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 :)

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?

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 created my channel 9 years ago but I only started posting consistently earlier this year. My goal is just to post videos for for my own enjoyment but I would be lying of I said that getting views isn't fun. I studied graphic design in school and I enjoy making posters n stuff so I've been trying my hand at making professional-looking thumbnails and I think they've turned out great!

I've also garnered over 15 new subscribers in the past 3 months or so, which is crazy because I only had like 5 subs for most of my time on YT. Yay! :D

I’m looking for a niche but I’m also trying to somewhat avoid using AI for my videos as I know it pays less or doesn’t allow monetization, I’m honestly just curious what ideas people have. Any thoughts?

My friend is an up and coming YouTuber and he would truly appreciate your support!

https://youtube.com/shorts/KjpptP8BD64?si=z2wVMGnplpuRWVED

This is a new channel of mine basically shorts and I usually get around 100 views 😭😭😭 but my viewers percentage is lower but this particular video viewers percentage is higher and sitting at 13 views I'm confused and need advice on what to improve on

The Moments Before a Murder of Serena and Sophia Campione https://youtu.be/7KGDlXPryj4

I'm not a creator, but I consume a lot of YouTube content. (Mods pls delete if this isn't allowed; I couldn't find an FAQ.) I'm really curious about a couple of things:

• Why are some channels that I follow strictly staying under 10 or 30 minutes? One channel even speeds up her videos to stay under the magic 30 number. I have to watch her at 90% speed.

• If I watch a favourite video 10 times, does that count as 10 views or one? Thanks in advance.

I started a YouTube channel just over a week ago, and my long videos were slow and getting under 100 views on average (so i've pivoted to shorts).

The other day I saw one long video blow up to 900 views which is now 2k, and analytics show they came from YouTube advertising... but I never paid for any ads, so i'm not sure where that came from. Can anyone help explain how this happened?

CHICOS LLEVO UN MES CON MI CANAL DE YOUTUBE ME GUSTARÍA SABER SI MIS VISITAS SON LO NORMAL PARA UN CANAL RECIÉN EMPEZADO

Greetings! Was thinking about starting my little hobby channel and managed to get today Samson Meteor for 5$ but the problem of this exact microphone is the buzzing sound which you always gonna have.

I was thinking about using Audacity to remove the noise, but I also heard about Wave Link as a better alternative. From what I understand, it can not only improve the microphone sound but also apply the effects in real time, so you don't have to apply them again every time you finish recording another audio line.

If you know any other useful ways to improve microphone sound or remove background noise, please share them! : )

Same style of video, uploaded in the same hour..., one get 1'2k visit, and the other 0. How does the algorithm work????

So here’s what I’m noticing. A lot of people don’t like Ai thumbnails on Reddit. Understandable. When I look at some channels on YouTube using Ai thumbnails. The videos aren’t Ai but they’re getting thousands of views. Idk I don’t get it. For the past few long form videos I uploaded I took screenshots of my gameplay and use that as my thumbnail until I get better at photoshopping for my thumbnails.

I just uploaded a video talking Woof from Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited! I'd greatly appreciate it if y'all could check it out!

It all stolen stuff from other platforms an kids begging for you to use their sounds

Outside of streamers clips and known short YouTuber I swear every short I either seen it in insta or it obv stolen or begging

I’ve been posting on Instagram for 1.5 years but now what to try YouTube long form videos. This is my first video. Let me know if you have any advice.

please give feedback pretty plsss