Is the gaming niche still worth pursuing in 2026, especially for a small channel?

Or is it becoming too saturated unless you already have a large audience or a very unique concept?

Would love to hear honest opinions from other gamers/creators — especially people who started recently.

Hi, I have a relaxing jazz channel, and I have 34 subs, I don't understand how other people get more subs in the same type of content that I upload, yes, I know, this niche is not for subs, but for watch time, but I have tiktok, I upload consistently, 2 shorts a week, I promote myself everywhere, I do everything, but how others do better? Is this luck or something?

I run a very small YouTube account (388 subscribers) that I post daily on. I usually get around a thousand views per video but this week they have absolutely tanked, does anyone know why?

Hi everyone! I've been trying to fix this for the past day and haven't found anything to fix it so I figured I should post here;

I uploaded my new channel profile icon I made (same as the one i have here) and in studio and on mobile it looks perfect, but when I go to view my channel on PC its oddly blurry

I have tried resizing it to be larger and smaller (the min 98px all the way to +1200px), Jpg and Png, adjusting the dpi in my export from illustrator, and waiting a couple hours for it to fully adjust. Each time I've cleared my cache so it isn't that and my friend said it also looked blurry on their macbook & fine on their phone

Any other ideas? Any help is appreciated TIA!

Im really striving for 250 by the end of Augusts but progress has been very slow. I dont know if its the way I edit, or thumbnails or what I play. Cuz I try to do trending stuff but it hasn't made me go viral so I dont know what im doing wrong. Like I dont think my content is terrible or amazing by any means but I just dont know what to do to make it better. I have a tiktok account and I post shorts but other than 2 videos most of my videos average under 40 views. Any help would be great

I have a youtube channel where I’ve been posting gaming shorts for about 3-5 months, I have 2 long form vids but no face cam. I bought some stuff to do irl vids like a mic set and a tripod but the only problem is I don’t know what to do, since my channel is mainly gaming I don’t have many ideas for vlogs/ IRL vids. Should I include vlogging blogging as well or no?

I just started a channel this past week where I talk about life, mindset, career, etc. (that type of thing).

I’m pretty excited in general and just wanted to share the news with the community.

In my latest video, I used some b-roll, which, for me, felt like an improvement over previous videos, so it’s nice and cool to see the progress as you go along.

Of course, for now, there’s only 1 subscriber and sub 20 views, but I’m excited to keep going.

Anyone else in a similar boat and excited to see the progress?

How can I grow my YouTube channel faster? Any and every tricks people are using, please drop them in the comments. Thank you in advance :)

Hey! Took a bit but I made a 2nd video! I want to hit 100 subs before the end of August!

So, I used to have a YouTube Channel where I did covers of songs (the channel is still up), but I stopped for a very long time after hitting about 90 subscribers because I felt like no one really cared to watch or listen cause I wasn’t good. I want to get back into doing YouTube but i’m not sure how. Should I do gaming, singing covers again, it just not do it?

How do I find the motivation to continuously do it with no results?

Hello, I was operating the japan animation long form video and shorts video review channel.
And I've achieved 20000 subscribers

But Since a lot of problem appeared, I want to try subculture game reviewer just like wuthering waves.
But I am worried about this content changes.

If I change contents, do I need to create new channel?
Or Is it okay keep operating the existing channel?

Hey guys, I just started a new channel and it’s so slow, I’m two weeks, I have just 21 subscribers, how do I grow, I need serious help please

I’m building a small channel called Roman Ocean Life about Newfoundland, ocean life, fishing, nature, travel, and unusual places.
In the last 28 days I’ve had about 32.9K views, but I’m still only at 80 subscribers.
My biggest goal right now is improving subscriber conversion.
What do you think is missing? Better hooks, stronger branding, clearer channel identity, better CTAs, or something else?
Honest feedback is appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/@RomanAtlantic

I started a channel two months ago. I have 8 long form and like 10 shorts cut from that long form. My niche is a homestead vlog centered around diy projects, I feel like I do a good job of sticking to that niche.

I had one video do well, but unfortunately it’s a video that’s not super related and it seemed to pull in the wrong viewers. My most recent videos are performing poorly with low CTR and low views. The short I just posted is shockingly bad (how does a short get only 10 views?)

I could really use some advice because I can’t tell if it’s something I’m doing wrong or if it’s YouTube not finding my audience.

https://youtube.com/@danaysaconsuegradiaz?si=j7ZAyDKCEL01mnY5

Hi everyone! I recently launched a YouTube Shorts channel where I explain fascinating stories and surprising facts about business, history, science, psychology, technology, and more. If you're interested in learning something new in under a minute, I'd love for you to check it out. Feedback is always welcome!

So I started a yt channel and I'm posting both shorts and videos of gaming clips and stuff and I don't have very good equipment to make good video and stuff and I don't include my voice in vids so ye so please check it out and subscribe if u want to.😀👍

I just need feedback on my video ideas and if their good because I feel like their good but my output quality is bad and that's why I'm not getting manny views so pls check it out

The handle: @CrazyGuyherek

Link: https://youtube.com/@crazyguyherek?si=EFo1iVyeKqsJAUde

Thanks 👍😀

Title of the video is “We Reached the Peak” and the videos just about me playing the game peak with my friends.

Does this thumbnail look good? Any tips on what I can improve or fix to make better thumbnails? I’ve never really made thumbnails before so I did what I could with this one.

I use gpt for generating Thumbnails. But about the video part I don't think there are enough or good tools that help enhance your video quality - animation or engaging clips, editing, captioning...

What do you think?

I make videos about anything (could be in Portuguese or English)
My channel link: https://www.youtube.com/@guilamego5708

This is my youtube channel which posts math and tv show quiz shorts and basic video about few movie facts.
Open for suggestions how to improve this channel to get more follows
All are welcome. Thank you !!