r/SmallYoutubers

Yoyoooo! M20 from the UK and really interested in cinematic vlogging, visual storytelling and more experimental, film-like approaches to online content.

I've experimented with YouTube in the past and it's something I'd love to develop into a much bigger thing long-term. I don't like the direction mainstream YouTube has taken and I'd love to explore a more artistic, expressive approach that mixes raw experiences with stylised cinematography, dynamic editing and music.

For now I'm looking to connect with like-minded creatives, filmmakers and musicians, exchange and develop on ideas. Always keen to meet people with a similar mindset and learn from others!

I've been posting long form videos consistently for about 4 months now. My niche is software development and I'm posting 2 - 3 times a week.

I feel like all of my videos generally have the same structure, same type of title and thumbnail, same concept.

My videos were averaging about 300 - 500 views each, then out of nowhere, one video absolutely blew up and is currently at about a million views. But all the subsequent videos I post still get the same 300 - 500 views.

I've tried to understand what made that video different, I've tried recreating the concept in other videos, tried to really capture the spark - but nothing seems to be working.

I feel like I'm in a really weird place. On one hand I'm super excited it did so well, but I also feel frustrated I'm not able to capture the success to build any momentum. About 92% of my total watch time comes from one video. I got monetized entirely on the back of one video, about 98% of all my ad revenue has come from one video.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation and how did you deal with it?

hey guys to start this off i want to say that this isn't a scam and i will not charge anything at all. i want to get into the business of making thumbnails BUT i have no experience. so im offering that in exchange for giving me work, ill give you thumbnails for free. i'd really love for some work because thats the only way to improve my skills.

just to reiterate - NO CHARGE

I swear this is not a braggy post whatsoever. My husband and I make very silly crochet content on Instagram/youtube and for some reason got so incredibly lucky with our first few videos. But, now that things have massively slowed down- our views are much lower, especially on long form content. I know that the videos are likely being put on current subscribers feeds but it doesn’t seem like they are interested anymore. I wonder if having a high ratio of subscribers in conjunction with low views/watch time is hurting the channel as opposed to helping it. We’re still super new to this and honestly I adore editing so I don’t plan on stopping if views don’t go up, I’m more curious on if I’m doing something wrong. Thoughts?

Not really sure how to title this but with the new way YouTube counts views, can you view count change negatively? I uploaded a video yesterday and have been looking at my analytics every so often. A couple of hours ago it was at 851 views, then an hour ago it was showing 832, and now it’s showing 821. I’m looking in the same spot on my YouTube studio app so it’s not a discrepancy caused between menus. Does anyone have an answer to this? Thanks.

hey was just wondering if there's any way to stop my viewer counter from counting myself. I find it annoying when I'm trying to find if I'm gaining any real views and can't tell the difference from me just re-watching my vids and people actually finding them naturally

plz don't say

JusT DOnt lOoK At YoUR oWn VidEos

as that's not really my question

I know I can look at views from YouTube analytics so I'm wondering if there's a area that seperates myself from New time viewers

some context: starting a new channel for higher quality content and to have a fresh slate. since my old channel is saturated with low quality content and just overall not being a good image of what I wanna do.

I made a new YouTube account and posted a video from it about ten hours ago but it is sitting at zero impressions and the comments are turned off.

So here's the history of my account. I created a new Gmail account about a month ago and I was using it to browse YouTube occasionally once every few days. However when i when went to post my video i realized that i have to create a YouTube account separately to post on it.

So I clicked the create account button and my YouTube account was created from which i could post videos.

I thought since that I already have a watch history, the account must already be warmed up. So I posted a new video from the account last night right after creating account.

When I woke up this morning I came and saw that it's at zero impressions and the comments are turned off for the video.

I checked what are the reasons for which comments could be turned off account verification.

- My account is verified, I verified it l before posting anything.

- The restricted mode it is off.

- The video is not for kids

but still the comments are disabled so i am little bit confused at what is happening and why is my video completely getting ignored by youtube and not even allowing comments to be posted as if it is considering me as spam.

Is there a way to get out of this or anything that can be done to fix this situation?

Just curious what's the best/most preferred for getting VO audio. I've heard that some people will use both, but I'm not really sure what the differences between them are or if there even are any outside of DR being a whole video editing bay.

I make videos about maths and computer science topics. In the past, it hasn't always been immediately clear that the video will involve maths. From my analytics, I can see that the moment the first formula appears on screen, a lot of people stop watching, like 20%.

The advice I got was to align my title and thumbnail better with the content. So for my last video, I did just that: the word formula is in the title, the thumbnail is digital-looking wireframes. But still, there is a massive dip (~15% this time) when the first formula appears. My subscribers have almost double the watch time, probably because they know what to expect. Is it just inherent with science topics, or can I do something more about it? I just want the right people to click on the video and not be disappointed.