audience

  1. E

    shorter videos when starting out?

    I made my channel in 2009 and I just have 720 subscsribers (as i'm not consistent). I want to take it more seriously and I thought about making tutorials that are short and straight to the point, something that's not seen very often. While I still can't make money, i'm worried that actually...
  2. T

    How Do Channels Get Their First Views?

    So I have a quick question about growth. Ive had a channel for about two years now and all my videos essentially sit at 0 views. I will accept that by assuming I am creating videos of no interest and have decided to consider different sorts of videos. However, this does get me wondering how to...
  3. Abdullahx9000

    How do I improve my Audience Retention? [Video Example]

    I am doing everything I know and my best and I am still getting Low audience retention (Around 40-50%) and low views even with around 9000 subscribers. I am really curious to know what could be causing these problems. What might make you click off my videos? Please review this video: (ACE...
  4. Caroll

    Opinion on Starting Over

    Do you think it's good for channels with very little to no audience retention to start over? I've been wondering for a while now if I should just start over, I have 179 subscribers and demographics show that only about 10 of my subscribers even watch my videos. I know Ethan from CrankGameplays...
  5. GZG

    Question about getting views and SEO?

    Hi yttalk community, So I have a question on how would I go about getting my videos/channel to be noticed. I know that SEO plays a big role and if it's mainly based on things like watch time, engagement, social media shares, etc. videos from big channels almost always occupy the rankings (its...
  6. M

    Excluding certain audiences?

    Hey everyone, First of all, I do hope this is in the right forum category, if not, please let me know so I can try to move it :) So, my channel focuses on women’s health and fitness but everytime I make a video and I say something like “Hi ladies” or “hey girls” I totally feel like I’m...
  7. Dutchie Abroad

    Why you are not getting any views || A networking story

    Something that I notice a lot on this forum are people that are complaining that they don’t get any views. Some have done sub4sub in the past, others have only been around for a few weeks and some have been doing this for ages. But I can tell you, the number one reason that you are not getting...
  8. hj154

    Is YouTubing even a possibility anymore?? (Advice needed)

    I enjoy YouTubing, but I haven't uploaded in forever. YouTube is my dream, and I have good software (Premiere Pro/Photoshop) and good equipment, but is it even possible to get noticed anymore? Is it too congested to gain an audience? Any advice or tips? Thanks....
  9. darkstarmedia

    Where Are Your Audience?

    I'm curious to know in which countries your content receives the most views! For example; I'm based in the UK and my top countries are: Last 28 days: United Kingdom (43.8%) United States (30.4%) Australia (4.2%) Canada (2.7%) Italy/Germany (2.1%) Lifetime: United Kingdom (47.5%) United...
  10. Dutchie Abroad

    How to find your Niche || Who is your audience?

    Hello everyone!~ A while back I gave a quite elaborate answer to someone’s question about finding your niche on Youtube. I decided to write it out a little bit and share it with all of you. I’ll warn you in advance, it is quite a wall of text! If you are asking yourself what I am basing this...
  11. Rory Hollinshead

    Vlog Looking for a any collabs

    Just starting out im an aspiring film maker and i want to seriously get into vlogging but i just feel like i havent got the audience to really start doing it yet so i want to just do as much collaboration as possible to get my name out there. I've done pranks in the past, a couple short films ...
  12. avrona

    How Can I Promote My Channel More?

    So I've been doing YouTube for 3 and a half years, yet I only get around 12 views per video, so I really want to do more promotion, but no matter where I look, I just find things I already do. So any more ideas anyone?
  13. Rieverze

    The way I engage on my audience.

    So, I made my third video now recently. And I've got alot of good feedback on my first video, now my next goal is to improve my way of engaging on my audience. I tried working on this in my last video, as in the approaching, talking to the viewer. I am aware that the wind really killed it this...
  14. F

    Help- Sudden Slow Channel Growth?

