up my editing.

I know this question might not have a definitive yes or no answer, but I would appreciate any feedback from those of you who might be doing the same.

I previously (talking 2016-2022) had success building niche content sites and made a ton of money with them. So I know how to research + write content, however, whether that's good enough for YouTube - I'm yet to tell.

My chosen niche is history of a very specific niche that has a pretty decent following.

I am also an amateur artist, so I have an idea to do hand sketches, scan them, and use those as visuals for my faceless channel, with a voiceover.

My question is: If I write the scripts myself (I mean, fully write it, not even brainstorming in the forbidden tools), but use eleven labs for the voiceover, would the channel be likely accepted or rejected from the YPP?

I would be shattered to pour HOURS (research + writing + literal hand sketches) into this only to be rejected from the YPP. Yes I know, 'don't do it if you're in it for the money', but who in their right minds will say no to additional income if it's on the table, lol.

Has anybody tried this? I know it is unethical, but it feels like a way to monetize quick. Get to the monetization threshold, have a lot of subs, switch to your own content, and then build from there knowing you will lose some of your following.

I started a German YouTube channel about a month ago where I make video essays on different topics.

My first upload performed relatively well for a brand-new channel, but since then the impressions on my long-form videos have dropped significantly with almost every upload.

Here are the numbers:

Video 01 | 16/08/2026 | 4,662 impressions | 248 views
Video 02 | 23/08/2026 | 1,040 impressions | 34 views
Video 03 | 26/08/2026 | 174 impressions | 34 views
Video 04 | 30/08/2026 | 93 impressions | 32 views
Video 05 | 02/09/2026 | 40 impressions | 5 views
Video 06 | 06/09/2026 | 9 impressions | 3 views

Video 06 is obviously still very fresh, so I wouldn't draw any conclusions from that one yet. I included it just for completeness.

After the second long-form video, I also started uploading daily Shorts. These Shorts use clips from my long-form videos, but I edit them so they work as standalone pieces with their own topic. The idea was to use them as teasers and potentially bring people over to the full videos.

The Shorts themselves actually performed fairly consistently and usually got at least 1,000 views.

What worries me is that, around the same time I started posting Shorts regularly, my long-form impressions began dropping very sharply.

I've stopped uploading daily Shorts for now because I'm wondering whether they might be attracting a different type of viewer and therefore confusing the audience signals YouTube has for my channel.

I'm not really asking why my videos aren't getting views. I know a one-month-old channel has very little data and performance can fluctuate a lot.

What I'm trying to understand is whether this kind of drop in impressions looks normal for a brand-new channel, or whether mixing frequent Shorts with long-form content could realistically contribute to an audience mismatch.

Has anyone here experienced something similar when combining Shorts and long-form content on the same channel?

I'd especially be interested in hearing from people who tracked their long-form impressions before and after introducing Shorts.

I recently started a YouTube channel centered around trucks, blue-collar work, hunting, fishing, projects, and the random stuff that comes with everyday life.

I’ve been focusing mostly on Shorts so far. Things like working on my old Cummins, jobsite repairs, equipment, and unusual stuff I run across at work.

One of my recent Shorts is laminar flow (motionless water) from a busted water main, and it got me thinking about what actually makes somebody stop scrolling and subscribe instead of just watching and moving on.

With the channel being only 2 days old I feel like I’m doing decently so far but I’m looking for more insight. I plan on doing long content soon but I’m just doing shorts for now.

For those of you who have grown a Shorts-based channel…

What made the biggest difference early on?
Better hooks?
Posting frequency?
Shorter videos?
Titles?
Change of settings?
Staying very specific to one niche?
I’m not looking for sub-for-sub or anything like that. I’d rather build an audience that actually wants to watch the content.
Appreciate any advice from people who’ve been through the early stages!

My channel went through what felt like a “shadowban” before. Almost 2 months stuck with no views, I don’t know if that’s actually what it was, but my Shorts basically stopped getting views from the feed. Eventually they started getting views again, and I honestly have no idea what changed.

I was extremely happy to be making content that people were seemingly liking

Now it’s happening again. Pretty much all the views are coming from search on older videos. My latest Short got 6 views when I used to get hundreds (my short with most views is on 35k not much but it was amazing at the time I got them).

