Subreddits for YouTube posts

This is a good list. LifeProTips is a new one.
For me it was gamedev and animation.
I think it's targeted. That's what it is.
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subversiveasset said:
I have found a lot of success in my niche (video game music covers) by posting in subreddits relating to the games and then sometimes the general genre or console (so, say, r/pokemon, r/zelda, r/sonicthehedgehog and r/sonic as game-specific sub-reddits, or r/snes, r/psx, etc., for console specific.

I have found that sharing other people's content is a faaaar more successful strategy. I see that as a sign that I need to work on my content in part, but I have also noted that when my content has been shared by other people, it has done pretty well...I don't have a lot of data on that (I don't ask people to post my stuff, so I don't have a lot of data points), but right now, I'm looking into the best ways of titling reddit posts, as well as the best times of day or days of week to post content on reddit. For example, I normally don't think to reddit in the morning, but I have found posts discussing that there's a lot of traffic on many subreddits at the beginning of the working day (so around 9AM EST). Timing can be a big part of whether a post gets buried with little visibility or gets a few crucial upvotes early on.
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DogsAreAwesome said:
Thank you very much, this will help my channel..
I've been banned from aww for posting my videos.. but I can still post in /awww so.. :p
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When you get banned? It's just from that subreddit right?
Guess then there's no harm in trying. Just saying.
 
Talooka said:
- r/Webseries: 1,258 members - since my series is a weekly series I try to only post my best video once a month as to not feel like I'm flooding the subreddit. I haven't kept track of the effect it has though, I'll post to them today and update this post later iA.
- r/ShowsonYT: 253 members - Not a lot of traffic here
- r/NewTubers: 4,876 members - A subreddit for smaller channels to promote themselves. You'd have to have an interesting title and thumbnail to get noticed here IMO
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/r/Webseries might be interesting for me since I produce weekly content that involves in web series. I never knew that one.
 
This conversation has been really interesting to read! We have had the same difficulties as many of you- and the hard answer is that I don't think there are any subs where you are sure to be welcomed.

Our channel is film reviews and sometime we can get hundreds of hits in one day and the next time we post we get nothing at all.

One good tip is r/youtubers - you can post a video up for critique but you have to review two other videos first. This means that you are sure to get some some views and the critiques can be really helpful.

Other subs that have been good for us include /badmovies and /moviecritic

The best bet is to find smaller subs that are specific to what your particular video is about and then be active in them, posting on things.
 
Furry Gurus said:
I see a lot of people struggling with reddit on here, so I thought we could start a thread where you share which subreddits are open to sharing your YouTube links considering you are active on reddit by giving (genuine) comments etc on your and other people's posts.

The subreddits that have worked great for me are:
- r/catvideos: 4.000 people, not for big results but you are automatically on the 'popular' tab. gets me about 200 views per post.
- r/DIY: 5.000.000 people, you need to ask permission to share your youtube link, but they mostly allow it. Gets me about 500 views.
- r/crafts: 50.000 people: again, automatically on the 'popular' tab due to the low number of posts, but gets you a few 100 views as well.
- r/aww: 8.000.000 people, they allow youtube videos, but due to the great volume of posts and the general dislike of youtube on reddit, it is harder to get noticed.
- r/cats: 300.000 people, same as r/aww
- r/videos: allow it, but poor results
- r/dogvideos: allow it, but poor results
- r/lookatmydog: 20.000 people, maybe 100 views.

These subreddits are relevant for my channel and are probably only helpful for a few of you. Remember, you need to put an effort in reddit in order to be accepted and be able to get some results.
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RATTLED said:
For those who have gaming channels on YouTube, you can find almost every subreddit related to your videos on this list:
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Great but is there any sub Reddit for my niche?! I do Sketches/Vlogs, Challenges and prank videos. :)
 
RichGuitarGamer said:
I have all but given up on Reddit... they need to change the way karma and votes work, if it work similarly to the credit algorithm they have on this site that would be sweet!
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lmao well the thing is i'm pretty sure they have it that way to keep self-promoters out
its designed so if we want to post our videos, we have to earn it
 
Reddit is indeed very, very tricky but I tend to pick certain days and times to post there. It can be pure luck sometimes as your video could get hammered so much into the ground with downvotes.

I had someone take a real dislike to me there one day where they went through every single one of my comments and downvoted them. Fair enough, they had enough time in the day to go through my entire history like that :p

A example I find the very odd time is a video I might post in one subreddit which ends up getting hammered with downvotes. Any comment / compliments people make and they're heavily downvoted themselves.

Having been used to how Reddit can be like day & night in terms of reception to submissions, I returned to the sub 2 weeks later with a GIF of the video.

That GIF went straight to the top of 2 related subreddits and sat there for 2 days where people asked for the source of the video................which then that comment providing a link to the video got lots of upvotes.
 
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