Drifting away from big YouTubers?

David Stoll

David Stoll

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Before I started my channel, I watched mostly really big YouTubers (all vloggers). Once I started my channel, joined YTTalk, and engaged on Twitter, I started finding and subscribing to lots of smaller channels. I saw how much creativity there is out there and the extent to which a lot of the big YouTubers phone it in and care only about selling their products. Now, there are only about 4 or 5 big YouTubers I consistently go back to as they do keep their content fresh.

Have y0u had a similar experience?
 
David Stoll said:
Before I started my channel, I watched mostly really big YouTubers (all vloggers). Once I started my channel, joined YTTalk, and engaged on Twitter, I started finding and subscribing to lots of smaller channels. I saw how much creativity there is out there and the extent to which a lot of the big YouTubers phone it in and care only about selling their products. Now, there are only about 4 or 5 big YouTubers I consistently go back to as they do keep their content fresh.

Have y0u had a similar experience?
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Somewhat similar. I never really watched smaller Youtubers until I created a Youtube account and made new friends and interacted with others. That's how I end up watching a lot of smaller Youtubers.
 
For the longest time, I've only watched a select few big channels such as Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, or the Game grumps. However, the majority of subscriptions I have goes to small channels. I admit they have a lot of creativity, but a lot of the channels im friends with lack a sense of effort. They make quality content in their recordings but don't edit their videos very well or simply don't edit their videos to begin with. Bigger channels like the ones I've listed above make both quality content in the recording and put effort into making the thumbnails and video look the best it can be. And that is mainly what I am striving for on my channel, to make the best content I can for all individuals on YouTube.
 
I never subscribed to anyone, I just searched their name when I wanted to watch them. But after I started uploading regularly, I went ahead and subscribed to all my subscribers (at the time, 300), and gave them a few weeks to impress me. Some I unsubbed after the first video I saw, but now, after almost 2 years since then, I've got to know some of them very personally, and I've collabed with over a dozen.
 
yes i know how you feel. when youtube was starting out like a normal video hosting website everyone played, made and show fun videos. i had only subscribe to 100 people when i started out and 32/100 became power hungry. there was this guy who like funny with mario kart games, but when he got accepted to 'sell deals' he become unfunny, i don't know what happen to him but i dont care. Another one was tobyturner, he was funny with any games but now he just not playing any games, he plays games for money. my last example is another person but he makes animation for fun, now he works to give artest deals on some art stuff.

I would never do thing kind of thing, what i hate more is people making fake reviews on the products they are trying to sell. This was the reason i made the G.E.T channel to explore the truth about the internet and hopefully become a channel that everyone can trust on.
 
I know what you mean and I'm definitely more inclined to support smaller Tubers now that I'm one myself. Because there's a limitlessness mine of creativity out there while big creators might be more likely to follow the trends.

Also those with larger audiences are genuinely more reserved out what they share with their viewers (for good reasons) and since sexual abuse became such a big topic, I like to know more about who I'm watching; though obviously some people still use personas.
 
I find i'm subscribed to relatively small channels more often now too. Like all with only a few hundred-few thousand subscribers. This only started happening recently however as i actually noticed it began happening a few weeks back
 
I've always stayed away from the bulk of very large Youtubers in general because like some said, creativity is found within a lot of the smaller channels (50-100k and less). I only follow a few larger channels and the rest are relatively small or are very small.
 
i'm only subscribed to a bunch of Vevo channels lol and like some muic artists personal youtube channels. and couple of specific tutorial channels. thats pretty much all i watch on youtube. i don't like subscribing to a lot of channels i kinda keep it clean and only what i really want to follow. the rest if i want i just search for without subscribing.
 
I would say I watch about 50% big youtubers, 50% smaller youtubers. The number does not really have much meaning to me as long as I really enjoy their videos. I get where you're coming from though, I did stop watching some channels because their videos became more like constant advertising than quality content.
 
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