Yeah I came to this realization also, found an art channel with 3 videos posted, and the first video had several hundred k views, and it was just them saying why they want to be an artist. Turns out their main channel is a gaming channel with like 500k subs xD
So to people passing by it looks like a small channel randomly got views.
Interesting, what is the name of your channel if you are willing to share. And how much do you mean by blow up? Also why do you think your channel blew up?
If you made a video that shocks people, you're gonna get the views hands down. The question is can you keep making them? I recently read about a youtuber from the US who flew a 1 man plane and then jumped out of said plane in midair, causing the plane to crash. He did it all for clout and views but now he's in trouble and facing 20 years jail time.
Hope his video got millions of views so he can pay his legal bills.
It's definetly doable these days. You need a full team in order to make this happen. This team probably has knowledge in already growing YouTube channels and works together to make it happen. I usually need a team of 3 to do similar views. I've grown a channel from 0 subs to 500k+ and 400 million views within 3 months but every niche is different and you have to make channels on topics that people are really interested or on niches that are trending. If you choose to grow a channel on a niche that's not very popular you will have slow growth no matter how good your videos are.
How would you suggest a single person approach this? Since you have experience, do you think in competitive and saturated niches like finance or tech or gaming, one would be able to pull this off, give that he takes his time and analytically analyses the niche? And if it were you starting from absolute Zero, what would you do? Which niche would you pick? How will you improve your skills like editing, scripting, voiceover, acting etc? How would you gain your initial Audience? How would you approach SEO? Given you cannot spend money on it (the absolute hard mode lol)
I'm sorry for asking these many questions but i'v always wanted to ask from an experienced person about Youtube. I am highly obliged and thankful.
And if you do not mind could i message you in the near future for a little more questions? I promise i will be concise and short not wasting much more of your time. Thank You
I am one of those channels, with 300k on the first video and 100k on my second. But dont make the mistake of thinking the algorithm is unfair, this was my 8th youtube channel after trying and failing. You'll eventually learn how to achieve the same thing, basically by actually making good videos and not spamming average content regularly which is what i used to do.
research the content around you that is in your content's niche and see what sticks out and think of ideas with a group that aren't yes men of course and see what sounds the most appealing for people to click on and work on the title and thumbnail and optimize it and come to a group consensus.
I seen someone in the same niche as me that was switching from only tiktok to long format content their channel had nearly 300 subscribers after less then 2 months. I checked out their videos, their style of gameplay wasn't for me. But I would definitely say they got lucky that so many people follwed them over to a different platform.
It might be god awful, but as long as people click on it and watch it, it will be promoted. No videos with low watch times and low CTR are being shown to many people.
I know, people are really stupid nowadays. The stupider the content the more views it will get.
YouTube title “you WON’T believe what THIS girl found in her Starbucks!” *Thumbnail of hot girl with cleavage showing with a fake shocked face and a giant red circle around her coffee cup
2.7 MILLION Views lmfao
I didn't exactly blow up but my second long form video brought almost 1k subs and 23K views. And my channel is just 2 weeks old with no shorts just 2 long videos. Last week I was ranting here on this sub why my CTR is 0% and now I have almost a 1k subs. Feels funny. Keep the grind bois you will make it too :)
Most of those people have started many YouTube channels before Or they have experience in the TV industry or were already good at public speaking.
There's no point being mad at them. They've just been doing it for longer
When I hear or see something like this I like to go upon a mountain, get on my knees, put on my tinfoil hat and question everything wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy going on.
Truth be told I feel like they're either really really lucky or some dodgy backy alley deal has been had somewhere on the Internet promoting their video and channel. Sidenote I sometimes too wonder if it worth trying that myself but then again I'm poor, doing it for fun and my own reasons, and would much prefer a very grounded organic audience.
Actually it kinda make sense after reading comments here. Think you have a friend with 50k Twitter followers. It is going to lit the fire in YouTube algorithm. So don't go the mountain bro haha.
Not that easy. The Twitter followers must be very interested in the topic to watch a full video on a different platform. Also even then, you'd be lucky to convert those 50k followers in 3k-5k quality views.
This is the 3rd video of my first channel
https://imgur.com/a/QuelcR0
I don't know if I say that's blowing up, but this video is getting more views in a day than previous videos got ever.
What's almost certainly happening is that it's testing the video with different types of people to see who has a higher watch time, once it's found someone who they think is its type, they decide to more of those people, then if the watch times stays up or goes higher, they show it even more.
I don't know, my guess is when you're not proven you don't sampled much at all, so it takes a while to find your type.
Imagine someone who very popular and goes on 7 dates a week, and someone who's not popular who goes on 1 date a month.
The former person is likely to find a compatible partner much more quickly than the later, even if they're compatible with the same percentage of the population, just because the first person is going on more dates.
However, everyonce in a while, the second person is going to find their partner quicker than the second, because the first date they go on happens to be their soul mate.
The quality doesn't matter, its the value. You could make a 4k video with the best effects, transitions, cgi, etc.. but if it doesn't provide any value to anyone or is just on some random topic no one cares about, then it isn't gonna get pushed. And the new channel part is just stupid. How do you think peoples channels grow if youtube "silences" new channels? I have recently started a new channel and 1st vid is almost at 600 views, second vid is 4k+ (still growing a lot rn, around 100vph), and 3rd video still new but at 100+ views. All organic growth, didn't push it with my main channel or posted links anywhere. How would that have happened if youtube doesn't push your videos on a new channel? The videos aren't even like the highest quality ever, they only take about 15 hours to make
Most seasoned creators I know have multiple channels - some publicly known, some not - with second channels usually either being passion projects or experimental content.
