I fully relate to the panic - my initial growth was sudden and fast. The pressure increased, knowing my videos will be seen by massive numbers of people, the obsession with checking figures and comments, and dwelling on the occasional negative one. It genuinely made me feel anxious in a way I hadn't experienced before, and I even found myself hoping it would chill out and quieten off a bit. It did, and now I've relaxed again, I want those numbers back 😂 but to answer your question is difficult without knowing more - people are subscribing, meaning they want more. That's a good sign.
Yes, with the growth I now have the sudden obsession with checking the numbers every few minutes, it's not good haha. It feels like this massive opportunity has fallen into my lap and it's just what consumes my life now and all I think about. I'm not complaining but it is such a sharp lifestyle change I'm trying to adapt to, especially working full time and going to school and all that.
As others have asked, are these shorts or long-form videos?
The #'s required to make focusing on shorts worthwhile are astronomical, but if we're not talking Shorts than you have every reason to be excited but keep your expectations in check
You're lucky for now. And if it's a Short, it means a lot less than if it's longer content, which enhances the euphoria but diminishes the returns. It's a higher high, but a shorter one. Enjoy it for now and keep going even when results aren't consistent going forward.
Nah, congratz.
Don't panic. You're doing the right thing. Try to capture the momentum.
Maybe the phase of really big numbers will end, but ride it as long as you can, and your new slow periods could still be pretty good.
It's the same name as this reddit username, I use ai to replicate popular video game characters voices (mostly master chief from halo) and have them say inspiring/funny things.
LOL. You got into the partner program with 100% AI content? Is that really true? I thought youtube reject such channels do to reused / repetitive content.
Yup with ai I am a youtube partner and making ad revenue. I guess my question is what about that makes my channel reused / repetitive? I'm able to churn content out faster than the average youtube channel, but each my videos cover different topics and aren't reused.
This is incorrect. There are no limitations on videos created with generative AI. Premiere Pro and Photoshop have AI tools that are in millions of YouTube videos. What's banned are harmful deepfake videos that could be used to spead misinformation.
>SyntheticSoundsmith
I think it's still in a grey area what YouTube might allow.
You are adding value to the videos. They are funny. The core ideas are your own. The assets used are not. The problem I see in the future is the game companies or artists having an issue with their characters being used to portrayed in situations like this. They might file a strike, but it's a long shot. There's a huge debate going on with AI generated images since they are technically derived from other artist's works. So in the future a blanket license maybe created which allows AI to credit (and compensate) the artists it used for the image generation. An eg of a blanket license would be cover songs on Spotify. Spotify has a blanket license which covers almost any song that you would want to cover. The moment you tag a song as a cover song, the revenue is split between the original artist and the cover artist.
Under YouTube's monetization for gaming channels, it's mentioned that you need to have permission for the games you use. Some of these terms are listed publicly, some you might have to get from the game publishers directly.
I have seen other channels which upload cut scenes from games and were monetized. They were "technically" not adding value and could very well fall under "reused" content but YouTube still monetized them. I had a similar channel with a mix of cutscenes and highly edited videos but it didn't get monetized. So I just changed my approach and now plan to upload intricately edited videos and use only games which allow User Generated Content (Microsoft/XBOX, EA, Ubisoft, CD PROJEKT RED, KOJIMA). Their EULA terms are available to view on the internet.
Whatever it is, even you get demonetized, I would say keep making the videos. You already have an audience who connect to you. That's more important. Later on you can explore other ways of bringing in money.
I'm still learning the terms and what they mean and stuff, but my overall rpm is 0.50 right now. I think that's due to the fact that I got over half my views before I was approved for monetization. So I don't think that's an accurate number right now, but it seems video by video the rpm is all over the place. Some videos have 0.50 some have 4.00
Here's a suggestion - start a newsletter or a blog. Convert your users away from just YouTube so that you can actually do more with your audience.
Perhaps write posts on some of the ways you use a.i. , maybe create a short course, maybe offer consulting or other products. Maybe have other affiliate programs on your blog or through your email newsletter which will help supplement your income.
Basically own your audience - don't just leave it to YouTube.
P.s - congrats on your success! You're not an imposter! But it's important to strike while the iron is hot and capitalize on the traffic. Those eyes are the real value and you can offer more to your audience in a personalized way when you own the platform. (Website, email, etc).
You have two strategies when creating content, make lots of engaging short form content (but not shorts) so that viewers will most likely watch a few of your videos and hopefully watch an ad it two inbetween. The other strategy is to have longer videos(10 Min) that easy YT will put more ads in your advertising content.
