How long do you think...

Perfect length of a YT video


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tRue

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a perfect youtube video should be? Its a hard one as atm my avg length is between 20-30 min

So guys what do you think?
 
I think its all content dependent and you should always keep in mind your audience, I think for vlogs any more than 7 minutes starts becoming excessive but at the same time at times you will want to record for longer to get your point across. I dont think there is a perfect video length, I think you can make good videos though with the right length by good planning ahead and editing afterwards like taking into consideration who its aimed at and how long the video really needs to be for example as a vlogger you may chop out a section where you ramble about something irrelevant or as a gamer you might fail jumping several times for a few minutes, that could be taken out so as to keep people interested.

In your case 20-30 mins might be suitable but I know my attention span isnt big enough to watch for that long unless its a part of a series I am really interested in or someone I regularly watch already.
 
I usually watch videos for 30 seconds MAX, unless it's something I'm specifically looking for. Usually, I just float around youtube and click on recommended videos. I watch the very beginning, if I get bored (99% of the time) I skip to the middle and watch a little. It doesn't help that I'm ADD (not officially diagnosed, but diagnosed by myself and others :D)
 
I should feel blessed though as some comments talk about the very end of the video haha! BUT I am thinking about shortening to 5-10 (30 min takes 5 hours to upload xD) If people dont watch it all im jsut wasting my own time
 
I should feel blessed though as some comments talk about the very end of the video haha! BUT I am thinking about shortening to 5-10 (30 min takes 5 hours to upload xD) If people dont watch it all im jsut wasting my own time

IMHP for gaming, I'd say as long as you want for walkthroughs. Gameplay, I'd shorten, unless its a live match that takes 15 minutes. It's all subjective though. Just think if a viewer was watching this, how much would they want to watch?
 
For me time flys when watching my gameplay. 30 mins is only 5-6 matches on ssf4 (and i love the game) lol so its hard for my to judge I asked my subs and they said 20-30 is good. So im like :confused: atm
 
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