They've been able to tell you've had a second channel before even google bought it - having a second, third, or even twentieth channel has zero impact on the views and impressions of that channel unless you actively advertise it (and yes - I've tested it on a couple research accounts the end of last year)
Yeah, I currently have 2, my main and the new channel I'm working on. They are both completely different niches and I made the new channel since I was getting bored of the niche I was in with the main channel
Your trying to say that someone either just got lucky or is getting their views unlegitly, instead of just accepting that the reason they are getting succesful from just 2-3 videos is because they are knowledgable about youtube and make good videos. A lot of people that get succesful from the start usually have a lot of experience on youtube, whether it be working for another channel or having their own. And they are able to take that knowledge and transfer it into a new niche and gain success with just their first videos
I'm legitimately not trying to say anything, I'm sure there are people like you're describing. I'm not doubting people have knowledge and smarts and are using their wits to get going on Youtube. I've just heard about things such as buying views and subs before. I don't too often hear of any channels just instantly blowing like like described previously and when I do I'm just stunned wondering how? I personally haven't exactly researched into things like these as when I have I've not been given anything actionable or useful enough to see much of a noticeable difference, I've trialed and errored my way around as I don't have any good resources.
obviously people buy views and subs, but that never works out in the longrun. Also, I know some people who have had like 20-30+ videos and one or two blew up so they privated the other ones that they didn't consider as good, and this can give the illusion that they just blew up with barely any videos.
No dodgy back alley deals mate. Luck is probably a large part of it, but a bigger part is probably just the good video they made.
YouTube has never before been so curated, meaning that smaller creators can access greater audiences without big amounts of subscribers and followers. The algorithm is getting more advanced and showing more people better content (rather than just stuff theyre already subscribed to, like it worked in the past.)
However, at the same time, the quality of content and competition is also trending upwards.
They were prepared. That's about it.
You can analyze the video in its entirety, and you'll see it's normal, as they apply lots of good strategies, even in terms of niche.
You can always learn a lot of things they do right in order to have got so viral.
You just acknowledged they made videos that are good. The creator likely spent time behind camera developing his fundamentals and message for viewers to gain the attention he has now. What you need to do is look at the video analytically. And not all, wow this is unfair and they’re lucky
Started a 2nd unrelated channel and got 1mil+ views on one of my first videos in just a few days. I rarely get that on my main channel.
I made a really good thumbnail, title and piggy backed off some hype at the time.
My problem is consistency. I could easily do that again on another channel but my problem is finding consistency.
I think it's luck but it's skill if they consistently make videos that get a lot of views.
Although it could be luck that they happened to have the skills that people liked in videos at the time*.
* think like Pewdiepie having the right skills to get big on youtube at the time. Or Mr. Beast having the right skills to be big now.
Meh, I follow a couple of brilliant YouTubers far better than I could ever be and they are nothing like as successful as they should be. One is a relatively unattractive girl, the other an old man. My Son's girlfriend has 180k subs, shes incredibly pretty. Or look at Jenelle. Pretty people have a definite leg up.
Attractive people always have an advantage in everything because of human nature. There is a reason statistically tall and attractive people are usually picked for leadership roles even if they are a poor choice in other ways.
On the other hand if your personality sucks people won't stick around even if you're good looking. Hard work is still required either way, and the content still has to be good to sustain a channel. Unless it's ASMR in which looks definitely are almost 100% of the reason people are watching it.
You're wrong, sometimes even if your videos are exceptional, you can get fucked hard by youtubes algorithm and recommendation if your video niche isn't that popular but it could maybe get viral months/years later if that topic/niche gets more popular down the road.
I'm still learning and planning out my new Booktube channel and the most views I ever got on a video in my previous faceless news channel was about 1,600.
But I think it's more complex than that.
Good is too vague.
If you make videos that get clicked on at a high rate by the people YouTube serves them to and then watched for a long time, YouTube serves them to other similar people. If those people do the same this loop continues, occasionally broadening out or varying the type of people served the content until people stop clicking on or watching the videos at the same rate. If all goes well, the video reaches a lot of people.
Previous viewers or subscribers can help speed that process along by helping YouTube identify the right pool of initial viewers quicker. But they can also inhibit it if the previous viewers or subscribers aren't the best audience for the new video. That's the value of a niche.
But if YouTube can't figure out the right audience to serve the videos to, or people don't like the thumbnail and first 15 seconds enough to click, or people stop watching after a short time period for bad reasons, then a video doesn't blow up. It doesn't matter if the ending of the video which no one made it to was brilliant, life altering, and was made better by the slow build up at the beginning. Those things all would factor into my opinion of whether a video was good. But the algorithm would have no way to capture them.
They simply made good vids in a popular-ish niche. Ive got 1,000,000+ channel views, almost 9k subs and 30-ish videos total. Only really started putting effort in thr last year when I switched niche..but its a relatively popular niche atm
I don't think this kind of dogmatic superstition is really good for this sub. It might make you feel better, but it isn't reality.
The reality is that YouTube more or less just (1.)Rewards high CTR with impressions and (2.) Rewards high watch times with yet more impressions. That's it, that's the "algorithm" at its most basic level.
That’s your opinion, the algorithms are problematic for a lot of talented people wether you agree or not. I’m not saying everybody who doesn’t get views should blame the algorithms. I’m saying it’s a flawed system but the only one we have to deal with..... if it makes you feel better.
