Subreddits for YouTube posts

UserU said:
I'd be honest here, Reddit's a tough nut to crack. They loathe self-advertising yet shamelessly promote already popular YouTube channels, regurgitated memes and GIFs.

Unless you're doing an AMA or have contributed greatly to subreddit(s), don't expect to go far. And not to mention shadowbanning strikes the moment you violate the 9:1 self-advertising rule; promote 9 non-self links, 1 for yourself.

Even if you're new and you've a great content, chances are your thread would get downvoted because you're a nobody. I've experienced that myself and although some would be lucky, the rest are just sidelined.
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I have the same experience as @Redford1900. If I share a video that is not my own I get completely ignored or downvoted. Only homemade videos are respected (imgur much more than youtube, but still). I have only shared my own videos and commented on other people's posts. Have been doing so for more than a year. BUT, some subreddits allow this more than others and that i why I started this thread. That way we can figure out which subreddits are safe to share on without getting hate.
 
I have all but given up on Reddit... they need to change the way karma and votes work, if it work similarly to the credit algorithm they have on this site that would be sweet!
 
Jut trying to find the best sub reddit to post to for small channels. Something that will help go and bring a lot of feed back to improve.

Thanks.
 
As a gaming channel of a small size like myself I gain boosts in my videos by posting in /r/letsplaycritiques (They are very helpful and watch to provide feedback as well.) or in a subreddit for your game. For example I post frequently in /r/civ and my videos once shared reach upwards to 80 - 100 views. Reddit can be very helpful but you need to learn the ropes of where to and where not to post your stuff :)
 
Well it's hard to give a right definition to Reddit because everyone experienced something different. Even if many people say that they got downvoted to hell, I never had downvote problems (even if maybe I didn't received so many views as well...).
I think that the safer way to promote yourself on reddit is simply being active and giving honest feedback, not just something on the fly just to being able to post your videos because people will notice and will tear you apart.
 
The biggest issue I find with Reddit are the admins, they are so very obstinate.

I am currently doing a 100 Day Keto Weight Loss Challenge and am an active member of /r/keto.

I posted a link to my first video and got great support, the thousands of other Ketoers thought vlogging the experience to be great and useful to them.

I even helped others start the same diet.

But the admins took my post down for self promotion. All appeals to the fact that the community liked, upvoted hugely and supported me fell on deaf ears.

The frustrating thing is that the community that they admin clearly valued my work but it made no difference to them as admins. Ridiculous frankly.

I promote myself heavily, but Reddit was my best source of traffic. Without the exposure there I have dropped from over 200 views per vlog to less than 50 in the case of my current one.

Short of another member posting my videos , there is no way around it. To be honest judging by the admins I have dealt with, they would probably shadow ban me in that event as they wouldn't believe that I hadn't asked a member to do it for me.
 
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Redford1900 said:
That sucks. If someone shares info valued by the community, it should be allowed. I use Reddit a lot too and I'm always a little afraid when I post.
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I agree man 100%. Theres shameless self promotion and then there is using video to benefit people. But to many admins there is no line.
 
I have found a lot of success in my niche (video game music covers) by posting in subreddits relating to the games and then sometimes the general genre or console (so, say, r/pokemon, r/zelda, r/sonicthehedgehog and r/sonic as game-specific sub-reddits, or r/snes, r/psx, etc., for console specific.

I have found that sharing other people's content is a faaaar more successful strategy. I see that as a sign that I need to work on my content in part, but I have also noted that when my content has been shared by other people, it has done pretty well...I don't have a lot of data on that (I don't ask people to post my stuff, so I don't have a lot of data points), but right now, I'm looking into the best ways of titling reddit posts, as well as the best times of day or days of week to post content on reddit. For example, I normally don't think to reddit in the morning, but I have found posts discussing that there's a lot of traffic on many subreddits at the beginning of the working day (so around 9AM EST). Timing can be a big part of whether a post gets buried with little visibility or gets a few crucial upvotes early on.
 
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