Should I begin a new channel? (Incl. Channel Name Poll)

What name should my new channel have, if I do make a new one?

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SauceOne

SauceOne

The Sauce
Hello, everyone!
Lately, I've been re-thinking my YouTube channel to find something that works better for me.

At the beginning of 2016, I decided I would vary my content.
Previously, my channel had been either Let's Plays or Funny Moments videos.
In 2016, I proposed that I would begin making rants, life stories, podcasts, and real life skits.

So far, I've only been able to do rants, but I've found that I really enjoy doing them, and they've been more successful than many of my gaming videos have been.

I want to continue doing more non-gaming videos, but the problem is that most of my subscriber-base came from one video (a Garry's Mod Funny Moments video) and they are becoming inactive, and my gaming videos continue to gain less views than other, non-gaming content that requires a lot less work and time.

Another problem is that my current channel is called "InstantGamerSauce", and that might be a bit of an issue for some people. For one, the name is too long, and it's also implying that my channel will be about gaming, which I no longer want it to be.

Currently, I have 938 Subscribers and 63,766 views.
Those numbers may seem decent to some, but consider this:
Two videos account for 79% of my total channel views.
Yup. That's a lot.

So I pose the question:
Should I start a new channel?

Benefits of starting a new channel:
  • Fresh branding, fresh start. Non-gaming specific name, I can do pretty much any content I'd like.
  • I will no longer have a bunch of dead subscribers, because people that come to my new channel will have already been pre-existing active subscribers or new people that are interesting in the content I currently wish to produce.
  • I know way more about YouTube (tagging, SEO, thumbnails), so I could potentially grow faster without inflation from one or two videos than I was growing on InstantGamerSauce.
  • My videos now are much higher quality than when I started InstantGamerSauce.
Cons:
  • There's always the possibility that I may not be able to get to the point I am at (with InstantGamerSauce), if I were to start a new channel.
  • I have to grind it out and (almost) start fresh, which is difficult when it comes to finding collaborations and new people to watch your content.
Now, I've talked to a few people about it, and one likened this decision to one of a man who is unhappy with his marriage. I want something new, because what I have right now is becoming stale. Do I "divorce" and find something new, or do I stay with the same channel and try to right the ship?

So once again, considering all of the above:
Should I begin a new channel, and what name should sounds better to you for a channel that will be producing rant videos, life stories, informational videos, podcasts, and potentially real life skits?
 
If you do start a new channel why not keep your old one to just put it on the back burner - explain why you are only going to be posting every other week or whatever - this way if the new channel totally flops then you still have everything you built up.

Plus it will feed your new channel for longer.
 
coliwob said:
If you do start a new channel why not keep your old one to just put it on the back burner - explain why you are only going to be posting every other week or whatever - this way if the new channel totally flops then you still have everything you built up.

Plus it will feed your new channel for longer.
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That's not a bad idea, actually. I could potentially still do funny moments, but only on the old channel. I guess the only issue would be that I want everything on one channel, as it's easier for me to manage and easier for subscribers to keep up with.
 
InstantGamerSauce said:
That's not a bad idea, actually. I could potentially still do funny moments, but only on the old channel. I guess the only issue would be that I want everything on one channel, as it's easier for me to manage and easier for subscribers to keep up with.
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you could go for that yeah, but personally i'd do it in phases so that I could go back if i had to.
i get how you dont wanna be trapped by branding - i am pretty much locked in myself lol
 
Losing all your subscribers would be a waste of your time especially as its very difficult to grow on youtube now, I would dream of having almost 1000 subs
 
coliwob said:
you could go for that yeah, but personally i'd do it in phases so that I could go back if i had to.
i get how you dont wanna be trapped by branding - i am pretty much locked in myself lol
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I will explore my options, and hopefully find something that works.

NabzTheGamer said:
Losing all your subscribers would be a waste of your time especially as its very difficult to grow on youtube now, I would dream of having almost 1000 subs
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If they're inactive subscribers, like they generally are, then it doesn't make much of a difference.

CrazyPUA said:
Like @coliwob said keep the old one in the back burner and you could also use it to promote your new channel, that way you could transfer your active subs to your new channel little by little.
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I was planning on referring people to my new channel anyways, so hopefully people will visit the new one. :)
 
Well Youtube as of late is going on a purge and deleting inactive subscribers. Depending on how long you have had your channel you should probably notice a few people disappearing from your channel. All in all I would say keep the channel you have currently. Because its very difficult to grow on Youtube if you have a gaming channel this day and age.
 
PseudoExon said:
Well Youtube as of late is going on a purge and deleting inactive subscribers. Depending on how long you have had your channel you should probably notice a few people disappearing from your channel. All in all I would say keep the channel you have currently. Because its very difficult to grow on Youtube if you have a gaming channel this day and age.
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I was planning on moving away from doing a gaming channel, though.
That was the whole reason I wanted to switch, but yes, it can be tough to grow a gaming channel.
That's another reason why I don't really want to do it anymore, because it's super difficult to get noticed in such an oversaturated genre.
 
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