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Stearmans Toy Review

Stearmans Toy Review

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Hey Yall!

So, I have had my channel for about 2 months now and only 218 subs :/ Any advise? I have formatted my videos better, better thumbnails, new logos, etc. But I see other channels surpassing me, ones that have only been around for a month and doing videos only every other day... Any advice? Am I doing something wrong?
 
YouTube is just a game of luck some times. A good place to start though is trying to create some videos based on trending topics in your category of videos (EX: gaming channels play the Battlefield 1 beta). The sooner you can get that trending video out the better. The algorithms are just strange.
 
Mate, you've got nothing to worry about, 218 subs? THATS AMAZING FOR 2 MONTHS, I have been on youtube for 6 months and still stuck on 48 subs :( but if you continue to make quality content and put yourself out there you will grow for sure!
 
I've... Been working for a year and I only have 85 subs, 5 of which came today because I streamed and got raided.

Seriously, you're growth is fine. The biggest thing with YouTube is patience and not getting caught up in the numbers. If you're constantly worrying about your numbers, you're gonna get burnt out and give up. If you worry about putting out good content and loving what you do, then the subs will come. Trust me, I've been in that place a few times where I look at my numbers and just get down in the dumps. It happens, but you have to make sure you find new motivation to push on. For me, it's always been a nice way to go look up ways to improve more and then that would get me more pumped up to do more YouTube cause I want to succeed, it's just not my first priority.

I see that a lot of your videos get low views (20-30) but then you have a few videos that got over a thousand. Look at those videos that got the 1k+ views, and try to emulate that same structure into your future videos. Video content will get you further along than anything else, because it's the content that people share with their friends, not the thumbnails or anything else.

As for your thumbnails though, they're kind of cluttered. Look up examples of other thumbnails of videos in your same niche, and base your thumbnails off of those. I don't know anything about your niche, but maybe what you're doing is exactly what works for it. If that's the case, keep doing that. But, in my opinion, your thumbnails seem a little crazy. (Don't write me off based on my thumbnails, I know what looks good but I'm just not skilled enough with GIMP yet to produce really quality images) Make sure you do research, it'll help you more than anything else really.

I won't judge on your videos themselves because I don't know your topic at all. You do kid videos and I don't watch those types of videos so I can't properly say what people looking for those videos would look for.
 
Doomkey said:
I've... Been working for a year and I only have 85 subs, 5 of which came today because I streamed and got raided.

Seriously, you're growth is fine. The biggest thing with YouTube is patience and not getting caught up in the numbers. If you're constantly worrying about your numbers, you're gonna get burnt out and give up. If you worry about putting out good content and loving what you do, then the subs will come. Trust me, I've been in that place a few times where I look at my numbers and just get down in the dumps. It happens, but you have to make sure you find new motivation to push on. For me, it's always been a nice way to go look up ways to improve more and then that would get me more pumped up to do more YouTube cause I want to succeed, it's just not my first priority.

I see that a lot of your videos get low views (20-30) but then you have a few videos that got over a thousand. Look at those videos that got the 1k+ views, and try to emulate that same structure into your future videos. Video content will get you further along than anything else, because it's the content that people share with their friends, not the thumbnails or anything else.

As for your thumbnails though, they're kind of cluttered. Look up examples of other thumbnails of videos in your same niche, and base your thumbnails off of those. I don't know anything about your niche, but maybe what you're doing is exactly what works for it. If that's the case, keep doing that. But, in my opinion, your thumbnails seem a little crazy. (Don't write me off based on my thumbnails, I know what looks good but I'm just not skilled enough with GIMP yet to produce really quality images) Make sure you do research, it'll help you more than anything else really.

I won't judge on your videos themselves because I don't know your topic at all. You do kid videos and I don't watch those types of videos so I can't properly say what people looking for those videos would look for.
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Thanks so much for your advice :) I had other advice to create thumbnails like these, I guess it grabs the attention of the 2-5 year olds :) We shall see, I may switch it up.

Yes, I totally agree. I LOVE doing it, but would like to gain some interest as well. I think I need to work on my content, and youre right, I need to stufy nd read up and research.

Thanks again!!
 
Stearmans Toy Review said:
Hey Yall!

So, I have had my channel for about 2 months now and only 218 subs :/ Any advise? I have formatted my videos better, better thumbnails, new logos, etc. But I see other channels surpassing me, ones that have only been around for a month and doing videos only every other day... Any advice? Am I doing something wrong?
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I've moved your thread to the reviews forum. :) Please note that the review forum is the only forum where members can ask for feedback on their videos and channel (including artwork). We like to keep this sort of thread out of the main forums. :)

Good luck.
 
Crown said:
I've moved your thread to the reviews forum. :) Please note that the review forum is the only forum where members can ask for feedback on their videos and channel (including artwork). We like to keep this sort of thread out of the main forums. :)

Good luck.
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Thank you and sorry!
 
Hi Stearmans Toy!

I've been on YouTube for almost a month now and have been somewhat successful. Currently I have over 1400 subs and average 120+ subs a day. I would say the most important thing is to know your audience. Thumbnails and catchy titles are nice, but if the content does not connect with your audience, it's all meaningless. A good place to start is to look at successful channels in your category and see what makes their channels successful. I hope this helps!

Best wishes
 
OMG! That's amazing! I think to, the category that I am in is VERY competitive :/ But thats ok, we are having fun and learning new things everyday. Any advice? Are you promoting on other social sites?
 
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