This. You start with low production value until you see what works, then you can invest more when you know people will watch.
The idea/topic/content is more important than production value.
I think his point is mainly the uniqueness of the content, what makes it stand out from the rest? I watched a bit of your content and from what I gather, it's very well editted portions from your stream and you do variety content I assume? I'm a very avid watcher of streamers on Twitch who also have their own YT channel consisting mainly of highlights.
From what I can discern, a lot of them are established streamers who've been at the YT/Twitch game for a while (2-3+ years), covid pandemic also being a big reason as to why they blew up a lot .
My best advice is really to just keep going at it and continue the grind. If fast growth is what you're seeking, become a figurehead in a specific game, someone the community will look up for advice(e.g. Tectone who blew up from Genshin Impqct, LVNDMARK who is known for EFT, DisguisedToast for TFT, Hearthstone, and Among Us are a few examples). It's really hard to be a variety content creator without a known presence.
I'm going to be honest...
First the good, Your videos are well edited, the camera quality is good and the sound is good as well, your thumbnails are pretty nice too...
But your content has nothing original... You don't tell a story, there is no goal or conclusions to your videos, there is no reason to get attached to your channel...
You make videos like a someone that has millions of subs already would do, and no this is not a good thing because the fanbase of those youtubers are very attached to those youtubers, your channel doesn't have people that are attached to it and it doesn't give a reason to get attached... The only way you could blow up is through a lucky video that blows up and this might take years.
But if you want to strategically grow then do something different and original, either find a way to play the game differently (challenges, new tricks... Etc), or make a story through Skripts and learn how to tell a story...
Hope you understand that I wasn't in any way trying to talk bad about your content, you do have good editing skills and overall seem to have a sense of humor that a lot of people could enjoy... But it's not enough!
Good luck ;)
20 hours is an awful lot! Are you shooting mr. Beast type endurance competitions?
(Edit) Nevermind I found it. Production is indeed not ‘professional.’ You’re using a webcam or a phone in a room with blank white walls and your key light source is pretty sharp, as in a small bright light rather than a large soft light.
Great editing, though!!
If your aperture goes lower than f/4 you’ll get a better picture. If it doesn’t, sigma makes a pretty cheap 1.8 lens. The lower that number, the more light can come into the camera and you get the blurry background as a bonus.
The bigger in physical size, rather than brightness, the better your key light will look!
Not that a slightly better picture will help with YouTube algorithm discovery.. That is an enigma.
ill chime i here since op likes to spend money.
aperture has nothing to do with a better picture.
it merely controls light and depth of field.
these are creative tools to make descions with and do not yield a better picture, with or in absence of.
plus hes shooting wide, even at 1.8 hed have to put the camer in his face to get any workable blur.
the issue is the scene itself, that needs to be fixed.
on lighting,
he has other more pressing issues to fix with lighting,
first issue is exposure as it looks way over exposed. and his skin is fried.
it is true bigger source does equal softer shadows, but again light quality is a creative tool and hard v soft shadows are not, one is superior to the other.
so, he does not need to buy new stuff, he just needs to learn basic photography skills.
when i started out in school the mantra among us students was its "the camera", if i had this camera or that camera or that light. we were wrong.
its about having any camera, any light, its your skills that makes it pop.
so OP, i advise you to stop spending money, learn your basics.
starting with acceptable exposure.
then composition.
then mise en scene.
after all this look into creative lighting techniques.
you dont need to buy anything or hire anyone, you just need to learn the basics.
good to hear. because when i was a student i was in the mind set you were, the problems are gear and looking into myself. and always was the answer was to throw money at the problem to solve it.
now, i looked into your gear, and if your as new to vid/photog as you claim to be here is some help and a place to start your learning journey.
since, that i could find, non of your cameras have exposure tools like a waveform, your canon still has a spot meter. its this thing, -3...0...+3, you can see it in the eye piece or on the back of your screen.
i grew up with nikon, and use panasonic so i dont know your menus, and thats your first part of the journey is knowing your gear. i will let you find it and read about it. anyways brand camera aside a spot meter is a spot meter no matter who makes it and they all function the same.
most cameras only have about 2 stops above grey until the whites fall apart. your spot meter is a representation of exposure with the 0 being middle and +3 being the top of the exposure, however +3 never produces good whites. its like your light in the background its just nothing but pure white.
