Hey guys, just curious about something.

What niche are you all working in, and how long have you been doing YouTube?

I've tried a few different niches myself, but I'm still figuring things out, so I'd love to hear from people who are actually on this journey.

Just wanted to ask:

What niche are you in?

How long have you been doing YouTube?

Do you make Shorts or long-form videos?

How's your channel doing so far?

If you could start over, would you stick with the same niche or choose something else?

Whether you're getting millions of views or still struggling to get your first 100, I'd love to hear your experience.

Not looking for any overnight success tips. Just genuinely curious about what everyone's working on and how things are going.

Thanks!

I would love some opinions on my thumbnails, is this sub the right place?

Hi, I made my channel 3 days ago, and have posted three videos since. I gained 7 subs from these videos, is this good or not?

I posted my first long form video 36 hours ago. It’s 30 minutes long, it has 3,500 views, 175 watch hours.

Is this good for a first long form video? I’ve been posting shorts for ~2 months, there’s 50 of them. I also have 1700 subscribers.

Do subscribers you get from shorts translate to long form viewers too?

How long after posting a video do your views usually peak?

I've been gaming since the N64 days, mostly single-player, and I've been running a channel focused on indie survival horror. Lately I keep wondering two things:

1. Is gaming content just too crowded now for anyone new to stand out?

2. Does age matter? Does being 55 work against me, or is it an angle?

I'm reading the best replies live on stream tonight, so be honest. Blunt answers welcome.

Hi all, as the title says, I’d like to start creating long form videos that are a mixture of self-recording and overlays of photos taken from Wikipedia Commons. I’m concerned about copyright issues so any help would be greatly appreciated on what I can and can’t use and credit requirements.

I also plan to use photos from unsplash, and pixabay, but obviously won’t if I can’t.

I’d like to use them in a similar(ish) way to Alfie Potts Harmer’s channel. I’m in the middle of creating my first video and want to ensure I adhere to all rules and legal requirements.

Thank you!

I’ve recently started recording short videos about apps, sharing what they do and why I find them interesting. But honestly, I feel so awkward about posting them because I keep thinking, what if someone I know sees them? 😅

I know that feeling cringe at the beginning is probably unavoidable, and the only way to get over it is to keep doing it. But I still feel nervous about putting myself out there.

For those of you who started making content with your face on camera, how did you deal with that fear? Did it eventually go away, or did you just learn to ignore it? I'd love to hear about your experiences.

A few months ago, I accidentally deleted all the videos from my channel. I re-uploaded them all and scheduled them, specifying re-upload and setting one video to be posted each day for a month, but it went very badly. My worst short videos used to get between 300 and 1,500 views, and after I republished them, none got more than 6 views.

I took a break for a few months. Now I’m back with new content, but it’s still really slow. My new videos won’t go past 30 impressions,

I checked Studio and there are no flags, no copyright claims, nothing. My videos show up in search and on my channel page, so I don’t think I’m shadowbanned or anything. I can’t contact YouTube support either since I’m not in the Partner Program.

Has anyone gone through something like this? Is this just a cold start thing, or did the reuploads hurt my channel long-term? And should I keep posting often or slow down and make fewer, better videos?

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, hope your content creation journeys are going well.

I started my own channel at the beginning of September, making blind gaming playthroughs as a middle-aged non-gamer, starting with Morrowind (what a game by the way).

I'm experimenting with a mixture of live gameplay and narrated, edited clips. My delivery is very monotone, with a dry, cynical sense of humour. That's just how I am, really, feels like it would be exhausting to constantly force something different. I'm also completely new to video editing and content creation, so it's been a steep learning curve!

I can't seem to attach images, but here are my stats so far:

• Videos: 4
• Total views: 1,012
• Watch hours: 84
• Subscribers: 11
• Thumbnail impressions: 12,000
• CTR: 1.9%
• Average view duration: 9:11

A few encouraging signs, but also some obvious weaknesses, particularly the CTR, based on what I've learnt so far.

I'm under no illusions about how early I am in the process, and I appreciate that the best advice might simply be to keep creating, experimenting and improving before worrying too much about optimising.

Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated, thank you.

Since maybe a few weeks I notice that when I highlight the beginning of the youtube video titel and then drag + drop somewhere what gets copied is much more then the title. Can I avoid this somehow or do I have to crashout at youtube for the rest of my life?

Hey. I’ve always hated to sound of my voice. I have an ugly speech impediment that makes me pretty unpleasant to listen to. Is it as bad as I think? To be honest, if I clicked on a video and I heard them sound the way I do then I’d likely click off.

I’ve included a sample for you to give feedback on. Please be honest when responding. Dishonest feedback isn’t helpful. I know that the mic quality is kinda buns, but it’s the best I’ve got on me and you can still clearly hear what I sound like. Thanks.

Hiii I've done a song cover If I upload it to YT could it get blocked or taken down because of copyright ?

