r/NewTubers

I’ve been on YouTube a week and seem to be consistently getting about 25 subscribers per 1000 views. How am I doing? My videos are all 3 minutes long so far.

I've wanted to get into content creation for a long time. I've got no idea what to do. I can play some video games pretty well, I like worldbuilding and storytelling, (often dungeons and dragons stuff) and I am passable at some basic art forms. (I can do a bit of pixel art, and I also use polymer clay.) Do yall have any ideas on what I could do that wouldnt require a lot of equipment?

I'm bored lol, drop a video or your channel and I'll critique it for free. I can't promise I'll watch the whole video if it's bad or boring but I'll atleast watch the intro and give my thoughts on it. But of course take everything I say with a grain of salt lol.

I started my channel with promotions. Gained subs and views really fast, Didn't know anything about the algorithm. Read the horror stories on here, stopped the promos and now it's been a struggle for almost a month. Channel's on life support. Is there anything I can do? Unfortunately new channel is out of the question and it doesn't seem that the algorithm is pushing my videos with average AVD & CTR.

So far I have started copying my competitors in terms of thumbnails, titles, ect. Nothing I do seem to be working. Sometimes I can get about 10k views in shorts, that's about it.

Music channel.

Whether it’s for critiques or begging for subs, correct me if I’m wrong, isn’t that kinda driving the wrong traffic to your channel and killing retention or ctr? I’m not an expert by any means I just thought it sounded counter productive. I understand reaching out for help but I try to keep people away that don’t usually engage with my niche. Let’s say your uncle Jim Bob said “oh you have a YouTube channel? I’ll subscribe right now”. When in reality uncle Jim Bob doesn’t watch videogame retrospectives… not even close. So if he goes to your channel and never finishes a video or just scrolls videos and then leaves doesn’t that kill your progress? Just thinking out loud. If I’m right then what is the right way to get help with a channel for those struggling?

Hey everyone I made a short today about a diy ant trap because I was mad at how many people still buy the expensive ones.

It got about 1k views in 1 hour, 31 likes and 3 comments. With an average watch time of 89.5% on a 15 second video.

But then it just stopped out of nowhere.

I've had this happen several times where a short seems to get good engagement when the algorithm sends it out for testing but then it stops. What am I missing?

Could be that I just don't know what numbers the algorithm is trying to fill it to push it more

TLDR;
Started uploading videos on old channel in late 2025, was getting good views until I started uploading shorts this April and long from views plummeted, went form 500-1500 to 200-500, uploaded a voiceover video last week (myself, contains curse words) and now my videos don't even cross 50 views

Hello guys, I run a gaming channel, it was inactive for a few years as I was busy with my job but I started posting Genshin Impact videos on it in the late 2025, it started getting good amount of views, on one of the videos it even crossed 10k views, one 5k and another one 3k, it was going pretty good until 2 months ago, they started getting 200-300 views compared to what I was normally getting earlier (500-1500 views), and in the last week my videos didn't even cross 50 views (screenshot in the comments)

1. Changes I made in the last week for long form
   • Didn't upload for almost 2 weeks as I was trying to complete a very hard endgame mode, but I've previously taken 7-10 days of gaps and I'd still get normal views so I don't know about this one
   • Uploaded a video with voiceover (myself, contains curse words)
   • Uploaded a video of a different game that I sometimes stream (Sekiro Speedrun, this was like a month ago)
   • Stopped adding keywords (big chunk of 600-700 characters in the description, I tried adding them back in one video last week but it still performed the same so I continued not adding them
2. 50% of the A/B testing videos usually get less views even back when I was getting good views
3. I'm planning on making videos with face cam in a few weeks, should I just upload a video now with a face cam, like a face reveal sort, so YouTube thinks this channel is actually ran by a human being? (I saw a video where the guy said uploading a face cam video can get you out of the 1k view jail on shorts so it might also work for long form?)
4. I also started posting shorts in April and I think that was when my long form views started plummeting
5. Shorts not going over 1k views, a few of them reached 1.5k to 2k but that was the max, the only short with the highest views is a very old one that was sitting at 5k views but ever since I started posting videos again in late 2025 it's been getting consistent views and is now at 9k views

Side note - I plan on uploading videos of different games (Sekiro, Elden Ring, RDR, GTA VI in the future, Dark Souls, and random funny multiplayer games) so is it okay to do it on this channel as I've only been uploading Genshin videos for now.

1. Should I create a new channel for Genshin and upload videos as collaboration with my main channel and they completely move to the new channel for Genshin?
2. Keep uploading Genshin videos on this channel and create a new channel for other games?
3. Upload all the videos on this channel?

Thanks a lot for reading all that, I'd really appreciate it if someone experienced would take a look at my channel and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Any other feedback from you guys would also be helpful.

I am just wondering if anyone else has felt like giving up sometimes. I enjoy making videos, but I have noticed so many people taking off after one video in my same niche. You just always hear that the algorithm needs to learn about a channel first, so how does this even happen?

I am putting so much time into my channel and it's just a bit disheartening.

I’ve been wanting to make content for ages, but every time I try, I feel like the quality just isn’t good enough.

Like the camera isn’t great, the audio isn’t great, the lighting is average, editing takes forever, and then I look at what other people post and it feels like everything online is so polished now.

It kind of makes me feel like there’s no point starting unless you already have proper gear and know exactly what you’re doing.