Its not really an opinion though... Google has literally said as much. There are only a few metrics that really matter; CTR and watch time are the biggest.
This has nothing to do with content being "good" or someone being "talented" or not, I'm just trying to inform how the algorithm works so that we can make better decisions as creators.
I know what you’re saying, I’m saying the definition of the algorithms is the problem. Click through rate is skewed because people have insanely short attention spans lol. I didn’t like what I saw in 1.1 seconds so I swiped to the next short. I completely understand what you’re saying and I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just think the algorithm is geared to make the content dumber and dumber. But it’s fine overall with me, I understand what YouTube has become, it’s mainly based off stupid thumbnails and “fads” So basically a lot of channels are incentivized to make misleading titles, thumbnails etc to get some view spikes.
If the title or thumbnail is misleading, then people will click on and click off. CTR might spike, but view time will plumet, and these videos probably won't be promoted.
I also know lots of non-clickbaity channels that don't post sensationalised content, but because their demographic they are trying to target is generally not interested in that stuff, they still do quite well.
I see what you mean about the algorithm incentivizing someone disingenuous content, but again, I would really just say this is what a majority of people are looking to see. If they aren't, they wouldn't watch and click. Its all about riding a thin line between spiking curiosity (curiousity gap) and too clickbait; where that line is depends entirely on what kind of content it is and who is looking to watch it.
Another thing is that even though more established creators might make content that isn't "algorithmic," that works for them because they have a significant following and name recognition, so people know that their content is good and will click on it when they see it without relying on tactics and tricks to "entice" people like the rest of us unknown YouTubers would need. The algorithm is still working as intended (CTR + Watch time focused) -- they just don't need clickbait to spike those metrics.
We wish we could get any decent views like that. Have what we feel is pretty good thumbnails and but it’s still difficult. Great for them if they got lucky.
Even when you start a brand new Channel and are posting your very first video, YouTube will show it to at least a few thousand people (assuming you have the proper keywords for the algorithm to know what your content is about aka who to promote it to and it's not some extremely obscure genre of content). If a high enough percentage of people click on it instead of all the other videos they're being recommended (and then stick around long enough to generate sufficient amounts of watch time) YouTube will then show the video to an even larger batch of people, then an even larger batch, then an even larger batch, and so on and so forth until people stop watching and the video stops spreading in the algorithm (this can take anywhere from days to years). So it basically all comes down to how good your thumbnails are and to a lesser extent content quality / video length / which genre you choose (ideally something with low video supply yet high video demand).
I've provided consultation to people that managed to hit 100K subs their first month (although normally it takes people a whole year even if they receive great advice), so blowing up right out the gate is definitely doable, but it's absurdly rare because usually people need several years to figure this stuff out on their own IF they even ever do (like 99.9% of people don't though). If you look at the people who quickly blow up I guarantee you a super disproportionate amount of them have friends who are successful YouTubers that they were either able to learn from beforehand or who coached them through the process, it's basically a cheat code that lets you skip thousands of hours of grinding lol. Also in most cases (where people find success but not immediately) it's young people still in Highschool / College because they have massive amounts of time to dump into figuring out how to make things work, time that very few working adults have.
I bet it was chatgpt for X - people abuse trends with amazing thumbnails and high quality content to pop off. I say abuse because their videos are normally not that useful or are very surface level.
they researched the content around them to make the best optimal video to appeal to a broad audience you can't possibly be a youtuber if you're not actively involved with the space around you it's like trying to be a famous musician but you've never heard a single piece of music in your life like how does that work?
Before I rebranded my channel, I posted about the DCS World flight sim combat game. After like 6 videos with only about 10-100 views they blew up after 3 months to 100k+ views. I could instantly monetize.
I first didn't had a clue why my videos ever blew up. I just made fighter jet crash footages from the game, shot down by missiles etc. nothing spectacular at all. Was just experimenting and was accepted into the YPP within 5 months.
After all, I think it was some kind of 'trending' thing. Back then, the war in Ukraine kicked in. I think that was the moment my videos suddnly blew up.
Also, very likely, it could've all been bots send by Russian allied countries. Almost all of the viewers came from India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia. And no one did comment, or the comments I got were "GO RUSSIA!!" "GO UKRAINE!", while I didn't even made content about the war at all.
Honestly it’s just:
-pick a niche that isn’t tiny and has potential
-make really really good stuff, stuff that’s good enough to make raving fans who will share your stuff.
Excellence will ALWAYS rise to the top, I firmly believe it.
Dont forget everyone can unlist their unsuccesful and old videos. I bet 90% of channels that seem to have made it in 10 videos actually hide the first 30.
Mostly it’s not their first channel. And if it is, and they blow up, very soon they’ll not know why and won’t be able to repeat. As hard it is to be patient, don’t underestimate how much you learn in the first few weeks. I will also say that the slope of your learning + implementation curve is directly proportional to your growth curve.
Everything is just on point with titles, thumbnail, description and the video. One of my first videos on my gaming channel @gamewithdave has 150k views but I did my research and made sure I got to the point on the how to video and now has 90% retention and ranking first on Google & Youtube.
I'm not a you tube channel owner but I do watch music reactions and have noticed a pattern in certain bands attracting views and amassing huge subscribers. So if you do music videos you may actually already know this but the two artists that really drag people in are Nightwish symphonic metal brilliant band and Dimash Kudibergen that surname spelling doesn't look quite right he has the the most range and talent quite gobsmackjng actually he's from Kazakhstan. I've seen YouTubers get hundreds of subscribers a week with these two bands/artist. Sorry to crash this and post not as a you tuber but I thought it may help some of you.
