My YouTube Theory

[callam woolgar]

I think this is a good point as many people think they can just get famous within a couple of months

 

[TinHatRanch]

I think this is a good point as many people think they can just get famous within a couple of months

Many people do get famous within a couple of months.

 

[callam woolgar]

Well I wish thst could happen to me

 

[TinHatRanch]

Nothing every really "happens", it is what you make of it.

 

[NotoriousDBAG]

I've been wondering lately if the key to YouTube success is simply continuing with your channel. I've been looking a lot at people's "date joined" versus their subscriber count and the majority of people with high sub counts have been on here for an average of 3 years. Some less, some more, but the majority of them for 3.

My question is, do you think if anyone continually uploaded decent quality videos that they would eventually get up into the higher thousands in terms of subs and views? Or do you think at some point unless their content is above average in quality that they will hit a wall and won't gain anymore subs?

You know what, I noticed the exact same thing and believe you have the right idea. I've had old channels before where I uploaded a few mediocre videos, let them sit around for a while and I'd gained random subscribers and had thousands of views. And I've seen channels where they upload videos somewhat consistently, with no real content even and they still gain subs over-time. So yeah, I think as long as you keep going you'll have a steady growth of subs in the thousands, but to stand-out and get subs in the hundreds of thousands you need to be exceptional.