Sharing videos on Reddit?

I've had much success with Reddit. Though what you gotto understand is that stuff on Reddit should be worthwhile to watch. Most social medias have upvotes/likes, but much fewer have downvotes used to regulate s****y content. A Reddit upvote means "I enjoyed this video, and I think other people on this niche would like to watch it". Not all types of videos are Reddit worthy, and if you think something is, ya gotto title it correctly.

I see your channel does Kerbal Space Program, so let's take that as an example. The subreddit for that game, could be a niche market to work on. Remember though that nobody gives a s**t about "Generic Gamer's KSP LetsPlay Episode #1487". What people might be a bit more interested in is shorter and quality-packed videos that bring out a surprising/positive/highly informative reaction. Also, title stuff to make it sound like a person is behind, while avoiding cliches. Don't title a post "So I was playing X when this happened". But let's say you found a bug which does Y in X. Title it "[Joke related to Y which somewhat describes Y in X" posted in subreddit X.

Also:

* Don't just post videos, ffs.

* Not all videos are worth posting. Be honest, be your own worst enemy. Look from the outside and think if anyone would like to see this stuff if they browsed random content related to interest X.

* Post on small niche subreddits, such as subs for the related game.

* Be original.

* NEVER EVER POST A LET'S PLAY. They're unoriginal and boring. No strangers care about your letsplays, only dedicated subscribers do.

* Title videos properly and follow the subreddit's rules.

* Engage in comments when appropiate, without being desperatively responsive if successful.

Have fun!
 
First of all: share your videos in relevant subreddits.
Second of all: the quality of your video will determine how many upvotes/downvotes you get.
Third of all: don't create spam-like messages in your posts.
And lastly: if you are going to be sharing your videos on reddit, make sure to check out other peoples stuff, like and comment on posts, and just be active.
 
I have the impression that either using a text post or using a long explanatory title for a link post work best. Reddit users seem to like text :)
Search for a subreddit that fits your videos best and like in all communities don't only join to promote but participate.
 
Zaff said:
I've had much success with Reddit. Though what you gotto understand is that stuff on Reddit should be worthwhile to watch. Most social medias have upvotes/likes, but much fewer have downvotes used to regulate s****y content. A Reddit upvote means "I enjoyed this video, and I think other people on this niche would like to watch it". Not all types of videos are Reddit worthy, and if you think something is, ya gotto title it correctly.

I see your channel does Kerbal Space Program, so let's take that as an example. The subreddit for that game, could be a niche market to work on. Remember though that nobody gives a s**t about "Generic Gamer's KSP LetsPlay Episode #1487". What people might be a bit more interested in is shorter and quality-packed videos that bring out a surprising/positive/highly informative reaction. Also, title stuff to make it sound like a person is behind, while avoiding cliches. Don't title a post "So I was playing X when this happened". But let's say you found a bug which does Y in X. Title it "[Joke related to Y which somewhat describes Y in X" posted in subreddit X.

Also:

* Don't just post videos, ffs.

* Not all videos are worth posting. Be honest, be your own worst enemy. Look from the outside and think if anyone would like to see this stuff if they browsed random content related to interest X.

* Post on small niche subreddits, such as subs for the related game.

* Be original.

* NEVER EVER POST A LET'S PLAY. They're unoriginal and boring. No strangers care about your letsplays, only dedicated subscribers do.

* Title videos properly and follow the subreddit's rules.

* Engage in comments when appropiate, without being desperatively responsive if successful.

Have fun!
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I agree with the majority of this post. It just isn't worth it to post your LP content on subreddits as you're bound to get downvoted almost instantly.

Make unique content that you have put time and effort into making that video interesting for others within your niche. That's the only way I could find your content wouldn't be instantly downvoted.

Then, after you've hooked them with your unique content, use your call to action at the end to tell them to subscribe and potentially watch other videos relating to that same niche.

I've had a good amount of success on Reddit.
 
Coming in late on this one. Hopefully I can get some discussion back on the subject. I don't have a gaming channel, but a lot of what's being said here applies regardless; namely, that things like "Let's Plays" don't belong on Reddit and are for devoted subscribers.

Whoever of you are familiar with Rhett & Link, it would be like Rhett and Link posting their 600 Pillows video to Reddit, and posting one of their daily "Good Mythical Morning" episodes to Reddit. I think the GMM would very likely be downvoted to zero on /r/videos, but the 600 Pillows I could see making it to the front page (back when it first came out). The 600 Pillow one is about 3.5 minutes long, and the GMM episodes up to 10 minutes long; so the former has all these things happening condensed into a short vid, sort of like a movie trailer.

Just some thoughts.
 
I have put Let's Play videos on Reddit before and it is a crap shoot. Sometimes they do really well, and other times people hate the ever living crap out of them. I honestly think it depends on what the content is, if your thumbnail is appealing, and if you have a really good hook right at the beginning of your video. If you have no hook get ready to be an utter complete failure, and sometimes even when you have a great video it just does not do well. Sometimes you just have to be happy making the video and not worry about the views that you may or may not get.
 
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