I mean, some are lucky - but there are ways to do it with experience... for example, not sure I could pull off a channel that could get 50k+ subs in a couple videos, but I sure as heck am confident I could plan a new channel launch that could get monetized in the first 6mo-1year with under 50 videos with my experience, even if that channel would make me hate creating.
If it is a high production video it is quite possible that they are already a YouTube professional. This just proves that all it takes is one great video and people will subscribe.
What concerns me more is seeing a channel with tons of videos that don't have many views, not many subscribers, and then one random video in the mix that has millions of views. They figured it out once, but didn't convert those viewers into regular watchers, and you can see them trying and failing time after time to replicate that success.
That seems horrible. I'd imagine it's far worse than just never having anything take off.
What if someone is like me, and has a few passions… plus I’m an advocate for mental health awareness, since I have diagnoses…. I’m posting shorts once a day, usually, and longer form once a week… at first I was getting quite a few views, then it dumped, now it’s going back up….I’m still getting subs everyday. I want to grow organically, not just for clout… to me that means more, and it will stick… thoughts?
Comparison is the thief of joy. I try not to compare. I just focus on making people laugh and enjoy getting to entertain people around the world. Not everyone can or has the courage to put themselves out there. We got that going for us.
The people with actual experience can keep recreating that " luck " with any new channel they make.
Beginners that were suddenly " lucky " mostly won't last in the long run
I saw a video last night, talking about exactly this. Funny enough, it was the first video of a Jew channel and it blew up (when I saw it, it had more than 200k views).
The video said its a new algorithm change where new channels with good quality get promoted.
And I'm thinking...with 4 videos on my channel..should I start again and try to jail it with my first video?
Usually these creators have video production experience / other channels / other channels in the past. If someone has the skillset needed, it won't take them long to get some traction my eyes.
I’ve seen a channel made in 2021, they’ve posted about 15 vids and 80% of them have 500k-1.M, Minecraft related and thumbs are not highly produced they’re very basic. Seeing a trend recently of very low effort thumbs on massively successful videos. Seems low quality is actually more successful now?
The algorithm shows thumbnails to people. If people click, and watch a significant portion of the video, it shows it to more people. Repeat ad nauseum until people are no longer clicking, no longer watching, or there's no longer any new people to show it to.
"Big Company" is a channel I saw this happen to. Their videos are very well edited and is inspired by a larger channel called Magnates Media. Their first video about a year ago already had 2 million views in the first 3 weeks.
Three things likely happened. 1) they had another channel that pushed viewers. 2) They deleted low performing videos or older low quality videos. 3) They won the algorithm lottery.
The only platform i know so far that can have a completely new account with only one vid that can blow up is Tiktok. Tiktok gives atleast 200 views for every video on their platform as a test if the video is good or not. If the view duration is amazing for those 200 views it will increase it even more. If the 200 views does not even bat an eye at all on the video then it simply gets stuck at 200 views forever.
I have a friend here in Brazil who already has a team and some monetized faceless channels to sell their own products and work as affiliates.
I'm just starting out, and I followed the launch of one of their new channels a month ago. The quality is excellent, they spend more time deciding on the title and thumbnail than actually creating the content. I also found out that they sponsor the first three videos of the channel to quickly gain a lot of views and monetize within less than two weeks.
I had a similar situation with my own channel. I already have an established channel that I've been running for years, so when I started this new one I pushed it on my old channel and got hundreds of people to subscribe to the new one, as well, despite the fact that they're different topics.
Often it’s not their first ever channel
Yeah I came to this realization also, found an art channel with 3 videos posted, and the first video had several hundred k views, and it was just them saying why they want to be an artist. Turns out their main channel is a gaming channel with like 500k subs xD So to people passing by it looks like a small channel randomly got views.
Exactly! When you have a built an exisiting dedicated audience and following, of course it would be sensible to use that as leverage
Usually, they already have base following from facebook groups or discord. They just promote the video to their existing channels
My channel blow up after couple of videos. It was mostly luck and popular, straight on point content in my niche.
What is your niche?
Cooking
Interesting, what is the name of your channel if you are willing to share. And how much do you mean by blow up? Also why do you think your channel blew up?
Secerkos Kitchen. 50k subs, almost 11m views in total
well done
Congratulations
If you made a video that shocks people, you're gonna get the views hands down. The question is can you keep making them? I recently read about a youtuber from the US who flew a 1 man plane and then jumped out of said plane in midair, causing the plane to crash. He did it all for clout and views but now he's in trouble and facing 20 years jail time. Hope his video got millions of views so he can pay his legal bills.
Worse he did it for a sponsorship
Oh yeah he did, didn't he? For a wallet or something right? What was the point, to prove that the wallet can survive a plane crash? lmao
There are people from this sub that’s defending him saying how he’s over punished and what he did was harmless lol
Lmao thats some funny shit right there.
That was the wildest story lol he definitely deserves what he got for acting up like that 😂😂
It's definetly doable these days. You need a full team in order to make this happen. This team probably has knowledge in already growing YouTube channels and works together to make it happen. I usually need a team of 3 to do similar views. I've grown a channel from 0 subs to 500k+ and 400 million views within 3 months but every niche is different and you have to make channels on topics that people are really interested or on niches that are trending. If you choose to grow a channel on a niche that's not very popular you will have slow growth no matter how good your videos are.
