The fact that someone with a law degree says that RUclips is the hardest thing they've ever done really puts things into perspective. It makes you wonder if the barrier to entry for becoming a successful creator is getting higher and higher, or if it's always been this difficult and we're just now realizing it.
@@bearosophy I feel like the difference is more that, going into law school, you have specific and well-defined goals. Study this -> learn this -> do this -> success. Whereas on RUclips, you can do all the things people suggest and still fail. You can emulate people and study how they succeeded, but it’s hard to translate their success into your niche and brand. Like I know that I like watching Ryan Higa and Safiya Nygaard, but I’m a kpop edit channel, so I can’t really apply what I see to what I do. Even if I made videos about my daily life or short comedy skits, I wouldn’t *want* to copy something that’s already been done. So it’s a little harder to figure things out 😭
From one new creator trying to make it to all the other creators trying to make it….don’t give up!! We will get there. Every video is something new learned and experience gained!! You got this!!
I love it. “If you try talking to everybody you end up talking to nobody” hope everyone seeing this remembers why they started there channel in the first place and continues to crush it
I wonder how I can transfer this concept to my ad-free channel. I am a musician and on my channel I upload music videos with lyrics. I want attention, but I don't want to make money.
I'm In no race to get all that in one year..the more videos I put out will get the viewers I'm aiming for. I don't want to to burn myself out with the amount of editing it takes and give up completely! Steady as she goes!
I might have it totally wrong but In my opinion it's getting the algorithm for my base/niche in line at my pace and then hopefully it happens..we'll see
No rush we will get there! Keep grinding and when you’re uploading what brings you joy even if there aren’t viewers or subs you should feel good knowing you’re doing what you like and in the process of people hop on board that’s just the bonus 🎉 KEEP PUSHIN 🙌
creators like me who think they're not getting anywhere despite the efforts and hard work, keep going, never give up! keep getting better and keep moving forward! Here's my cheers to you, thanks! ❤
Yes its 2 years now for me I create stuff I do in real life so they are real life experiences practical hands on things.. but tech stuff is difficult to find viewers 😢.. oh well one day...
I find it fascinating how RUclips's algorithm plays such a huge role in a creator's success. It's almost like a mysterious force that controls who gets views and who doesn't. It makes me wonder what the future of content creation looks like in an algorithm-driven world.
The key is to not think of it as an algorithm. Think beyond that and the human being you want to speak to an connect with. If you figure that out and can execute well, the 'algorithm' will find an audience for your videos.
The biggest game changer for me was livestreams, the reach has been much larger and even if only a few people stay for a while that’s much more watch hours than a usual 8-10 min video
I think most people starting (Like me!) didn't realize how much time it takes to come up with ideas, film, and then edit. It is hard! But I'm in now for the long haul. Thanks for the helpful information as always.
You guys are awesome! - 30 days into our transformation, we have been following most of what you are doing and taking action. We are seeing phenomenal results. Thank you for your invaluable guidance!
I have over 2,000 hours in just 2 months so it CAN be done. For myself, it was content and clean, cohesive thumbnails. Views and Total Hours are going very well...however, my struggle is with gaining Subscibers, so I will tune into some other videos on that topic. Best wishes EVERYONE!
The fact that someone said RUclips is the hardest thing they’ve done compared to becoming a lawyer really puts things in perspective. It will feel that much more rewarding to be able to be monetized and have a successful channel!
Agree , if I counted how many hours did I put in and whats my gains ..its pretty brutal. If I cleaned so many hours old people houses, Ill be rich right now
Admittedly a tough ride! One has to stay motivated to keep going. Some channels take off quickly, for the rest of us, it can be a slow journey! What matters is moving forward, learning from the RUclips veterans and trying not to get burnt out along the way!
My niche i think is a niche with a hook.... I have a specific set of skills and i found a hole in the content i was finding which i appear to able to fill, but im also passionate about what I'm doing. And i have a log book, so when an idea pops into my head i can write it down and either wean it out or keep it once ive thought it over
I have almost 4000 hours of watch time and almost 7K subscribers, what happens in my case is that I do very short videos so a one minute video average around 45 seconds of watch time. But with people that follow me like this because I can explain topics in very short time, give some examples and that's all, without talking too much :) and I personally feel more comfortable doing this because I don't expend too much time doing a video so I can make more videos in the future.
That’s similar to my videos - longest videos are about 4 minutes. I have the subscriber count but not the Watch Time Hours. Because my videos are short, it’s taking a while.
I wish the same . :( I have 40h watchtime from long videos ...since i do a lot of shorts , but there is 0 chance for me to make 10 mil clicks from shorts . So im kinda screwed right now.
Totally! I’ve been working on my building my public channel for a few months now but just realized today the shorts time doesn’t count towards the watch time. 🥲
Thank you so much for sharing this, so should we hide the old content and start fresh with a new niche? My page has grown significantly over the last few months because of my shorts; But my watch hours are really low.
It's kind of sad that even with 500 hours of content being uploaded to RUclips every minute, only a select few creators will ever reach the monetization threshold. It really shows how difficult it is to make it on the platform.
