u/lehbai31

Some people recommend sticking to a single niche, while others believe experimenting is important early on. Which approach do you think is better?

Focusing on views, retention, and improving content has been much more productive for me than constantly checking subscriber counts. Subscribers are important, but they usually follow good content. Do you agree?

I've seen creators upload daily and grow quickly, while others post less often but focus heavily on quality. In your experience, what has had a bigger impact on channel growth: consistency or video quality? Curious to know whatchu guys think

I know YouTube Premium is great for users.

No ads, background playback, downloads, YouTube Music, etc.

But what about creators?

If someone watches your videos with YouTube Premium instead of watching ads, does that actually help you more, less, or about the same?

Curious if any creators here have noticed a difference or know how the revenue side works.

been seeing a lot of people here frustrated about the same thing so figured we should just talk about it openly. you blow up on shorts, the view count looks insane, then you check the payout and it's gas money.

meanwhile the longform people quietly earn way more than everyone with a fraction of the views. feels like views and income just live in two different universes now and nobody warns you going in.

drop your numbers if you're comfortable. how many shorts views = how much, vs your longform? trying to get a real picture instead of the guru nonsense.

everyone here panics about thumbnails and titles when a video flops, but the thing actually killing most videos is the first 30 seconds of retention. youtube tests your video on a small batch, watches if they stay, then decides whether to push wider. if people bounce in the intro, no thumbnail on earth saves it.

cut your intros hard. no "hey guys welcome back," no 20 second channel trailer, no slow build. get to the actual thing in the first 5-10 seconds. the videos that survive the test batch are the ones that respect people's time immediately. check your retention graph, if there's a cliff right at the start that's your whole problem.

what does your first 30 second retention look like on your last upload? share it and I'll help you read what's going wrong.