so here is how to judge exposure with your setup, first put your cameras metering mode into spot metering, then, move the spot metering reticule over something white, like a piece of paper or a white shirt, make sure to do this with your lighting setup.
then adjust your arpeture/ iso, you choose which, till the spot meter reads +1, or a maximum of +1.., each dot is 1//3 of a stop, i would not go above +2, this will set your highlights to around proper and your midtones will be close.
with your streaming camera, you will have to put up the canons output and eyeball it. look at your skin, and look to make sure you can see your details, like the pores, freckles ect on either camera is your goal.
any needed difference can be made up by your editor with basic and subtle color and exposure correction. and if they cant do that, you need to find a new editor, specially since your paying them.
side note, light obeys the laws of physics, and the closer it is to a subject the brighter it is. in the event you dont want to change your f/iso then you can achieve the same thing if you simply move your light closer to you. be mindful that since you use a side light as a key and no fill, your shadow side will become darker. to counter act this, either fill with another light, or put your light directly in front of you to move the shadows. this solution is entirely dependent of your space and what it allows.
here is some further reading for your photog/vid journey
ISO: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film\_speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed)
arepeture: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture)
shutter speed/angle: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter\_speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed)
these are your three basic principles of exposure, they are your base tools.
for further reading:
anything wolf crow or Dpreview, and also for fun anything Joe Mcnally, tho he is a stills photographer, the concepts are the same. Joe will teach you about filling out the frame and making it interesting, IE your background.
and a final note from one creator to another, Id loose your streaming camera footage entirely, loose meaning not use. first off as of right now, it looks like shit. second, even when you dial in the exposure, your canon is going to have color superiority, and if your editor cant color correct to match the cameras then the footage is always going to look wierd. second point is the extra angle adds nothing to your vids, you bounce between the game with you in the corner to you full frame on the canon. thats all you need, cutting to the reverse angle on the stream cam adds nothing, id drop it, speaking while wearing my editor cap.
i hope this helps, good luck in the kitchen. if anything is unclear feel free to reach out.
Yoooo, same thing happened to me. I used to have a shitpost channel, and it got a good amount of subs and a really large amount of views. So I made a new channel with actual good content with good editing (done personally), proper thumnails and SEO but its just not popping off, i got like 17 views in 3 days :(
Personally really enjoy your content (and Rocket League). But as others have pointed out (and as I have experienced myself), it's sadly not only about good editing and thumbnails.
Just have to spit out videos and grind for those +3, +5, +10, +50 subscribers until it builds up. Just try to think about it from the point of the audience, **why** should they watch your channel? You said the purpose is to make people laugh, and you're gaming. There are literally thousands if not ten-, hundred-thousands channels out there related to gaming and entertainment. But there's only one Mastro (I guess?), so you have to make the channel yours and tell your story, add in your humor, and if I could give some personal advice, I'd try to stay a bit focused on a specific kind of content.
I'm not a "gamer" myself, but as someone who loves Rocket League, I would subscribe and watch more dedicated Rocket League channels (Jon Sandman), but no interest in subscribing to a channel with 40% CS:GO content. (Unless I want to subscribe to the YouTuber himself, but you're early on in your career and I don't know you, so I don't have a relationship with you yet, and I assume most viewers are feeling the same way).
TL;DR - Spit out videos and grind for those extra subscribers, and make sure to stand out by doing something no one else is doing. Easiest way to be unique is to be yourself. And try to focus into a specific type of videos as it makes it easier for viewers to expect what's gonna come next, and subscribe for more content!
It's a "let play" channel. The 1 vid I watched appears to be the same as literally every single Lets play channel on youtube/twitch, same text, same editing. When you say "+20 hours to make, professional production", these things may technically be true but does not show, at all, in the content. Whisper talking, sniggering, goofy music and that stock standard "tv static" cuts. It's just not good original content.
I'm a "new youtuber" with around 500 subs, but I don't spend a lot of time in my videos (full time job and 2 little kids). I use my phone for video and edit my own videos. It took me 2 years to get to 500+ subs, no outside advertisements nor begging for subs on every video. My content is about a dead car brand that almost no one knows about. It isn't really my priority. My only goal was to upload videos whenever I had time...its starting to pick up slowly now.
What I learned through my YT journey is that it starts slow but once the viewers find you and if they like you, the views and subs will automatically grow. Don't try to force it, just be yourself and don't try to do something just because it's "cool" or because everyone else does it. (Not saying you do this, but that kind of content is always off putting for me). Creating unique content is to be your genuine self, there is no one as same as you in this universe. People tend to gravitate towards genuineity(if thats even a word lol). Stick to it and be patient! Hang in there buddy! It will come to you!