Coming from someone who used to run various channels on and off for years before this current one, trying to get to monetization is one of the hardest things I've done on RUclips. The influx in available music has made competition in the niche of music very high compared to five to ten years ago. I may start running ads again, cause running a few of those every so often helps with visibility and is far easier than the amount of work it takes to achieve those same results organically.
I started from scratch and in less than a month I have had massive support from viewers, over 1.5k subscribers and 3,700 watch hours, good content is very important
Can 100% agree with that first comment. I have done both the sales associate and broker state license exams for real estate and content creation is FAR more difficult. But I’m determined! 💪 Positive vibes everyone, never quit!
the watch time hours is harder 100% dont even worie about the subscribers because if you have 4000 watch hours you definetly have over 1000 subscribers
I just broke 4000 watch hours. I’ve been doing youtube about 7 months. At 750 subs, so not there yet. I have an outdoors channel, with heavy focus on knives, so I guess that really is a niche. Thank you for the great videos Vidiq!
Thank you for your continued guidance. I’ve only started recently but I won’t give up 💪🏽 Hope all of you other small channels stick with it and don’t give up! Good luck!
I just enjoy the process of learning and growing. I have a full time gig, family and obligations and make time to create and enjoy. If it’s about money, best of luck with that. Way too much pressure if that is the gain. Keep going y’all, I hope you reach your short and long term goals…..
I've decided to start uploading content very similar to another quizkly growing creator. Nobody else is really covering this topic thoroughly (American Geography), so I have started uploading videos about similar topics to them and I have started growing quickly myself. Here's something for y'all to take out of this; find a niche with either a quickly growing creator or no established creator, and go in on it. Be different, but not too different. You want to find the sweet spot between too specific and too broad.
Hi! Those are very good advice. But talking about a niche... how can one start a reaction channel today (or start to grow one)? What if I am passioned exactly at providing humorous comments on random content? How to niche down on a channel that is focused on variety? Or should I start over into something more realistic?
But does this advice count towards an Ai music channel as I feel when it comes to music , you really kill your exposure to different areas of music. If I just did classical music, I would just get x amount of subscribers. I have over 5k moving on to 10k with promotion feature in under 2 months. Would this still be possible with a small pop song niche ???
I thought I had picked a niche at this point but as I was listening to this video I realized it’s a little scrambled at the moment. Thanks Rob! I’ll try to keep things looking similar!
Yeah Its definitly not easy picking a niche. Its always something wrong in my opinion😊 its either too small. Too big. Takes too much time or something else.. 🙂
Yes, for ordinary citizens, it's difficult to get monetized or get that elusive 1K subs and 4K watch hours. I stopped uploading videos for a year because I got frustrated. I only did it again recently because YT sent me an email saying that they reduced the number of hours to 3K and 500 subs. But this is NOT for in-stream ads.
@@brain4thoughts even if the channel goes nowhere, the personal learning and skills developed can be used elsewhere. Personally, far more confident speaking to groups.
One thing I have found frustration with is I have two friends who have made RUclips Partner within 90 days. I am still no where near that milestone. My frustration lies in the aspect of me actually taking time to make content. I use my green screen, I write scripts for videos and get very little success. They just react to a video and get like 40k views. Seems like reaction videos play more of an impact then anything else. Its frustrating because I want to be original in my content. Thanks for the videos and insight.
I agree that having a clear value proposition for every video is important, but what about creativity and experimentation? Do creators risk alienating their audience if they deviate too much from their established niche?
Yes, they do BUT... everyone starts out experimenting 100% of the time because they have to. Often your successes come from experimentation. It's how you grow as a creator. It just has to be in moderation once you have an audience.
Great video! One question, my biggest streaming short had nothing to do with my niche! My niche is reggae music and the short was about getting financial assistance! 17K streams so far , nothing else compares! I'm soooo confused now!
I’ve started my 4000hrs journey making PowerPoint Tutorials. So far almost 15% completed. Trying to stay consistent and looking forward to the monetisation 🙏💜
One of your previous videos stated to define your business or something like that. Which to me is making lets plays for video games. Over time I have thought more about this and that doing Horror games would be more my niche. I know there is a lot of other competition in this area but then trying to define that niche again helps. I will ponder this more and see what I come up with. But hearing similar things in different wording does help so thank you for that. Keep up the amazing you you are helping so many people with these videos. Even if we never become big its helping people grow in their knowledge of content creation.
Interestingly, this is the monetization target that I achieved first while still struggling with the subs 😅 I make short (1-2 mins) gaming videos, and so fortunate a couple of them blew up early on, helping me get 4k watch hour in just 2 months. Now, onto the 1k subs!
Rainthority same here , im struggling with subs too ..a lot. I have very young channel . I do animations and LEGO stop motion :) You have nice looking channel , even tho i dont know or play that game.
How about when we talk about channels that post only short videos? Specific niche, consistence etc BUT your subscribers do not get notified about your new videos (because that's how yt shorts work. No notifications). How do you make your subscribers come back in this case?
