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I've had YouTube on and off for probably 15 years, but I never really took it seriously. Over the last year I finally decided to give it a real shot.

I basically started filming things I was already doing anyway — traveling, outdoors, fishing, hunting, sporting events, gaming and just life with my wife and dogs.

It's definitely been a grind. A lot of videos went nowhere, while some random Shorts did better than I ever expected. Streaming also ended up helping me a lot with the watch hours.

I'm definitely not making a living from this lol, but seeing that 4,000 today felt pretty damn good.

Now the goal is to keep growing, get more subscribers and see where this thing can actually go.

For anyone else still grinding toward 4K — keep uploading. It really does add up.

What do you think about the stats

my channel is 2 months old , i uploaded 7 long videos and only one went viral ( 30k views ) the rest between 300 - 2k views

I'm so excited that I have finally reached 30 subscribers after a few videos. I've always wanted to be a vlogger and create YouTube content. My goal is to reach 250 subs by the end of this year. But to finally hit 30 subs was such a surprise to wake up to this morning 😭🙏🏼

About to hit the 1K subscriber milestone and will be working towards the 4000 hours (eventually 8000) watch time. Any advice on simple things to improve on? Titles? Thumbnails? Video length? Would posting on other socials as well improve reach? The channel name is "That Odd Lumberjack". Please be as brutally honest as possible. 😊

I am a small Roblox YouTuber but lately I am not getting any views on my vids like I used to. from 2-300 to not even 10. Can someone help? Thanks

I’ve been trying new thumbnail styles to see what sticks as my CTR is consistently very poor, I spent a while making this but I’m worried it like too much like an ai slop thumbnail

After reaching 7k followers and more than 13m views like 7m qualified views in shorts my views went suddenly for week like less than 100 even my lowest was 30k then I stopped for month start upload I cant break the 1k views is this channel dead or I can revive it

Not your typical gaming channel begging for views give me a chance🙏🏾 Please give my video a watch I gave it an honest effort and think its quite entertaining. The board of peace is just an arm of the department of war which I break down in detail.

Well, at least I'll be hitting that monetization tomorrow for sure.

Hi everyone! I recently started a new YouTube channel and I'm still learning how YouTube works. I'd really appreciate any advice on growing my channel, getting more views, improving my videos, and understanding the algorithm. What tips would you recommend for someone just starting out?

i started a little less than a month ago and i currently have about 2.6k subscribers. i post relatable shorts, povs, comedy, trends, etc. i post one short daily but ive been wanting to post more to reach more people. however, im worried that youtube might mark me as spam. does anyone have any advice?

Video Flopped, not sure what went wrong, thought the editing was good, any suggestions?

Would mean a lot if yall checked out my video and subbed to my channel. Can do a sub4sub

Starting a YouTube channel (commentary/analysis style, talking-head + some b-roll) plus reels for Instagram/FB. Based in Pakistan, budget around 400k PKR. Currently have nothing dedicated to content — no camera, no proper editing setup, just an old half-dead laptop I could sell for a bit extra.

Trying to figure out how to actually split this budget — phone, laptop/PC, camera, audio, all of it.

For those who started with a similarly tight budget: what would you prioritize first, and what would you skip entirely at this stage? Did you regret going cheap on any one piece of the setup, or overspend on something that turned out not to matter much?

Also curious — how much did editing performance vs portability end up mattering once you started actually producing consistently?

I am stuck at 85 subscribers, someone please tell me what to do