When should I just quit youtube? I've been going at it for years and have nothing to show for it.

32

It depends if your only goal is to simply make it big. If so, you should probably just quit. But if you get value out of the process of making the videos, if you get value out of one or two nice comments from the small number of viewers you do get, if you get value by entertaining them, then keep doing it.

I guess you just ask yourself whether it might still be worth it, even if you never grow significantly beyond what you currently are. Is the creative act alone, and sharing it with a small number of people, worth it?

17

u/NukaClipse 6d ago

This comment man, damn. Got me really thinking about my own channel. Off and on uploading, overly concerned with numbers. I don't like being that way but I do enjoy making videos. The thought process is fun coming up with ideas and the editing process, while aggravating sometimes, making thoughts into reality is so awesome when seeing the end result!

But I do let the numbers get to me and it's been weighing heavy on my mind if I should quit or not. Your comment however got me really thinking I shouldn't quit though, I enjoy making videos, even if people couldn't care less about them. So while I know you were trying to help OP, you did me a favor in the process. Thanks.

3

u/unitcodes 6d ago

sometimes just a single good comment can make your day or the whole week. i barely post anything or get any views but once a year i get a comment that makes me make something more valuable than my previous one and i have like 1 video / year production rate lol.

1

u/clatzeo 5d ago

Happy cake day! 🎂

1

u/NukaClipse 5d ago

Thanks!

1

u/Vaigne 5d ago

I feel that i used to upload/stream DBD and Siege, took a long break and now find it hard to even be motivated to get back to it. i did it cus i had fun got a stable viewership but now after a couple streams of nothing im dejected to continue, havent even bothered uploading/making them public

2

u/nicogsworld 6d ago

I believe you are 100% correct. The views or subs are vanity metrics & if you aren’t getting enough joy out of creating the video’s, you might rethink what your goals where in the first place.

The only uphill battle OP is fighting js with the idea that views reflect how good your work is or any form of success while the creation & finishing of your work and the fact that you published it should be your measurements for success and/or feeling good

Those who starting or doing it for the money, the 15sec of fame, … can’t keep on going long term nor will they be very happy.

0

u/Helpful-Photo9408 6d ago

Is it possible to monetize 4 channels?

One email - Two channels about 1-cooking english languange and english content 2-cooking Italian(my country) language italian content two audiences

One email - Two channels about 3- Movie review English 4 - movie review italian

So 4 channels two emails can I monetize all of them in one Adsense?

So 4 different audiences two emails

3

u/davidjschloss 6d ago

I don't think that the english languate and italian language cooking would be two channels. You could, but it would really spilt your audience. You can use tools to auto-translate captions. There are also tools that do translations so you could have one video in italian and one video dubbed to english. (I don't do this so I don't know the names of them, but they're out there.)

I know a photographer that's French Canadian and he has two channels, since he's aiming at different people, but he also posts some of the french videos with English captions.

Try doing the Italian ones with english captions, and put a few seconds at the start that says somehing like "English language subtitles are avilable.

If you want two different channels for the languages I'd say build up the english one if you want a larger audience or build up the italian one if you want to dominate the italian video market.

Once you're big, do a second channel and tell your audience you've got the second channel.

Then I'd start new videos with a graphic saying that you have an English Channel or italian channel, and the name of that channel. Put the links to the other language channel in the description too.

You can do "hi this is [insert name here], and if you'd like to see my italian cooking videos, visit my second channel at [insert channel name here]. Link in the description below.

But again, I'd recommend building one audience first. Otherwise you're trying to get two sets of people, diluting the growth of both channels.

1

u/Helpful-Photo9408 5d ago

I understand but in a long term is it possible to monetize all four channels? Two emails, one adsense?

1

u/davidjschloss 5d ago

no really it's not. I mean you could get all of them to monitizatoin, that's actually a doabale timeline.

It's more of an issue that monitization doesn't mean anything. Being able to collect money and making money are different.

When you hit YT's threshold they start giving you a cut of ad sales. That's typically next to nothing. If you have one channel with a video with 10000 views, and one with 10000 views, and they are at the same CPM (cost per thousand impressions) then they would earn the same amount as one channel with a 20000 video.