I know people always say just start, but it’s hard when the stuff you make looks rough compared to everyone else.

Anyone else feel stuck because they want to create stuff, but feel like the quality has to be perfect before anyone will care? and does anyone have advice on how to make some better stuff ?

About a month ago I finally started the YouTube channel I had been dreaming about since I was a kid.

After going through a rough period professionally, including getting laid off, I decided to stop overthinking and just start creating.

I make tech and lifestyle videos from Brazil, focused more on real-world experience, aesthetics and storytelling rather than just specs.

What surprised me is how much I’ve been enjoying the process, and now I’m trying to understand what actually resonates with people.

I’d genuinely love some honest feedback from other creators.

• What feels strong already?
• What still feels amateur?
• Does the channel feel distinctive or still too generic?
• Would the thumbnails/titles make you click?
• What would you improve first?

If anyone is interested, I can share the channel or a specific video.

I've made a few videos now, and I thought that keeping them between 10 and 15 minutes was the sweet spot but I see that I may have been wrong. How long do you guys make your videos?

I hear people constantly talking about using the new channel's blank slate for the youtube algorithm and finding success with it. I've posted maybe about 100 videos and I don't really get pushed a whole lot. Should I genuinely stick with it or start fresh?

Can someone who understands the algorithm a bit more help me understand! I thought the video had great stats yet it's gone cold.

AVD 48%, 67% watching after 30 seconds

CTR 4.6%

New subscribers +15

Likes 30

Time live 4 days 4 hours

Browse Views 45% Channel pages views 29% Suggested views 4%

Maybe it's not a good video but it's my best yet and I'm kind of sad to see it die after so few impressions!

Hey guys, I'm full stack engineer over 20 years of experience and I'll start an AI Community which will have a YouTube Channel. I'm thinking about spend some cash to make ads of my youtube channel. The channel will be created tomorrow, do you think worth spend ads cash now or should I warm the channel first? Is there any kind of tip to grow the channel. It'll be in portuguese.

Thank you very much ;)

So I have a sports channel and was getting good views 100+ every video and anywhere between 5k to 9k impressions. And I decided I am going to do live stream and also turned on vertical live stream playing same sports game my channel was about and turns out to be my biggest vod 900+ views butt… now every video I upload has not got more than 5 views and videos not going in recommendations and impressions are stuck @ 100/160 for every video. Is it due to that live stream as it got 30k impressions. Or am I just overthinking…. 😑

My husband and I started a YouTube channel. The script writing, editing, research, narration... all done by me while also doing a full time job. My husband mostly does the shorts.

I spent months on a long form video which I finally uploaded. Only for it to get 75 views and 1 very sincere and encouraging comment.

While I enjoy the process all this takes so long. How do you guys manage everything?

I'm really struggling to decide what language to start my channel in.

For context, I am mexican and would love to do my gaming channel in spanish, but I am worried that for my particular niche (challenge runs, playing games on permadeath mode, mod showcases for mods I made myself for a variety of games) there simply won't be a big enough spanish speaking audience, that is, that the interest for this type of content simply won't be there for that demographic.

Another worry I have is in terms of monetization, not only the huge difference in CPM between english and spanish gaming content, but also the difference in rates when it comes to sponsorships, which I've heard pay less for content in spanish, if I can even get deals in the first place, and also the difference in Patreon usage/adoption between "developed countries" like the US, Europe and Austraila, and developing countries like Mexico and Latin America.

I've considered doing a hybrid approach: streaming in spanish, editing the stream footage into well produced, tighter videos, doing narration in both english and spanish (uploading the dubbed audio into youtube's dubbing system) and doing english captions for the gameplay sections, but my fear there is that english speaking audiences will hear me speak spanish and go "this ain't for me" even if it has animated captions and everything.

So I ask for advice, for the creators on this subreddit who may have expierence with this, or anyone who may want to share their advice: which route should I take?

**(Para mis paisanos mexas, del resto de latinoamerica o de España, sus perspectivas, consejos y experiencias son especialmente bienvenidos.)**

Hello all,

I'm not exactly a Newtuber, but am looking to up my editing game. I am a podcaster, and have used Audacity to edit for over a decade. What is the closest video editor to Audacity? I like the way the audacity time line works, and I am to the point where I can almost see words, coughs, uhms, etc, in the audiogram there, and would like something similar for video editing. Does such a beast exist? Thank you!

My Youtube Channel is called 5ivy (It should be a circle with my name with a blue flame over the letter "I") feel free to take a look through any of the LONG FORM videos. What i'm trying to achive is feedback on what I can do to make my videos/thumbnails better. Feel free to be as harsh, bare-boned, down to earth to tell me what I need to do to start getting viewers, building a loyal audience and possibly start making an income.

My YouTube channel is @bingusblake - I'm wondering what you guys think, I've been trying to improve one thing every video and find my voice, but wondering if there's any obvious things you're seeing that is flying over my head rn.

Some things I'm considering already:

-My titles and thumbnails are inconsistent (I'm a/b testing different formats)

-my "vibe" is almost unoriginal, I'm still trying to let my personality shine and it's gonna take 30-50 videos to get that down to a noticeable point. A lot of comments are hating on the fact I'm trying to be like other popular YouTubers because I'm inspired and take pointers

Let me know what you guys think, thank you!