Derrick Toys
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- Joined
- Oct 31, 2016
- Messages
- 132
- Reaction score
- 75
- Channel Type
- Vlogger
That's pretty much exactly what happened to me. Stupid work keeping me busy lolAs someone who took at 3 month sabbatical, numbers stop coming in and usually people start to unsubscribe unless they genuinely care about you. Plus when you come back, its hard to get the ball rolling again, so you have to weigh up your sanity vs the numbers :')
If you go into YouTube with the sole interest of making it your job, you won't succeed.Once you realize youtube is a full time job and there's just too much competition it's not worth missing out on life. Even as an animator youtube wants me to upload daily to stay in the top ranking that's physically impossible but youtube's algorithm does not care about you.
So I only do youtube as a hobby now there may be months between uploads.
A gaming channel is even worse I've tried (very briefly) you'll be busting your a** trying to record edit and upload 2-3 daily videos just to get maybe 10-12 views max on each it's very draining. If you're trying to do gaming full time you're probably neglecting other things in your life like health, friends, family, girlfriend(most gamers probably don't have one lol) etc.
Heck I couldn't even enjoy playing the game anymore because I was so worried about how the video will look on youtube I didn't want people watching me wasting time fumbling around trying to figure things out.
Bottomline Youtube is either a hobby or a full time job.
I never said I wanted to make a job. It simply becomes a full time job all its own. Who would be making youtube videos in the 1st place if they didn't want people to watch them. I quickly realized where you stand with the competition and if you want to stay on top you gotta bust your a** that's simply not a lifestyle for me anymore.If you go into YouTube with the sole interest of making it your job, you won't succeed.