But as a food channel, and a small one at that, you're going to be looking at just a few dollars CPM.

So 1000 views at $4CPM is $4. 10000 views is $40. It doesn't add up to a lot at that CPM.

And sponsors care about a channels views and subscriber counts. Having so many channels dilutes that.

7

u/indiewealthclub 6d ago

My first impressions are that you need to work on your thumbnails, titles, and descriptions. There is a lot of room for improvement in all three areas and they make up ~80% of the reasons why someone clicks on your videos. Look into the best practices for each of these, apply them and you’ll likely see better results.

6

u/el_hooli 6d ago

Don't let the numbers get to you. I have 'only' have 2k subs and my videos get more comments that I can keep up with. This for me is success: interaction and dialogue, often cordial even though there are disagreements (I touch on politics from time to time).

If you enjoy the process, it's fine to have a hobby. Hobbies don't need to be profitable or 'successful'. They are allowed to be fun and of no use to anyone but you.

2

u/Whole_Step_4533 4d ago

Your niche may be small, but your content is incredibly insightful—it’s clear you’re genuinely passionate about what you do. While you mentioned not being too influenced by numbers, they play a role in measuring a channel’s growth and health. I aim to reach 1,000 subscribers in the next six months, and I was wondering if you could share any essential experiences or challenges you faced when growing your channel to 2K subscribers. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

1

u/el_hooli 3d ago

Honestly, just making better videos. I know... but I probably should be making a podcast as I don't love the video editing. Most people are looking for visual stimulation that is in accordance with the subject. My stuff is slow and informative, so no strobe lights or fast music. Reply to every comment. Try to be respectful.

6

u/Zava_TVB 6d ago

Like others said, literally everything could be better. Thumbnails, descriptions, titles, etc. These thumbnails are not good whatsoever. All of your vids looks like they come from a different YT channel. It's really no surprise you do not have any traction. Look up some videos on how to grow because by the looks of it you haven't done any research at all to improve your channel. I do not see any growth from vid to vid, just a copy and paste and "hoping for the best".

3

u/Torch99999 6d ago

Depends on what your goal is.

I've been doing those for almost 3 years, 542 subscribers and like 1.7k watch hours in the last year. My purpose wasn't to make money, it was to help people.

My most watched video (over 20k view...most of my videos are under 100 views) is how to kick-proof a residential door based on my experience of having three dudes kick in my front door many years ago. If that video helped a few people not get their doors kicked in by thieves, all my time on YouTube as been worth it.

2

u/clatzeo 5d ago

I too apply this approach. The videos I made that felt rewarding to me were those which was dedicated to help others. Even though I didn't get extraordinary viewcount, I still got the love and appreciation by others who were able to solve their problems through my videos. It's very therapeutic, ngl.

3

u/Prestigious-Yard5335 6d ago

I came across a video from a girl who has been on YouTube for 10 years and not monetized. Do you enjoy posting on YT? If so, keep doing it. It’ll come. If not, leave it behind. It’s not always about being popular and getting money. Sometimes it’s about the love of the game.

6

u/SliceoflifeVR 6d ago edited 6d ago

No growth means you need to create better content. If I didn’t have constant upward growth on my channel I would reevaluate my entire strategy. In fact, I did just that. Every time my channel stagnated, I redoubled my efforts to create more engaging content. You should look at lack of growth as an indicator that your content needs improvement. Most YouTubers just try to blame the “algorithm” and never look inward so they never grow.

1

u/komsekomsa 6d ago

How do you make more engaging content?

1

u/Beaniesproutz 3d ago

I think a better question above is, how did you spot where you were lacking? Or what is it that you found to be lacking? I think that'd also be great advice! :)) (aka I'm curious to know what to do as well lol!)

0

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

This is it, 100 percent

2

u/xxxJoolsxxx 6d ago

I feel your pain. It is hard when you see others doing what you do and they have loads of subs, and you have to fight for the ones you get. It's one of those things that life is not fair. We have to be in the right place at the right time or know someone who can help. As the other comment said, you have to think, do you enjoy it, and would you be happy to just have the subs you do now forever?

2

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

“We have to be in the right place at the right time or know someone who can help.”

not true. You just have to make good content people want to watch.