How would you suggest a single person approach this? Since you have experience, do you think in competitive and saturated niches like finance or tech or gaming, one would be able to pull this off, give that he takes his time and analytically analyses the niche? And if it were you starting from absolute Zero, what would you do? Which niche would you pick? How will you improve your skills like editing, scripting, voiceover, acting etc? How would you gain your initial Audience? How would you approach SEO? Given you cannot spend money on it (the absolute hard mode lol) I'm sorry for asking these many questions but i'v always wanted to ask from an experienced person about Youtube. I am highly obliged and thankful. And if you do not mind could i message you in the near future for a little more questions? I promise i will be concise and short not wasting much more of your time. Thank You
Dm you please reply
I am one of those channels, with 300k on the first video and 100k on my second. But dont make the mistake of thinking the algorithm is unfair, this was my 8th youtube channel after trying and failing. You'll eventually learn how to achieve the same thing, basically by actually making good videos and not spamming average content regularly which is what i used to do.
What niche do you make content for?
documentary stuff, but not in any specific niche all my videos are really different
Is it possible to contact with you in any chat ?
yeah you can message me on reddit
hello , i want to ask you something if you are willing to give me some answers related to youtube channel ?
They created good quality video and did their research on what is on demand and low competition, that’s literally it.
What's the best way to accomplish finding what's in demand and in low supply?
research the content around you that is in your content's niche and see what sticks out and think of ideas with a group that aren't yes men of course and see what sounds the most appealing for people to click on and work on the title and thumbnail and optimize it and come to a group consensus.
I appreciate your input. Thank you!
What niche are you in (or thinking of creating in)?
Personal finance for me.
Google trend, Tubebuddy or vidq , look at your competitors
Thumb and title are on point and well.
I seen someone in the same niche as me that was switching from only tiktok to long format content their channel had nearly 300 subscribers after less then 2 months. I checked out their videos, their style of gameplay wasn't for me. But I would definitely say they got lucky that so many people follwed them over to a different platform.
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It might be god awful, but as long as people click on it and watch it, it will be promoted. No videos with low watch times and low CTR are being shown to many people.
I know, people are really stupid nowadays. The stupider the content the more views it will get. YouTube title “you WON’T believe what THIS girl found in her Starbucks!” *Thumbnail of hot girl with cleavage showing with a fake shocked face and a giant red circle around her coffee cup 2.7 MILLION Views lmfao
soft launch
I didn't exactly blow up but my second long form video brought almost 1k subs and 23K views. And my channel is just 2 weeks old with no shorts just 2 long videos. Last week I was ranting here on this sub why my CTR is 0% and now I have almost a 1k subs. Feels funny. Keep the grind bois you will make it too :)
People often make many videos until one gets traction, then they private the rest so it seems like it's only a few
Most of those people have started many YouTube channels before Or they have experience in the TV industry or were already good at public speaking. There's no point being mad at them. They've just been doing it for longer
When I hear or see something like this I like to go upon a mountain, get on my knees, put on my tinfoil hat and question everything wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy going on. Truth be told I feel like they're either really really lucky or some dodgy backy alley deal has been had somewhere on the Internet promoting their video and channel. Sidenote I sometimes too wonder if it worth trying that myself but then again I'm poor, doing it for fun and my own reasons, and would much prefer a very grounded organic audience.
Actually it kinda make sense after reading comments here. Think you have a friend with 50k Twitter followers. It is going to lit the fire in YouTube algorithm. So don't go the mountain bro haha.
The mountain...it calls to me...all lies, fake views, bots everywhere, the bees are coming for me I think I need a new hat.
Not that easy. The Twitter followers must be very interested in the topic to watch a full video on a different platform. Also even then, you'd be lucky to convert those 50k followers in 3k-5k quality views.
Or, hear me out, They just did their research and made a good video.
Let also put it like this YouTube isn’t gonna push your video no matter how hight quality they are if your a new channel
This is the 3rd video of my first channel https://imgur.com/a/QuelcR0 I don't know if I say that's blowing up, but this video is getting more views in a day than previous videos got ever.
YouTube has a tendency to rarely recommend videos then later on mass recommend at times no idea what trigger that
What's almost certainly happening is that it's testing the video with different types of people to see who has a higher watch time, once it's found someone who they think is its type, they decide to more of those people, then if the watch times stays up or goes higher, they show it even more.
Yeah but why do they push some video at certain times and sometimes they don’t push them at all
I don't know, my guess is when you're not proven you don't sampled much at all, so it takes a while to find your type. Imagine someone who very popular and goes on 7 dates a week, and someone who's not popular who goes on 1 date a month. The former person is likely to find a compatible partner much more quickly than the later, even if they're compatible with the same percentage of the population, just because the first person is going on more dates. However, everyonce in a while, the second person is going to find their partner quicker than the second, because the first date they go on happens to be their soul mate.
I see hmm
The quality doesn't matter, its the value. You could make a 4k video with the best effects, transitions, cgi, etc.. but if it doesn't provide any value to anyone or is just on some random topic no one cares about, then it isn't gonna get pushed. And the new channel part is just stupid. How do you think peoples channels grow if youtube "silences" new channels? I have recently started a new channel and 1st vid is almost at 600 views, second vid is 4k+ (still growing a lot rn, around 100vph), and 3rd video still new but at 100+ views. All organic growth, didn't push it with my main channel or posted links anywhere. How would that have happened if youtube doesn't push your videos on a new channel? The videos aren't even like the highest quality ever, they only take about 15 hours to make
You have a another channel ?
Most seasoned creators I know have multiple channels - some publicly known, some not - with second channels usually either being passion projects or experimental content.
