Hmm... I might be a foolish optimist right now,
but if I pulled it off once, I can most likely pull it off a few more times. People still seem to be drawn to spectacles, drama, controversial topics and "outside of normal/conventional" kind of content. So, it just takes figuring out how to frame/angle the content in a way to consistently appeal to these base instincts and impulses.
I don't deny a little bit of fame would help along the way. However, I think fame is not worth it in the long-term, it's too much pressure and most people can't handle it. I think I wouldn't be able to handle it either, I get too excited over little things and I burn out, I can't imagine what would happen if I had the eyes of the world on me.
Well, that is my problem. I know what the masses want, but I don't want to produce that. They want stuff like Good Mythical Morning, Dude Perfect, Cocomelon, TryNotToLaugh, etc. I call all that junk "Gobbledeguck". It is nothing but shallow hollow content that has no real value. It is just emotional candy to amuse people. That is what the masses want. That is not what I am about. I am a teacher. I teach. What do I teach? Well, stuff that is not too popular these days with the masses. Take one of my latest videos. I gave a young man a Christmas present. What was this present? I took him hunting. This young man had never hunted or held a hunting rifle in his life. But I not only took him hunting, I took him stalk hunting, which is one of the most difficult forms of hunting, even for the most experienced. I filmed the whole process and later added narration so that the viewer could also learn these advanced hunting techniques that have taken me a lifetime to develop. The hunt ends with the young man successfully getting a nice sow will hog, which I also taught him how to process and cook and sent it him home to his family with an ice chest full of healthy, free-range, organic, non-GMO meat. My video is not exciting until the end, but for anyone who will listen, it will teach them how to extract sustenance to survive out of the wild. The information in my video could literally save your life.
Now not all my videos are about hunting. Actually very few are. But my videos are about teaching. In that video, I taught a young man how to hunt. In another video, I might teach you how to adjust the valves on an OHV engine, or lay a propane line, start a fire, etc, etc. My videos are about teaching people to be, Self-Sufficient, and to learn how to rely on themselves. There is no "Emotional Candy" in my videos.
So, I know what the masses want, I am just not willing to degrade myself enough to produce that kind of content. If that means that I will never be a famous YouTuber, so be it. I will never starve, but a lot of famous YouTubers will, if their food supply that they are utterly co-dependent on gets cut off. Money can only buy you what is available to buy. If it is not available, What then?
So I know I am in a tiny niche market, and that market is one that YT does not push a lot. So the fact I have over 6K subs, is flat out amazing to me. I do not expect to get the same stats as the gobbledygook channels, I judge my stats by the niche I am in, and I think I am doing quite well, considering.