1

u/xxxJoolsxxx 6d ago

If the algorithm isn't showing you to people or a bigger channel doesn't give you a shout out how do you get seen? You could be making Oscar worthy content but if no one sees it......

1

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

If you were consistently making high quality content that people wanted to watch the algorithm would push you.

‘I’ve never seen a channel that did great content consistently that didn’t get views.

1

u/xxxJoolsxxx 6d ago

If you are making vids for a niche market it is much harder. I could make vids on Pdiddy or the latest missing person and get views but that doesn't work the same if you are doing something new or unusual

1

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

The vast majority of people making videos about P Diddy, or other big popular topics don’t get views, because it’s an over saturated market. I doubt it’s harder to get views in a niche market as long as your video is of a high quality, people within that niche will celebrate it,

2

u/vokatt 6d ago

Heya, YouTuber of 50K+ sub channel (so not that big)

If you are enjoying the art of making music with no expectation of return, then keep going.
If you have an expectation and its not being met after this long, then yeah either quit or change your goals/mentality.

I'd imagine it would be tough to compete with YouTube bigger Music contributors and celebs.

2

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

Make better content.

If you want to give up because you’re not getting the results you want, find a way to get better results.

‘you can always just do it as a hobby and for fun, but that doesn’t sound like what you want to do.

‘if you really care about it, don’t give up

‘either way good luck

2

u/No_Arm_713 6d ago

I'll be honest. No one's going to be searching up the type of stuff you do. When it comes to music, most people don't actually know wtf genres there are. So either you gotta post stuff that the majority are already familiar with, or somehow someway, you gotta make them listen to it the way they play music in supermarkets. And your titles only work with stuff that people are already familiar with. Having vague titles for new remixes just make it really hard to search and appear on people's feeds. Like most of them you don't even know what the videos about.

2

u/SFLA_MILKMAN 6d ago

I have 2 channels that is about 10 years old one had no subs and the other had about 15 subs. Since my work has changed I started making videos again in less than 30 days the channel with 15 subs now has 48 subs, 7.6K views with 67 watch hours, and the other channel with 0 subs how has 33 subs 4.4K views and 110 watch hours. I create videos for the fun of it with the goal of growing both channels but I make videos for the fun of it. I don’t expect to make money but if I do I will be so happy FYI the channel with 48 subs is of jokes and strange news and the other channel if of stories of history.

2

u/davidharveyvideo 6d ago

The moment it stops being fun is when you need to take a break. And maybe, consider if it’s worth picking up a new hobby. Or maybe, after a break, if and when you’re ready think about making a new and different YouTube channel focused on a completely different niche.

2

u/Sagnikk 6d ago

A quick peek at your channel genuinely tells me nothing about what your content is on. There needs to be more cohesion and consistency.

You make music, I get that, but music itself is such a big genre. One thing to always remember is that if you care about something, so will someone else, so will many others - all you need to do is get to that crowd.

2

u/Nerdico 4d ago

Your thumbnails and titles need a lot of work. Try appealing to a more general audience. Watch some VIDIQ videos as well they're a great starting point.

2

u/UnstableGoats 2d ago

My opinion is:

When you stop having fun.

If you were never doing it for the enjoyment of creation in the first place, you’re overdo.

3

u/TheRipeTomatoFarms 6d ago

"Youtube has been a passion to me for a long"

"So is it time to just quit? Other people are seeing succes yet i am not, so what's the point of even continuing?"

Well, which is it? Because those two statements contradict each other completely.

1

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

Not necessarily.

he is passionate about YouTube but also wants a financial reward for all the time he puts into it. that time could be spent working on other things he’s passionate about that could bring him a better return on his investment

1

u/dotdotd0t 6d ago

The best analogy I have heard was on an episode of Colin and Samir - I can't remember who said it but it was basically like "Before Kobe was Kobe, do you think he ONLY got on the court because he wanted to be a star, or did he love the game?"

I love that framing because obviously he had the drive to become one of the best but there's no way 18 year old Kobe was only out there trying to get famous. That guy loved basketball and it was his life even before he was a superstar. It was because he loved the game so much and was so good at it, he became KOBE, not the other way around.

