When you started, what was your initial channel growth rate?

TVJunkie93

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I'm curious to get some data on how quickly channels of different genres and topics grew after starting. I'm not talking long term, I'm talking about maybe the first half year of your channel.

I started my channel on March 3rd (so just over three months now), and I just crossed 50 subscribers (30 of whom subbed within the past 28 days) and 2,000 video views.

I tried finding this data through the Milestones forum but couldn't really find what I was looking for.
 
I know a lot of people ask questions like this and I don't want this post to slate you at all, but knowing how fast others have grown doesn't help you in any way. Even channels with the exact same content will grow differently based upon a bunch of different factors. I understand that you might want to compare how your channel is performing against others. But I'd suggest that maybe instead of doing that you use that time looking at more successful people and analyzing what they've done. I haven't got the time to go through and do that for you, but just looking at the video in your signature I can quickly point out some things which might help or at least should start your brain turning.

1. You're recording in 1080 but it looks bad because of the lighting. When I first start the video it looks blurry and instantly makes me want to quit. The first 5 or so seconds are crucial. You can see the light on the wall reflecting back so that should give you an idea of the lighting issues. You can look at pretty much any famous teen youtuber and see that there lighting is pretty bang on. Close filming to attract the viewer to you as a person not just a figure in a video, focus the camera on the foreground. This could probably be easily fixed by just filming elsewhere. Sure your videos are about TV but you don't have to include a TV in the background. You're forcing it and it's messing up the shot.

2. Go onto Facebook. Look at all the f*****g annoying clickbait articles. Copy them. There's a reason that huge sites are still using them and that's because they work. People want to know the top 10 tv fuckups or who the 5 hottest male tv actors are. Or maybe "what does your tv show say about you?". People eat that up. If you don't wanna make that kind of video then I get that. But the point is to get your mind thinking. Tbh does anyone really give a s**t about TV ratings?

3. So now you've fixed the quality, you've created a more marketable video. Now market it. Check out tv show subreddits (prepare ur anus), tv forums, comment on other channels, collab with others, tweet it out to tv shows twitters (yes this can work, eg; create video including tv show x, tweet video to them, they might RT etc). Create a tumblr around TV shows and start sharing a bunch of stuff. Create a TV character parody twitter and start building a following then share your vids. The opportunities are endless. The internet is called the web for a reason. Everything links everywhere. Hence, everywhere is a chance for you to share your content.

I hope that helped. Again this was aimed to be constructive. I wish I had more time to share ideas but alas I'm hungry and cooking takes a lot of energy.

PS. I'm not sure that this is even what you were going for. Maybe you just wanted to see graphs. Either way I'm sure this will help someone. Maybe.
 
Growth was very slow and still is kind of slow, even 1,300+ videos and 4+ years later.
Ask yourself this question and answer very honestly. Would you watch your videos? Once you've watched one would you seriously go and watch another? Your videos don't offer anything that the viewer can't experience themselves and gain more enjoyment from by simply playing themselves. All succesful gaming channels offer value. Some give advice, others create clips that you couldn't do yourself, many have voice overs. These are all things you couldn't experience without watching the video. Your angle doesn't have to be unique in the sense that noone has done it, it has to be unique in the sense that the viewer couldn't experience it without the video. I hope that makes sense. I'm trying to depart some knowledge tonigghtttt
 
Artist, thanks for the feedback, but this question was based out of curiosity, not looking to compare to other YouTubers. Of course I know I need to improve my videos, don't we all? We can't all just start making A+ videos off the bat. I am working on my production values (Everything is a work in progress). I will not sacrifice my vision for the sake of views (your suggestion on clickbait videos), and I'm already doing many of the marketing things you suggested.

Oh, and yeah, people care about TV ratings. Just because you don't know of them doesn't mean they aren't out there. It's a niche, but it's a niche that no one else is making videos for. Less competition.
 
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