    Hi, everyone. I have a growing channel that recently hit 400,000 subscribers and then the growth seemed to totally stagnate and I just can't seem to figure it out, and I don't know how concerned I should be. I have months of "massive" growth followed by major slows. Throwing some analytics your...
  15. General O

    Capturing an Audience

    Hey everyone long time no talk, so heres the thing, my friends and I are trying to get our Youtube channel up and popping but we are having a hard time figure out what sort of videos we should do or what kind of audience we should try to capture. I believer on Youtube it is best if you find an...
  16. SnowAspire

    Gaming Skyrim/Fallout 4 Mod Review Partner(s)

    I am looking for an individual to help review Skyrim and Fallout 4 Mods. I currently review them by myself, but I feel that if there was more of a discussion about the mods in review between 2 or more people, the videos could be even more entertaining. Right now, I am doing Mod reviews once a...
  17. Nanonium

    Allow viewers to contribute translated titles, descriptions, and subtitles/CC ?

    OK, so YouTube has this feature when uploading where you can enable "Allow viewers to contribute translated titles, descriptions, and subtitles/CC " in the advanced options section, I was wondering if it's worth turning on. I mean, my audience is small, I don't exactly have a fanbase so is it...
  18. Hashtag10

    #Where can i promote efficiently?

    Hey guys. I've read some of the post on this thread and i'm struggling with the same problems as you. I'm struggling with my low audience, retention time, subscribers, s****y PC for which i made a Indigogo campaign, and so on. I'm really struggling but i dont wanna quit. I love doing this...
  19. C

    Please - How Do I Reach My Target Audience?

    Hello YTtalker, I would describe my channel as very Comedy Central like. Its a bunch of videos with ignorant humor, and a bit expletive. If you're going to give a suggestion, please watch the linked video in my signature first. I'm having a hard time of reaching my audience, which is...
  20. D

    Tips on choosing the right tags?

    Okay so i'm sure like many others out there, struggle finding the correct tags for my videos, for most of my videos I've sat there and pondered whether it's the best tags I can muster. With that being said, does anyone have any tips or guidelines to help come up with some good tags?
  21. ProjectJamesify

    Does watching your own video to the end affect your retention positively?

    I have a habit of always watching my videos to the end when it's already uploaded to YouTube, but does this affect the retention of your video? Does it do any good? Anybody else who does this? :p Thanks. -James
  22. Mandi at Random

    Promoting Videos Through Adsense...worth it or not?

    I have promoted a few videos through Adsense...while I did get quite a few views, attracting new subscribers was low. (using the "general audience" option.) Do you promote through Adsense? If so, what audience targeting options do you find the most helpful for your videos? (I am in the comedy...
  23. The Black Mastadonte

    My New Series led by my Audience

    Hey guys. So today I just started a new series made for my audience to play a larger role in my channel. The premise is that you guys watch the video and ask us questions. On the next episode, me and my cohost that you see in the video, the White Mastadonte will have a hilarious argument about...
  24. Next Life TV

    Building a core audience

    i'm new to YouTube and wondering if anyone has advice for building a core audience. For most that view my channel they say they enjoy the content, but im struggling to bring in constant views. In 2 months i have 30 subscribers, and with 10 videos i almost have 1,000 views total. My main source...
  25. Johnny Kag

    Being discovered by new audience

    Hi fellow youtubers! Nowadays it is way more difficult to be discovered by new people than it used to be, and if somebody ends up watching your videos, the chances of him subscribing are very small. A few years ago, youtubers were still in the making, they were fewer, and thus they would be...
  26. Ermelin

    Let's talk about audience retention...

    I'm curious to know what is your average audience rentention in your video with the most views. if you have a low rentention rate, What do you think is making people leave your videos My video with the most views (1,439 views) has a retention rate of 25.4%. It was titled "tornado warning at...
  27. theredletterORG

    Understanding Absolute Audience Retention???

    Does anyone know how to read that graph? I keep looking at it and on most of my content it starts off over 100% (Not sure how that is possible?) Then falls to below 50% sometimes even further, It can be pretty discouraging, number 1 because I feel as though my content maybe isn't very...
  28. ChilledAffinity

    Why its important to love what you do.

    I started Youtube in 2007 and since then have had more channels than i care to count. I literally tried every style of channel from sketch comedy to action films to daily vlogger to parkour to everything. With each channel it was the same story. id be super keen on this new idea and venture and...