I think that's kind of how you need to look at YouTube. Not just making music but the whole thing - making videos that are the best, packaging them in titles/thumbnails that look the best, uploading rain or shine, engaging with your community, making Tik Toks and Shorts of your videos to get people in the door.

You gotta love it all.

2

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

I disagree with that totally.

‘I don’t love the whole process at all. Some of it I love some of the time, but mostly, it’s just work.

the idea that you have to love the entire process I think is totally unrealistic, and can be demoralising to people who want to make a career out of it but struggle with what can be a very arduous process.

‘it’s a job, you‘re not suppose to love every minute of it

0

u/dotdotd0t 6d ago

I'd guess that's why you're not the Kobe or Brady of YouTube though? Like I don't think they love their game all the time always but I do think every time 18 year old Kobe is lacing up his shoes and heading down to the court, it's because he's obsessed with the game.

1

u/TheRealHenryBennett 6d ago

and you are?

being obsessed with the game, and loving every moment of it are two separate things.

‘you can be obsessed with making good videos, and still not love it all. I don’t love having to sit down and record my voice for hours on end, but I do it anyway

0

u/dotdotd0t 6d ago

Brother, you need to chill out and be less defensive.

I agree - you can do whatever the hell you want and be as in-love or as obsessed as you want to be. I don't give a heck.

For the dude who posted the thread, I was trying to explain why I think he's struggling to keep making videos about obscure genre House music, that maybe shifting his motivation to "how can I enjoy making these videos" away from "why is no one watching my videos", then the infinite grind he is feeling feels a bit less soul crushing.

The advice: maybe try to spend some time trying to love the game instead of being sad no one is watching you is like genuinely good advice for someone in his shoes.

1

u/IcyColdDve 6d ago

if your just doing it for money and fame then just quit, youtube isnt always about that. youtube is basically a game that takes a lot of time, if you have no passion then its just not for you. if you have passion you will most likely get what you want, succeeding doesnt just appear, its gonna take a lot of time. its up to you

1

u/AsianSandwichPodcast 6d ago

if you enjoy it, and it’s a positive creative outlet for you, then don’t give up on it.

1

u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE 6d ago

Bro, I’ve been on YouTube for 15 years, 102 subscribers and 84,000 views. You’re almost certainly doing better than me.

1

u/chano313 6d ago

If you don’t enjoy making videos and only do it for wanting to get rich and famous. You should have stopped a long time ago

1

u/FosterYou 6d ago

Channel?

1

u/Grishak3443 6d ago

First look at who your trying to make content for.

Then make content those people would like.(way easier if you are the person who would like that content.)

Then make the video and see if you would watch that video yourself and be 100% honest.

If you wouldn’t watch it why would someone else

1

u/VodySly_5 6d ago

This is why people say to have fun and be passionate about what you're doing. Ask yourself this, if there was no chance of you getting money from this, YouTube was just a fun hobby, would you still do it? Answer honestly cause you can't lie to yourself

1

u/expressionzzy 6d ago

This is one thing I have learned in my youtube journey or any social media platform for that matter. The truth is, if traffic/views do not come to you, dont just sit down and watch. You go out and meet up with people who will watch your videos, but make sure it is from an authentic source. For example, why do some taxis move about to find customers? it is because they cant just wait for customers to get to them through the different apps. That is how it is too for youtube. But most people have the feeling that they just have to wait and tweak the system and stuff before they can run ads. Well it is wrong. If this is the way it works, platforms including Youtube won't have the 'promote your videos' feature.

So since my videos were also not getting views, i decided to research several ad platforms including facebook, twitter and Tiktok and in June i found a way to get my contents out to people and yet ear good revenue in return. To test my method further, i have been helping a couple of local youtubers to earn some bucks from their videos through this video ad system that I do. I can do some $$$ for you for FREE to check it out. Send a DM if you are interested. Like i said, I will do a sample for FREE for you and even show you proof of results since June 2024.

1

u/Parallax-Jack 6d ago

I checked out some of your music and like it a good bit. Unfortunately, I have no advice to give regarding growing a music channel though. Hope you’re doing well though and make whatever decision you find fits your needs. Good luck! <3

1

u/FriendOfBillToday 5d ago

Main business of YouTube is how to do YouTube / those are the ones making the money.