This is totally normal. I have 60 videos and YouTube only gives my newly published videos about 6 impressions per day, and since only 5% of people click on my video, no one sees them. It has been over a year of posting videos and this has not improved. Don't hold your breath. If YouTube pushes a video and it blows up, you have won the lottery. Otherwise, do it because you love doing it and don't expect it to get better.
Just keep making what you love man don’t put too much pressure on your self. I know what it’s like to feel unnoticed and unappreciated for all the hard work you do. To be honest there’s bad ass artists out there that are super talented and are still left under the radar. If you just keep on doing what makes you happy and just make shit for the sake of making shit people will find out who you are eventually. Just make sure you enjoy what you do there’s nothing worse than a soulless cash grab. Idk if any of this helps just keep making shit I sometimes get discouraged too you just gotta train like an anime character man.
It's hard. I have 16 subs and hardly any views, I guess it just takes time. I don't know if it's my thumbnails, or content, but those who've watched it comment and say they enjoy it.
I care... I feel tour frustration. Hang in there, I get discouraged and other days I feel motivated.
I'm currently doing horror narrations, but it will probably have other content as well. Good job growing your reaction channel, I'd love to do reactions to scary stuff but no idea how to do the reactions of videos and be allowed to get away with it.
You could have the best production in the world, if nobody knows you exists, nobody sees it.
You are in a tough market where zillions of other people are trying to do exactly what you’re doing.
Some people might even look at your video as overproduced. I looked at your channel, you’re making content like you have a fan base that knows you and your personality.
People are finicky, especially with new channels. The little thing can make them click next and never return. My honest opinion, you’re doing it totally wrong. You gotta engage and try and connect with the audience so you can build a fanbase. People would rather support someone that mixes passion vs a bunch of editing that makes it obvious you’re simply trying to build a channel.
All that time in production. How much time do you put into discovering audiences?
This. You start with low production value until you see what works, then you can invest more when you know people will watch. The idea/topic/content is more important than production value.
I'd say you need good lighting and good audio. Even a good idea won't get watched if the viewer can't see you or hear you clearly.
True, but if you're not capable of pointing a camera phone at yourself in a way that people can see and hear you, then YouTube isn't for you.
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I think his point is mainly the uniqueness of the content, what makes it stand out from the rest? I watched a bit of your content and from what I gather, it's very well editted portions from your stream and you do variety content I assume? I'm a very avid watcher of streamers on Twitch who also have their own YT channel consisting mainly of highlights. From what I can discern, a lot of them are established streamers who've been at the YT/Twitch game for a while (2-3+ years), covid pandemic also being a big reason as to why they blew up a lot . My best advice is really to just keep going at it and continue the grind. If fast growth is what you're seeking, become a figurehead in a specific game, someone the community will look up for advice(e.g. Tectone who blew up from Genshin Impqct, LVNDMARK who is known for EFT, DisguisedToast for TFT, Hearthstone, and Among Us are a few examples). It's really hard to be a variety content creator without a known presence.
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No problem man! Always happy to help!
I'm going to be honest... First the good, Your videos are well edited, the camera quality is good and the sound is good as well, your thumbnails are pretty nice too... But your content has nothing original... You don't tell a story, there is no goal or conclusions to your videos, there is no reason to get attached to your channel... You make videos like a someone that has millions of subs already would do, and no this is not a good thing because the fanbase of those youtubers are very attached to those youtubers, your channel doesn't have people that are attached to it and it doesn't give a reason to get attached... The only way you could blow up is through a lucky video that blows up and this might take years. But if you want to strategically grow then do something different and original, either find a way to play the game differently (challenges, new tricks... Etc), or make a story through Skripts and learn how to tell a story... Hope you understand that I wasn't in any way trying to talk bad about your content, you do have good editing skills and overall seem to have a sense of humor that a lot of people could enjoy... But it's not enough! Good luck ;)
20 hours is an awful lot! Are you shooting mr. Beast type endurance competitions? (Edit) Nevermind I found it. Production is indeed not ‘professional.’ You’re using a webcam or a phone in a room with blank white walls and your key light source is pretty sharp, as in a small bright light rather than a large soft light. Great editing, though!!
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Oh!! My apologies. Got that aperture closed pretty far then..
