r/NewTubers

So my channel has about 100 subscribers right now, and I've been making videos for about 2 years with my first breakthrough happening about a month ago. Baby numbers, could easily start again. I don't show my face online, so I use a furry avatar as basically the mascot of my channel. It's a character with bright, unnatural colors, so not like a regular looking animal mascot. I feel like I would have a lot more success down the road if I dropped the more "furry" looking avatar and went with a normal looking anthro animal.

My line of thinking comes from the fact that even in 2026 furries are still super stigmatized and looked down upon, and there's definitely a lot of furry content creators who aren't shy about being lewd in their branding (i'm not a puritan but I don't like gooner bait type content/avatars, a problem definitely not exclusive to furry content creators). I don't like to associate with the furry community because it's extremely toxic and clique-y, plus there's just a lot of them who really can't keep it in their pants and have to let EVERYONE know what they're into even on their "SFW" main. I've seen an example of a furry creator like that have connections with a bigger "normal" creator, but I don't want people to see an anthropomorphic animal character and immediately assume i'm some furry gooner bait channel who makes constant jokes about sex and fetishes for people to sexualize my avatar.

idk. just my dumb random thoughts about branding. feel free to share if you have thoughts as long as you are respectful. thanks for any input if provided.

Pretty much what the title says.

For the last year or so, I've been recording all of my video while wearing a mask as I don't want to show my face. While obviously it affected my audio, I never thought it was too major and I never got any complaints about it.

Fast forward to now, and my last two videos have both had tons of comments complaining about the mask saying it's ruining my audio. I'm a little stuck, because I know my audio is bad (it's really quiet no matter what I do even though it's at the recommend lufs and max peak-all being recorded on a quality mic and interface) but that has nothing to do with the mask (I've recorded audio without the mask for testing purposes and run into the same volume issue).

A lot of people seem to think there's no way to get good audio while wearing a mask, but tons of YouTubers/steamers have done it (kwite, memeulous, ranboo, swagger souls). So, clearly it's possible, I'm just doing something wrong.

Any help/tips would be appreciated

Question for the creators. How long did it take you to monetise your channel? And one unusual or bizarre thing you did to get there. Just started posting, Any advice, mistakes you’d like to share? And what is the craziest thing you’ve done as a creator

this a impression problem, leading to feedback problem , as usual the impressions died typical yt aglothim mood swings ,

so i want to ask you since there is no impressions and no people viewing my video, therefore i can't improve

the title is - [ How a Genius Experiment Ended with a DUMBEST Mistake ]

can you see my title and rate 1 - 10 , for

1. is it clickable
2. is idea Intriguing
3. develops Curiosity? [most important]

I ask for your feedback

thanks, if you did

The video I recently posted got totally dropped and it's looks like youtube is stopped recommending the videos or something like that. What to do for this, anyone experienced like this before ?

Basically, I post Minecraft videos with thumbnails and content that I think are alright, my videos usually average 500 views but after posting a video yesterday it completely flatlined, 20 hours in and it's at 10 impressions and 5 views, any advice?

Guys, I have been making these YouTube videos for the past 3 years. And I did have my moments. For example when I switched to a better microphone and my videos started getting more views and people started subscribing more actively.

But now I am so tired of seeing the same exact thing happen. Let's say I post a video - if it's inside a very narrow niche YouTube selected for me - it will be a 5 out of 10 in the first 24 hrs. Only a few videos ever did 1 out of 10.

When I post super specific content like a MacBook video, YouTube instantly shows it to my subs and I get decent views. If you can call 5k views a decent number for a channel with 3k subs. I am not here to whine but rather to seek advice and knowledge.

But every time I post a video that is adjacent to the topic, like a video about my microphone, the way I make videos, and other stuff that does really well on other channels in my niche, I get super shitty results. And even when I post videos in those previously successful niches I still get jack shit most of the time. Every time I think that "I understand how to make my thumbnails clickable and recognizable" YouTube just proves me wrong, forcing me to lose my channel's identity just to appease the algorithm.

For example - first video about iPhone camera settings did 8k views. Second one did less. The one I made about video camera settings did nothing so I had to scrap it. And now every time I try to package a re-worked video that unites all three - I get nothing. Regardless of packaging - it just gets no impressions. Like 300 impressions in first 24hrs and barely any after that.

