r/YT_Faceless

Hey everyone,

I recently started a channel focusing on high-quality AI storytelling and animations. I'm using Leonardo.ai for photorealistic visuals and trying to build a captivating fantasy series around a character named Elvito.

The problem is, my latest videos are sitting at literally 0 views. The algorithm isn't pushing it at all, and I'm feeling a bit stuck.

I would love some honest feedback from fellow creators here:

Is the thumbnail/title not click-worthy enough?

Does the AI animation style look engaging, or does it feel too robotic?

How can I improve retention for this niche?

If you're willing to take a quick look and give me some brutal critique, let me know and I'll send you the link in the DMs (or check my Reddit profile, I'll pin it there). Really appreciate any help!

I'm thinking about learning YouTube AI automation and starting a faceless channel. Is it actually worth learning, or is it too saturated now?

I'd love to hear from people who have real experience with it. What would you recommend to someone just starting out? Thanks

Recently I have been doing a lot of "research" on youtube for my new faceless channel only to see tons of videos that are basically AI images or videos and an AI voiceover. When I watch these videos I am instantly turned off. I would expect that other people to react the same way, but every now and then I see one that is clearly relying on AI heavily and has 100k+ views?

So as a new creator trying to grow a faceless channel, what would you recommend for me.

(I currently record voiceovers using my own voice but use AI images)

One observation I've had recently:

Faceless channels seem uniquely positioned to scale internationally.

Educational.

Explainer.

Storytelling.

History.

Finance.

Productivity.

Cooking

Most of these formats depend more on structure than personality. For example, I'm huge fan of Mangas (Demon Slayer, Naruto, One Piece, Kagurabachi), for me it doesn't matter if the shorts was made by an nepalese, a japanese, an american or an italian. Because I love it. Same things for the foods or the shit life throws at me and I need advice.

These things makes me wonder:

Why do so many faceless channels stay locked into one market? Really why ?

If language barriers disappeared tomorrow:

Would you duplicate your channel?

Target another country?

Or stay focused on your existing audience?

Personally I think distribution may become a bigger advantage than editing quality over the next few years.

Curious how other faceless creators think about this.

I'm thinking about starting a faceless documentary-style YouTube channel where I use my own voice for the narration instead of outsourcing voiceovers.

One strategy I'm considering is using platforms like Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, and Google Trends to identify topics that people are actively discussing. My goal would be to find the sweet spot between topics that have significant public interest and topics that aren't already saturated with YouTube content.

For example, I might cover a political scandal, corruption case, major news event, or another issue that is generating a lot of discussion online but hasn't yet been covered extensively in documentary format.

My thinking is that this approach would help me get feedback from the market more quickly, gather data, and iterate faster as a new creator. Rather than creating documentaries on random topics, I'd be creating content that people are already interested in while still trying to provide a unique angle.

What do you think of this strategy? Is using trending discussions and search interest a good way to choose documentary topics, or would you approach it differently?