How Small Channels Can Become MASSIVE in 2024 

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Yes, and a lot of Dreams too...

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I see people say things like.. I only got 20k subs in a month, and I was so disheartened.. but I fought through...

@@NBHStudio bro I would be thinking about quitting my job if I got 20k subs in a month and just full sending it 😂

@NerdcraftGaming yeah I left off the end of the sentence... try getting 20 VIEWS a month to really get a feel for the word disheartened

Man I hope that is true…I’m feeling so lost and tiny

@@Equineenergynonprofit your channel is 45x the size of mine you are doing better than a lot of people just keep finding ways to improve

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Please tell us or me. I would appreciate it very much!

That is awesome! Congrats!

Congratulations I here learning as much as I can too.

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Today you can just use youtube promotion for that... Again something Vidiq tells you not to do... but it works! My only two pieces of advice to anyone starting youtube today: 1. Give your channel a boost with RU-vid promotions 2. Blame the algorithm if you believe in your content.... Keep improving your content, but focus on what the algorithm likes first, what your potential audience likes second It's the complete opposite of what Vidiq keeps saying, but it's the only way to grow a small channel on youtube today.

Great job! Keep growing!

@@bbreak Cool story, especially & specifically making not one but 2 negative points about an amazing channel that simply is here to HELP their audience. But hey, you got those subs, right?!

​@@GemRippers Vidiq is mostly here to run a business ;) And I honestly believe they believe they're right... but they're not And it's the number one reason my channel nearly died after 18 months of hard work. So if I can help fellow creators not make that mistake I will... I went from a dead channel with 500 subs to a fast growing channel with 1.5K subs in just one month time, with the only big change being the things I mentioned and which are in fact quite the opposite of what Vidiq had been teaching me (and everyone) all this time... I just wish Vidiq would see their mistakes and I very much hope I can be of help to some fellow creators stuck on youtube doing what they think is best because they assume Vidiq knows what small channels face today (which they don't, I'm afraid).

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Definitely! Just enjoy your journey!

My channel is part of my lifestyle now, I almost can't do something without filming it these days ☺️

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I have only 5 subscribers every day, and its so small=(

Same here 😂

i only gain subs when i post @@savi78622

And now focus more on the algorithm, blame the algorithm... and ignore the advice of Vidiq on that regards... I did that, now I'm growing up to 100 subs a day...

That’s great! Congratulations! So good to hear that!

Kind of disagree. I used to make music for fun and would upload and forget and would get thousands of views. It was just music and pictures from college. Maybe the pictures or music were better than I thought, maybe I good engagement, idk. I do know now I wasted an opportunity!

I've posted about a similar feeling but with a podcast.. it's like I have to make a channel about how to build things then tell those followers to check out the podcast.. but I don't want to build things anymore I just want to talk to interesting and or funny people and therefore entertain and maybe even educate through those discussions..

Well these contents like music and podcast are really hard to grow. Music discovery is happening on spotify or on youtube as well but not how you imagine. You are doomed if you try to upload music and .. and done, that's all your strategy. You have to get onto popular playlists and THEN you will be discovered. It doesn't even matter how good your music is. It can be a generic shitstorm like almost every lofi and ambient track. If it's on a popular playlist then you made it. It's not a lone wolf business. Earning money by making music is one of the hardest thing. If you want money then start with stock songs (epidemic sound and these kind of stuff) or try to get onto playlists. I think podcasting is the other difficult topic because most of the people wants instant entertainment, fast content, exciting videos etc. A podcast is the opposite. It's slow, long content which makes it hard to sell. A lot of people who makes podcasts, made exciting, shorter videos before and became famous by that type of content. I would not start a 'podcast only' channel or a 'music only' channel. First you have to present your personality by a more exciting way. In Hungary (where I live) there is a metalhead guy named Radics Peti who is really passionate towards music. Peti has more then 900k subscribers and mostly make dub parody videos. He made 2 metal albums and even with this level of visibility he could get around 10-30k views on each of his songs. So I would not recommend this formula if you want to sell your music. In this case geting onto playlists is the way to go. However Peti would be able tomake a really successfull podcast channel because he is funny and interesting person. However by being an interesting and funny person does not make your music sold. It requires a totally different aproach.

Just a theory, I think it's easier to become a small audience content creator and then transition to music (as one of many things you do), then to do music and try to support it with making content. I will know by December since that's what I'm doing this year.

Me as well. I'm not a niche, I can't even imagine doing one thing. I absolutely love making the videos and doing everything I do, but my long-form just doesn't attract an audience 🙃

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I'm in the same boat - keep going!

YES!! this year, I will be better than Mr. Beast!!

Yesss! Let’s go!!!

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Looks like a channel about Skincare for woman, Glad it's going well for you

It is about skincare😊, not an easy journey but having channels like Vidiq makes it much better to soldier on.