Or take the video about AirPods. The first video about them did 8k views. The second one which is longer and better and overall fuller of useful stuff gets nothing. I tried re-editing these failed videos, change intro, change packaging, change concept. Some of the failed ones are already on their version 3. And still it's like YouTube decided that no one cares about AirPods anymore. Even though other people in the niche keep getting views steadily.

And sometimes reuploading the video with a better thumbnail and different packaging works. But I have been noticing that if the video isn't in that super narrow niche that YouTube has picked for my channel, I always have to reupload the video again and republish it. Why does that happen? It just doesn't make sense!

I know YouTube shows videos to people it thinks will be interested in my stuff, but damn this sounds so stupid. And this whole reupload thing only started about a year and a half ago.

It's like I am locked in a cage and can't get out! Does anyone know why is this happening?

Hey, I've got a few YouTube channels that are doing well with no issues, but recently I wanted to start yet another new channel, since I figured I had some spare time and wanted to do something extra.

I made a new channel and published my first video (a long-form video, I don't do shorts). It got over 800 impressions on the first day, so everything seemed fine. Later on, unfortunately, I had some random stuff come up, and then I went on vacation. It's been about 70 days since that video was published. A few days ago I recorded and edited a second video, but for some reason I don't know, it literally got zero impressions (8). A friend of mine had a similar situation a year ago, but he never found a solution and abandoned the channel. I, however, decided to look for answers online, and that's how I ended up here.

So my question is: does anyone know a solution for the impressions problem? More specifically, the literal lack of distribution? I'll say upfront that the editing and the topic are fine, tags, description, thumbnail, editing, everything's at a high level. Is it the break's fault? What should I do in this situation?

I know that anime clips cannot be used, even if its just for a few seconds. However... I am increasingly seeing videos where people use panels//moments from manga. Does this violate Content ID??

I want to make a video about my favorite anime... but right now I'm stuck. I don't know what I'm allowed to use...//////////F

Sorry if this has been asked before. Basically, I'm a 19yo who REALLY loves yapping about the books he reads and games he plays.

I've always wanted to start making video essays to discuss the genius behind these masterpieces. Problem is I have no idea how to edit and i have no idea where to start. Are there any videos for absolute beginners?

How to get better retention rate on a 15 min video that is about reading reddit stories with Minecraft gameplay in the background?

I understand that this is different than other content that I make.

Biggest YouTubers in this niche don't even have hooks because of their giant fanbases.

This will be my first video in the niche, so I need an hook, good thumbnail.

I'm just scared, how can I keep the viewers watching past the hook (past the 30 seconds).

I picked 6 good stories. (AITA subreddit, lol)

Also, I DONT USE AI.

Gameplay was recorded by me, I use my voice, I use real stories and editing will be done by me.

So as I understand, I will be miles better than the AI slop channels?

I’ve got a very small YouTube channel on farming and agriculture. Traditionally videos would get a 100 to a few hundred views with shorts getting over 1000. Last short got 2 views one before got 9 and the video got 11.

What’s happened? It’s was t a gradual taper just a cliff edge

I know my video is not that interesting, but how do I know edits are good or what to improve or should I just leave it be and post for the few who are interested?

Is it still true that posting longform and short form videos on a channel is not good? I am doing just short for now, 10 videos in 😄

Hi all,

I’ve been posting on YouTube for months, using the same flow, times, thumbnails and content and used to have really good numbers.

Recently my views have absolutely tanked in both long form and shorts. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong or if there has been a change but it’s like my channel has become invisible.

Has this happened to anyone else recently as it’s only been over the last few weeks? Does anyone have any recommendations or advice on how I can fix this or if they’ve had similar issues?

So, a common opinion I see is that sharing your videos on Reddit or other social sites is a bad idea because most people will only click it and watch a few seconds before closing, tanking the video's average view duration, leading to YouTube thinking its a bad video and stop pushing it.

I have a video where someone must have shared it on Reddit somewhere because it had a huge influx of views (90% of its current views are from external Reddit) but due to this, the AVD has massively tanked from 50% (which it was sitting at for a week) down to 15%.

So, in theory, can't someone just post all your videos on Reddit or Discord to tank your AVD?

