Do you ever think that your videos aren't the type to become popular?

You have to keep make videos that you enjoy making. I've been watching your channel for a few weeks now and have really been enjoying your DIY show. Just keep it up the good work and the view and subs will come :)
 
Some videos are just more popular than others aswell - with the Steam sale on currently including sales on Endless Legend, my videos on that game have been the most popular during December.
 
Depends on what you mean by "popular".

Like, I focus on two very specific niches, so as far as general popularity most likely not. But in my niche, absolutely.
 
No. I spent all of last year struggling with this. One of my favorite bands, Twenty One Pilots has a lyric: "I'm in constant confrontation with what I want and what is poppin in the industry" that I think is super applicable to me and you too. I admit it is hard to see cookie cutter Youtubers rising so quickly, but trust me it's not worth it trying to be something you're not. Twenty One Pilots has such a unique spot in the music industry because they don't follow any songwriting "rules" and they sing about real issues and their thoughts that people can connect to. They're so damn authentic, I don't think they have one song that's just a party song with no meaning. People appreciate them because of that, because what they are doing is so unique. It may take a while to find the audience that appreciates you for what you're doing, but as long as you keep at it they'll come. Make sure you're still findable, but don't chase after all those popular videos if your heart is not telling you to.
 
My issue is that I still can't find my target audience. Youtube is amazing with showing you the type of demographics that watch your videos. Branching out from a channel where there were two of us and two types of demographics, it's going to be even more tougher to see who's watching because of me. I try to choose videos that I can relate with, and in essence, other people can relate with as well. My mindset went from OMG I NEED 1422323 SUBS NOW, to let me work on perfecting my videos and making it as consistent as possible. I can't even watch my earlier stuff now because I see all the faults, so how can I expect anyone else to?
 
Probably not... but it's a catch 22 because I just love doing the videos I'm currently doing. I don't want to 'sell out' and just jump on whatever bandwagon is currently trending on Youtube that particular week. Maybe that's why I barely recognized anyone from 2015 Rewind...
 
All the time. The kind of animation that gets popular is far from my own niche. Even when I've tried to imitate the popular stuff by being crude, crass, or super random my subs have responded to it negatively. I'd love to broaden a bit but eh-I'm really starting to appreciate the niche I'm in and be thankful I've even gotten as far as I have.
 
In response to the tilte: Yes, and I don't just think it, I have evidence of it, haha.

I prefer and enjoy doing reviews of TV show episodes. Two of my reviews contained discussion on a concept that could be its own video, roughly qualifying as what people refer to as "theory" videos where somebody posits some idea about a TV show.

So I took what I said in my two reviews, revised it slightly so it flows better and elaborated on it a little, and recorded two new videos to be "theory" videos. However, for the most part it's still pretty much what I had said in a portion of my original reviews.

The two review videos are at like 1k and 3k or something (as are the most of my video reviews or lower than that; my really old reviews are at several hundred).

My "theory" videos? Around 30k and 50k.

Yeah. Clearly people don't hold much interest in a review. But I still prefer to make them over other things, so I'm just gonna continue at it. The positive is that despite the large views, there's no discussion these two videos generated that I cared about.
Meanwhile, some of my review videos actually have had discussions I found interesting and had fun contributing to. And to me that's more important when it comes to a hobby than making a (relatively decent for me honestly) chunk of money.
I guess the good thing is also that whenever I catch up with all the reviews I want to do (I fell behind so this is taking a while unfortunately), I can go back and pick out portions of my reviews and make a new video about a concept I discussed, and potentially make some lunch money from them.
 
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