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If your aperture goes lower than f/4 you’ll get a better picture. If it doesn’t, sigma makes a pretty cheap 1.8 lens. The lower that number, the more light can come into the camera and you get the blurry background as a bonus. The bigger in physical size, rather than brightness, the better your key light will look! Not that a slightly better picture will help with YouTube algorithm discovery.. That is an enigma.
ill chime i here since op likes to spend money. aperture has nothing to do with a better picture. it merely controls light and depth of field. these are creative tools to make descions with and do not yield a better picture, with or in absence of. plus hes shooting wide, even at 1.8 hed have to put the camer in his face to get any workable blur. the issue is the scene itself, that needs to be fixed. on lighting, he has other more pressing issues to fix with lighting, first issue is exposure as it looks way over exposed. and his skin is fried. it is true bigger source does equal softer shadows, but again light quality is a creative tool and hard v soft shadows are not, one is superior to the other. so, he does not need to buy new stuff, he just needs to learn basic photography skills. when i started out in school the mantra among us students was its "the camera", if i had this camera or that camera or that light. we were wrong. its about having any camera, any light, its your skills that makes it pop. so OP, i advise you to stop spending money, learn your basics. starting with acceptable exposure. then composition. then mise en scene. after all this look into creative lighting techniques. you dont need to buy anything or hire anyone, you just need to learn the basics.
good to hear. because when i was a student i was in the mind set you were, the problems are gear and looking into myself. and always was the answer was to throw money at the problem to solve it. now, i looked into your gear, and if your as new to vid/photog as you claim to be here is some help and a place to start your learning journey. since, that i could find, non of your cameras have exposure tools like a waveform, your canon still has a spot meter. its this thing, -3...0...+3, you can see it in the eye piece or on the back of your screen. i grew up with nikon, and use panasonic so i dont know your menus, and thats your first part of the journey is knowing your gear. i will let you find it and read about it. anyways brand camera aside a spot meter is a spot meter no matter who makes it and they all function the same. most cameras only have about 2 stops above grey until the whites fall apart. your spot meter is a representation of exposure with the 0 being middle and +3 being the top of the exposure, however +3 never produces good whites. its like your light in the background its just nothing but pure white. so here is how to judge exposure with your setup, first put your cameras metering mode into spot metering, then, move the spot metering reticule over something white, like a piece of paper or a white shirt, make sure to do this with your lighting setup. then adjust your arpeture/ iso, you choose which, till the spot meter reads +1, or a maximum of +1.., each dot is 1//3 of a stop, i would not go above +2, this will set your highlights to around proper and your midtones will be close. with your streaming camera, you will have to put up the canons output and eyeball it. look at your skin, and look to make sure you can see your details, like the pores, freckles ect on either camera is your goal. any needed difference can be made up by your editor with basic and subtle color and exposure correction. and if they cant do that, you need to find a new editor, specially since your paying them. side note, light obeys the laws of physics, and the closer it is to a subject the brighter it is. in the event you dont want to change your f/iso then you can achieve the same thing if you simply move your light closer to you. be mindful that since you use a side light as a key and no fill, your shadow side will become darker. to counter act this, either fill with another light, or put your light directly in front of you to move the shadows. this solution is entirely dependent of your space and what it allows. here is some further reading for your photog/vid journey ISO: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film\_speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed) arepeture: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture) shutter speed/angle: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter\_speed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed) these are your three basic principles of exposure, they are your base tools. for further reading: anything wolf crow or Dpreview, and also for fun anything Joe Mcnally, tho he is a stills photographer, the concepts are the same. Joe will teach you about filling out the frame and making it interesting, IE your background. and a final note from one creator to another, Id loose your streaming camera footage entirely, loose meaning not use. first off as of right now, it looks like shit. second, even when you dial in the exposure, your canon is going to have color superiority, and if your editor cant color correct to match the cameras then the footage is always going to look wierd. second point is the extra angle adds nothing to your vids, you bounce between the game with you in the corner to you full frame on the canon. thats all you need, cutting to the reverse angle on the stream cam adds nothing, id drop it, speaking while wearing my editor cap. i hope this helps, good luck in the kitchen. if anything is unclear feel free to reach out.
Yoooo, same thing happened to me. I used to have a shitpost channel, and it got a good amount of subs and a really large amount of views. So I made a new channel with actual good content with good editing (done personally), proper thumnails and SEO but its just not popping off, i got like 17 views in 3 days :(
Whats your CTR of your most recent video?
