Hey there. I really don't know what to do. While uploading I'm adding music to my clip and adjusting the volume levels on music and the original audio. After uploading the original audio is messed up. Trying different volume levels and uploading it from two different smartphones but it is the same. The added music is OK, the video quality is OK but the audio quality is very bad. Before uploading, and while adjusting the volume levels everything is great. After uploading the audio from the video is ruined. What to do? Please help.

Hi there! I’m thinking about creating a tool that automatically generates captions with a simple, user-friendly interface. But I’m not sure if there’s much interest in something like this. Would you find it useful?

If so, what features would you want it to have? Do you have any suggestions to make it easier to use? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

1. You can slap ads on your old videos. Basically, your work hasnt gone to 'waste' if you put effort into a video before your monetizd because once you reach that goal, you can start to make money off of it.

2. Your motivation doesnt really change. Or at least mine hasnt lol I dont entirely feel more motivated to do more than before

I started a tech channel this year, where I posted my first video at the end of Feb. I hit 4k watch hours 3-4 days ago and woke up to 1.3k subs today. There's more to the story though.

I had 2 videos perform very well a few months ago, getting me 2.8k watch hours from 2/23 videos on my channel. But didn't get a lot of subscribers from them.

I also made a few videos that kept getting 1-3 watch hours daily because they were searchable. One is about these headphones that have been very popular this year and one is about cleaning PS5 controller DIY. So that was a great way to passively keep getting watch hours. And whenever I'd post something that was a hot topic in tech, I got 100+ watch hours within 2-3 days of posting.

Subscribers is where it get interesting. I got 500 subs in July but after that it was a SLOW burn. I would see a spike whenever I posted something, but not significant. I even tried making shorts, even though I primarily wanted to make long form. They got a few thousand views, but again no significant gain in subs from them.

I came across promotions and researched about it a little. Found Marcus Jones's video and at the end he said the only reason one should run promotions to monetize is if you're lacking in subs. That was my situation exactly. So I ran promotions overnight. I went to bed with 675 subs and woke up to 1.3k. And I spent only about $16 (CAD).

Also promotions don't seem to hurt any organic reach, but not help it either. Also watch hours through promotion views won't count towards monetization if someone sees this and wants to run them. Another thing to keep in mind, promotions will likely make your AVD worse. I ran them on videos that hadn't done too well to begin with, so it's fine but do it at your own risk.

Something else for everyone out here trying to monetize. You don't have to post every week, certainly not everyday. I didn't. It's a great way to get consistent and good, surely. But if it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work for you. The audience knows when you actually put effort in and when you just made whatever for the sake of posting. If you truly don't have anything of value to share, don't force it.

I'd love to answer any questions about my whole story or anything else to do with getting into the YPP, so feel free to ask.

Good luck on your journey people!

My average watch time is pretty good at like 50-70% on some videos but my CTR is usually like 0.3%.

My thumbnails and titles mostly seem good I think but I'm not sure if I can do better?

Is there anything else besides title and thumbnail that might cause a bad CTR?

Have absolutely no idea what I did differently, but just enjoying the sight of the videos of my full Twitch streams

Upload 3 days ago: 1 view (which was me checking something)

Upload 2 days ago: 216 views and rising

The highest number I hit this far 63 views, and that's because I posted a link to my Broken Sword Playthrough in their subreddit.

Just enjoying the mild dopamine hit of checking when bored, and slowly watching it tick up every few hours...

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So I was excited to start a new channel about travel. I posted my first short and got about 200 views within a few hours. The next morning I woke up and logged into my page. There was a notice that my channel was removed because of community standards. I will admit that the thumbnail for my first and only vid had a woman licking an ice cream cone. I will also admit it looked pretty lude. I immediately deleted the whole video and appealed through their form. I never got a warning. Never got any correspondence through email that they were removing my channel. It’s been about 1.5 weeks and still haven’t received any correspondence on their decision of appeal.

I create sports content and add commentary on the video as well as some sport clips. Can i use celebrities or players pictures from google ?

Hey YT peeps!

So for some background...
I have done YouTube before and managed to accumulate 4k subscribers by abusing searches for a niche. That was way back in 2020. I recently started a channel a couple months ago for a game called VALORANT that I enjoy a lot and am very knowledge/confident in. At first I was just trying to figure out what kind of content I wanted to make, and I finally figured it out after a few uploads. Surprisingly, I have been getting nearly 99% browsing features and 98.9% not subscribed as viewers, yet only a couple thousand views at best. One thing I have noticed is how my CTR is consistently at 4-5ish% every time, which confuses me. So is it possible my ctr is bricking my channel? Or is it too early to tell?

I'm not sure, but I really feel like I'm missing a lot with my thumbnails. This is probably where I expect the most critique, as well as my titles. I'm not entirely sure how exactly to pose my videos for the homepage, but I can tell that there isn't that 'spark' that most viral videos have. Specifically getting the viewer to ask questions and click to learn more.

Still inexperienced so any and all help is very much appreciated. If anybody would like me to look at theirs I'm more than happy to.

There’s a metric in the breakout of a videos view count where you can see how many views came from your channel page. Is there a way to see the reverse of that?

I feel like it could be a pretty important metric to see what sources people are coming from to view your overall channel.

