YouTube Over 40: How to Jumpstart a YouTube Channel in 2025 

I'm 33 but I still find these videos weather targeting adults older than me helpful. I have a hunting and fishing outdoor channel since 2019. It's just now growing steadily with 2,239 subscribers it was a rough start. But I keep grinding and shorts have helped alot. I still prefer making long form content. Between Brian G, Nick Nimmin and Nate Black these are my go to guys for help learning about youtube and how to do it better😊

My son asked me who my favourite RU-vidr was the other day and I thought about it for a little bit and said you. I was like ‘oh yeah I guess that’s true’ I find this style relaxing and inspiring. I usually go off and make a video after watching. I’m 50 and have followed you for two years I think.

This man on a roll!

My journey has just begun. I got laid off, so I thought I would combine youtube and my love of travel. I can't afford to go to the destinations myself, like a lot of the other creators do. So I started a faceless travel channel. I have 7 subscribers at the moment, and hoping to get 7 more. Then 7 more, then, well you get the idea. I am 54, so I hope I am not to old for this. Good luck to all of you and hope you have great success.

Video Games and Scary Stories keeps me up at night.👾💜 The new style might be a really great thing for your channel. Keep up the wonderful job and wish you a awesome weekend, Brian G Johnson. 🐱🐱❤️❤️

Thank you Brian, Love the channel and appreciate your support in the community!

Thank you and I look forward to continuing my journey in 2025

Focus on your audience ! During the summer I did gardening short videos , " shoot and scoot " . Went from 50 subscribers to 150 . With the change in weather, no material for videos . So I gradually switched to van life travel. I lost some subscribers, but gained back some subscribers. I will stay with the van life topic , and with the new 3 minute Shorts , gain confidence and experience with longer limited editing . And control the , ummm , errr , ahhh and silent spots . And find an easier editing software .

I like the idea of dropping 2025 in the title. I think one of the biggest things is to try very hard to respond to every comment. Sometimes I really do not know what to say on some of the comments, but I figure anything that reflects the recognition of a viewer taking their time to leave a comment, is a good thing. Triggering type words in the title as well as on the thumbnail seem to make a positive difference. I'm learning that product reviews can be repetitious, but I think what separates one content creator from the another, is their personality and how the present the product. So yup, body language is a huge thing. I am about to be moving and trying to come up with ideas for new/different ideas for a background. Is your brick wall a backdrop or a real brick wall? I have a similar bookshelf like yours that I use already. But I'll probably have two areas for videos, one for my livestreams and one for product reviews. One area is going to be a small bedroom so this should be interesting and fun to figure out. Keep the videos coming, look forward to watching them!

We are 11 months in just made the RU-vid studio, in the house so much easier to film and edit. Yes, please do the video on affiliate marketing. Thanks

2025 is the expansion ( I hope ) of our Father Son Paranormal hunting fun. “Two sleuths one mission, solve the Spooky” Growth, brand deals & monetisation are some goals but the bedrock, the non-negotiable is having fun with my son. In the end, if everything else fails, we at least have that 🎉 Thanks for all that you do 🙏

As an over 50 RU-vidr - I sort of divide RU-vid into “buckets” - Fancy, Fun, and Foundational. Fancy are videos with incredible editing and are mini filmmaking. Fun are the over-the-top videos usually done by younger Creators. Foundational are videos showing a skill, technique, or knowledge of some sort - which is what I try to do. It’s a big platform and there are likely more nuanced and specialized “buckets”, but I think that the biggest challenge is when you see one video that is getting millions of views when you get hundreds or maybe a few thousand. However, a smaller number of engaged viewers that are focused is (in my opinion) worth more than pure spectators.

Enjoying the journey. Great tips Brian. 🗡️👍

Some great advice and that will be nice if you can make a video about "Brands and affiliate marketing".

This video was beneficial as far as educating yourself at the beginning of editing because I tried to outsource it, and I found that I still need to have the skill before I launch! I will take the time, so it will save me time in the future. Please make a video about monetizing for small channels.

Great Info! Enjoy your videos!

This is great stuff, i wonder if targeting the over 40s for my silver pouring channel would work, im 46 and started a couple of years ago, so it might be a goer....

G'day. Great video 📹 👍. I'm taking my time right now but 2025 is really the jump start for me.

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Hi Brian. Repeat viewer here. I would love to hear about how to do brand deals as a small RU-vidr.

Great advice for creators over 40, under 40, left of 40, or slightly askew of 40.

👍46 you are always helpful and motivational to me 🎉thanks Brian

Maybe for 2025, I'll start over.

I am back in Hawaii. I am always good to find you. 🎉 🌴🌴Aloha

I am restarting. My channel was growing....

I know what your doing cause everyones saying it. Before evwn watching this 😂

I know what your doing cause everyones saying it. Before evwn watching this 😂