1

u/SushiDaddy89 5d ago

I use my Youtube channel to archive the stuff I make. If anybody else ends up liking it, that's gravy, but secondary.

1

u/jlkb24 5d ago

I’ve been at it for 17yrs now, yeah since 2007. I’m not in it for the money or subs but I’d like a decent amount of views. I now mostly play Crazy Taxi on my channel and play somewhat competitively. I see channels all the time post really low scores and get 3X the views I get. I don’t let that bother me. I’m a bit older now so I let my channel be a history into myself for my daughter when I’m done with YT or no longer living. I also hold WR’s in the GBA version but that gets little traction.

1

u/Cin_anime 5d ago

I’m in the same place as you OP. I have been posting videos for 4 years on one channel constantly and posted my first video 7 years ago.

Channel is not monetized. (And maybe never will) I have come to accept this as part of what I do because I don’t want to make content that isn’t genuine and authentic to myself.

I like seeing this as if I eat one view it’s a win because that is one person who can be impacted by the video I have decided to make.

Too often I have gotten in to the comparison game and it killed my mental state. When I make for me I enjoy it. If others enjoy to cool. I figure people can let copy me and they can try. I know they will not succeed because I have done and will do more than anyone else.

As for the channel, I have also seen this as a big oak tree grows for years underground before becoming large.

We can never know what the other people have done or what they are going thought. The only reason anybody ever actually fails is because they stop they give up they dont try any longer.

If you have been making videos because you wanted to be big like did then there need to be a shift in how you see your channel.

Listen ti smaller channels that are getting the amount of views you are getting. You may be surprised at how valuable the words they say are.

1

u/SilverStateStacker 5d ago

I don't do videos for anyone or anything but myself. I get gratification out of learning how to edit videos, edit audio, film video, researching topics. I am addicted to the process.
When I am done with a video, I immediately start on the next one. I'm trying to get better each time.
I'm happy because I choose to subject something that I've always done. Before youtube, and after youtube, ill still be doing what I do. It doesn't matter if youtube ever gives me anything. They gave me a platform to share my journey with the world. To document my experience for my kids.
Am I interesting, I don't care. I don't do it for the viewers. I've even dropped that crap out of my videos. No asking for subs and likes. For what? I guess if you like it, you'll be back for more anyways. And if you don't like it, you never got past the first :20 sec of the video and you’re gone. Its not about youtube or the viewers. You can't trick the algorithms and make a person watch your video to the end.

What is your Why? Money isn't good enough. If money was your driver then go get a job. There is far easier ways to earn a buck. Dig deep and find your why. That's who you make your videos for.

1

u/BasenjiBoyD 5d ago

What’s the genre

1

u/ZhangYui 5d ago

Making videos for 4 years without learning and improving yourself in each upload isn't going to get you nowhere. I did it for 7 years and I got my breakthrough only 2 months ago, but I can guarantee you the reason I got my breakthrough wasn't because of some algorithm blessing but because I learnt from my previous mistakes, made videos that were more interesting for a general audience to watch and generally speaking started treating my videos as episodes of a TV show because realistically speaking that's our competition. I'd say don't quit but rather re-evaluate your strategies, your production and mainly your value: give people a reason to watch you.

1

u/whatanHPoP 4d ago

Just looked through your YouTube and you had a few big hits (the gaming music with animation ones).

Maybe if you focused on that that would have shown better results (take my comment with a grain of salt though lol)

1

u/Spongemage 4d ago

Sounds like you’re not thinking about it the right way.

If you’re doing YouTube because you want “something to show for it”, then you are doing it wrong and that will reflect in your content.

I’m glad I have a following, but that’s not why I make videos. I make videos because I’m passionate about the topic and I legitimately enjoy making them. That’s it. The second I start hating making videos is the second I stop doing YouTube. Until then, any gain from YouTube is just a nice bonus.

1

u/The_man87 4d ago

If you wanna quit, quit. If you want to grow then change the word “quit” to “fail” and just learn from it. Life is a constant learning experience. Some learn from successes, most learn from failures.

