Where do I need to improve?

[unknown_user54684097890]

So I've been pretty happy with my channel so far, except for one little problem. I have HORRIBLE audience retention. It seems like people never really make it past the 2 minute mark. Meaning that I'm making an extra 8 minutes worth of video that no one watches..

Can you guys maybe give me some help? Tips to keep a video exciting to a viewer? Should I ditch minecraft? What must I do. :c

All help/suggestions are appreciated.


EDIT - If you don't believe it's terrible, the exact ratio is 17% Audience Retention.

 

[WolfWraith]

my lifetime retention is only 22% (average view duration 2:14) so don't worry, it will increase the more you build loyal viewers. It's most likely people stumbled on the video somehow and didn't want to see the rest. It's because people don't want to watch long videos from an uknown YouTuber as they feel it might not be entertaining enough. Unless they're familiar with your personality or something, then they most likely will watch it all. Wade/LordMinion777 is a good example. He leaves the boring-ish stuff in a lot of the time and even has videos hitting up to 40-50min long but people still watch till the end because that's Wade, not all the time something interesting happens but you know when somethin happens in his video it's worth watching the whole video to see lol That's pretty much how it is for a lot of gaming videos too. It's why I spent nearly an entire week working on highlight videos for my AC4 playthrough, since I've finished the playthrough, now I can do them to give people a taste of what happens in the playthrough and as a thank you to the people who watched from start to finish.

My tip which is actually kind of a common sense 1 is to make highlight videos whenever you have the time, nice and short <4 mins. Because let's face it, games aren't just little 5 min things you can just whip up, people will say to keep your LPs short at 5mins but then it's not a LP lol. I'm keeping my AC4 highlights at around the 3min mark. Look at SeaNanners, his videos don't go longer than 3 mins and they are nothing but the best parts from his play sessions, he also does it in a way that it drives people to the channels of those he plays with as they put up the longer versions. He didn't always used to that though, he used to do longer LP type videos on CoD a long time ago. Markiplier likes to make highlights of his entire channel now, as in every video he can grab stuff from. Two Best Friends Play make highlight videos lasting up to 1hr long lol

 

[unknown_user54684097890]

my lifetime retention is only 22% (average view duration 2:14) so don't worry, it will increase the more you build loyal viewers. It's most likely people stumbled on the video somehow and didn't want to see the rest. It's because people don't want to watch long videos from an uknown YouTuber as they feel it might not be entertaining enough. Unless they're familiar with your personality or something, then they most likely will watch it all. Wade/LordMinion777 is a good example. He leaves the boring-ish stuff in a lot of the time and even has videos hitting up to 40-50min long but people still watch till the end because that's Wade, not all the time something interesting happens but you know when somethin happens in his video it's worth watching the whole video to see lol That's pretty much how it is for a lot of gaming videos too. It's why I spent nearly an entire week working on highlight videos for my AC4 playthrough, since I've finished the playthrough, now I can do them to give people a taste of what happens in the playthrough and as a thank you to the people who watched from start to finish.

My tip which is actually kind of a common sense 1 is to make highlight videos whenever you have the time, nice and short <4 mins. Because let's face it, games aren't just little 5 min things you can just whip up, people will say to keep your LPs short at 5mins but then it's not a LP lol. I'm keeping my AC4 highlights at around the 3min mark. Look at SeaNanners, his videos don't go longer than 3 mins and they are nothing but the best parts from his play sessions, he also does it in a way that it drives people to the channels of those he plays with as they put up the longer versions. He didn't always used to that though, he used to do longer LP type videos on CoD a long time ago. Markiplier likes to make highlights of his entire channel now, as in every video he can grab stuff from. Two Best Friends Play make highlight videos lasting up to 1hr long lol

That makes me feel a little better.. I can see the comparison, I knew that the chances of my videos entire length being watched was minimal at this stage. Thanks for that man

I guess I'll just stick to it and hopefully it goes up bit by bit over time. Xo

 

[WolfWraith]

That makes me feel a little better.. I can see the comparison, I knew that the chances of my videos entire length being watched was minimal at this stage. Thanks for that man

I guess I'll just stick to it and hopefully it goes up bit by bit over time. Xo

Yeah. The only other way you could boost retention is by doing weekly videos instead and making highlights of certain gaming sessions. It takes much longer though and would mean less content through the channel. Like I said it took me a week to do the highlights for AC4 but that was for an entire playthrough that was around 15 hrs of footage lol I'd rather do the playthroughs and make the highlights sections.

