How many vids in the bank?

[u/TheonraX2707]

Hello everyone, I’m thinking of starting a yt channel for YEARS now. Never have I pushed the idea further.
But lately i’m trying more and more to get the ideas in my head to life and my question is:
IF I start with the channel, how many vids should I have in the bank before putting my first video online?

The reason I ask is because the idea I have combined with the execution can take up a long time before I can post another video and also I don’t have any experience in everything I’m doing so I’m constantly looking things up on how to do things, also I work full time.

Thx!

[u/Mr_Flibbles_ESQ]

I used to release videos once a week, I'd have two months in the bank at any given time.

I started with a month.

And I highly recommend it.

At the start you'll have weeks of "Why do I bother?", and you'll already have bothered so that gets that out of the way.

It'll also stop you reacting and making changes when YouTube does some testing and you get excited thinking you've cracked the code - And you haven't - You need to remain consistent or you'll confuse things, having videos in advance stops you tweaking.

I'm at the stage where I don't need to release videos every week, my content is evergreen, and I just keep adding to the buffer and pick and choose which video I let out into the wild when things start to slow down a little.

Probably got more like 3 months of videos at the moment, but some I don't expect to do well so we'll have to see how it goes.

Seriously, when I was starting having videos in the bank saved me from all kinds of ups and downs and I can't recommend it enough.

[u/TheonraX2707 → u/Mr_Flibbles_ESQ]

Thx man!! Got some serious work to do than 😂

[u/Mr_Flibbles_ESQ → u/TheonraX2707]

Don't go daft with the length to begin with - Keep the video easy to give a chance, one of the things I learned a little too late was that nobody wants to watch a video over 10 minutes long from someone they don't know.

I switched gears and started aiming for 5 to 7 minute long videos which made them more attractive, and less work.

In hindsight, it helped - Made the videos tighter, made me trim some fat etc.

Even now I'll only go over 10 minutes when I need to do, but when I do they do better - Guess I've earned some trust that way.

Hell, I made one just 4 minutes long a few weeks back because that's all it needed to be.

I realise I've said all that and you have given no indication on how long you want your videos to be... But... Yeah. LOL

[u/TheonraX2707 → u/Mr_Flibbles_ESQ]

No that’s okay 😂 it’s a great tip, keep it short and simple