Does your current subscriber count scare potential new subscribers?

Does current subscriber count change a "new" subscribers decision?

  • Yes

    Votes: 20 62.5%

  • No

    Votes: 12 37.5%
  • Total voters
    32
Squeal Cat said:
Yes the first 100 are the hardest. But the next 900 isn't becoming easypeasy at all....
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I don't think it was every easy, but I think of subscriber growth as almost exponential. Someone in one of the other threads likened to rolling a snowball. At first it's impossible to pick up a lot of mass, but then it start compiling.

The second one hundred is a little easier than the first. The next one hundred is a little easier and so on.

But yes. Youtube is competitive. There are huge numbers of channels, and even if you have talent and a specialized niche you are likely going up against people who are just as talented (if not more than) you and have likely been doing it longer than you. It takes work, luck, and talent (I think in that order) to build, grow, and maintain any channel.
 
Science Scenes said:
I don't think it was every easy, but I think of subscriber growth as almost exponential. Someone in one of the other threads likened to rolling a snowball. At first it's impossible to pick up a lot of mass, but then it start compiling.

The second one hundred is a little easier than the first. The next one hundred is a little easier and so on.

But yes. Youtube is competitive. There are huge numbers of channels, and even if you have talent and a specialized niche you are likely going up against people who are just as talented (if not more than) you and have likely been doing it longer than you. It takes work, luck, and talent (I think in that order) to build, grow, and maintain any channel.
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My experience is, it's easier the more subs you have. But I still have to experience the exponential growth (the snowball effect). At this moment I get an average of 5 subs a day, and that isn't increasing. So this means a linear growth instead of exponential, unfortunately.

Imo it takes: Talent, knowledge, luck, work. I think it's that order :)
 
I hear you. Its the teacher in my that puts work in front of talent. I meant innate talent, not developed talent. A semi-talented person who works hard will soon overtake a talented person who is not trying to improve themselves. How about this... constant reflection and improvement, knowledge, luck, innate ability ;-)
 
Science Scenes said:
I hear you. Its the teacher in my that puts work in front of talent. I meant innate talent, not developed talent. A semi-talented person who works hard will soon overtake a talented person who is not trying to improve themselves. How about this... constant reflection and improvement, knowledge, luck, innate ability ;-)
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I got you :)

Point is, you can work all you want, with limited talent you won't go anywhere :D. So it's the 'chicken or the egg'-situation :). In my opinion if you are one of the most talented Youtubers, you put little effort and somehow gain heaps of views. No semi-talented hard worker will catch up on that :)

There are a lot of ways on growing on Youtube. They have all something in common, and that's creating content the people want to watch. If you have the answer to that, it doesn't matter much what skills you possess, as long as you do have some skills.
 
As harsh as it may sound, I can't help but judge a channel on its subscriber level. I think that people must do the same for my channel as it is still in the <100 subscriber range at the moment.
 
I personally subscribe to a channel depending on the quality and entertainment value of their content; the numbers don't mean anything to me. That said, hive mind is very much the dominant perspective when deciding to subscribe on youtube.
I've spent the last two months with my subscriber count hidden, and have recently publicized it again, so far no difference when it comes to subscriber growth.
 
I would say that someone who only watches bigger YouTube channels (PewDiePie, Nigahiga, Smosh, Jenna Marbles, etc), who got used to the popularity, would probably not be interested in smaller channels. But those you like different personalities would surely enjoy the content, and stick around despite how many subs the channel might have. I'm subscribed to some amazing channels that have less than 1k subs, and I prefer some of those channels over the bigger YouTubers.
 
I would say it definitely does to an extent, but I think if people enjoy the content enough, they will subscribe regardless. At least that is what I do.[DOUBLEPOST=1430130508,1430130468][/DOUBLEPOST]I would say it definitely does to an extent, but I think if people enjoy the content enough, they will subscribe regardless. At least that is what I do.
 
There's quite a few threads in the forum with this same exact topic and I could tell you most people said that they don't think their subscribers have anything to do with people choosing to subscribe. At the end of the day its your content that matters and that's what people will be subscribed to.
 
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