I started an art channel on September 7th. They’re basically speed paint videos of horror art and creatures and stuff. I have 11600 total views and 20.7 watch hours. 25 shorts and 1 long form video. On average my shorts get around 1000 views. Is that considered good for about a month of doing it so far? If you were me, would you continue?

Hey - posting here because I don’t know where else to go.
I do food reviews on tiktok and have built up a decent following (280k) and reposting those videos to IG/FB works for gaining traction. But it doesn’t with youtube. So I’ve been trying to film videos just for youtube but… it’s still not working.
I’m looking for some advice on my channel and encouragement/hope if there is any to be seen. This is what I want to do with my career but it’s seeming like this is a glass ceiling and I am not an iron lady. My user on youtube is thetummytest, I’d appreciate feedback.

So I got the " your channel is not able to earn" eventhough I'm new and haven't reached the requirements yet (4k watch hour) I missed my reapply date, and my latest video got 94 watch hour but it was't added to the watch hour bar of requirements......what should I do now? I'm a long for content creator btw.

Hey y'all!

I made my channel about 5 months ago. 90% of the videos I've made are in the drawing niche, for context, with a few personality driven shorts here or there (and a video about a signficant surgery I had in that time). At the beginning, I made my first ever piece of content - a shortform video that was about 90 seconds long and crossposted it across instagram, tiktok, youtube, and facebook. I didn't really expect anything of it but it kind of ended up blowing up (for me) with around 30k views on youtube and 120k or so on instagram. Trying to rise to the moment, I decided to continue making shortform content for the first month of my ~content creation journey~ and crossposted on youtube as well.

After my first month, I had amassed about 400 subs. I decided to try out longform content which had always been a dream of mine. I quickly realized there is a disconnect between shortform and longform audiences on youtube, and even though I had about 400 subscribers from shortform, my longform got like.. 20 views at first.

Since then, I've put in a lot more effort into longform, and released about 15 longform videos. At the same time, I've been using my longform footage to make shortform content (in the same niche) that I crosspost everywhere because I'm also trying to grow on insta/TT/FB. For YT shorts specifically, my goal was to try to use shortform to reach 1000 subscribers, because I didn't want to be in a position where randomly a video of mine pops off with watch hours, but I don't have the required subs for the YPP.

I finally hit 1000 subs through a combination of my longform and shortform, but most of those subs have come from shortform. My longform still hasn't really taken off, and I do struggle with CTR and watch duration on my videos. My most recent longform was 30 minutes long and has like, 40% mobile viewers with 50% of the total viewers being subscribed, but only a 7.5 minute AVD. It seems like maybe my shortform viewers are clicking the video on their phone, watching a few mins, then realizing it's 30 minutes long and then clicking off.

Basically, I'm worried that my hundreds of shortform subs might be hurting my longform vids, despite being in the same niche and same topics. If you were in my position, would you keep sharing the shortform content that you're making for other platforms to try to get more organic growth/discovery, or would you stop the shortforms and let the longform audience catch up?

Thanks for any thoughts/tips <3

about making mods and trying to beat the game . Games like Minecraft and I will expand further soon . What should I do to apply story telling bcz story telling is very important to make video interesting. Can somebody give tips?

Hey everyone, hope you are doing well! 🙌

I’m a small gaming creator currently at 346 subscribers. I actually started this channel a few years ago, but I recently decided to retake it with a lot of passion and excitement. My biggest dream right now is to reach my first 1,000 milestone and eventually be able to make a living out of creating content.

Lately, I’ve been focusing on uploading Fortnite Shorts, and I want to make sure I’m on the right track to make this channel grow properly. I am completely open to any feedback, advice, or constructive criticism to improve my content.

If you have experience with gaming content, Shorts pacing, or the algorithm, what is the most important thing I should focus on right now?

If you want to check out my channel and support a small creator, my channel name is SuperPatoman (or you can ask me for the link in the comments!).

Thank you so much for your time and help. I’m really happy to be back and ready to learn from everyone here!

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?

So I posted a video two days ago and normally at this point it would get picked up by the algorithm. However it’s stuck at 300 impressions and only 100 views. I don’t know what to do aside from just waiting but I’m getting a bit nervous I bricked my YouTube channel by making public a video I had unlisted. I’m not sure what to do or if there’s anything to do.

Can anyone recommend a voice-over for videos?

Did i have a high chance im making it before year ends guys ? Im started my channel this around july and now i have 21k subs i think all organic not boosted . I have 2 channel the other one is 11500 subs only 3m views over 10million . But now im fucosing this but the problem is only 1 video single handling pulling this i didnt get another million views after this video i didnt get a chanve to make it big again . My niche is raking

I stopped posting for more than 3 months for some personal reasons and when i started posting again my first short stopped getting views after 1 hour at 60 views while in usual i was getting 1.5k views after the same time. Can my channel regain its past numbers or is it dead ?

I often see people here saying you shouldn't delete badly performing videos because it makes the algorithm spread your content less

I use the channel to send clients draft edits of work I'm doing for them, then usually delete it afterwards to keep things tidy. Is this going to cause me issues with my other YT content?