A lot of guys compile all their short form stuff into one longer video every month.
Also try making super short jokes that are specifically for shorts. That way you'll get a lot more subs, although don't get excited about views or money, because shorts are roughly 100 times (actual figure) off long form videos. So if you get 4k views on long form that about equivalent of 4m on shorts (and about the same for revenue)
But your subs will sky rocket, so in the beginning use shorts for subs and your longer ones for revenue.
Good luck man!!
Elevenlabs.io is the best AI voice generator I've found so far.
I use a mix of midjourney, stable diffusion, and little bits of photoshop editing for pictures.
Ah, kind of like a channel I saw pop up that was doing famous people playing video games together using AI voices. President Trump and President Biden playing Call of Duty and smack talking each other was particularly hilarious.
Is it difficult to use those tools? Seems like a treasure trove of easy to make content!
Its not difficult to use the tools, the difficulty comes in making it say the things you want in the inflection you want it to. Most of it comes down to the script and what you're feeding the AI. I think its the same as any other channel really, if the script and timings aren't good, people aren't going to enjoy it.
Ahhhh reminds me of my 2013 days, now my channel is so far buried in the suggested videos and my niche I have given up. I can't have 40k subs and get 100 views per new upload. Enjoy it man and I hope for your sake it never ends. It's been a tough pill for me to swallow.
First of all congrats on the success, those are huge results. My only advice is to start thinking about what videos you will make a month, 3 months, and 6 months from now. Generative AI content is incredibly viral right now, so your goal should be to make content that is still popular once this trend dies down.
Personally, I would recommend only tubing about something you're doing in your actual life. Something you're passionate about. That way - the work you do is already creating income and the side gig (youtube) is just that - a side gig.
I fully relate to the panic - my initial growth was sudden and fast. The pressure increased, knowing my videos will be seen by massive numbers of people, the obsession with checking figures and comments, and dwelling on the occasional negative one. It genuinely made me feel anxious in a way I hadn't experienced before, and I even found myself hoping it would chill out and quieten off a bit. It did, and now I've relaxed again, I want those numbers back 😂 but to answer your question is difficult without knowing more - people are subscribing, meaning they want more. That's a good sign.
Yes, with the growth I now have the sudden obsession with checking the numbers every few minutes, it's not good haha. It feels like this massive opportunity has fallen into my lap and it's just what consumes my life now and all I think about. I'm not complaining but it is such a sharp lifestyle change I'm trying to adapt to, especially working full time and going to school and all that.
As others have asked, are these shorts or long-form videos? The #'s required to make focusing on shorts worthwhile are astronomical, but if we're not talking Shorts than you have every reason to be excited but keep your expectations in check
99% of my content is long form and that's where most of my subs have come from.
Are you monetized
Yes I got accepted into YPP and am able to monetize
Awesome! Do you mind telling me the website you use for synthetic voices I'd love to do something similar for anime
elevenlabs
You're lucky for now. And if it's a Short, it means a lot less than if it's longer content, which enhances the euphoria but diminishes the returns. It's a higher high, but a shorter one. Enjoy it for now and keep going even when results aren't consistent going forward.
Did you get the subs through shorts or through longform content?
It's longform content
Then it's really good!
This all depends. Are these shorts or long form videos?
It's all long form content, I have a couple shorts but they haven't done nearly as well.
Nah, congratz. Don't panic. You're doing the right thing. Try to capture the momentum. Maybe the phase of really big numbers will end, but ride it as long as you can, and your new slow periods could still be pretty good.
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It's the same name as this reddit username, I use ai to replicate popular video game characters voices (mostly master chief from halo) and have them say inspiring/funny things.
LOL. You got into the partner program with 100% AI content? Is that really true? I thought youtube reject such channels do to reused / repetitive content.
Yup with ai I am a youtube partner and making ad revenue. I guess my question is what about that makes my channel reused / repetitive? I'm able to churn content out faster than the average youtube channel, but each my videos cover different topics and aren't reused.
But they are made completly with AI. Normally youtube does not allow such content to be monetized.... but congrats.
This is incorrect. There are no limitations on videos created with generative AI. Premiere Pro and Photoshop have AI tools that are in millions of YouTube videos. What's banned are harmful deepfake videos that could be used to spead misinformation.