Congratulations.

Haha I was just about to comment on the graphic as well. But otherwise great video, as always!

Damn that's rough, you would think for sure they would pop off with retention like that! The best I've managed is around 80% on two of my videos, and those reached about 11-12k

@History-in-a-Minute Yeah, I don't get it. It's tough. We are gonna keep at it though!

@Kinghenybroshorts That's awesome. How long was the video?

@@History-in-a-Minute nope.... not today! The algorithm hates content because it's from a small channel. Full stop. By far most of my shorts have well over 100% retention... Some even 150-200%, I actually even have a short with over 2000% retention (no clue how that happened... suppose someone fell asleep with that short on repeat??). But none of them did amazing.... The algorithm does not care about audience retention at all if you're small.

The solution is: BLAME THE ALGORITHM.... Ignore what Vidiq keeps saying, the algorithm hates you. Not because of you, not because of your content, but simply because you're a small channel... It will automatically assume your content must be mediocre at best and people will probably not like it... No matter how long people watch it, how many likes, comments or subs it gets, the algorithm is stuck in a firm believe no-one will like it because you're a small channel... That's the issue with self-learning software, they can draw the most ridiculous conclusions based on the numbers and inf you don't watch it closely you won't know... Vidiq misses it completely, old experienced creators miss it, even youtube itself seems to not be aware of it (yet) even though it is slowly destroying the whole platform... But small channels know, even if they're not aware of it yet (like you)... There is a solution, though it still takes a LOT of time... And that's creating content for the algorithm first, not faor your audience first.... Make stuff the algorithm seems to like in a way where your audience will also like it to a degree. But it is, unfortunately, better to create content the algorithm loves and people don't really like over content a potential audience will love, but won't get to see because the algorithm hates it. I used to listen to Vidiq and my channel just died. I actually gave up on it. At that point I started doing what I thought best and ignored pretty much all Vidiq advice (because I had nothing to lose anymore) and I started growing, fast... Last week alone I grew with over 300 subs! By doing the exact opposite of what Vidiq has been saying all along.

Congratulations

@@bluntpathway thank you I just hit it a month ago and then only a few weeks later I gained 300 more I’m about to hit 2000 wish me luck😜

All the best, this gives me a lot of hope if you keep creating you will grow. @@ryanxkenshin3175 😂😂 I hope you go viral!.

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One of the way to promote the content. Shorts and tik tok videos are similar in format.

@@vidIQ I agree👍

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That's what i noticed too and I love that for us 😊

Well I would hope so but it depends on what RU-vid thinks anyhow

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It's a good thing, wouldn't you say?

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You just enter the time code in the description. For instance if something interesting happens at 1 minute 30 seconds type "01:30 Something Interesting". When viewed in the description by a user it will have a link.

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Nope! Nearly all of the advice in videos like this doesn't apply to new creators today. It's all outdated. And consistency isn't key at all on youtube today... Consistency can help, but it's just one of many tools in your toolbox to grow... By itself it won't do a thing to grow a channel or grow an audience. The biggest thing to grow on youtube today as a new creator is to always blame the algorithm IF you know your content is good (enough) and has an audience. The algorithm has grown into a monster that loves big creators and hates small channels. So start focusing your content on the algorithm first, audience second and you will see growth... Only when you've done this long enough to grow into a somewhat bigger channel you can start making content for your audience first and start applying the stuff that's being said in for instance this Vidiq video.

Consistency isn't key, it's just one of many tools to grow... it will not do much at all, if you're a small youtube channel today... Your focus should be the algorithm, the complete opposite of what Vidiq keeps saying... when I stopped listening to Vidiq I went from 5-6 new subs a week before to over 100 new subs on a single day this week...

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You got this! Keep growing!

Wow, you actually commented back! Sorry I did not see it on my notification, one of my shorts from two weeks ago is now gaining traction and it's booming! It's just like when I first started doing more RU-vid, where one of my videos from shorts got 100K views. It's nowhere near millions but I'll take it! This one is looking like it's heading to that direction! Thanks vidIQ, it's really interesting to see how putting your knowledge with my past experience helps! Still new to this, but I learned a lot from you as well! 🎉

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Good!! make content for the algorithm first, an audience second... That will make you grow.

I'm totally with you here, being an annoying content perfectionist def holds me back & takes up unnecessary time. BUT this guest gave a really valuable tip when he said, and I am paraphrasing here, that he focuses majority of his attention on the first 5-6 mins. He aims to make this top-notch quality content, and then the last few mins you don't have to be "perfect" on (which will save a ton of time & frustration) because if the viewer has watched the first 5mins, there's a good chance they are "pot committed" to finishing thru that 8-min mark. Such a simple concept that makes total sense. Keep grinding my friend!

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Sure mate!@@Alienhere