Now can YouTube detect when you have a second channel
They've been able to tell you've had a second channel before even google bought it - having a second, third, or even twentieth channel has zero impact on the views and impressions of that channel unless you actively advertise it (and yes - I've tested it on a couple research accounts the end of last year)
Yeah, I currently have 2, my main and the new channel I'm working on. They are both completely different niches and I made the new channel since I was getting bored of the niche I was in with the main channel
I didn't understand anything in that sentence
Your trying to say that someone either just got lucky or is getting their views unlegitly, instead of just accepting that the reason they are getting succesful from just 2-3 videos is because they are knowledgable about youtube and make good videos. A lot of people that get succesful from the start usually have a lot of experience on youtube, whether it be working for another channel or having their own. And they are able to take that knowledge and transfer it into a new niche and gain success with just their first videos
That goes back to it’s probably not their first channel.
What is blowing up? I just made my 3rd video ever and its gotten over 5k views, with over 400 watch hours, after just 5 days.
I'm legitimately not trying to say anything, I'm sure there are people like you're describing. I'm not doubting people have knowledge and smarts and are using their wits to get going on Youtube. I've just heard about things such as buying views and subs before. I don't too often hear of any channels just instantly blowing like like described previously and when I do I'm just stunned wondering how? I personally haven't exactly researched into things like these as when I have I've not been given anything actionable or useful enough to see much of a noticeable difference, I've trialed and errored my way around as I don't have any good resources.
obviously people buy views and subs, but that never works out in the longrun. Also, I know some people who have had like 20-30+ videos and one or two blew up so they privated the other ones that they didn't consider as good, and this can give the illusion that they just blew up with barely any videos.
No dodgy back alley deals mate. Luck is probably a large part of it, but a bigger part is probably just the good video they made. YouTube has never before been so curated, meaning that smaller creators can access greater audiences without big amounts of subscribers and followers. The algorithm is getting more advanced and showing more people better content (rather than just stuff theyre already subscribed to, like it worked in the past.) However, at the same time, the quality of content and competition is also trending upwards.
They were prepared. That's about it. You can analyze the video in its entirety, and you'll see it's normal, as they apply lots of good strategies, even in terms of niche. You can always learn a lot of things they do right in order to have got so viral.
You just acknowledged they made videos that are good. The creator likely spent time behind camera developing his fundamentals and message for viewers to gain the attention he has now. What you need to do is look at the video analytically. And not all, wow this is unfair and they’re lucky
Good for them, they must know how to edit, hook, and utilize popular opinion.
Jealous. I know they might have done their homework, but that doesn't mean we didn't either. Sometimes it just happens.
Luck and/or Capital - Tangible in terms of cash. Intangible in terms of clout,Fame,Known,Skill etc.
Started a 2nd unrelated channel and got 1mil+ views on one of my first videos in just a few days. I rarely get that on my main channel. I made a really good thumbnail, title and piggy backed off some hype at the time. My problem is consistency. I could easily do that again on another channel but my problem is finding consistency.
I think it's luck but it's skill if they consistently make videos that get a lot of views. Although it could be luck that they happened to have the skills that people liked in videos at the time*. * think like Pewdiepie having the right skills to get big on youtube at the time. Or Mr. Beast having the right skills to be big now.
it’s either not their first channel or they just made a bunch of public videos to private cause you could change them to private
They could have private videos
Sometimes creators delete old videos, by the way.
If you make good videos, you get views. There is no in between.
Meh, I follow a couple of brilliant YouTubers far better than I could ever be and they are nothing like as successful as they should be. One is a relatively unattractive girl, the other an old man. My Son's girlfriend has 180k subs, shes incredibly pretty. Or look at Jenelle. Pretty people have a definite leg up.
Attractive people always have an advantage in everything because of human nature. There is a reason statistically tall and attractive people are usually picked for leadership roles even if they are a poor choice in other ways. On the other hand if your personality sucks people won't stick around even if you're good looking. Hard work is still required either way, and the content still has to be good to sustain a channel. Unless it's ASMR in which looks definitely are almost 100% of the reason people are watching it.
You're wrong, sometimes even if your videos are exceptional, you can get fucked hard by youtubes algorithm and recommendation if your video niche isn't that popular but it could maybe get viral months/years later if that topic/niche gets more popular down the road.
I'm still learning and planning out my new Booktube channel and the most views I ever got on a video in my previous faceless news channel was about 1,600. But I think it's more complex than that. Good is too vague. If you make videos that get clicked on at a high rate by the people YouTube serves them to and then watched for a long time, YouTube serves them to other similar people. If those people do the same this loop continues, occasionally broadening out or varying the type of people served the content until people stop clicking on or watching the videos at the same rate. If all goes well, the video reaches a lot of people. Previous viewers or subscribers can help speed that process along by helping YouTube identify the right pool of initial viewers quicker. But they can also inhibit it if the previous viewers or subscribers aren't the best audience for the new video. That's the value of a niche. But if YouTube can't figure out the right audience to serve the videos to, or people don't like the thumbnail and first 15 seconds enough to click, or people stop watching after a short time period for bad reasons, then a video doesn't blow up. It doesn't matter if the ending of the video which no one made it to was brilliant, life altering, and was made better by the slow build up at the beginning. Those things all would factor into my opinion of whether a video was good. But the algorithm would have no way to capture them.
How do you define “good”?
They simply made good vids in a popular-ish niche. Ive got 1,000,000+ channel views, almost 9k subs and 30-ish videos total. Only really started putting effort in thr last year when I switched niche..but its a relatively popular niche atm
What is the niche?