Hey Rob. Does the region you publish in affect hours and subscribers. I've been at it for 3 years all in my niche, learning and improving and still feel I'm years away from monetization?
Next June, it will be year 1 since I started my journey on youtube, I have 1700 hrs, with 3320 subs. Trying to learn and improve on my videos overall, quiting is not an option, I am still hungy and do what I learned here and other educational channels. Thanks for all you do for us guys, I am happy with my results but not satisfied see you on the top.
Came for the solid advice, stayed for the DS9 reference. Rule of Acquisition #57: Good customers are as rare as latinum- treasure them. Also, I will say being a streamer makes some of the points made more difficult, but I can see ways to implement them as I need to do VODs in addition to shorts and livestreams.
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden same here! My videos are really short - longest is about 4 minutes long. So, it’s taking forever to reach the Watch Time Hours.
@@simple_naildesigns then we have the same problem 😊 yeah its hard. You dont want to loose viewers along the way either.. 🙂 I dont know what to do ecept making a lot of videos..
DON’T GIVE UP YOU GUYS!! I have a question! Should I keep my channel in my name, “Paul Adrian Moon” OR should I change it to something closer to what content I create? I am a vlogger/artist posting my journey on being homeless/tent living AND making it on RUclips. Should I change my channel name to “My Homeless Journey” or something? Or just keep my name? What would you recommend? Choose?
I’m really close now with my furniture restoration channel! Feels great - but it took one year. And a great deal of hard work! Thanks for a great channel with tips and tricks 🙏🏻🙏🏻
4k might seem daunting at first, but I literally managed to get there in only 3 months, with most hours of watchtime being in only a month after reviving my channel, and you just need to improve the quality of your videos overtime so that the audience watches for longer.
Very much enjoying the learning process. We started our channel on 1/21/23 and have been watching your channel and trying to improve a little bit at a time.
Experimenting within my niche a little lately. The main thing I do is paint with acrylics. However, said paintings take time to create so when there’s no painting video to show, I try to fill in the gap with some art related content and I’m just testing and trying things out. Since picking up the pace after a dormant gap, my numbers are telling me I’m slowly growing and improving…😊
I hope everyone finds their niche that they enjoy making videos of! 4000hours seems quite a daunting goal at the moment but I'm sure everyone can get there with persistence!
I love the whole chapter on picking a niche, and the idea of your target audience that there's an awareness of "graduating" from content. That's my whole goal. I want to be sort of a "gateway drug" into the world of fitness for anime/kawaii nerds, so if they move on to "bigger and better" channels and resources, I'll feel I've done my job. 💪
After stumble upon this video and watch until finish, I must say what you say attracted me. Passionate for the niche is important. I have keeping on posting videos and developing my channel for years but not successful in getting the BIG 1000 sub and 4000 hours yet. 😂 But I enjoy to record and share what I see and hear during my travel trips. What I learn from watching this videos is you also say passion doesn't equal profitability. I also agree on that. Anyway thanks for this videos as it does motivate me a bit to don't give up just yet..😅
@@vidIQ people rush to monetization then I have seen some more then one channel delete their channel because they were not getting the views. The hype for monetization meh 🫤 just create and have fun.
So around 11 hours of watch time a day to meet the qualifications. Some days may be hard but other days it may be possible. I made 48 hours of watch time in one day once which helps to counteract the days, I don't get any. My question is, does my watch time reset if I don't make the 4k?
Hi. If I’m speaking about trading card games, the category of my videos should be “Gaming”? RUclips set by default as “People & Blogs”! Is that important?
Thanks for the information! After I got my channel from 800 to 2700 subscribers in a very short time with 3 shorts that went viral, I'm now working on doubling the watch time from the current 2100 hours to over 4000 hours per year.
As a new creator, I understandI have so much to work on to even be good, let alone great. But this podcast helps to inspire and motivate me so much. Thank you all.
I agree. I have recently started getting good views. Even though its a long way to get monetized, I am confident of reaching the target. Btw, we are trying to create road safety awareness in India. Hope our message reaches to prople.
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden Thanks. Road Accidents are a huge problem in India. We are trying to create awareness to drive safely. Hope we achieve our mission
My RUclips channel journey in a nutshell. Started at the end of March 2023. I posted videos of my old Pokémon cards. Then I discovered shorts and my views and subscriptions skyrocketed. Now my views on shorts has gone a bit stale while my videos are generating the bulk of the views and hours.
Hey there. Question! If your video does become monetized, what happens if you need to temporarily put that video on “private” ? Will it ruin anything or would revenue earning just resume upon making the video public again?
🚨🚨DO NOT CLICK THIS🚨🚨
👉 vidiq.com/secretpage 👈
Ok
yes sir
Ok I wont
Understood
Do you think I can ever reach 4000 watch hour only having 17 now 😢
Don’t give up believe in yourself EVERYONE!
You are the person that gave me the most motivation today thank you 🙏
I’m not doing the best 10 people unsubscribe today
Yeap not giving up.
