r/SmallYoutubers

Hi i been trying to do my own videos as I know it can get expensive. As Im trying to do a series but its becoming really time consuming I like but if I get a editor for the rest of the series it would be great. But IDK if all my work money would end up going towards the editor. So I just wanted to know want some other ppl did about this.

Okay, I know this might sound strange, and not like any other start stories but I want to become an influencer or a youtuber specifically because of a book.

In short words, I'm trying to write a book with a pseudo name and I want my identity to stay hidden forever.

But to make that book, I need stories and materials (since it will be like a memoir) I made a list of everything that I have to achieve, or go through in life just to get content material for the book. And i already started checking some boxes. Which is good.

One of the check marks is becoming a youtuber.

I'm a copywriter so writing content, doing research, picking a niche, hook engineering and things like that are easier for me, so that's a head start.

Now, I want to know if there's any good learning materials or anything I can study to help me in this journey.

Goal is not money.

Goal is to become known among a certain group of people. My niche.

After my first 2 videos both hit 11k+ views with good watch time (4.1k hours) my channel took a sharp dive. Now my videos barely get 2-5 views max. i have uploaded about 20 videos so tbh the 2 outliers being having suggestion views but now i only be browse views and search views. AVD dropped shape as well. my first 2 videos had 10 mins+ AVD on 20-30 min videos. now i’m barely getting 1 min AVD but it makes sense only a few people are watching my new videos. i need advice on what i should do. even when i upload shorts on this channel i don’t get views on them either. it feels like im shadow banned. cuz on new channel im easily able to get 10-20k shorts views however its also getting 5-10 views on long from. all from browsing and search

Hey community , I'm super excited to share this small step towards success. I had this week nothing crazy but feels like a huge WIN !!!!

I started a kids youtube channel may 4 / was doing 2d content / turned it into 3d content on May 18th , by the way new to all of this youtube/ and 3d animation , I post a video (long form every friday) one short blooper a day (1 song video mid month) and a compilation for the month at the end of the month .

So I posted my Friday video yesterday it got like 29 views as of today at 8:30 am (was at 45 subscribers) all of a sudden I get into work and it starts climbing , it's currently sitting at 730 views and I'm at 114 subscribers , I know it's nothing crazy but I'm so happy and excited , maybe this post can be a little push of inspiration for some small time creators or starters like myself on here , wishing everyone success in 2026 !!!!

Hi,
my newest video lunched yesterday and the stats were

ctr 22, average view duration 38 minutes and 5 clicks.

Today I woke up and checked and the same video went to

ctr 6,2, average view duration 0:15 seconds and 2 clicks???????

What?????

Impression 22

Something has to be broken, I saw this behavior the last 5 videos

Just to share some stats about my last video.

Context: new channel, 2 months, 148 subs.
5 long vids (about 5/6min each)
Few shorts (maybe 15)
Niche: GameDev Indie game development

Just released a new vid this week and 30% left in the first 2/4 seconds! Insane!

I mean, how can we judge a video if we see 2 , 3, 4 seconds only?

Dont tell me about hook ok, 2 seconds is not enough to tell any hook! LOL

Anyway, just sharing here how frustrated i am with those stats.

Hope u guys are getting better stats than mine!

5 months in

320 subs

Long form used to get between 250 - 500 views.

Now, my long form gets zero traction.

This is sole destroying.

Feel like I should just start over 😕

I used to make call of duty videos like 18 years ago. I got up to like 1.6k subscribers and the I stopped. Now I’m re-starting with gameplay for the video but I talk finance over the gameplay. I just spent all weekend grinding out 8 videos because I saw somewhere that you should have a few videos initially so if someone likes them they can binge a few.

Well my audio wasn’t the greatest for the first few videos as I was figuring that out. My last two I think I have the audio down good now.

I guess my questions are; do you think on on the right path?

Does it matter that I posted 8 videos in two day? I tried very hard to keep the quality up and I’m proud of all of them.

The audio thing annoys me but I just read that it’s better to let the videos stay than try to fix audio and re-upload.

Anyways I’d appreciate any insight. Not sure if I post my link here or needs to be in DMs?

I’d really appreciate any insight / feedback

So for context I put out my first ever video on my channel which was a long form Roblox video. here are the stats after six days:

• 17.3K Impressions
• 4.8% CTR
• 977 Views
• 30% APV (The video is 7:50 long)

Let me know what you think because I'm not sure what the stats of a first video is meant to look like. Any insight would be wonderful.

The video isn't getting views anymore but I'm personally pretty stoked. Still, I need to keep pushing the boundaries if I want to make this work.

Ive been wanting to make long form content for a while now but the one thing holding me back is using my voice, every time I try to record I guess I'm just not able to talk properly (ive been this way for years I just can't talk when being recorded especially in things like speeches). Does anyone have advice on how to get over this or make it easier for me to be able to talk ?

I deleted and re-uploaded (after making a few minor changes) a couple of times for a video. Since then any videos I upload doesn't get tested to a small batch of viewers for shorts like it used to. Is my channel cooked? Is anyone else having this issue?