Moses Cheeks
Youtuber
The reason is because the reason for collabing is so both channels get subscribers. You collabing with big youtubers would hugely benefit you but they wouldnt benefit from it.
What you are saying is so real. I just started, but there has to be consistency and quality matched with talent.We have almost 300,000 subs and we willingly partner with 100,000 sub sites. What I don't like is to see a channel with less than 10 vids or nothing in the last month posted asking me to collab. Let me see you have put in the time and effort and I'll be more inclined. If I saw a channel with 30k subs but was putting out quality vids every week I would strongly consider it. It is more about talent and effort, but subs usually are the proof in the pudding, so to speak.