u/supremeraghav

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I came across two channels today.

One had 47k subscribers and over 9 million total views.

The other had 420k subscribers but fewer total views.

Made me realize I judge channels very differently than I used to.

Which one would impress you more?

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Have you ever unsubscribed from a creator you used to watch every week?

If yes, what changed?

I always assumed more views automatically meant more money.

Apparently not.

The 300k view video earned noticeably less than another upload that only reached around 40k views.

Made me realize niche and audience matter way more than I thought.

Has anyone else had something similar happen?

Read comment.

Reply.

Check views.

Check subscribers.

Read the comment again.

Smile.

Get motivated to upload again.

Read comment.

Smile.

Read it again.

Open the creator dashboard.

Check views.

Check subscribers.

Suddenly feel motivated to make another video.

Maybe this sounds weird, but reaching my first 100 YouTube subscribers felt way more exciting than some of the bigger milestones that came later.

I still remember checking the number every few minutes and getting excited every time it went up by one.

Now the channel is bigger, but that feeling isn't quite the same anymore.

Anyone else have a small YouTube milestone that felt more memorable than a much bigger one?