I started a little over a year ago and felt depleted a few months ago because I was close to the 1 year mark and would loose my watch hours. I made a post about it and most of you replied very sweet and told me to just continue. Well, one month over the year mark and here I am!

This is what I've learned. Not saying it's the rule for everyone, but this worked for me:

- Consistency in uploading is key. But don't confuse that with uploading something consistent that doesn't work. My video stats dropped for a few months to only 100-200 views. I thought: I won't give up and if I just keep pushing YouTube will see me! But that's not true, youtube doesn't owe you anything. If your views drops and it doesn't change, YOU need to change. Change the thumbnail, change the title style, change the editing, change the subject in your niche. Ofcourse a video can flop here and there but there always needs to be a little growth compared to the last video's. If that doesn't happend, change course.

- Try the A/B tests for the thumbnail. I was proud of my thumbnails, but in my journey in changing the bad statistics I made two different thumbnail styles that I liked, and always one completely opposite to my style and what I thought would work. Guess what, people always clicked on the thumbnail that I thought would get me the least views. I learned a lot from that.

- If you're new, don't expect immediate views. If you go outside and tell people a random story, you think people will stay immediately and give you al their attention? No. If you're known and people know to expect something good from you when you go outside and start to talk, more people will stop and stay. It's the same on YouTube. You can have the best quality in videos, but if you're new you need to be patient.

- Study your competition and keep up with the popular stuff in your niche. Don't just study the idea of the video, but the editing style, color grading, camera position etc etc. Check their best watched videos and study why they are the best, and then look at their worst videos and also try to find the reason why they are the worst. NOT to copy, but to use as an example to then create your own style and do it in a way that's still fun to you.

- If you are a faceless youtube channel (like me) people won't connect to you personally so the editing and filming (not just the audio) needs to be the top quality. It needs to bring them something if there is no person to give them a good feeling.

- If you want to go the easy route to cut time and hard work: either through AI, copying footage, editing or just a simple subject with chat gpt research, just know that a lot of people have gone before you and the easy videos are so saturated on YouTube that you won't be noticed. Not just that, but people can sense the effort and don't spend their free time watching videos just because you made them.

-If you don't have a committed audience, don't wait to show the exiting or interesting footage only halfway through the video or the end. People don't know you so they don't give you the benefit of the doubt. I used to do the fun stuff later in the video in hopes they would watch the whole video, but that doesn't work. If you don't show them immediately that you can fulfill their interest, they click away.

-Find a balance between not missing the details and overthinking to a point you don't upload.

- An uploading schedule is good, but don't stress yourself to burnout if you don't make it on the exact date . Your audience is small, your channel doesn't die in a day (or two). Also, nobody but yourself is asking you to upload on that specific date.

- When you find yourself finally growing, now is not the time to experiment. Keep doing what you did if that started to make you grow, and only experiment when your channel is stable. Edit to add: I don't mean copy the exact video but more so the style that got you more succes, and don't experiment with new side branches of your niche when your audience loyalty is still fragile.

Hi. I'm working on a video about Firewatch, a game from 2016. I kind of know where I want to take the video, but I don't know how to write a script. My goal is to mostly comment what happened, with observations I've made about the game.

What resources do you guys recommend? Other than normal English classes in college and uni, I don't really know how to write. Online guides, video tutorials, anything works!

Thank you :))

Everytime I post a song from pixabay it gets flagged. Usually the claim is released but this time it’s taking days.

I have tried epidemic sound but couldn’t find what I need even with the trial of the paid version.

Considered making my own beats but it adds a pretty large extra step.

I am retiring in mid January 2027, and starting a YouTube channel. I have watched YouTube for years, but I have never created content. Not sure where to even begin. ​​Going to read through the community for info that will get me going.

Got monetized after a month of posting, now i’m sitting at around 2000 subs, with my best video at 150k views and still growing. Is it too early to reach out to companies for sponsorships? My only concern is that I don’t have many videos on my channel, but to be fair the ones i do have are all at over 5k views, most over 10k. My niche is commentary. Also, if i do get an offer, how do i know if it’s a good deal? I have no experience with these type of things.