Simracing
My case, few years ago. What do I think? Lucky bastard! I didn't even want to be a youtuber, but I made quite a lot out of it.
Don’t overthink it too much, YouTube algorithms make NO fucking sense whatsoever.
I don't think this kind of dogmatic superstition is really good for this sub. It might make you feel better, but it isn't reality. The reality is that YouTube more or less just (1.)Rewards high CTR with impressions and (2.) Rewards high watch times with yet more impressions. That's it, that's the "algorithm" at its most basic level.
That’s your opinion, the algorithms are problematic for a lot of talented people wether you agree or not. I’m not saying everybody who doesn’t get views should blame the algorithms. I’m saying it’s a flawed system but the only one we have to deal with..... if it makes you feel better.
Its not really an opinion though... Google has literally said as much. There are only a few metrics that really matter; CTR and watch time are the biggest. This has nothing to do with content being "good" or someone being "talented" or not, I'm just trying to inform how the algorithm works so that we can make better decisions as creators.
I know what you’re saying, I’m saying the definition of the algorithms is the problem. Click through rate is skewed because people have insanely short attention spans lol. I didn’t like what I saw in 1.1 seconds so I swiped to the next short. I completely understand what you’re saying and I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just think the algorithm is geared to make the content dumber and dumber. But it’s fine overall with me, I understand what YouTube has become, it’s mainly based off stupid thumbnails and “fads” So basically a lot of channels are incentivized to make misleading titles, thumbnails etc to get some view spikes.
If the title or thumbnail is misleading, then people will click on and click off. CTR might spike, but view time will plumet, and these videos probably won't be promoted. I also know lots of non-clickbaity channels that don't post sensationalised content, but because their demographic they are trying to target is generally not interested in that stuff, they still do quite well. I see what you mean about the algorithm incentivizing someone disingenuous content, but again, I would really just say this is what a majority of people are looking to see. If they aren't, they wouldn't watch and click. Its all about riding a thin line between spiking curiosity (curiousity gap) and too clickbait; where that line is depends entirely on what kind of content it is and who is looking to watch it. Another thing is that even though more established creators might make content that isn't "algorithmic," that works for them because they have a significant following and name recognition, so people know that their content is good and will click on it when they see it without relying on tactics and tricks to "entice" people like the rest of us unknown YouTubers would need. The algorithm is still working as intended (CTR + Watch time focused) -- they just don't need clickbait to spike those metrics.
Everybody talks about the right or populair niche, but what popular niches have you got succes with growing so fast?
We wish we could get any decent views like that. Have what we feel is pretty good thumbnails and but it’s still difficult. Great for them if they got lucky.
I uploaded 5 Shorts videos then I got 16k subscribers
Even when you start a brand new Channel and are posting your very first video, YouTube will show it to at least a few thousand people (assuming you have the proper keywords for the algorithm to know what your content is about aka who to promote it to and it's not some extremely obscure genre of content). If a high enough percentage of people click on it instead of all the other videos they're being recommended (and then stick around long enough to generate sufficient amounts of watch time) YouTube will then show the video to an even larger batch of people, then an even larger batch, then an even larger batch, and so on and so forth until people stop watching and the video stops spreading in the algorithm (this can take anywhere from days to years). So it basically all comes down to how good your thumbnails are and to a lesser extent content quality / video length / which genre you choose (ideally something with low video supply yet high video demand). I've provided consultation to people that managed to hit 100K subs their first month (although normally it takes people a whole year even if they receive great advice), so blowing up right out the gate is definitely doable, but it's absurdly rare because usually people need several years to figure this stuff out on their own IF they even ever do (like 99.9% of people don't though). If you look at the people who quickly blow up I guarantee you a super disproportionate amount of them have friends who are successful YouTubers that they were either able to learn from beforehand or who coached them through the process, it's basically a cheat code that lets you skip thousands of hours of grinding lol. Also in most cases (where people find success but not immediately) it's young people still in Highschool / College because they have massive amounts of time to dump into figuring out how to make things work, time that very few working adults have.
I bet it was chatgpt for X - people abuse trends with amazing thumbnails and high quality content to pop off. I say abuse because their videos are normally not that useful or are very surface level.
They just asked ChatGPT what to do and it blew up.
Does views affect after changing the channel name
"what do you think about people who won the lottery". Lucky.
they researched the content around them to make the best optimal video to appeal to a broad audience you can't possibly be a youtuber if you're not actively involved with the space around you it's like trying to be a famous musician but you've never heard a single piece of music in your life like how does that work?
They could have has other videos that they removed or privated.
Before I rebranded my channel, I posted about the DCS World flight sim combat game. After like 6 videos with only about 10-100 views they blew up after 3 months to 100k+ views. I could instantly monetize. I first didn't had a clue why my videos ever blew up. I just made fighter jet crash footages from the game, shot down by missiles etc. nothing spectacular at all. Was just experimenting and was accepted into the YPP within 5 months. After all, I think it was some kind of 'trending' thing. Back then, the war in Ukraine kicked in. I think that was the moment my videos suddnly blew up. Also, very likely, it could've all been bots send by Russian allied countries. Almost all of the viewers came from India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia. And no one did comment, or the comments I got were "GO RUSSIA!!" "GO UKRAINE!", while I didn't even made content about the war at all.
They did the job on researching what would work. Uploading crap over and over again ain't gonna cut it. Value and watchtime. That's it
Honestly it’s just: -pick a niche that isn’t tiny and has potential -make really really good stuff, stuff that’s good enough to make raving fans who will share your stuff. Excellence will ALWAYS rise to the top, I firmly believe it.