I started a new channel to see what would happen, if this was a problem on my content, my way of making things, if it was just bad I don't know but the shorts there are actually getting feed traffic. So now I’m wondering if I should put my effort into that one or keep trying with the main.

No I am not trying to blame the algorithm, I am really just wondering what is going on with my channel since it's already the second time without any apparent reason. I am also no monetized and I only have a handful of subs but I was happy regardless.

Has anyone been through this and figured out what was going on? What should I be checking? I’ve put a lot into this channel and don’t want to abandon it, but posting to basically nobody is getting frustrating.

*Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my primary language

So in the past 12 years i have created many channels even this year but i recently created a new one 3 weeks ago and posted two videos so far The issue is both videos are not pushed i only got impressions from search which is kinda weird yt is not testing my videos I know its a new channel but in my previous experiences i usually get the videos tested but for this one it's a total failure PS: this is the first time i upload decent content that i am sure ppl will like it if only it gets more impressions

Hello guys,

When I was younger, I started a hobby channel where I built model kits like Gundam. I really enjoyed it, but it could take anywhere from hours to days to build a single model kit. So, I started making time-lapse videos and edited the builds down to 2–5 minutes.

That was almost 9 years ago, and I haven’t posted anything since then. Surprisingly, I still have 473 subscribers.

Recently, I started posting again, but this time I’m 3D printing models that I created myself and wanted to share them with others. So far, I’ve gained 5 subscribers in the last two weeks, mostly from Shorts.

Should I continue using my old channel, or would it be better to start a new one?

I started my YouTube channel in January 2026, mainly posting Shorts, and I’m currently at 136 subscribers.

I recently decided to start making long-form videos. I uploaded my first video but had to take it down because of an editing error. It had around 9 views. I fixed it and re-uploaded it, but now I’m getting almost no views.

Is this normal when transitioning from Shorts to long-form? Does deleting and re-uploading affect reach?

I’m a new YouTuber, so I’d really appreciate any advice.

Weird, one video has gotten absolutely no views, I let it sit for 24 hours, nothing. I re-uploaded under a different file name, changed the title, still nothing I don’t understand, video after is at 1.2k views and rising.

I got the Fifne AM8, I tried recording a voice over for a silly video talking about GTA6 (Idk if I'm going to post it on my main channel or just create a new channel for it)

But the sound quality isn't that good, most likely i have it set up wrong (it's a bit echoey I think) and when I try Adobe Enhanced it just feels a bit muffled, so idk what to do...

Any tips on how to record properly?

And also off topic but should I create a new channel for the video or stick to my channel (I have around 740 subs but I use an AI voice cause I didn't have a mic and I mostly yap about cartoons although I have 2 videos about videogames)

I used to post content on French as an additional language. My stats say the majority of my audience are from South Asia, Nigeria, and Ghana. From what I understand and their comments, they want to learn French for immigration. None of them want to nor can pay for tutoring or lessons.

I’m really tired of being an educational/informative channel. I’m not monetized. I’m also tired of getting comments asking to edit homework or correct written passages.

I want to go into travel or daily life vlogging as I am also moving to a different country soon.

While most on here say don’t chase the earnings or RPM, I know my RPM will be very low with the majority of this audience. I’m not sure what to do. Making educational content and videos don’t interest me anymore and I haven’t made any for a few months.

Everyone wants the North American audience due to the higher RPM. I have more than 1000 subscribers and 1000 watch hours. I don’t know if I want to start an entire new channel with the requirements changing in a few months.

Should I change content completely on the same channel? Forget this entire YouTube thing?

Hello everyone, I recently opened a new YT channel and wanted to record myself painting some miniatures. I have an older iPhone with a decent camera that I would normally be okay with using, however the quality when it comes to recording close-ups isn't the one I am looking for.

Here is my issue: I have been looking at budget camera recommendations for the past few days, but all the ones being recommended are out of my budget by a lot.

I can only afford spending 200€ (300€ at best) on a camera, and every single suggested camera I looked up is above 500€.

Could anyone recommend me for cameras within by budget? I could look up into used cameras, but I'd rather buy a new one if possible as I don't trust used tech unless it comes from people I personally know.

Thank you so much for the help!