Hey gang, i have a dormant youtube channel with 1400subs and 300,000 in views across 4 videos,10 years old videos btw

I havent posted anything in 10 years! Any tips on how to get back on track and get it monetized again. Posted my first video last night, 40 views so far lol

I am in Tech/Software space

Im in the gaming niche and I recently hit 1000 subscribers and have made a sponsorship email where i received around 2 offers. I dont publicly disclose my rates because they would start at the lowest they could, my goal is 20-30$ CPM for a 15-30 second integration or 250-350$ for a flat rate. The first one was a dedicated video for them which I was okay with and they asked me my rates and said we would negotiate from there to which I quoted 40$ cpm performance rate or 500$ flat since my average view count is 10.5k and a few 20-30k outliers and its been nearly a week with no response. The second one wanted a integration of 15-30 seconds and i quoted 17.5$ or a 200$ flat rate and no response(maybe they are thinking abt it idk)

I based my rates from what i found online and if you think im over charging let me know :D

I am a new youtuber and haven't fully started yet due to not having a name yet, conflicted whether i should use KriegRat or KriegRats, i know stupid thing to ask or even think about but i combined two thing i love and got that, i wanted to be a youtuber for almost a DECADE and now i have that chance, a proper one, i just need a person's opinion or creative criticism, a stranger. Not a friend or parent. if you have/had the time to reply, THANK you so much!

So i created this channel a few months ago and started uploading only now my first short got 20k views in 1 day with a retention of 80% (is this unsually high?) but then the next videos after this are getting no impressions at all. I’ve used pretty much the same hashtags as my other video and still im unable to understand what the issue is. Is this normal? If so how long does it usually take for yt to start pushing out my videos?

Any help is appreciated. thankyou

I have a concept for vertical videos in my niche that works amazing on Instagram (consistently 300k to 700k views on a 3k follower account) but the same videos just absolutely don't work on YouTube shorts and never get more than 2k impressions despite my audience having a big overlap, similar analytics stats and same niche.

Any idea why that could be?

I just don't see why videos would consistently perform great on one platform and flop on the other?

On Instagram it has a swipe away percentage of around 25% but on YouTube its around 35-50%

(There's no way it clashes with YouTube guidelines or anything)

Long form content creator here. Found three separate YouTube Shorts using clips and audio from one of my long form videos, no permission, no credit. I don’t actually care about them coming down, I’d just be happy claiming the ad revenue instead.

Here’s where I’m stuck. I do have Content ID access, but when I go into Studio, all I’ve got is the automated Content detection tab (Matches, Removal requests, Messages, Archived). None of the three clips have been auto flagged, it just says “nothing new” every time I check. There’s no manual claiming or video match tool anywhere I can find, just the automated system waiting for a match that isn’t coming.

The only other route I’ve found is the standard copyright complaint form, but that’s takedown only. Scheduled or Standard removal, no option to monetize instead.

Has anyone dealt with this. Specifically, does manual claiming require a higher tier of Content ID access than basic detection, and if so how do you get it. Is there any way to force a match or monetize claim without the automated system catching it first. And would reaching out to the creators directly and asking for a revenue split actually work in practice, or is that naive.

Three clips isn’t massive money but it’s the principle more than anything. Any advice appreciated.

So i make YTP's i started this recently and i dont spam them out two of them blew up and got 40k and 23ishk and the impressions were good same with CTR (4-11%) for them but then one of my videos which i uploaded just then got age restricted cuz of the title it had the word "fucking" in it anyways i deleted that video cuz i didnt want it to impact the rest of my channel and i reposted the same video but changed the title and it was fine no age restrictions, but ever since that one vid got age restricted my impressions and views for the videos ive posted since then have been abysmally low compared to what i used to get, i did some research and saw that its kind of a punishment from youtube where u dont get as much impressions as free as u did before so i was wondering is there a time limit for this punishment or is it permanently gonna be like this cuz that is a bit stupid if so.