@@King1234-i5g Im sorry about that
Let's do this 🤑
If you are reading this, I believe in you! We can do this - consistency and quality is key! Let's do this!
we got this
Done Please 🖤✅
Quality is good, but marketing is the real key
💕💕
Thanks
Good luck everyone on their journey!! It will be tough but we can do it! Just stick with it!
Excellent advice.
Thank you for this! I'm 12 subscribers deep and I won't give up
@@ValentinGarcia6 Better than 0
Thx
@@ValentinGarcia6 Hang in there... Stay connected. =)
Stay consistent & faithful. Went from 98 to 185 in 4 days. Let’s keep posting guys
How? Before, I was consistently uploading videos basicly on a weekly basis and only gained about 2 subscribers.
Follow trends and go crazy… I started posting videos with editing 2 weeks ago and I’ve gained like 400 subs and 2000 watch hours
How are you doing?
What kind of videos do you do
CONGRATS ON MAKING IT!!
Niche, passion and consistency is the key! I'm at 3,600 subs and 4000 hours after 4 months, I never would have believed it!
Now you are at 15k, congrats 🎉
Wow
Dope man !
I've done everything I thing youtube control views and watch hours
@@Shortmixking I feel the same.
I'm at about 3200 hours currently! The 4k is going to be so satisfying 🤩
Keep grinding man
@@vBurniiOnRUclips thanks!
Keep on going
This sucks, but I hit 1.64k subs and 30k watch hours then I tried to join YPP and they did not accept me 😔
Congrats good job!
The fact that someone with a law degree says that RUclips is the hardest thing they've ever done really puts things into perspective. It makes you wonder if the barrier to entry for becoming a successful creator is getting higher and higher, or if it's always been this difficult and we're just now realizing it.
I know right 👍I agree
It’s so hard! 2500 hours to go, 556 subs to go
@@bearosophy I feel like the difference is more that, going into law school, you have specific and well-defined goals. Study this -> learn this -> do this -> success. Whereas on RUclips, you can do all the things people suggest and still fail. You can emulate people and study how they succeeded, but it’s hard to translate their success into your niche and brand. Like I know that I like watching Ryan Higa and Safiya Nygaard, but I’m a kpop edit channel, so I can’t really apply what I see to what I do. Even if I made videos about my daily life or short comedy skits, I wouldn’t *want* to copy something that’s already been done. So it’s a little harder to figure things out 😭
After about a year, just 495 hours of watching time
Word lol
We'll get there, guys! Let's just all keep going, nothing is impossible!
Thanks 👍we got this it's possible
Totally agree.
Thanks
Count me in 😍😍😘 please wait ✌️
Yeah I'm also on the track
From one new creator trying to make it to all the other creators trying to make it….don’t give up!! We will get there. Every video is something new learned and experience gained!! You got this!!
This is so true 👍
I love it. “If you try talking to everybody you end up talking to nobody” hope everyone seeing this remembers why they started there channel in the first place and continues to crush it
Great advice thank you
Not gonna stop until getting that 4k and 1k subscribers! Never give up 💪🏽
Yes yes
@@Aeenjylwhat u are so close to 1k wow 🤩 nice
I only have 312 sub's 😭
So do u need 4k watch hours in 12 months
Same
Thats the spirit
👍never give up
Let's keep on pushing towards our goal without forgetting the main reason we chose to pursue this, It's our passion!
How are you doing?
This video is a masterclass for the fundamentals. You're stepping it up Rob!
I agree 👍
Cheers Doug. My 'Audience' View Duration is epic on this one too! ;)
Done Please 💜🖤
It’s really difficult as a new content creator not to be a little demotivated quite fast!
I hear ya, so much out there its hard to see yourself being found
Yeah but it is fun as you go along. You learn so much. About you what you really want to do and what worked
Good luck everyone ,God will see us through
🎉
Sending positive energy to everyone trying to make RUclips work. We got this!
Thank you... Greetings from POLAND. =)
yes, we can 👍👍
I wonder how I can transfer this concept to my ad-free channel. I am a musician and on my channel I upload music videos with lyrics. I want attention, but I don't want to make money.
Thank you, same to you too!
Như trên 🤩
Let's get all motivated and keep going! We'll get there soon :)
Done Please 💜🖤
I'm In no race to get all that in one year..the more videos I put out will get the viewers I'm aiming for. I don't want to to burn myself out with the amount of editing it takes and give up completely! Steady as she goes!
Absolutely agree
But thn u wont be monetised by youtube partners program
I might have it totally wrong but In my opinion it's getting the algorithm for my base/niche in line at my pace and then hopefully it happens..we'll see
The thing is you need to get all that in one year if you want to get monetized. Or worse 3 months if you are a shorts content creator.
@@hikarishini you have to have 1000 new subs within a year?
No rush we will get there! Keep grinding and when you’re uploading what brings you joy even if there aren’t viewers or subs you should feel good knowing you’re doing what you like and in the process of people hop on board that’s just the bonus 🎉 KEEP PUSHIN 🙌
yes i wil never give up
Done Please 🖤💜
Well said Sir
@@ImmuneGoon sure
creators like me who think they're not getting anywhere despite the efforts and hard work, keep going, never give up! keep getting better and keep moving forward! Here's my cheers to you, thanks! ❤
Yes its 2 years now for me I create stuff I do in real life so they are real life experiences practical hands on things.. but tech stuff is difficult to find viewers 😢.. oh well one day...
