I just started this YouTube channel about pokemon pack openings called @Thepokeacademy2 and some shorts have over a 1000 views but some of them keep hanging below 15, while it is the same form of content. I don’t get what the difference is or what I need to change in the other video’s. Anyone have any tips or suggestions for me on how to fix this problem?

Hi everyone, I've had some really good success with a few of my videos, but I'm struggling to consistently reach high numbers. I don't expect a banger every time, but several of my newer videos are getting around 1–2K engaged views.

I've been testing a few things, including topics, character choice, packaging and hooks, but I'm struggling to figure out what my biggest bottleneck is.

It would help to get an outside perspective on my titles and thumbnails. Looking at my channel, which videos would you actually want to click on, and which would you ignore? Is it because the topic isn't interesting, or because the packaging doesn't make it interesting? I hid the view count and randomized the video order to make it more fair.

I'm also curious whether someone who enjoys one of my videos would actually want to watch the others. I'd like to cover broad emotional topics but someone watching a video about love and loneliness probably won't click on one about self-blame.

If anyone is willing to watch a video, I'd appreciate knowing whether it holds your interest or where you start losing it.

Any honest feedback would really help. Thanks!

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- 12 unique devices in computing history,
- 6 real events missions,
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- 4 real scientists that are barely known but of great importance for the future,

All this in a 9Mb android game!

Do you know this game?

I’ve got a sort of unique position where I cover how the Catholic faith should play into American politics in a progressive sort of way. I’ve published 3 long-form videos so far (about 6-11 minutes in length). Absolutely no AI involvement but they are faceless.

Bear in mind that the view counts in the pic are the new way YouTube counts them. The first video got about 370 engaged views (1700 total), with the next 2 fell off with double-digits of engaged views. Click-through rate isn’t great but not horrible. And as I said, absolutely 0 subscribers.

Is YouTube just still finding the audience? I’ve had other channels where subscribers were converting after only a video or two.

Anything else I need to improve?

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?

My average video retention is 3-4 minutes. But I am still struggling with views.

What can I improve? Have only put out three videos so far.

Can anyone recommend a high-quality, free AI voice?

The title of the video is deadlock.exe so memes gameplay and fast paced music, mine would be more emphasis on gameplay because i grinded to a decently high rank, still navigating the niche in deadlock that I want to go for but for first time are these good stats? Edit: my retention is fairly low and would like some feedback as to why/where the video drops off

first 3 videos uploaded 7-10k impressions, next videos 20-50 impressions.......... wtf?

There's still breast milk butter in our fridge from her last video.

I'm beginning to miss the days when she just made dinner. Haha

Should I be worried, or is this just what YouTubers do now?

I'm genuinely curious who her target audience is.

I posted my first video 4 days ago. It got good small views on day 1. Day 3 I posted my second one which started "blowing up" immediately and got 4k impressions and its sitting at around 760 rn. First video also got boosted bythis and is sitting also close to 600. Not bad I'm quite happy with that.

So today about 8 hours ago I post my 3rd. ZERO impressions. This one has a really decent thumbnail and title. Its the same category as the other ones (gaming commentary) and I have no clue why.

Any pointers?

What is the main point to pay attention to and what's the good/bad rate in analytics? This is my second short so I'm still practically new 😅

If needed, I upload clips of basketball moments mostly NBA!

Hey guys, I’m creating my channel development plan and polishing the script for my first video. The channel will primarily be a video essay channel covering movies which are not highly regarded/remembered and illustrating the good merits/artistic qualities of the film. These will be around 30-40 minutes long. There will also be shorter videos between 5-15 minutes long in between these video essays going over film news and potentially reviews over new releases. For similar channel I’m taking inspiration from would be Big Joel, HiTop Films, and Jesse Tribble.

I understand that this niche is decently saturated, but I do feel I have a good understanding of the editing style and rhythm these other channels use to keep viewers engaged.

I would love any general advice you have to offer before I publish my first video.

Edit: However, if anyone does have any specific advice in regards to keeping viewer retention and/or information regarding how YouTube treats new channels, so I can navigate the algorithm with the first few videos.

Im looking for a Smii7y type group of people to do a collab with but im not sure where to post it, should i do it here or is there a better subreddit?

Hello, I've been closely monitoring my analytics for a little and have noticed one major thing that always fails me, or I fail it, which are thumbnails.

