Can't Compete With the Big YouTubers?

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Hi there, I was just thinking about this subject and I wanted to know what you lovely guys' thoughts on it were.

I feel I should point out from the start, I am not on YT for fame or money, I simply am passionate about what I talk about and love to make videos. Please see the thread where I introduced myself for more information (yttalk.com/threads/scottish-reviewer.75988/)

As a movie reviewer, I'd say the two biggest names are JeremyJahns and ChrisStuckman. Obviously I have no hope to ever get even a fraction of the views and fanbase these guys have, but at the same time I can see why people would only watch their videos and nobody elses. If I was looking for a particular video and ten similar ones showed up; one with 350,000 views, one with 10,000 views, and the other 8 with less than 200, I'd definitely only watch the first two. Thinking "well they must be good, look at the view count".

So I suppose my question is this, how much of a problem for you is this in your chosen field? How hard is it for you to compete with the YouTubers who completely dominate, and get your channel any exposure?
I thought this would be an interesting subject due to the diversity of people in this forum. My guess is that gamers would have the hardest time, with vloggers and make-up tutorial guys also having it pretty hard.

Please share your thoughts, and what your channel does :)
 
I just said this in someone else's thread, but blaming other YouTuber's for your lack of success is mostly quite lame. Unless these people are going out of their way to prevent your success, it isn't their fault and never will be.

Blaming YouTubers, things with boobs, things with good looks, things with this-that-or-the-other is an excuse.
 
They help you not hurt you. They pave the way for the community and you can just follow in their footsteps. Who was it harder for to get in the MLB? Jacky Robinson or Lary Doby? (Second African American baseball pro I think lol)
 
I came across a YouTuber I fell in love with a few weeks back. Course, she has quite a following (20k subs, up to 40k in most videos, good fanbase), but she wasn't HUGE or RICH or MASSIVELY FAMOUS.
It just goes to show that just because you're big on YT doesn't always mean success. Even some of the bigger ones are decreasing in views.
What I aim in YT is just a decent following, that's all and the ability to learn and grow as the years go on in YT :)
 
LuiC said:
I came across a YouTuber I fell in love with a few weeks back. Course, she has quite a following (20k subs, up to 40k in most videos, good fanbase), but she wasn't HUGE or RICH or MASSIVELY FAMOUS.
It just goes to show that just because you're big on YT doesn't always mean success. Even some of the bigger ones are decreasing in views.
What I aim in YT is just a decent following, that's all and the ability to learn and grow as the years go on in YT :)
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I have always said if I ever got to 10k and never got further, I'd be happy. These days it's not considered huge, but 10k to me would be beyond awesome :D
 
I am going down the gaming route, which is probably one of the biggest areas of YouTube with at least two people having over 10 million subscribers, but does this worry me, not really. I understand that I will never get that big, or not in the next few years anyway. As long as I have a small group following me, enjoying my content, I am happy.

To be honest, YouTube is more for me. I am not really a confident person in real life, but behind a computer my friends can see that I am a completely different person. Watching and making my own videos has really boosted my confidence and I am starting to feel much more relaxed at school, and I don't have to worry about what I am saying.
 
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