u/MinimumFutur3

I’ve been posting videos for a couple months and I have had some success with finding my audience. But something I’ve noticed in my analytics is that my subscribers and returning viewers watch way longer than new viewers. Like sometimes I’ll have videos where only 15% of the new viewers made it to the end of the video. But for my subscribers it’s around 40% or more. Plus I’ll have people find me and then binge watch my entire back catalog. The thing is, what I’m doing is very niche and to a certain type of person, it’s incredibly valuable and interesting, but to most other people, it’s boring and unwatchable, because it doesn’t trigger their emotions at all. I’m doing systems analysis, not ragebait.

So my question is, does anyone have experience with this problem or this type of content? Is it a signaling problem? I know my people are out there, how do I get the algorithm to figure out who to show my stuff to, and how do I signal to those people that I’m doing the type of analysis that only an autistic person with an intense special interest would be inclined to do?

This is a recording I made of me singing some microtonal vocal improv.

I started making videos a couple months ago and I wasn’t really expecting this but it’s given me a lot more confidence.

Not only in my ideas and my ability to explain them so others can understand, but also..

I never thought of myself as charismatic before, at all, and I still don’t think I’m charismatic in a way that would appeal to mainstream audiences, because I’m pretty weird, but I’m realizing that being weird can have its own kind of appeal. Also I’m noticing other content creators who are just as weird as I am and somehow they’ve built an audience who appreciates them for it. I guess what I’m saying is that there’s room on YouTube for a lot more than just conventionally attractive people talking about mass appeal topics in inoffensive ways.

Something else that might sound kind of crazy, but I had no idea what I actually look like until I started watching myself talk on camera. It’s amazing how much different people look when they’re talking and moving around vs in a picture.

Anyway. I kind of didn’t want to be a youtuber bc the idea of so many people seeing me made me uncomfortable but it’s been a surprisingly positive experience.

Can anyone else relate to this at all?