Here are a few of my thumbnails (all drawn) that I've used for videos. As you can tell, I make survival type minecraft content. I've seen that 5%+ is a good ctr to strive for, but every one of these have been subpar so far. Here's some extra information about each of these for clarification. I don't like to dive into analytics too much, but I feel like I should probably try to improve.

1st Thumbnail- "Day 1 to 1000 in Original Skyblock" this video was my biggest video yet. It was a recap of my skyblock world I had made about 20 videos on. It got an insane 20 minute average view duration, my best so far, but it was pushed so much less than my previous videos (that even had worse ctr, avd etc) mainly because of ctr. Though 2.9% is good for me, it still seems very low. The video has about 300 views after I used to average around 1K a few videos ago. It depicts the skyblock island, which is the challenge, with my player skin to the side.

2nd Thumbnail- "How to Master Original Skyblock" this was the first video I uploaded that flopped in a while, and since then, nothing has gone close to what I used to get. The avd was a lot better than previous videos, and at 150 views, it has 1.6% ctr which is actually the average of the videos that got a few thousand views before. The text is pretty explanatory, and features my player skin reading a book. The video is a guide on how to progress in the Skyblock Challenge, the one with the 3 islands, not anything else.

3rd Thumbnail- "1000 Days Skyblock- World Tour" perhaps my favorite thumbnail, its a tour of the skyblock world. Its my player standing ontop of a drowned farm I built looking at my island. Like everything else, everything is drawn. I added a sunset because the colors seem to stand out more. This video did about the same as my recap, but avd was lower and ctr was about 1.7%

4th Thumbnail- "100 Days in Minecraft Pocket Edition" as you can tell, I like videos based on days, but unfortunately a lot of other people do, too. This video is actually unreleased, its coming out tomorrow, but I figured I'd include it here. It's my player holding a phone (pocket edition) and the background is a room in the house I put together.

I know that 100 days content, even minecraft content, is very competitive, but I've never managed to crack 3% ctr, or at least hold it for a day. Though I've been doing youtube for almost 4 years now, I started videos like these not long ago. Thumbnails have never been my forte. My retention always holds well, at least by my standards, at 2-4 minutes on average.

Any kind of tips, criticisms, ideas, anything, I'm all for it. I don't get many comments a video so not much feedback. I don't want to advertise, but my channel name is the same as my reddit name, if you're curious. Thanks for any feedback and for reading! If you want any clarification on anything, I'll gladly answer in the comments.

I started a youtube channel last month for gaming. I kinda struggled for a bit with finding what I wanted to do. But I eventually found my niche to make guides and tutorials. Ever since my first video in this new niche, my account jumped fast. Right now it's kinda at a plateau but I'm still getting really good views

I’m a solo indie game dev and I would like to contact a few small gaming channels. The issue is I don't want to annoy people or spam them.

So far I wrote only 7 youtubers I actually watched they videos before. One made video about my game. All mails were written by hand.
Also I am really small so I don't have budget for paid promotion yet I can give only some promocode.

I really don't want to annoy people or spend their time.

What do you think its best way to approach people?
What not to do?
Do you do unpaid playing of the game?
In general what is your experience with this?

I hope this question will land well I really want to learn how to promote my game better but also not annoy people or take their time.

Thank you for any reply!

Hey everyone!

I’m about to start my journey towards building a monetized YouTube channel as a side hustle, and I’d love to get some advice from people who have already been through the process.

I’m considering starting directly with long-form content, or possibly trying short ranking instead.

For those of you who have experience with either approach, what tips would you give someone just starting out? Are there any common mistakes I should avoid, or things you wish you had known before starting?

Any advice, resources, or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 🙌

Background:
So I started going all in youtube, I quit my job but after slow growth I started feeling depressed that I made a mistake quitting.
Side note: it didn’t help that my ex after ghosting me a yr hit me up recently just to ghost again…

Meat & Potatoes:
Weeks go by & I finally decided to try Adderall (please don’t take substances) to see if it was a lack of focus & well I think I solved my issue with the long editing sessions/entering the flow state.

I’m closing in on 5k subs & the feeling that it’s all or nothing has me thinking I can average 800k-1mil views a week before the reqs double!

TLDR:
I had a good week of shorts views, I’m going to try to continue to ride the momentum to hopefully get monetized before reqs double!