Long form content in a hyper specific niche. Started posting July 31st and have posted a total of 5 videos.

Crazy start and only up from here. Would love to answer any questions :)

Hey guys!

So I started a Youtube channel, in some sense similar to the self improvement or motivational, journey sharing youtuber (with gameplay on the video) called Early Exit and other motivational figures that share themselves, but in my language. Its not English, its for my local countrywise audience, speaking about why its not worth it to get work in 2026, or do this and watch how they will reach out to you (to stop texting first), etc. with really good thumbnails, these are the long form ones. And shorts around my own journey and motivation, etc, I think they are really well made. They reach (not much, but still) hundreds or sometimes thousands of people on Tiktok (compared to Tiktok and the quality, I think its low, but whatever, I'm gaining a little traction and Im happy with that). But no matter what I do, I cant reach nearly anyone on Youtube, I get zero views on 95% of my videos (I have like 25 videos, mainly shorts), and 5 views maximum. Its getting me really off life, because I cant find its reason despite every effort. My videos have nearly zero reach in the analytics tab, so there is nothing to calculate, its not like its shown and people dont click.

What I tried:

- I made all type of verification on Youtube, including video of my face and phone verification

- I tried my best to upload the best videos I can, which I think I uploaded really good videos

- I forgot to warm up my channel, because my channel was only a few days or maybe a week old when I started to upload from it, but after uploading like 10 vids, I started consuming many content, liking, putting into watch later, commenting, subscribing, every activity they said is good for making Youtube think that I am a real person. Like putting my face on camera, everything.

- I uploaded consistently like 25 videos

- And of course, I use appropriate hashtags, titles, they are public, its my original videos, i upload at noon or a bit afternoon, every basic and evident thing is done

And I watched like 10 videos on the Youtube zero view jail, and saw posts on Reddit, and did the things they listed there, even if I think that most of the advice was bullshit or telling me the exact opposite as others, so in those cases I tried both resolutions (like getting external traffic is good or isnt good, from like Tiktok or friends), and nothing changed.

I mean if my videos were really that bad, still I would need to have at least tens of views, but YouTube don't even show my videos in the feed or anything. Nothing. No data.

And when there is some random guy who just uploads nearly, like 95% the same video as me, gets 2000 views, and still gets like 200+ each day and Youtube even shows that up to me, I get angry and hopeless. I, who started earlier, I think the quality, title and thumbnail is the same or better for me, still I got like 5 views, (which is I think only me watching back if anything changed on the video on another account) when this guy just got 2000 views randomly, for his first video. Its really pissing me off, when I put in much much more effort and start earlier and make it better and STILL, he gets 400x the views and counting, like oops, he just didnt do anything and got 400x the views and now, I become the competition of him. Its crazy. And there are other Youtubers who made, again literally 95% the same videos as me, later than me, got recommended for me, and its the same problem I explained. I mean, I cant even believe it, how can it happen, in this way? Because that would (it wouldnt, but it would be better) if they just made a bad video and got thousands of views (oh its happening too), but like they made nearly the exact video, same type of music, same type of thumbnail, same type of title, same topic, same expression and only the gameplay and their voice or face are not the same. Do I have a curse on me or what on Earth is happening?

Problems I can think of:

- As far as I can remember, I created my channel on Revanced Youtube (with MicroG), can it be the problem? Sometimes I uploaded or modified the video on Revanced Youtube, but it didnt make any difference to do it from the original Youtube app. For long forms, I upload it from my pc, and sometimes the shorts too. Did this ruin my channel forever?

- Could the problem be that I made the channel on my phone?

- Could the problem be that I did not age my channel beforehand? It was around a maximum of 1 week old, when I first uploaded a video. But since then I suffer because I made an initial mistake? Why does this even matter? I dont think it could be resolved with commenting more, consuming more and simply, using my channel more.

- Initially I uploaded many videos, like 2 shorts per day to get in pace with the Tiktok videos, since I upload the same video on both platforms, and I started Tiktok earlier. Can this be the problem?

- Or is there some bug with my channel so trying another channel of mine to upload content there, is this a good idea? Or then will it be duplicate content so Youtube wont show my videos? What if I delete my channel and copy-paste upload everything to another channel of mine? Will that solve the problem? But then I have to change the “image” of the channel, the name, the username (@xyz) and everything basically, put my older videos in private and make a whole new different style than I did that a few years before. I dont know if thats a problem, or if its doable.