For reference, I’ve been at this since March and I have just under 20k subs, so I’m in a bit of a grey area where I’m not new but not old, and not small but not huge.

Every time I’m on this sub I see posts with people asking everyone to give them a niche to post, asking what would give the most views etc.
In the nicest way possible, if you don’t know what you want to do, why are you here? I’m not saying you shouldn’t ask for help or advice, because that’s the whole point obviously. But if you genuinely have no interests that you’d want to post about, maybe this just isn’t for you.

Then when people do eventually start making videos, they complain that they didn’t turn into Mr Beast overnight. YouTube doesn’t owe you anything. Of course there are exceptions, but if a video has flopped, chances are the video just wasn’t very good. Either that, or you’ve packaged it badly.
I’ve seen people quit over this, and I think this shows that the passion wasn’t fully there from the start. It can be demoralising when a video doesn’t perform, I’ve been there too, but surely if you enjoy the niche then you should have enjoyed the process anyway?

TLDR, some people on this sub are attracted to the prospect of being a YouTuber, but want everything handed to them on a silver platter.

Obviously, there’s lots of hard working individuals here who I respect, and I’m only describing a group of them.

Keep pushing.

While uploading a video, I passed the copyright check and clicked the publish button. Seconds later, the page froze. I refreshed the page, and then my channel was deleted. I received an email stating that it violated YouTube's policy against circumventing restrictions. I immediately submitted an appeal, explaining that I hadn't done anything wrong, but it was rejected about an hour later. I believe it was rejected due to an automated system error.

By the way, I don't have any suspended channels or warnings. My current channel has no warnings or violations; it's been clean since I created it.
I contacted them by email, but they've been ignoring me for about a week.
I also contacted them on Twitter, and the YouTube team responded to me as a bot, but then they completely ignored me.
I don't know what to do now. I think I've lost hope because I've found people with the exact same problem who have been suffering from it for eight months, and YouTube hasn't helped them!
Are there people who have this problem and YouTube has helped them?

Hello! I (26F) have a youtube channel that I started back when I had first moved to California. I was posting relatively consistently during COVID but once school started up in person again, I stopped posting because it became too hard to keep up with.

The last 2 videos I ever posted were 2 years ago doing basically commentary on Watcher and the Try Guys when they first started their respective streaming platforms.

Since then I have gone through a lot of major life changes. Around the time that I had uploaded those videos 2 years ago, I was going through a lot of things emotionally and since then my life has changed significantly.

I want to start posting videos documenting my life as I try to navigate owning a home I never thought I'd be responsible for. My mother passed away in 2024, and with that left behind a house that never fully felt like home. Additionally, my aunt that is currently living with me is moving back to her home country soon, subsequently leaving me and my 2 dogs alone.

My friends and dad are worried about me even making any sort of mention online that I live alone (i know i'm posting this on reddit but still, most people in their mid 20s live alone). It's not like I have any intentions on showing the front of my house, but even if I show the backyard it might be kind of obvious where I live. I feel like it is important to emphasize that I am alone in this house. A house I never really asked for. A house that I never knew was going to be my responsibility so soon. I am doing this entire remodeling thing by myself....I am learning everything from scratch, and I feel inspired to document it because there might be people out there who feel just as lost as I do.

I have an extremely bad habit of over sharing when I don't mean to and on top of that I feel insecure about being a 26 year old who owns a home when in this state of the world, most people my age can barely afford rent. I don't want to seem like I'm bragging to people online, because I'm not. I just really want to document the renovation process of turning this house from a time capsule of the time my mother passed away, to a place that feels like mine.

Please let me know what you guys think and what the best course of action is. I'm scared to start this new chapter in my life, but I want to take control of my life again after everything changed 3 years ago.

My short views already get a lot more views than usual, am I got applied to the new policy earlier than the announcement that days it only affect starting on 24th August?

I have a channel that I posted a few videos to about 5 years ago. Nothing real successful about 100 subscribers and 10k views on a few of the videos over the years. They still get a few views a day. I just didn't really keep up with it.

Recently I've been posting videos on a regular schedule as part of a series with a bit more intent than these older videos. I've just been posting them to the same old channel because I didn't feel like creating a new one and because I may do some callbacks to the older videos. but now I'm wondering if an old channel may have baggage that will affect the success of my new efforts?