Why Throw Away a Successful Channel?

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binky VS bunson

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So don't worry, I'm not planning on trashing my channel ;) But since I've started, I've talked to people who are like, Oh I had this many subs and this many videos, but I started over.... I started this new channel.... I mean, why? You already have a fan base, why not just roll with it?

Anybody ever do this on YTTalk? Or know someone? What's the Logic?
 
I have asked myself this question over and over again. People tend to start over and over again making the same mistakes as before and wondering why they don't grow further instead of analyzing their mistakes and taking their existing channel to the next level.
 
It's because they believe that their growth isn't happening fast enough or that there's been an decrease in views or subs. The problem most people have when it comes to Youtube is they lack patience to grow a channel, they want to become popular real quick without putting in the time. I always tell anyone who is just starting out on youtube and asking for advice that Rome wasn't built in a day, neither will their youtube channel.
 
In 2013 I ditched a channel of 900ish subs to start a new one I'm on now which has just over 500. It may sound crazy but when I did my first one I was hellbent on doing sub4sub and I did get the subs in but after sometime I didn't have an audience. No one was watching my videos no matter how hard I tried so that is the reason why I started again. A few of the videos did have some numbers in the thousands but they were just stuff that covered popular topics. Some people would look on that channel as a small success in our community but it had just grown stale. It's still live as I have a message over there saying to come and check out my current channel.

Also sometimes people want to try a different direction with their channel. My old channel was just about vlogs and the people who subscribed to that liked that type of content but when I wanted to start again I wanted a new identity and a new direction into comedy. I didn't feel a drastic change on my old channel would be the best way to go as the audience there may have not liked it so I felt for my new direction the best thing to do was to start a new channel. Although it's been nearly three years since I switched, my current channel is built on true subscribers and I've not done any sub4sub or any type of spam since and despite still having smaller numbers, i feel more comfortable with this channel as I'm making content I love to make week in, week out.
 
I have a friend who had a gaming channel, with over 1000 subscribers. Last year or the year before, he gave it up. Making a new vlogging channel, he uploaded to his gaming channel asking everyone to subscribe - it didn't work out.
What's even more crazy is, he deleted the WHOLE channel and videos - we told him he would regret it, and now he does!

The reason he done it in the first place was because he wasn't getting the same amount of views as subscribers he had - and didn't enjoy gaming as much.

Now he only has around 150 subs and still getting less videos - big mistake and he really regrets deleting the channel
 
I think that if you have a lot of subscribers, but only like 5% of them are actually active, for someone who stumbles upon your channel and sees how many subs you have and yet how inactive the channel is, it can throw someone off from subscribing. I've had that thought myself because I've had many breaks on making videos, and there are a lot of people on my channel who are inactive as welll, but I'd never start over because I still have an awesome community, even a small one compared to how many subscribers I actually have.
 
Every YouTuber is desperate for the growth of their channel, therefore sometimes they tend to give up. Those with successful channels giving up on their channel is particularly a WRONG idea. It should be fine if they give valid reason to leave YT like threats, can't schedule time for job and youtube videos, getting busy in few other things.
 
I agree that throwing away a channel is not always a good idea but many people I know including some big youtubers threw away channels with some following to start again for different reasons. It isn't always about wanting to get instant success, it could be to do with rebranding, wanting a fresh new direction, needing a fresh break from a failing channel or even that your channel is on lockdown due to copyright issues, many people have started over and been more successful over time. I had started again in 2013 and my current channel, which I love, has an amazing community that I never had with my previous channel. I would not ditch the current channel I have now but I'm glad I did restart again back then.
 
I used to do gaming stuff (mostly on Twitch but we had a channel too) but a few years ago I had a bit of a falling out with the friend I was doing it with and I lost a lot of interest in the game that was the main focus of the channel. I get a lot less attention now but I like the content I make WAY better. The feeling of forcing myself to play a game I didn't fully enjoy just to make videos was pretty awful.

Also, some people's interests just change. Maybe you get bored of your niche or want to try to make different kinds of content. Evolving a channel that already has a fanbase and an expected kind of content is WAY worse than starting over. You have to deal with the hate and disappointment of the fanbase and jam content they don't want to watch down their throats. Sometimes it's easier to just reboot and move on with your life.
 
Well, about 2-3 years ago, I ditched my old channel (didn't delete it), and made my current one. The biggest reason being was that I just wanted to get away from all the crappy videos on the old channel. There was nothing to be proud of (I made the videos when I was like 12-16 there.), and I basically wanted a new beginning.
 
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