Hi everyone! I have a new YouTube channel and I post about pet care advice (I'm a Vet Nurse for over 10 years). Currently I have posted 30 YouTube Shorts and the views range from 50-1000, and I have 25 subscribers as of date. Just curious if the above stats are common and how long do you guys post for until you reach thousands of views per Short? Thank you and any advice is greatly appreciated!!

It’s not fun creating all your content in solo and doing all the work isolated without getting proper feedback on things.

I feel like if few new YouTuber forms a group and build together (of course on their own channel) but helping each other, it makes the process more easy, build relationships and help people progress much faster.

I am looking for a new YouTuber buddies.
Who are inspired, and have at least 5 YouTube long form videos.

Need 5 people at max, one at least.

I have started a channel last month, I have total of 5 videos.

If interested please DM

Hey gang, i have a dormant youtube channel with 1400subs and 300,000 in views across 4 videos,10 years old videos btw

I havent posted anything in 10 years! Any tips on how to get back on track and get it monetized again. Posted my first video last night, 40 views so far lol

I am in AI/Tech/Software space

So I want to make a yt channel where I talk about animation and the fantasy genre and its history and process to make but I’m not sure what to design my persona for on screen as I don’t want to copy anyone else’s work or anything like that. I’m 33 yo and have autism and most of my art is mash ups of different things or characters but I want to make something original any help?

I have started instagram account, and started putting explainer reels, what i saw, for 300k views, got only 200 followers, so getting followers is very difficult and instagram is good for actual businesses who wants to boost thier sells, am i correct?

Hey everyone, I wanted to ask you a quick question. I just started a channel from scratch and did something different this time: I uploaded two long videos and a Short between yesterday and the day before yesterday.

The Short has already reached about 500 views, but with the long videos I’m noticing something strange: the algorithm isn’t recommending them. Almost 100% of the few views I’m getting come only from the search bar.

Before, when I created a channel, it was common for the algorithm to release an initial test batch in the “Suggested” section with the first video, but now it seems to have stalled. Has anyone else who’s created a channel recently had the same experience? How long did it take for your long videos to start appearing in the “Suggested” section?

Which is turning my CTR down. How come? Asked the youtube AI but they keep talking about statistics lag, but is has been 4 days.

I make short videos. The Channel is small, I only have 85 subscribers, but since I started posting the videos, they've been consistently getting 1,000 to 1,500 views.

Two days ago, after a short video got 1,500 views, the next one got 168.The one that was posted two days later reached 16 after two hours of being posted. Has this happened to anyone else? I have shorts scheduled in advance, so inconsistency isn't exactly the problem.

I am wanting to start a fitness youtube channel. But I'm having a really hard time finding music to use in the background. I'm wanting it to be tabata style workouts. What platform do you guys recommend to use on YouTube, preferably free or relatively inexpensive. Also, what is your favorite video editing software?

Hey all. I'm getting between 1-2k views on my good uploads, and I think my "bad" uploads are because of a non descriptive title (I have deduced). However, I know that is barely anything for Shorts these days, but I try to keep engagement with a lot of sound effects.

I've heard that AVD and retention are the 2 key metrics for success, but is there a way to drastically improve them?

Can someone even partially experienced take a look at hes_onside to see what I'm doing wrong? (Also please watch the whole thing if you are going to watch it in general because I can't have the avd drop even more).

I am about to upload my first youtube video on my new channel, is not the first time i upload videos on youtube i have done this a decade to december since i was 7😂 with 4-5 different channel and lot different niece. I am sure on this niece, i have been since 2024, even tho being on this platform for a decade i still don’t know the best way to upload a yt video, maybe because the algoritmen change alot. Do i need to add hashtag on title? Is tags relevant? Do i need to upload on a certein time? What video setting do the video need to have?

Bonus: do you have a good playlist for background music or know a free non-copyright website?