I find it fascinating how RUclips's algorithm plays such a huge role in a creator's success. It's almost like a mysterious force that controls who gets views and who doesn't. It makes me wonder what the future of content creation looks like in an algorithm-driven world.
I agree 👍 the algorithm-driven world
The key is to not think of it as an algorithm. Think beyond that and the human being you want to speak to an connect with. If you figure that out and can execute well, the 'algorithm' will find an audience for your videos.
The biggest game changer for me was livestreams, the reach has been much larger and even if only a few people stay for a while that’s much more watch hours than a usual 8-10 min video
Indeed, Livestream are watchtime bombs if you can get an audience to watch :)
@@vidIQ i have never down livestreams are they really that good?
Does Livestream views count in watchtime hours ?
@@bigthinkermotivation yes it does :)
@@whyfootball that's cool, thanks for letting me know
I think most people starting (Like me!) didn't realize how much time it takes to come up with ideas, film, and then edit. It is hard! But I'm in now for the long haul. Thanks for the helpful information as always.
It's hardwork but we have to keep moving and doing what we're good at
@@the_fearless_explorer1213 Yes!
It does take time but it is satisfying work. You got this!
@@LisaHarvey16 Thank you!
Agree!
You guys are awesome! - 30 days into our transformation, we have been following most of what you are doing and taking action. We are seeing phenomenal results. Thank you for your invaluable guidance!
I have over 2,000 hours in just 2 months so it CAN be done. For myself, it was content and clean, cohesive thumbnails. Views and Total Hours are going very well...however, my struggle is with gaining Subscibers, so I will tune into some other videos on that topic. Best wishes EVERYONE!
Try upload more shorts for subscriber:)
@@QuickestSteps THANK YOU...that is great advice.
RUclips just deleted my account at 3k watch hours😢
Back to the drawing board
@@Saint_Knodge thats really bad why they did that? Did you contact them?
The fact that someone said RUclips is the hardest thing they’ve done compared to becoming a lawyer really puts things in perspective. It will feel that much more rewarding to be able to be monetized and have a successful channel!
I agree 👍
Agree , if I counted how many hours did I put in and whats my gains ..its pretty brutal. If I cleaned so many hours old people houses, Ill be rich right now
/@zilayraza
The most difficult thing I have ever tried to achieve is to achieve 4000 hours . Still trying 😢😢😢.
Keep grinding 👍you got this
I can’t even get 100 subs pipe down sis
@@WhosLlewop you will get there keep pushing x
@@noma406 I just figured out if you do 25 seconds short, It can help u get the watch time fastt
Hello @noma406. Have you reached your target?
Admittedly a tough ride! One has to stay motivated to keep going. Some channels take off quickly, for the rest of us, it can be a slow journey! What matters is moving forward, learning from the RUclips veterans and trying not to get burnt out along the way!
Consistency and quantity works for me, still pushing hard
Well said bro, don’t give up yourself
We’re still early in our RUclips journey, and watching your videos has been extremely helpful as we develop our style. Thanks for all that you do.
My niche i think is a niche with a hook....
I have a specific set of skills and i found a hole in the content i was finding which i appear to able to fill, but im also passionate about what I'm doing.
And i have a log book, so when an idea pops into my head i can write it down and either wean it out or keep it once ive thought it over
I have almost 4000 hours of watch time and almost 7K subscribers, what happens in my case is that I do very short videos so a one minute video average around 45 seconds of watch time. But with people that follow me like this because I can explain topics in very short time, give some examples and that's all, without talking too much :) and I personally feel more comfortable doing this because I don't expend too much time doing a video so I can make more videos in the future.
Perfect type of digestible, binge content for your topic! :)
That’s similar to my videos - longest videos are about 4 minutes. I have the subscriber count but not the Watch Time Hours. Because my videos are short, it’s taking a while.
Aww same 😢
I love those short videos.
That's true I always choose a video that have low minutes
I wish they took into account shorts watch time and just made you able to monetize your channel from both instead of them being completely separate
Yea it’s dumb but don’t give up keep going!
I agree 👍
I wish the same . :( I have 40h watchtime from long videos ...since i do a lot of shorts , but there is 0 chance for me to make 10 mil clicks from shorts . So im kinda screwed right now.
True.
Totally! I’ve been working on my building my public channel for a few months now but just realized today the shorts time doesn’t count towards the watch time. 🥲
We’ll get there guys! Let’s keep working and putting out our content 🔥
Thank you for the reminder buddy. I’ve been making videos about guitar so far but have some other ideas up my sleeve with better graphics and edits 😊🎉
@@JAHLife Can’t wait to see them! 🙌🏻
@@thefrostzone Thank you for the drive and inspiration + support my friend. Cheers!!!
Done Please 🖤💜
Thank you so much for sharing this, so should we hide the old content and start fresh with a new niche? My page has grown significantly over the last few months because of my shorts; But my watch hours are really low.
