I busted one of the biggest myths of Youtube.

[Samiphany]

I 100% agree. I tried to keep to a schedule and found that it really forces you to creatively sacrifice in order to simply meet time deadlines. If being consistent diminishes your creative ability or quality, then it's not worth it to be consistent. People who really enjoy your content will be accommodating and be there despite time changes.

 

[Pixel & Bracket]

Each niche or genre can be different. For mine, it's about putting efficiencies into place that allow me to create consistent content of decent quality. I'm of the mindset that the more I put out there and more topics I cover, the more little gateways into finding my channel there are. I'm huge on the quantity side (because quality is really subjective anyway), but you have to be providing some type of value with each video you post. Value can be informative, entertaining, etc... and as long as you are providing that, I think it's helping you even if the "quality" isn't perfect.

So far it's been proving right for my channel and I'm definitely going to continue down that path. I don't follow any strict schedule, I post when I can as much as I can, and always make sure to provide value above all.

 

[AceOfBats]

Hey guys. So we all heard the number one tip to becoming a "big" YouTuber is to be consistent. "post every week", "make a schedule", "if you don't stay consistent you are going to lose subscribers".
But I realized that this is not the case.
Instead, I really believe the case of "quality over quantity". For example, I started posting videos over the summer and over the span of then to now I've only posted about 8 videos. But I've been growing so much faster than a lot of other people. I feel like the reason for this is because it takes me almost a month to make one video. I try to perfect it as much as possible and I think that is the key to success on youtube. It so post quality content. I also feel that it's because I put a lot of passion into my work. And I found that to be a key.
So instead of trying to be as consistent as possible, you should let your creative minds flow and give yourself some time. If you can't think of anything don't post some bs stuff. Keep thinking and post at another time. Trust me it's gonna be a big help!

I like the success. I was worried that my Vegas Channel wasn' going to work because I only update once a week. But you have given me hope. And I noticed it IS growing just as quickly as my Yugioh channel is ironically enough. Quality > Quantity all day. I would like to increase my recommended video traffic...

 

[Darren Taylor]

Each niche or genre can be different. For mine, it's about putting efficiencies into place that allow me to create consistent content of decent quality. I'm of the mindset that the more I put out there and more topics I cover, the more little gateways into finding my channel there are. I'm huge on the quantity side (because quality is really subjective anyway), but you have to be providing some type of value with each video you post. Value can be informative, entertaining, etc... and as long as you are providing that, I think it's helping you even if the "quality" isn't perfect.

So far it's been proving right for my channel and I'm definitely going to continue down that path. I don't follow any strict schedule, I post when I can as much as I can, and always make sure to provide value above all.

100% agree! In our niche (tutorial / how-to / education) quantity is most important in most cases. There are SO MANY subjects to cover and if you're a talking head using screen recording software, the way to get better is repetition in front of the camera. As long as the value proposition is clear and there, then quality is always subjective. I can see tons of people learning loads from your videos, you cover a huge number of subjects within your niche!

 

[Laseph]

I think you also don't have to forget that your content is quite different from the usual, maybe it isn't just the quality of the video but how much it stands out between the others. Although personally I'm big on quality, I still think if you upload more frequently and you still differentiate yourself that you may have even more growth. This doesn't mean that you have to per se because I think integrity is really important when it comes to your brand, if you cut down the quality of the video it will affect the audience watching it. It also may veer of from the original view you had for your channel, which is not good for you and your subscribers. I think if you're still growing and you aren't stagnating, you can make whatever videos you like. Just putting it out there that people can still grow faster by uploading more frequently, there are of course exceptions.