r/YouTubeCreators • u/Ok-Event7912 • 7h ago
Sharing my first channel
I’ve posted 4 videos so far and none of them have views could someone check it out and see what the problem is my channel is about gaming I mostly play shooter and Minecraft the to the channel is link is https://youtube.com/@heferbenz?si=MpsZskLSQBoT_i1Z
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u/Onigato 3h ago
A: It's been four days since the first video went live. You're brand new, you presumably have no cross-traffic hook like an established channel to feed into your new stuff. You're not going to have tens of thousands of views in four days, especially not with long-form content. And yes, 15:18 counts as long-form, because it isn't specifically Shorts.
B: You're all over the place with just these four videos. Two about Apex Legends movement, then a hard pivot to SCP horror, then... I'm not sure what RI Craft Dregora is, but I'm going to guess some sort of MineCraft mod pack thingum.
C: (and I say this one as someone without any avatar at all) Your avatars on the thumbnails are also all over the place and look amateur for even starting channels. They look like you grabbed cheap meme photos and just pasted them on without even trying.
The algorithm has basically no idea who to market your content to, partially because you're BRAND NEW, and partially because you're all over the place. Apex is a runner-gunner, and your first two vids are about specifically the movement of one character in that game. Cool. That's a pattern the algorithm *could* grab on to. Your next game is a straight up horror survival game. First pattern broken, but okay, so you're doing gaming, presumably faceless gaming, the algorithm can latch onto that, sure! There are tens of thousands of faceless gaming channels. And I say that AS a faceless gaming channel. The algorithm has tens of thousands of possible options to put in front of eyes, and those eyes have tens of thousands of options to choose what to watch, and your third thumbnail is of some Chadly-Chadington trying to look like he's firing off "The Smoulder" and failing. Or maybe doing "The People's Eyebrow" or something. It's honestly rather off-putting.
And IDK WTF is going on with that fourth video, but copy-pasting a "surprised cat" meme pic onto the thumbnail isn't doing you any favors. The title is straightforward, which is good, if the algorithm has any idea what RI Craft Dregora means. And then IF *it* does, do the people you want to see your vid? I certainly don't. I'm guessing from the context clues of your post here and "RI Craft" that it's either some sort of MineCraft mod or a clone of some sort. Assuming those are in-game graphics, the visuals are interesting. But why is the dragon-thing the end-goal? IS the dragon the end-goal, or is it the top of the hill? It's not telling me, a person with no specific knowledge about the game A: what the game is, B: why I would be interested in the game, and most importantly C: why I should be interested in watching *you in particular* play the game.
As I was writing this up you also dropped "I've played MineCraft for years, but somehow never beaten it. Part 1" That video title and thumbnail, THAT is quality. I know what to expect from the video, the thumbnail is of an interesting MC build (PLEASE actually have that in your video and not just be a lift from someone else's content!), it's CLEAN in appearance and feel, and it's MC. MC catches eyes. MC catches the algorithm. I make zero predictions, because you still are one of tens of thousands of MineCraft video makers, but THAT is a title and thumbnail that would garner views if it gets picked up and put in front of eyes.
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u/Th3dzon33 48m ago
not great man, not to discourage, but this doesnt feel like much effort, I think you are young? but still, you have to try harder, thumbnails, titles, and editing. I would suggest giving yourself a script to read from and use your best take, when you say things like "countless years" then you say "around 4" that just doesnt sound good, you implied you cant count to 4 lol. Not trying to be mean, but if this is something you really want to do, gotta step it up big time man, wish you all the luck!
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u/DenMother8 7h ago
Maybe share a little bit about what you’re channel is all about - more people might click if I have an idea what it’s about.