I am wondering when to call it quits. It has been 9 months and I struggle to get any sort of views on my video. Like I am lucky to get 50-170 views. It feels like I am groveling for breadcrumbs. I will get maybe 1-3 subscribers per video. The only subscribers I have gotten have been through YouTube advertising and I am not even sure if they are real. No one ever comments on my videos (ok maybe 1 comment on occasion). But idk I set out to become a YouTube Partner and it just looks bleak as I near 365 days. It’s a fashion YouTube channel where I mix in Beauty. Maybe should I start a new channel?
#9 months and no real growth
lost horizon
valid kiln
So few things
Everyones youtube journey is different. For some people they blow up after 5 videos, 50, 100, or never.
Ideally you should be making content you enjoy and the views are secondary. Aiming to be monetized is a fine goal but the harsh reality is that youtube is "easy" because anyone can upload a video. There are 3.5million uploads each day and you actively compete against that.
Now as far as 50-170 views and 1-3subscribers per video that does sound low, but I have no context to go off of.
If you have higher impressions and low views you have a title+thumbnail issue.
If you have low impressions also then youtube has no idea who your target audience is.
As far as starting a new channel if its the same niche it wont do much. Ideally as small creators when things are not "working" you start to experiment in either editing/ titles+thumbnails/voiceover/recording etc. If you keep doing the same type of video after 9 months and you feel its not working switch it up and see if that helps.
lost horizon
Thank you. Ok yes maybe it is a title thumbnail issue :(. Is there someone I can hire to help with the titles? There was this one guy in another county that I used for a bit to help me with some thumbnails. Maybe I should go back to him again. Separately The most impressions I got on my videos has been 23K but I typically get 5k impressions with low views and then have had to use advertising to boost the views. 😦
valid kiln
Well I dont recommend using youtubes advertising or any 3rd party source for that. It just gets pushed to whoever.
I think brainstorming would be the better idea than paying someone.
Thumbnails are a skill and I suppose you could pay someone for them but the other option is to potentially pick up a photo editing software(plenty of free ones out there)
Spend a little bit of time watching some basic intros on youtube on the program, looking into basic composition and overall making notes to yourself on your own youtube feed and seeing which thumbnails stick out and which dont.