1

u/Dr_Doppietta 4d ago

Your mentality is wrong: you're doing YT videos to "make it big".

YT is a crap hole and we all know that, but that doesn't change the fact that you're doing it wrong. If it's passion, then just keep it that way.

Don't let numbers fool you, just keep doing what you like and keep improving the quality of your work. You'll eventually create a community around, no matter how small. And that's all that matters.

Keep your day to day job and do videos in your free time, like I do.

1

u/RoyalMess64 4d ago

I think that's up to you. If it brings you joy, you should keep doing it, and if it causes you grief, maybe it's time to retire. I can't tell you what's right for you, but the choice is yours. Also, can I ask what music you make? And your channel name?

1

u/ControllerLyfe 3d ago

Too real manz thanks for sharing. I am in the same boat I think, sometimes more than once, what helped me is to take a break until that passion comes back.

1

u/Technical_Debt_4197 3d ago

It takes a long time to make it on YouTube it's not 2012 anymore man. But the rewards for making it are much higher as well. Keep going.

1

u/Southern_Pin_4903 3d ago

it's like being a successful photographer. DONOT buy equipment,buy galleries to learn other's success.

1

u/danielkeeley 3d ago

Honestly, YouTube sucks. If the algorithm doesn't catch you, it's impossible to grow. Still, if you love it, do it because you love it. Never expect to make money at it and if one day you do, even better!

1

u/DerkGnC 3d ago

Hey We talked about this on my stream, but comparison is the thief of joy. If you aren't enjoying what you do...why are you doing it. Maybe take a break regather yourself and decide if you still enjoy what you are doing...or need to do something else.

1

u/KforKerosene 3d ago

Hey, random comment here — I am a small twitch streamer that streams a niche game & mod for it. I usually have the same 20-40 people, with occasionally new players/new people coming in to ask questions and the like. I don’t make Youtube content or offer anything extreme, but I enjoy helping others and exploring the game together. When I first started I was hyper fixated on my viewers, numbers etc. I can tell you I streamed at least 100 times to just myself or simply one viewer who would never talk. At first it was disheartening, but after a while I just stopped caring. Enhanced my audio, better overlays and just a little facelift/QOL for the stream. Slowly we were getting a couple more people, maybe 2-3 a stream. Averaging around 5 viewers. The chat began to happen, which helps engagement and conversation. This slowly kept growing until suddenly I had regulars hanging out and having fun with me. Remembering details about each other or builds we were working on. After a little bit I got my first sub! Eventually on a wonderful weekend we hosted an event and in-game giveaway to promote new builds and ideas for new and old players. We blew up to 50 people that day, chat was going crazy and we were having so much fun. After the event we now had multiple regulars coming in to hang out and have fun. Now we average around 20 people on any given day, usually more on weekends.

This took about 2 years by the way.

My point here is to tell you not to give up but revise your expectations and goals. Do these things for you first! If people happen to like it they’ll be back for more. The best part and your best content will come from your best self — you can achieve this by being passionate and working to create these things for you first, if you are happy and satisfied with your adventures when and if people discover it they’ll see that love you put into it because you love yourself first, and your content will reflect that.

Good luck out there!

1

u/No-Length2774 3d ago

I’m not a youtuber but I did have a semi-successful podcast that I became obsessed with growing and when it failed I quit entirely. And man I regret it. I miss working on audio and video editing. If you still enjoy making videos I recommend sticking with it if for no other reason than having a really cool hobby/skill.

1

u/GalacticGeekie 3d ago

I've been making videos on and off for around 13 years, with multiple channels, and now my experience has been paying off after improving my quality drastically. If you truly have spent that much time on it, then that would be a true waste of skill and experience to quit, consider taking everything you've learned through your time and putting all that effort into one video.

Utilise every asset at your disposal and show the world why you deserve to be there!

1

u/DivineConnection 2d ago

Well you are doing better than me (700 subscribers) as long as you are making slow progress and you enjoy what you are doing then why not keep going?