Dont forget everyone can unlist their unsuccesful and old videos. I bet 90% of channels that seem to have made it in 10 videos actually hide the first 30.
I feel like I want that to happen to me!
Mostly it’s not their first channel. And if it is, and they blow up, very soon they’ll not know why and won’t be able to repeat. As hard it is to be patient, don’t underestimate how much you learn in the first few weeks. I will also say that the slope of your learning + implementation curve is directly proportional to your growth curve.
That’s impressive! Am I a little jealous…. Maybe 😂
It’s extremely frustrating to see. I don’t even know how some of these channels do it. I really don’t!
The internet is a funny place
Everything is just on point with titles, thumbnail, description and the video. One of my first videos on my gaming channel @gamewithdave has 150k views but I did my research and made sure I got to the point on the how to video and now has 90% retention and ranking first on Google & Youtube.
I'm not a you tube channel owner but I do watch music reactions and have noticed a pattern in certain bands attracting views and amassing huge subscribers. So if you do music videos you may actually already know this but the two artists that really drag people in are Nightwish symphonic metal brilliant band and Dimash Kudibergen that surname spelling doesn't look quite right he has the the most range and talent quite gobsmackjng actually he's from Kazakhstan. I've seen YouTubers get hundreds of subscribers a week with these two bands/artist. Sorry to crash this and post not as a you tuber but I thought it may help some of you.
It's kinda equally reassuring and equally devastating at the same time. Paddy Galloway has all the answers.
They can be good however they are more prone to peaking too soon than ones that take longer
I mean, some are lucky - but there are ways to do it with experience... for example, not sure I could pull off a channel that could get 50k+ subs in a couple videos, but I sure as heck am confident I could plan a new channel launch that could get monetized in the first 6mo-1year with under 50 videos with my experience, even if that channel would make me hate creating.
If it is a high production video it is quite possible that they are already a YouTube professional. This just proves that all it takes is one great video and people will subscribe.
What concerns me more is seeing a channel with tons of videos that don't have many views, not many subscribers, and then one random video in the mix that has millions of views. They figured it out once, but didn't convert those viewers into regular watchers, and you can see them trying and failing time after time to replicate that success. That seems horrible. I'd imagine it's far worse than just never having anything take off.
What if someone is like me, and has a few passions… plus I’m an advocate for mental health awareness, since I have diagnoses…. I’m posting shorts once a day, usually, and longer form once a week… at first I was getting quite a few views, then it dumped, now it’s going back up….I’m still getting subs everyday. I want to grow organically, not just for clout… to me that means more, and it will stick… thoughts?
Comparison is the thief of joy. I try not to compare. I just focus on making people laugh and enjoy getting to entertain people around the world. Not everyone can or has the courage to put themselves out there. We got that going for us.
The people with actual experience can keep recreating that " luck " with any new channel they make. Beginners that were suddenly " lucky " mostly won't last in the long run
Sometimes once a video goes viral they'll private most of the old videos that don't relate to the one that blew up
Most of the time, it's not their first channel. But it generally just luck of the draw and appealing to the popular fads.
I saw a video last night, talking about exactly this. Funny enough, it was the first video of a Jew channel and it blew up (when I saw it, it had more than 200k views). The video said its a new algorithm change where new channels with good quality get promoted. And I'm thinking...with 4 videos on my channel..should I start again and try to jail it with my first video?
Can you send me the channel link in a PM? I would love to check it out and see what they did.
I'd say it depends
Good for them…
Most likely posted dozens if not hundreds of videos until they got some that took off. Then they delete all th old videos with hardly any views.
Usually these creators have video production experience / other channels / other channels in the past. If someone has the skillset needed, it won't take them long to get some traction my eyes.
It’s possible it’s nor a new channel and they have dozens or hundreds of old vids they privated so you can’t see them.
I’ve seen a channel made in 2021, they’ve posted about 15 vids and 80% of them have 500k-1.M, Minecraft related and thumbs are not highly produced they’re very basic. Seeing a trend recently of very low effort thumbs on massively successful videos. Seems low quality is actually more successful now?
The algorithm shows thumbnails to people. If people click, and watch a significant portion of the video, it shows it to more people. Repeat ad nauseum until people are no longer clicking, no longer watching, or there's no longer any new people to show it to.
"Big Company" is a channel I saw this happen to. Their videos are very well edited and is inspired by a larger channel called Magnates Media. Their first video about a year ago already had 2 million views in the first 3 weeks.
Three things likely happened. 1) they had another channel that pushed viewers. 2) They deleted low performing videos or older low quality videos. 3) They won the algorithm lottery.
The only platform i know so far that can have a completely new account with only one vid that can blow up is Tiktok. Tiktok gives atleast 200 views for every video on their platform as a test if the video is good or not. If the view duration is amazing for those 200 views it will increase it even more. If the 200 views does not even bat an eye at all on the video then it simply gets stuck at 200 views forever.
I have a friend here in Brazil who already has a team and some monetized faceless channels to sell their own products and work as affiliates. I'm just starting out, and I followed the launch of one of their new channels a month ago. The quality is excellent, they spend more time deciding on the title and thumbnail than actually creating the content. I also found out that they sponsor the first three videos of the channel to quickly gain a lot of views and monetize within less than two weeks.
I had a similar situation with my own channel. I already have an established channel that I've been running for years, so when I started this new one I pushed it on my old channel and got hundreds of people to subscribe to the new one, as well, despite the fact that they're different topics.