 

[unknown_user54684097890]

Yeah. The only other way you could boost retention is by doing weekly videos instead and making highlights of certain gaming sessions. It takes much longer though and would mean less content through the channel. Like I said it took me a week to do the highlights for AC4 but that was for an entire playthrough that was around 15 hrs of footage lol I'd rather do the playthroughs and make the highlights sections.

I'd be bored to death if I wasn't making a video a day.. I was thinking about doing a "Highlights of the Week" series etc.

I'll be sure to check out your highlights when I get home

 

[WolfWraith]

I'd be bored to death if I wasn't making a video a day.. I was thinking about doing a "Highlights of the Week" series etc.

I'll be sure to check out your highlights when I get home

I haven't released them yet as I haven't released the last video for AC4 lol I've had issues with scheduling. I kind of have too much content now which has put me in a bit of a pickle as I wanted to play Liberation HD nice and early to help boost views a little but I have way too many vids to do, and I can't do more than 1 a day or some get missed. I now have to wait till I finish AC4 then GTA 4 & 5 before I can start making more content, so Liberation will have to wait as I wanted to try something new with that 1. I also have reviews, previews and other LPs planned but heat + too much content isn't helping lol that's another issue to think about, consistency xD I wasn't really consistent but I don't even know if subs care or not so I'm not sure I should.

 

[unknown_user54684097890]

I haven't released them yet as I haven't released the last video for AC4 lol I've had issues with scheduling. I kind of have too much content now which has put me in a bit of a pickle as I wanted to play Liberation HD nice and early to help boost views a little but I have way too many vids to do, and I can't do more than 1 a day or some get missed. I now have to wait till I finish AC4 then GTA 4 & 5 before I can start making more content, so Liberation will have to wait as I wanted to try something new with that 1. I also have reviews, previews and other LPs planned but heat + too much content isn't helping lol that's another issue to think about, consistency xD I wasn't really consistent but I don't even know if subs care or not so I'm not sure I should.

Trueeee. I'm planning to film a butt load of content over the next few days once I get home. I want to ***** out my new equipment hahaha.

But it's funny how not having enough content is a problem, but then having too much is a bigger problem. Haha

 

[WolfWraith]

Trueeee. I'm planning to film a butt load of content over the next few days once I get home. I want to ***** out my new equipment hahaha.

But it's funny how not having enough content is a problem, but then having too much is a bigger problem. Haha

I know! I prefered it when I didn't have any content lol I'm wondering whether to take the risk and just upload more per day and if I get 0-1 view then f**k it. Cause I want to play other games and I don't want to miss out on any moments I could be recording. It's why I went from doing a different game each day to just AC4. I've been playing AC4 since release day but I've had hot days and days where I didn't feel like playing, I took a 1 month break from AC4 and I just finished it like a week ago. So I thought it's time to just push the videos out for it. What really irritates me is that s**t is always making me late for the bus when I genuinely want to play a game and there are people who will play just for the views even if they don't want to play that specific game -.-

 

[unknown_user54684097890]

I know! I prefered it when I didn't have any content lol I'm wondering whether to take the risk and just upload more per day and if I get 0-1 view then f**k it. Cause I want to play other games and I don't want to miss out on any moments I could be recording. It's why I went from doing a different game each day to just AC4. I've been playing AC4 since release day but I've had hot days and days where I didn't feel like playing, I took a 1 month break from AC4 and I just finished it like a week ago. So I thought it's time to just push the videos out for it. What really irritates me is that s**t is always making me late for the bus when I genuinely want to play a game and there are people who will play just for the views even if they don't want to play that specific game -.-

I'd rather play games that I enjoy then make content for views. Hence why I make minecraft videos and such, I'd rather do that because I like the game then play some horror games for views. Ya feel me?

 

[Mysterialdyne]

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Yeah. The only other way you could boost retention is by doing weekly videos instead and making highlights of certain gaming sessions. It takes much longer though and would mean less content through the channel. Like I said it took me a week to do the highlights for AC4 but that was for an entire playthrough that was around 15 hrs of footage lol I'd rather do the playthroughs and make the highlights sections.

actually its better if you make a video a day.. well upload daily.. or you wont get anywhere as much noticed as any other youtube. so doing weekly videos is bad unless your a vlogger or cooking channel or idk but gamer channels its actually required to upload daily