So, how long are your gameplay videos?

iamvroom said:
Just thinking - you could actually stop your episode with a cliffhanger. I mean - not doing the full mission, but stopping in the middle and telling viewers it will be continued in the next episode. It has been working for tv for decades, why not a youtube channel.
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I have thought of doing that at times but when it comes to gaming the audience is slightly different and a bit more varied. I myself personally prefer to do things section by section as much as I can. It works well for TV shows to have cliffhangers but can be a double edged blade (The Walking Dead is a good example of cliffhangers done well but overused). With TV there's an expectation of a weekly delay between episodes, it's primarily for entertainment and if it's used for education the episodes are sectioned off based on subjects & topics, so people are usually okay to wait. With game videos there's a mix of entertainment and education/tutorial elements that people might look for. I've had a few comments here and there where people have thanked me or said that my video has helped them pass a section or figure out something in a game that they were struggling with and these videos were not part of a tutorial but a let's play. If someone is watching a video or let's play so they can also play along or figure something out, a cliffhanger is more than likely to p**s them off & lose a viewer than it is to make them want more but this also depends on the game. Those vids that helped people weren't the type of games I'd expect people to need help with but they did lol
 
Around 5-10 mins :D

Keep in mind that people who are on YouTube are probably subbed to a lot of different channels, and don't want to be watching your video for 30mins when there are other videos they want to watch too. They might be restricted on time and not be able to be online long.

Best of luck!
 
My videos have usually around 8-15 min. but with my very VERY VERY!!!! small sub count and view count I'm going to start cutting when I say nothing and cut out the useless parts to make them around 4-8 min. long, I hope this works out for me, and I hope this will help everyone here. :P
 
For me it's a bit different I do streams and regular videos. Regular videos I try to go over 10 minutes but under 15. Streams is a whole different subject, I like to do 90 minutes but there are times it is double that. If I'm done with everything and the viewers are still there I will do something else till they start to drop off. Probably not the best though, keep them wanting more right..haha

So can I ask how you got that graph? Is that separate from YouTube?
 
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