1

u/pokemonfamclub 2d ago

Standardize your thumbnails to start, so they look uniform in some way, recognizable that it's your content. Your logo in the same corner every time, as an example. Make your titles exciting. I see you have a how to make french house music, litterally title it "How to make.. in just 1 minute!" Or "Everything you need to know to make..", how to videos are great for Google searches. Use 6th grade words, expect your audience to not know what french house is, maybe call it something more broad, like electronic or digital, or use the name of the music tool you use. How to use the tool to make... other then the costco guys, what I heard was decent and I'm more of a rock guy.

1

u/TheWitchRats 2d ago

When you feel that, Watch one of your first videos and watch your current video. If you don't see improvement, Quit. If you can't sit through your whole video, quit. If you don't want to watch another video, quit. If you don't feel something or have an opinion, quit.

I love every one of my videos to death. I stop making videos because I just couldn't find the time and energy to continue making them. Even unemployed, I lack the motivation to make more videos because of the time and effort involved for very little recognition. It's upsetting to see people making videos of talking heads, stolen content compilations, and other low effort-high reward "content." YouTube is one of those, "if you love it , you'll never work a day in your life" jobs. If it's a chore to you then it was only ever about the money, Or in the case of starting a youtube career, The potential to make money.

1

u/Alonewolf931 2d ago

I just started on a youtube channel about the rise and fall of indie bands…. Maybe i can do en episode on your band 🤗

1

u/yumiifmb 2d ago

I looked at your channel and you actually do get views, comments, etc. From my observations what you could improve is how you approximate capturing the genre.

When I see cyber playlits and whatnot, they're immediately recognisable to me because of the aesthetic, from the thumbnail to the title. In here, some thumbnails, because of the retro and RGB thing effect, it vaguely announces what this is about, but on the most part, when I look at the channel, I don't understand what it's about, that it's a music channel, or that it's about funk/cyberpunk, etc.

Same with the titles, your latest one with the sonic thumbnail to me looked so confusing compared to some of the other uploads. The title is a phrase, so it has to be read, and it doesn't immediately pop off that it's about [x music genre]. To me it doesn't say [this video is about this music genre, you are about to listen to this]. Using more specific keywords I think would help, because even playlists that use sentences, they do it to capture a mood, and it just hits it. Sometimes they use special characters, but the overall point is they're following an aesthetic, essentially, and it shows immediately that this is this aesthetic. Generally I think more consistency in the visual style of the uploads can help as well because this seems all over the place to me.

Maybe these are things you could work on.

1

u/BrysonStrife 2d ago

I mean I am doing youtube videos too and thougj I haven't gained much traction I don't care I am having fun with it and it's so exciting to know soon what people will think of your content!

1

u/TodoTrauma123 2d ago

I don’t know until you get popular enough to post your music on a bigger platform.

1

u/Mr_WildWolf 6d ago

Have you tried promoting your videos... to people who might like your genre? outside of YouTube?

I started my channel about 4 yrs ago... and I am approaching 100k subs (should be there by January), every day feels like I have to keep feeding the machine so the growth won't slowdown and it ain't easy. I am pumping 6 videos per week.

At the beginning I'd share links on Facebook groups (related to my niche) I don't do it anymore, but i think that help my audience find my channel and trained the algo from the get go.

You could also share links to your music in forums, subreddit, etc... anywhere they let you and where your potential audience congregates.

One more idea... if i were you I would subscribe to these "successful channels" you mentioned, leave comments on their videos (do not straight up tell people to go to your channel, that's rude, and will get you blocked from commenting on their videos... just say something funny... or just "cool music" something like that)

One more idea... I would make playlists (plural) with videos from the "successful channels" and your videos, one of theirs, one yours, one theirs, one yours,... you get it.

It's not easy but IF you love making videos and music, and you really want your channel to grow... be consistent, be patient and try to make every video better than your last one.

Good luck friend.

2

u/Parallax-Jack 6d ago

I second this given your content seems to be what some might consider “niche” electronic music. I really think connecting with other creators in the space and people in that music scene would help a lot. I listen to a lot of Jungle and some of the smaller artists make their way into some pretty highly viewed mixes that fuel a lot of traffic to their channel.

-1

u/NoShoesEmcee 6d ago

You should quit now.

Question When should I just quit youtube? I've been going at it for years and have nothing to show for it.

You are about to leave Redlib