Needed this! WE GOT THIS EVERYONE! Keep pushing!!
It's kind of sad that even with 500 hours of content being uploaded to RUclips every minute, only a select few creators will ever reach the monetization threshold. It really shows how difficult it is to make it on the platform.
I agree 👍
Coming from someone who used to run various channels on and off for years before this current one, trying to get to monetization is one of the hardest things I've done on RUclips. The influx in available music has made competition in the niche of music very high compared to five to ten years ago.
I may start running ads again, cause running a few of those every so often helps with visibility and is far easier than the amount of work it takes to achieve those same results organically.
It's extremly important to do a niche
Definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m in year 6 and still trying to hit the 4000 hours.
I started from scratch and in less than a month I have had massive support from viewers, over 1.5k subscribers and 3,700 watch hours, good content is very important
Am really struggling so much with 4000 Public Watch hours ,,,,,12k Subscribers now,,,,,
Just how......I have 9300 hours and only 500 subs with pretty amazing analytics 😓😓😓😓
Keep grinding 👍we got this
What are you doing that only 5% of your subs are watching
Can 100% agree with that first comment. I have done both the sales associate and broker state license exams for real estate and content creation is FAR more difficult. But I’m determined! 💪 Positive vibes everyone, never quit!
Keep pushing & uploading
Done Please 🤍✅
I don't know which is harder, 4000 watch hrs or getting 1000 subs. But yeah, no giving up. Let's stay motivated!
Both is tbh
Done Please 🖤💜
I definitely think the watch time hours!
the watch time hours is harder 100% dont even worie about the subscribers because if you have 4000 watch hours you definetly have over 1000 subscribers
for me is the hours, fighting to reach 700 subs but the hours seems to be impossible :(
3:30 GREAT example I could grasp, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Same
I just broke 4000 watch hours. I’ve been doing youtube about 7 months. At 750 subs, so not there yet. I have an outdoors channel, with heavy focus on knives, so I guess that really is a niche. Thank you for the great videos Vidiq!
Why is it Soo hard to get 4000 watch hours I have the 1000 subscribers
Thank you for your continued guidance.
I’ve only started recently but I won’t give up 💪🏽
Hope all of you other small channels stick with it and don’t give up!
Good luck!
Thanks 👍and good luck
You got this!
I just enjoy the process of learning and growing.
I have a full time gig, family and obligations and make time to create and enjoy.
If it’s about money, best of luck with that. Way too much pressure if that is the gain.
Keep going y’all, I hope you reach your short and long term goals…..
Thanks 👍keep going we got this
true, no rush. just enjoy every moment you are creating a content.
AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏
Done Please ✅
I've decided to start uploading content very similar to another quizkly growing creator. Nobody else is really covering this topic thoroughly (American Geography), so I have started uploading videos about similar topics to them and I have started growing quickly myself. Here's something for y'all to take out of this; find a niche with either a quickly growing creator or no established creator, and go in on it. Be different, but not too different. You want to find the sweet spot between too specific and too broad.
You saw our channel audit of you yesterday right?
I agree 👍
@@vidIQ Yep :)
Hi! Those are very good advice. But talking about a niche... how can one start a reaction channel today (or start to grow one)? What if I am passioned exactly at providing humorous comments on random content? How to niche down on a channel that is focused on variety? Or should I start over into something more realistic?
But does this advice count towards an Ai music channel as I feel when it comes to music , you really kill your exposure to different areas of music. If I just did classical music, I would just get x amount of subscribers. I have over 5k moving on to 10k with promotion feature in under 2 months. Would this still be possible with a small pop song niche ???
I thought I had picked a niche at this point but as I was listening to this video I realized it’s a little scrambled at the moment. Thanks Rob! I’ll try to keep things looking similar!
Yeah Its definitly not easy picking a niche. Its always something wrong in my opinion😊 its either too small. Too big. Takes too much time or something else.. 🙂
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden exactly my thoughts
It takes time and it's ever evolving, but keep it at top of mind when you create!
@@Aeenjyl thank you! It’s our gaming channel username. It was Relaxed Jokers wayyy back in the day but I’m glad I figured out a new name
@@vidIQ Thanks Rob! I’ll try my best
It sure has been a journey for me. Only half way there. Climbing though. Thanks for your advice, opinion, and support. Was fun to watch. Great video
Can't help myself.
WOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH, we're half way thereeeeeee.
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO, living in a praaaayer.
One of my favorite songs. Im sure you did it justice singing. Hahaha. Im going to make it too. Really do appreciate the advice
Done Please 💜
We don’t give up. We press forward into greatness. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏿
Done Please 💜
To the person who is reading this, don't give
up on your RUclips channel. Keep going it's
going to get better.
Yessss! New subscriber here 🙌🏻
@@LifeofVie27 🥰
Yes, for ordinary citizens, it's difficult to get monetized or get that elusive 1K subs and 4K watch hours. I stopped uploading videos for a year because I got frustrated. I only did it again recently because YT sent me an email saying that they reduced the number of hours to 3K and 500 subs. But this is NOT for in-stream ads.