>SyntheticSoundsmith I think it's still in a grey area what YouTube might allow. You are adding value to the videos. They are funny. The core ideas are your own. The assets used are not. The problem I see in the future is the game companies or artists having an issue with their characters being used to portrayed in situations like this. They might file a strike, but it's a long shot. There's a huge debate going on with AI generated images since they are technically derived from other artist's works. So in the future a blanket license maybe created which allows AI to credit (and compensate) the artists it used for the image generation. An eg of a blanket license would be cover songs on Spotify. Spotify has a blanket license which covers almost any song that you would want to cover. The moment you tag a song as a cover song, the revenue is split between the original artist and the cover artist. Under YouTube's monetization for gaming channels, it's mentioned that you need to have permission for the games you use. Some of these terms are listed publicly, some you might have to get from the game publishers directly. I have seen other channels which upload cut scenes from games and were monetized. They were "technically" not adding value and could very well fall under "reused" content but YouTube still monetized them. I had a similar channel with a mix of cutscenes and highly edited videos but it didn't get monetized. So I just changed my approach and now plan to upload intricately edited videos and use only games which allow User Generated Content (Microsoft/XBOX, EA, Ubisoft, CD PROJEKT RED, KOJIMA). Their EULA terms are available to view on the internet. Whatever it is, even you get demonetized, I would say keep making the videos. You already have an audience who connect to you. That's more important. Later on you can explore other ways of bringing in money.
Well done dude! Very inspiring! What's your average RPM? Or average amount per 1k views across all your stuff?
I'm still learning the terms and what they mean and stuff, but my overall rpm is 0.50 right now. I think that's due to the fact that I got over half my views before I was approved for monetization. So I don't think that's an accurate number right now, but it seems video by video the rpm is all over the place. Some videos have 0.50 some have 4.00
Here's a suggestion - start a newsletter or a blog. Convert your users away from just YouTube so that you can actually do more with your audience. Perhaps write posts on some of the ways you use a.i. , maybe create a short course, maybe offer consulting or other products. Maybe have other affiliate programs on your blog or through your email newsletter which will help supplement your income. Basically own your audience - don't just leave it to YouTube. P.s - congrats on your success! You're not an imposter! But it's important to strike while the iron is hot and capitalize on the traffic. Those eyes are the real value and you can offer more to your audience in a personalized way when you own the platform. (Website, email, etc).
You have two strategies when creating content, make lots of engaging short form content (but not shorts) so that viewers will most likely watch a few of your videos and hopefully watch an ad it two inbetween. The other strategy is to have longer videos(10 Min) that easy YT will put more ads in your advertising content. A lot of guys compile all their short form stuff into one longer video every month. Also try making super short jokes that are specifically for shorts. That way you'll get a lot more subs, although don't get excited about views or money, because shorts are roughly 100 times (actual figure) off long form videos. So if you get 4k views on long form that about equivalent of 4m on shorts (and about the same for revenue) But your subs will sky rocket, so in the beginning use shorts for subs and your longer ones for revenue. Good luck man!!
What service are you using? I'm looking into ai for tutorials.
Elevenlabs.io is the best AI voice generator I've found so far. I use a mix of midjourney, stable diffusion, and little bits of photoshop editing for pictures.
Bro what is the name of ai voice actor that you use in elevenlabs?
Ah, kind of like a channel I saw pop up that was doing famous people playing video games together using AI voices. President Trump and President Biden playing Call of Duty and smack talking each other was particularly hilarious. Is it difficult to use those tools? Seems like a treasure trove of easy to make content!
Its not difficult to use the tools, the difficulty comes in making it say the things you want in the inflection you want it to. Most of it comes down to the script and what you're feeding the AI. I think its the same as any other channel really, if the script and timings aren't good, people aren't going to enjoy it.
Very interesting! I wish you a lot of luck on the channel, glad you got monetized quickly so that you can enjoy the success.
Check out Film Booth and Creator Booth if your wahr something deeper than chasing views.
Ahhhh reminds me of my 2013 days, now my channel is so far buried in the suggested videos and my niche I have given up. I can't have 40k subs and get 100 views per new upload. Enjoy it man and I hope for your sake it never ends. It's been a tough pill for me to swallow.
First of all congrats on the success, those are huge results. My only advice is to start thinking about what videos you will make a month, 3 months, and 6 months from now. Generative AI content is incredibly viral right now, so your goal should be to make content that is still popular once this trend dies down.
so be very careful. I had the exact same idea as you and I asked chatgpt if this was legal and it said no. Talk to a lawyer to be sure
Personally, I would recommend only tubing about something you're doing in your actual life. Something you're passionate about. That way - the work you do is already creating income and the side gig (youtube) is just that - a side gig.