Why is 100 subs so hard to get?

ItsJustSteph

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Ok so i've been doing youtube now for a little under a year and 100 subs seems to be really hard to get. I started to grow really slowly and then gained quite a few subs over night at some point, now im slowly growing again...and i mean snail pace xD. I put loads of time and effort into my channel, i upgraded my picture, banner and intro to make it look more professional (i'm currently working on a channel trailer)..Why is 100 subs so hard to reach, Is it because people don't like to sub if you have less than 100, do they see you as unreliable to begin with because your new?
 
Gaming channels are probably one of the most popular niches out there. There's just so many of 'em, which makes it much harder for them to gain recognition!

I don't necessarily think it's because people are turned off by the low subscriber counter though.
 
Another major factor is huge projects that can jump your channel. I was at 92 for a long time until I did the Smite Rap Battles and I shot from 92 to 124 in 2 days! Now I am at 131 and when I get the next one out, I am really expecting to get really close to 200 cause the next one is going to be edited way better. Really excited!
 
pyroManiac93 said:
Why is 100 subs so hard to reach, Is it because people don't like to sub if you have less than 100, do they see you as unreliable to begin with because your new?
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That's my theory. People want to KNOW they're going to get good content, and if you have over 1,000 subs, odds are you have fairly good content. Under 100 either means crappy content or little experience, both of which turn away YouTube viewers. You just gotta grind out the first 200 or so, and from there you might start getting more respect.
 
My theory is simply this. Most new channels do NOT know how to cater to their audience. I say this simply because of the way channels are. Particularly in gaming. Most people come onto YouTube either doing Let's Plays or Commentaries and think they're going to get known overnight with little to no effort. Which is a HORRID way of looking at things.

You need to know what you can offer your audience. Most people look for value in channels, rather than personality. While in LPing it's really ALL about personality. In commentaries/ most other gaming mediums, you need to find what you can offer your potential audience.

"I'm here to entertain viewers with my outlook on life!". That's cool, but so are many other people.

"I'm just here to have fun playing video games!" Many people are doing that already. What makes you stand out?

"Ummm...I'm unique!" Well that's a start. Though you need to be more specific about why you're unique.

If you don't offer value to the viewer in terms of this, it's hard for viewers to find what they're going to subscribe for.

I fall under this same problem. Honestly, I do. I review video games for no particular reason besides "I'm bored and have nothing else to do."

Though I do take pride in my photoshop and editing skills, which I guess is a reason I'm steadily growing? I'm not entirely sure.

I'm still trying to figure this out myself.
 
Getting 100 subs is really difficult because You Tube fame, like fame in almost every place works on the basis of the snowball effect. What this means is that it is VERY hard to get started, but once you get a little bit big (say 100-1000 subs) you channel starts growing Faster, and FASTER, and gets Bigger, and BIGGER. Thats why the big channels that have like 500k subs will get over 100 subs new subs a day with little to no effort, hell there are channels out there that make 1 video every 3 weeks and they are still growing shockingly fast.
 
Agreed - I'm currently at 90 subs. It went rather fast from 30-85 but now it's growing slowly. It's not stopping me from producing great quality content, I was just curious why the last few to 100 is so difficult.

I still enjoy doing these videos regardless :)
 
MagetheEntertainer said:
Getting 100 subs is really difficult because You Tube fame, like fame in almost every place works on the basis of the snowball effect. What this means is that it is VERY hard to get started, but once you get a little bit big (say 100-1000 subs) you channel starts growing Faster, and FASTER, and gets Bigger, and BIGGER. Thats why the big channels that have like 500k subs will get over 100 subs new subs a day with little to no effort, hell there are channels out there that make 1 video every 3 weeks and they are still growing shockingly fast.
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Agree. Basically growth accelarates so it's gonna be hard when you're channels small. When you get more popular, that is a signifier to people of quality, which aids your growth more. And of course, the larger you are, the more Youtube promotes you. I remember thinking of Pewdiepie as "the guy with 15 million subs", that was in November. Now he's nearly doubled that in 9 months.
 
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