Never stop. Create, publish, promote and learn!
I agree 👍 never stop create,publish, promote and learn.
@@brain4thoughts even if the channel goes nowhere, the personal learning and skills developed can be used elsewhere. Personally, far more confident speaking to groups.
@@RenderEngine I agree 👍
One thing I have found frustration with is I have two friends who have made RUclips Partner within 90 days. I am still no where near that milestone. My frustration lies in the aspect of me actually taking time to make content. I use my green screen, I write scripts for videos and get very little success. They just react to a video and get like 40k views. Seems like reaction videos play more of an impact then anything else. Its frustrating because I want to be original in my content. Thanks for the videos and insight.
I agree that having a clear value proposition for every video is important, but what about creativity and experimentation? Do creators risk alienating their audience if they deviate too much from their established niche?
🤔I agree
Yes, they do BUT... everyone starts out experimenting 100% of the time because they have to. Often your successes come from experimentation. It's how you grow as a creator. It just has to be in moderation once you have an audience.
It's a challenge but it's definitely a passion thing, gotta stick with it
Great video! One question, my biggest streaming short had nothing to do with my niche! My niche is reggae music and the short was about getting financial assistance! 17K streams so far , nothing else compares! I'm soooo confused now!
I’ve started my 4000hrs journey making PowerPoint Tutorials. So far almost 15% completed. Trying to stay consistent and looking forward to the monetisation 🙏💜
Make longer videos
@@blake0930 Hi Blake, that’s a great suggestion. I’ll experiment with some.l different formats 🙏💜
It is not easy to be honest. But being consistent and keep going it gets better!!!
One of your previous videos stated to define your business or something like that. Which to me is making lets plays for video games. Over time I have thought more about this and that doing Horror games would be more my niche. I know there is a lot of other competition in this area but then trying to define that niche again helps. I will ponder this more and see what I come up with. But hearing similar things in different wording does help so thank you for that. Keep up the amazing you you are helping so many people with these videos. Even if we never become big its helping people grow in their knowledge of content creation.
Interestingly, this is the monetization target that I achieved first while still struggling with the subs 😅 I make short (1-2 mins) gaming videos, and so fortunate a couple of them blew up early on, helping me get 4k watch hour in just 2 months. Now, onto the 1k subs!
Congrats 👍1k on its way
You've got this!
Rainthority same here , im struggling with subs too ..a lot. I have very young channel . I do animations and LEGO stop motion :) You have nice looking channel , even tho i dont know or play that game.
Hấp dẫn! 💪📢
How about when we talk about channels that post only short videos? Specific niche, consistence etc BUT your subscribers do not get notified about your new videos (because that's how yt shorts work. No notifications). How do you make your subscribers come back in this case?
Hey Rob. Does the region you publish in affect hours and subscribers. I've been at it for 3 years all in my niche, learning and improving and still feel I'm years away from monetization?
I’m on the road to 1000 first! I’m so glad I’m learning this now!!
👍congrats 👍first 1000k
Next June, it will be year 1 since I started my journey on youtube, I have 1700 hrs, with 3320 subs. Trying to learn and improve on my videos overall, quiting is not an option, I am still hungy and do what I learned here and other educational channels. Thanks for all you do for us guys, I am happy with my results but not satisfied see you on the top.
RUclips will NEVER satisfy a creator's appetite. Aint that great!?
Came for the solid advice, stayed for the DS9 reference. Rule of Acquisition #57: Good customers are as rare as latinum- treasure them.
Also, I will say being a streamer makes some of the points made more difficult, but I can see ways to implement them as I need to do VODs in addition to shorts and livestreams.
DS9 is the best
I’m at 3 months of active posting (several classes weekly) and at 2500 hours. Getting subs has been way easier! Keep going! We can do this 💪
guys, i got 1k subs today, so happy, next target is 4000 watch hours. i can do it and you too
This is just what I need! I’m struggling with reaching my Watch Time Hours and need all the help I can get.
Yeah me too and especially since I dont wanna make my videos too long, only like 2-3,5 min long.. what are you struggling with?
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden same here! My videos are really short - longest is about 4 minutes long. So, it’s taking forever to reach the Watch Time Hours.
@@simple_naildesigns then we have the same problem 😊 yeah its hard. You dont want to loose viewers along the way either.. 🙂 I dont know what to do ecept making a lot of videos..
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden agree! Just continue making content. It’ll happen, just keep going!
Done Please 🖤
The second I hit 1k you started making 4k watch hour videos, perfect timing!
Well congrats on that milestone, let's get cracking on this one!
We got this guys! I won’t give up and neither should you ⚔️
Thanks 👍never give up
Congrats on 1K subs!
@@vidIQ thank you!!
DON’T GIVE UP YOU GUYS!! I have a question! Should I keep my channel in my name, “Paul Adrian Moon” OR should I change it to something closer to what content I create? I am a vlogger/artist posting my journey on being homeless/tent living AND making it on RUclips. Should I change my channel name to “My Homeless Journey” or something? Or just keep my name?
What would you recommend? Choose?