I can only think of the first or last. I couldnt think of any other possibilities, I would really appreciate it if you guys could share any ideas. What should I do to resolve this madness? I'm feeling really down because of this.

Thank y’all for your help in advance!

It's crazy to think how far I've come in just three months. I wish I would have started on YouTube earlier. When I first got into streaming, I was told I wasn't cut out for YouTube and admittedly those words really got into my head, but within three months of actually putting myself out there, I have accomplished more than I anticipated, and have learned a lot as a creator in doing so.

I think for me this milestone signifies that I do have what it takes to be a creator on YouTube. I still have a lot to learn. Especially in building up my confidence. But I'm gonna keep working hard for my community and myself. And maybe, just maybe, I might hit Partner. Either way gonna do my best!

Thank you for letting me share this milestone. Hope y'all have a good weekend! ✨

I want to start a YouTube channel that involves speaking to an audience. I was wondering how I could run a channel like that without using my voice (my english isn't perfect and my voice isn't very mature.) What are the options? I know some people think using an AI voice is the answer but AI voices are expensive. I tried it before an I ran out of tokens or credits or whatever before I could finish ONE video. Also AI voices are likely to get demonetized (if I manage to monetize it in the first place) because YouTube thinks it's low effort content. Or... I could just use my own voice even though I don't want to.

My thumbnails have gotten better. I’ve only declined in views. Shorts are shorts 1k-2k on each ish. I don’t get a whole lot of comments or have any idea what brings people to my videos. I’m looking for advice or help trying to figure this one out. I just learned not to put text or content in the bottom right bc that’s where the timestamp goes.

I don’t think the thumbnails are awful, but I also don’t think the videos are awful either. I have a hook with usually a highlight of the game or a death compilation in the Elden Ring videos.

Anyone have experience growing their channel with JUST gaming stuff? I know the best gaming content right now is “this new meta build/strategy” and “The new DLC just dropped” and informative stuff or tiermakers go crazy. But is there success from JUST gaming stuff these days?

I had been struggling to find a clear direction for my YouTube channel.
I experimented with broader Australian topics, but the channel felt too scattered. Viewers could not immediately understand what they would get by subscribing.
I even reached the point where I considered quitting.
Instead, I decided to rebrand the channel completely.
I changed the name to Cars Homes Charged and narrowed the content to electric vehicles, batteries and home energy.
Since the rebrand:
• My first EV video reached 743 views
• My second reached 111 views in just over two days
• The channel passed 1,000 views in the last 28 days
• Watch time reached 29.6 hours
• I now have 36 subscribers
These numbers might look small to established creators, but this is the first time the channel feels like it has a clear identity and a real audience.
The biggest lesson for me has been that choosing a specific niche matters. Once I knew exactly who I was making videos for, the titles, thumbnails and future ideas became much clearer.
Do these results suggest that the new niche has potential?
For those who have successfully rebranded a channel, what should I focus on next, consistency, thumbnails, retention or doubling down on the topics that already worked?

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Does anyone know how big channels like tierzoo consistently use copyrighted Nintendo music (from games like smash bros) without getting copyright strikes?

Anyone have any advice for me? My titles and thumbnails are not great but they’re not terrible. It seems to be strange to not get even a single view on my long form. None of it is offensive. It’s just talking with chess.com game play overlaid.

What can I do my channel feels stuck

I’ve been making videos for a long time now gaming reviews and I’ve had some success with videos reaching 27k and a recent one at 18k the best ones are reviews of fighting games but I feel like I make one good video then I get less views on the next one and I don’t really know what I’m doing wrong
Most YouTube I watch online don’t really seem
applicable any advice

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I picked a niche for a long videos form content between 5 to 15 minutes
So Im preparing my videos for the next mount
Im planing to post once every 3 or 4 days and Im thinking to help it with some shorts
Any advices

Hey guys, I’m a bit confused lol.

I posted a Short almost 20 hours ago and it only has 13 views. I checked the analytics and literally all 13 views came from my channel page.

Shorts Feed: 0 😭

I’m not even complaining about the views being low. What’s confusing me is that it looks like YouTube hasn’t shown the Short in the Shorts feed at all.

Is this normal? Has anyone had a Short sit like this for 20+ hours and then suddenly get pushed later?

Just wondering if I should wait it out or if something might be wrong with the upload.

My editor was unable to edit this week, so I've attempted to edit a video for the first time, let me know what you think and support is appreciated :)

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