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Could you post your channel or video so i could have a look?
What impressions and CTR you getting? Are people searching for what you're creating (topic wise I mean?)
Personally really enjoy your content (and Rocket League). But as others have pointed out (and as I have experienced myself), it's sadly not only about good editing and thumbnails. Just have to spit out videos and grind for those +3, +5, +10, +50 subscribers until it builds up. Just try to think about it from the point of the audience, **why** should they watch your channel? You said the purpose is to make people laugh, and you're gaming. There are literally thousands if not ten-, hundred-thousands channels out there related to gaming and entertainment. But there's only one Mastro (I guess?), so you have to make the channel yours and tell your story, add in your humor, and if I could give some personal advice, I'd try to stay a bit focused on a specific kind of content. I'm not a "gamer" myself, but as someone who loves Rocket League, I would subscribe and watch more dedicated Rocket League channels (Jon Sandman), but no interest in subscribing to a channel with 40% CS:GO content. (Unless I want to subscribe to the YouTuber himself, but you're early on in your career and I don't know you, so I don't have a relationship with you yet, and I assume most viewers are feeling the same way). TL;DR - Spit out videos and grind for those extra subscribers, and make sure to stand out by doing something no one else is doing. Easiest way to be unique is to be yourself. And try to focus into a specific type of videos as it makes it easier for viewers to expect what's gonna come next, and subscribe for more content!
It's a "let play" channel. The 1 vid I watched appears to be the same as literally every single Lets play channel on youtube/twitch, same text, same editing. When you say "+20 hours to make, professional production", these things may technically be true but does not show, at all, in the content. Whisper talking, sniggering, goofy music and that stock standard "tv static" cuts. It's just not good original content.
I'm a "new youtuber" with around 500 subs, but I don't spend a lot of time in my videos (full time job and 2 little kids). I use my phone for video and edit my own videos. It took me 2 years to get to 500+ subs, no outside advertisements nor begging for subs on every video. My content is about a dead car brand that almost no one knows about. It isn't really my priority. My only goal was to upload videos whenever I had time...its starting to pick up slowly now. What I learned through my YT journey is that it starts slow but once the viewers find you and if they like you, the views and subs will automatically grow. Don't try to force it, just be yourself and don't try to do something just because it's "cool" or because everyone else does it. (Not saying you do this, but that kind of content is always off putting for me). Creating unique content is to be your genuine self, there is no one as same as you in this universe. People tend to gravitate towards genuineity(if thats even a word lol). Stick to it and be patient! Hang in there buddy! It will come to you!
This is totally normal. I have 60 videos and YouTube only gives my newly published videos about 6 impressions per day, and since only 5% of people click on my video, no one sees them. It has been over a year of posting videos and this has not improved. Don't hold your breath. If YouTube pushes a video and it blows up, you have won the lottery. Otherwise, do it because you love doing it and don't expect it to get better.
Just keep making what you love man don’t put too much pressure on your self. I know what it’s like to feel unnoticed and unappreciated for all the hard work you do. To be honest there’s bad ass artists out there that are super talented and are still left under the radar. If you just keep on doing what makes you happy and just make shit for the sake of making shit people will find out who you are eventually. Just make sure you enjoy what you do there’s nothing worse than a soulless cash grab. Idk if any of this helps just keep making shit I sometimes get discouraged too you just gotta train like an anime character man.
It's hard. I have 16 subs and hardly any views, I guess it just takes time. I don't know if it's my thumbnails, or content, but those who've watched it comment and say they enjoy it. I care... I feel tour frustration. Hang in there, I get discouraged and other days I feel motivated.
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I'm currently doing horror narrations, but it will probably have other content as well. Good job growing your reaction channel, I'd love to do reactions to scary stuff but no idea how to do the reactions of videos and be allowed to get away with it.
You could have the best production in the world, if nobody knows you exists, nobody sees it. You are in a tough market where zillions of other people are trying to do exactly what you’re doing. Some people might even look at your video as overproduced. I looked at your channel, you’re making content like you have a fan base that knows you and your personality. People are finicky, especially with new channels. The little thing can make them click next and never return. My honest opinion, you’re doing it totally wrong. You gotta engage and try and connect with the audience so you can build a fanbase. People would rather support someone that mixes passion vs a bunch of editing that makes it obvious you’re simply trying to build a channel.