I’m really close now with my furniture restoration channel! Feels great - but it took one year. And a great deal of hard work! Thanks for a great channel with tips and tricks 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Started in 2015, just started getting passionate about my content. Thank you for doing what you do man. You’re seriously helping🙌🏻
Hey how are you?
4k might seem daunting at first, but I literally managed to get there in only 3 months, with most hours of watchtime being in only a month after reviving my channel, and you just need to improve the quality of your videos overtime so that the audience watches for longer.
Nice congrats bro can u give me a shout out pls
Congrats 👍on 4k
Very much enjoying the learning process. We started our channel on 1/21/23 and have been watching your channel and trying to improve a little bit at a time.
Wise words to live by! 😎
Experimenting within my niche a little lately. The main thing I do is paint with acrylics. However, said paintings take time to create so when there’s no painting video to show, I try to fill in the gap with some art related content and I’m just testing and trying things out. Since picking up the pace after a dormant gap, my numbers are telling me I’m slowly growing and improving…😊
Not gonna stop until getting that 4k and 1k subscribers! Never give up
I hope everyone finds their niche that they enjoy making videos of!
4000hours seems quite a daunting goal at the moment but I'm sure everyone can get there with persistence!
Very well explained! This should be in the YT FAQ page! Great job!
Thank you for this video, I really appreciate it . Very clear and true 😊
I love the whole chapter on picking a niche, and the idea of your target audience that there's an awareness of "graduating" from content. That's my whole goal. I want to be sort of a "gateway drug" into the world of fitness for anime/kawaii nerds, so if they move on to "bigger and better" channels and resources, I'll feel I've done my job. 💪
Wonderful! Thanks for the help from a new RUclips channel, we appreciate your help 🙌
Started using captions on my shorts. They definitely helped with reducing the number of people who swiped away, and increased watch time slightly.
I"m sorry to say my friend, but as of now, shorts watchtime does not count towards channel monetisation.
@@snapsna3567 oh I realise that, it’s just nice when a video does well that’s all.
do you mainly caption your own shorts or?
@@STLhumanity314 In some of them yes. Depends what the short consists of.
@@realmofloredor 🤗 thanks for the reply
After stumble upon this video and watch until finish, I must say what you say attracted me.
Passionate for the niche is important.
I have keeping on posting videos and developing my channel for years but not successful in getting the BIG 1000 sub and 4000 hours yet. 😂
But I enjoy to record and share what I see and hear during my travel trips.
What I learn from watching this videos is you also say passion doesn't equal profitability. I also agree on that.
Anyway thanks for this videos as it does motivate me a bit to don't give up just yet..😅
Keep going, you have more than me or some of us here. Followed you on your channel.
As someone that been on youtube since 2006 lived through many years of purges. I just create and do it has a hobby. I don't stress on monetization.
Iike that 👍I agree
Then no need to worry about monetization goals!
@@vidIQ people rush to monetization then I have seen some more then one channel delete their channel because they were not getting the views. The hype for monetization meh 🫤 just create and have fun.
So around 11 hours of watch time a day to meet the qualifications. Some days may be hard but other days it may be possible. I made 48 hours of watch time in one day once which helps to counteract the days, I don't get any. My question is, does my watch time reset if I don't make the 4k?
Best thing is staying motivated. I watch this channel just to feel good and keep pumping videos.💪🇵🇰
I agree 👍
Just getting started! Optimistic but also realistic 🙌🏼
Hi. How are you?
2 months in and still grinding every day! I come back to watch these videos to make sure I don’t lose my hunger
Don't lose hope. We got this. =)
Hi. If I’m speaking about trading card games, the category of my videos should be “Gaming”? RUclips set by default as “People & Blogs”! Is that important?
Thanks for the information! After I got my channel from 800 to 2700 subscribers in a very short time with 3 shorts that went viral, I'm now working on doubling the watch time from the current 2100 hours to over 4000 hours per year.
🙏🙏 Appreciate all your work guys! Learned a lot from you!
@@Aeenjyl you are close!!
@@Aeenjyl keep up the work and it will happen!
You're welcome Football Fundamental appreciate the support :)
@@vidIQ 🙏
As a new creator, I understandI have so much to work on to even be good, let alone great. But this podcast helps to inspire and motivate me so much. Thank you all.
Watch hours
I agree. I have recently started getting good views. Even though its a long way to get monetized, I am confident of reaching the target. Btw, we are trying to create road safety awareness in India. Hope our message reaches to prople.
Thats an interesting niche
@@Beautiful_Doors_of_Sweden Thanks. Road Accidents are a huge problem in India. We are trying to create awareness to drive safely. Hope we achieve our mission
@@CarDashCamOwnersIndia thats good!
My RUclips channel journey in a nutshell. Started at the end of March 2023. I posted videos of my old Pokémon cards. Then I discovered shorts and my views and subscriptions skyrocketed. Now my views on shorts has gone a bit stale while my videos are generating the bulk of the views and hours.
Hey there. Question! If your video does become monetized, what happens if you need to temporarily put that video on “private” ? Will it ruin anything or would revenue earning just resume upon making the video public again?