Do you feel that YouTube helps small content creators?

[binky VS bunson]

Wow, heated debate up in herrrrrrr....... Who cares. I say, whatever your opinion is, you should stop worrying about it and focus on your channel and making new/entertaining content. I'm willing to bet that putting energy into your channel instead of putting that energy into arguing with some dink on this thread will probably help your channel in the long run *mic drop* OOOOHHHHH BUUURRRNNNN!

 

[PeezInK]

I feel like YouTube is not supporting us smaller channels but instead looking towards the larger channels on YouTube. YouTube overall has made it harder for smaller channels to grow because of videos that have more of a view time and more views overall get promoted higher and it's harder for smaller channels to get videos high up on the search ranks on daily content that they do. So if I were to post a video on Call of Duty gameplay and it gets 10 views and all those views watch straight through the gameplay then YouTube would actually rank the video with a million views that I had half the video watch higher than mine even though mine has a longer view rating.What this comes at is that larger channels get promoted higher because they're more well known than the smaller youtubers and that's never how it was before. It was way easier for us to grow on YouTube when YouTube helped the small channels. Do you feel the same way? Tell me bellow!

So the biggest input I could give on the matter is this: you're uploading and trying to get noticed in a horrendously over-saturated market (and I'm not hating at all, I upload CoD as well XD). That, I think, is our biggest obstacle.

Beyond that, I did check out your channel and watched your montage video on your main page and another live comm. I do not mean this in a negative way whatsoever ( I promise! ), but your recording quality seems to be low, almost like you've got a camera pointed at your monitor while you play. Can I ask what you record with? It may be an effect of whatever software you do your video editing/rendering with as well... Not sure. Either way, that could be a turnoff for some of your viewers.

Just something to think about, brother. Best of luck!!

 

[binky VS bunson]

So the biggest input I could give on the matter is this: you're uploading and trying to get noticed in a horrendously over-saturated market (and I'm not hating at all, I upload CoD as well XD). That, I think, is our biggest obstacle.

Beyond that, I did check out your channel and watched your montage video on your main page and another live comm. I do not mean this in a negative way whatsoever ( I promise! ), but your recording quality seems to be low, almost like you've got a camera pointed at your monitor while you play. Can I ask what you record with? It may be an effect of whatever software you do your video editing/rendering with as well... Not sure. Either way, that could be a turnoff for some of your viewers.

Just something to think about, brother. Best of luck!!

Quality and production value definitely make a difference...

 

[Failcat67cole]

YouTube is trying to help small channels in a way. But it hasn't helped me. They put those little help sections at the right. But you're right. YouTube in no way promotes small channels, example: Suggested section only has big channels. But we kind of are half responsible for being a small channel because of our content. I hope my opinion helped you!

 

[Jaybabywolf]

Certainly not if you're an animation channel, for any other content creator who cares about quality over quantity. Their audio library is nice, but the whole support is tailored to gaming and vlogging.

 

[PeezInK]

YouTube is trying to help small channels in a way. But it hasn't helped me. They put those little help sections at the right. But you're right. YouTube in no way promotes small channels, example: Suggested section only has big channels. But we kind of are half responsible for being a small channel because of our content. I hope my opinion helped you!

I'm not sure that's completely true, either. I'm a small channel (only 66 subs), and according to analytics, some of my views have come from YouTube suggested videos. Might be something worth looking into for you. I'm not sure, still learning! XD

 

[WorldOfSupercars]

Youtube won't promote smaller channels because the bigger channels will make them more money. It sort of sucks. I think thats the reason you need to promote your channel outside of youtube. 25-30% of my views come from outside of youtube at the moment

 

[Crown]

There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about "big channels". - Everyone starts their channel with: 0 videos, 0 subs and 0 views. Everyone. Even today's big channels started with 0 videos, 0 subs and 0 views. They didn't become big overnight from special treatment.

The amount YouTube promotes a particular video or channel is on a sliding scale, usually depending on total watch time compared to total watch time from similar-length videos in the same niche. YouTube doesn't blindly promote videos from big channels because it's a big channel. Videos are constantly being juggled in and out of the suggested videos list.

A good analogy is Formula 1 Grand Prix. - The day before the actual race, each car has a time trial to see who can drive the fastest lap. On the day of the race, the fastest cars and drivers start at the front and the slowest are right at the back. It makes perfect sense. If it was the other way round, then there would be no incentive to be good and it's exactly the same on YouTube.

 

[awfullyclever]

I'm a little sad that YouTube doesn't offer the "NEW CHANNELS" thing like it used to, where it promoted all the new users and their channels and at least one of their videos. Like, I'm really interested in starting to collab with other YouTube creators, but, I can't find any that are in my league of viewerships, you know? I understand it takes a good few years to get a following going, but still. It's interesting that they really don't give the little guy a push anymore, yet they strive and sell their ads and content as being something for the little guy who's just starting out. Like, I can't go up to the YouTube celebs and be like "hey wanna collab? I have 4 followers and you have 7 million. It'd be great." They might, but it's a super slim chance.

 

[AwpWilliams]

No. Not at all. YouTube will not help you unless you are already somebody.

I speak from experience. However what happens is they do give you tools. They won't give you a table to sit at, but they will give you a hammer and some nails, but you have to bring your own wood.

I've found that the greatest tools YouTube gives you directly is with the Creator Boot camp. techinically you could visit it anytime but signing up for it would make it set you on a timer with reminders and such. They get bigger YouTubers to make videos with tips specifically for those smaller channels. Now given that they're saying general stuff, the fact is you don't always have all your ideas together. To hear someone tell you what they did and see their results, you can try to replicate them using your own resources. I felt like when I watched these videos that I knew most of the information but I would always come across one or two things I hadn't yet tried. As such, I did my best to follow the instructions/advice nearly exactly, because no two experiences are exactly the same. At best, it helped me get a better idea of what I was doing and put me on the right track, it did not however do the work for me. That is what I am proud of doing all by myself.

Anyway, content creators themselves make nice videos that can help you shape your channel by getting you to take it in a direction you want it to.

I think the best advice I've gotten on the subject of starting a channel from scratch is from women/girls with beauty channels who have at least have an audience. To me they just seem to have the best intentions when explaining their points, also they make things fairly easy to understand, but perhaps that is just me. I recommend it anyway.

I just made it to 1,000 subscribers the other day after about a year. I have new tools available to me to help the channel grow and I'm already using them. I will tell you this though, nothing beats just making some damn good content.