So...FRIGGEN...FRUSTRATING!

I'm running into the same exact problem. YouTube seems to only promote content that have high views, meaning if you don't get a surge of views coming from somewhere, the video is going to stay on the channel collecting dust. The algorithm is not catered towards smaller channels at all, making it an uphill war to say the least.[DOUBLEPOST=1494396474,1494396355][/DOUBLEPOST]
Gaijillionaire said:
I'm the same as you. I try to make my videos look broadcast quality as much as I can. I hate it when a shaky iPhone camera or someone just playing a game babbling aimlessly gets zillions of views. The other one is when people copy paste Wikipedia and act like they've made some great discovery

But stick with it because you'll eventually find the others who hate that too and get a following from that
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"Copy and paste wiki and act like they made a great discovery...."

LMAO ! Hahahahahahhaah
 
Biggest thing I have figured out over the past 2 months since I started. Do your own thing. Don't worry why some videos can get x amount of more views. Or why a video has more dislikes then likes. Just do your thing. take all that energy and put it into your channel. Awesome channel BTW.. you made me miss my jeep:([DOUBLEPOST=1494417220,1494416933][/DOUBLEPOST]on another note, are you promoting your videos on social media, jeep forums? I tried doing that on my last video and I don't know if it was coincidence but it was my most watched video yet.
 
Chris O said:
Biggest thing I have figured out over the past 2 months since I started. Do your own thing. Don't worry why some videos can get x amount of more views. Or why a video has more dislikes then likes. Just do your thing. take all that energy and put it into your channel. Awesome channel BTW.. you made me miss my jeep:([DOUBLEPOST=1494417220,1494416933][/DOUBLEPOST]on another note, are you promoting your videos on social media, jeep forums? I tried doing that on my last video and I don't know if it was coincidence but it was my most watched video yet.
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Hmm, I would say the contrary. If you're frustrated why the views don't come, you should spend more time analyzing why it doesn't work and why someone else doing a similar thing does pull in the views.
 
I think many viewers only really care about quality if it's distractingly bad, like they can't hear the sound or they can't see what's going on. I don't know that many people simply seek out high quality videos, they seem to seek out "good enough" videos.

Look how many poorly written books become bestsellers, or how many bad TV shows and movies seem to find an audience. Seekers of high quality seem to be a niche, not a widespread audience. That's why PBS has to have pledge breaks and get public funding. There just aren't enough people interested.

Anyway, getting back to the original sentiment, the surest way to get frustrated is to constantly compare your progress to others, and to feel entitled to success simply because your stuff is better than theirs. Everyone gets sucked into this way of thinking at some point, and it's totally understandable. In a fair world, the best would be the most popular. But meritocracy is only part of YouTube's algorithm, and the tastes of the general public are likely to differ from yours.

Really though, if your interest is in getting the most views, you need to find a way to tap into what the largest portion of the public wants and then find where that intersects with what you're most interested in making. Then you need to give it your best shot and keep trying.
 
KidsCorner said:
Hmm, I would say the contrary. If you're frustrated why the views don't come, you should spend more time analyzing why it doesn't work and why someone else doing a similar thing does pull in the views.
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I should have clarified. Yes similar channels pay attention to.
 
babyteeth4 said:
That's why PBS has to have pledge breaks and get public funding. There just aren't enough people interested.
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Just wanted to clarify: PBS holds pledge drives not because "people aren't interested." They do it because they do not accept commercial advertising because it is a publicly-funded organization, and commercial ads would dictate the content of the network. If you look at Nielsen ratings, Downton Abbey, Sesame Street, Great British Baking Show, America's Test Kitchen, Martha Stewart's Cooking School and several other PBS shows are consistently some of the highest-rated shows in their genres on network television, with massive audiences.

But in general, I agree with the rest of your original post.
 
trust me i feel your pain, we've been up since august and subs are few and far between. just stay diligent and keep producing consistently. we're still trying to reach the 100 subs mark ourselves. Some days if feels like nothing's happening at all, especially when you put so much effort in. We take that as a personal challenge to improve and find ways to market our channel in some new way we hadn't thought of before. like i said, just keep trucking along and you'll get there!
 
When I feel like giving up, I just hold the things to where they are, I post videos whenever I am hyped. Its like not giving up and making time for videos too.
 
A lot of people's standards are not on the quality of video, via sound or picture. But more over just the entertainment factor of it all. Your videos have superb quality which most low-subscriber channels do not have. Perhaps you just haven't had that one viral video many of these older channels got. Once more people begin to notice your team and content I'm sure they will stick around. Just keep doing what you're doing and keep striving to always improve (with both Youtube and your content) and the results will come. =]

Youtube requires more patience then almost anything else in your life. As long as you're okay with that then things will get better. Keep up the good work!
 
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