I will do my best to stop worrying about getting subs for 6 months. Instead, I will do my best to enentertain my current subscribers. If I can get them motivated enough to interact, then it means I'm entertaining or at least thought provoking.

If I get more views and subs along the way, that's wonderful. But that is no longer the focus.

Thoughts? (Just out of curiosity).

I'm new to youtube and started a channel for affiliate Marketing. I find videos of cool gadgets and paste their links. I did this once on my video and it worked the link was clickable. When I posted on short the link doesn't seem to open. I don't know if there's a setting to it or youtube doesn't let you do that, though I'm verified by YouTube. For now I am pasting them in Description but viewer are more used to click on comments, half the people doesn't even know that shorts had description.

I spent a lot of time lurking on this Reddit getting some ideas and motivation. I finally decided to sit down and make some videos. I really don’t know what the final identity of my channel will be, but I’ve been posting gaming related things and lore of certain games.

The comments and likes have been positive so far, in my rate of watch through of my videos seems to be good .

Thanks to anybody who has posted on here about just getting started and to keep motivated. I probably read your post and I appreciate it. !

Still only at 60 subs right now, but I’m hoping to hit 100 before the end of the year.

Giving everyone another hour, I'd like to get a lot of channels if possible.

Due to popular demand of a single person asking me, I'm doing it again! If you have something you want to get eyes on and get some real honest feedback, now's the time. Post what you have here, and I'll review it. After each video is reviewed, I'll leave the feedback as a comment on the video.

Note: this will be a live critique on stream, so don't post anything you don't want the world to see. The livestream will begin around 4pm EST, feel free to stop by and see what your fellow creator has made or get your feedback live.

Post videos only. If you want a channel review, this isn't the right place. If you do not follow the format, I will make fun of you for not following directions and you will not get a review.

* Video Title

* Video Link

* What kind of feedback you're looking for. This is for you to get real feedback, not just views.

So I make youtube shorts content (the generic AI voiceover shorts). I recently started, and I was getting 3k-10k views per short, but now all of a sudden all of them don't get more than 5 views. I partnered up with a friend and we both upload a short a day and that's when the views started dropping. Could this have somehow caused it?

I recently had a video of mine finally pop off. It took a few days but eventually it started getting views like crazy. It’s at 5.9k right now and I still get 30-100 views per hour. So I wanted to know if anyone is aware of when YouTube stops promoting your videos. And if the views just plummet after a certain point or if it still gets high views weeks from the upload.

Appreciate any help or info :)

Hello! I had the idea of making an youtube channel that consists of long video collages of breakcore/techno songs. Is it possible to have those videos monetized?

Every time I upload something new all my views on other videos drop to 0 for some time. Do you have the same observations or is it just me?

I primarily just use still images when making videos to help get around copyright & was wondering which style of still image video would you prefer to watch if you had to, Shaun style or Nerd of the Rings?

Like this https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fhow-to-get-the-2010-youtube-look-v0-4sooxvqwl94e1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1840%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D84dd3b57b6a9c3f93560eb31e72993a16ed75b35

I’ve been trying to get some real feedback on my channel for a little over a week now but can’t get any bites. (I did get one compliment so thanks to them!)

Anyhow I make gaming content and I’m working to expand content types but I want to know some of your organic opinions of my channel as if you had just stumbled upon it. Pros and cons?

Channel is in my bio or:

“TheSouthpawGaming”

Hello Everyone, I make videos on Indian small and mid cap Stocks and do their fundamental analysis. I don't know much about video editing but trying my best to learn those skills. Initially I got good traction but couple of weeks back Indian stock market regulator came heavily on channels related to stock market. The viewership has come down since then. However I am hoping to get back to normal in some time. If anyone can suggest some tips to grow faster that would be a great help :)

I've been in front of the camera for a year and some change. I feel comfortable. I gathered 588 subs, I have an audience. I bought a better better equipment. I have a decent editing software. I just need to learn to be more entertaining in my field.

It's time to get serious!!!

Hello Fellow NewTubers,
I'm trying to add a little flair to my videos and I'd like to use some simple scribble text and graphics. I found a few on Motion Array, where I have a subscription, but I can't move them around. When I try to move them it's like there's some sort of invisible frame the graphic or text sits in and when you go past that, it cuts off. Does anyone have suggestions on some hot looking scribble text and or graphics that I can purchase? Of course the requirement would be that I could move them around the frame to fit the scene / need. Cheers

For CTR I got 800 impressions and 67 views but it says my CTR since published is 4.3% which doesn’t add up. Also if I click on the 7 day or 28 day option it says 7.9%

And for AVD on the since published it says 1 min 38 but on the 7 day and 28 day option it says 2 min 25.

Which metrics are the accurate ones? So confused. Any help greatly appreciated

This may be a cliche question in this space but to everyone here who is a micro influencer on youtube ,please explain how luck plays a role in blowing your channel up

i know the typical good thumbnail ,good title advice ,love your content

but i mean let's keep it real you need a viral moment and some people were lucky to jump on trends and then went off from there

like for example the Arlette chick became the biggest creator for Pop the ballon content

if someone else at the time it was in its peak/prime

i think they could have blown up as well

youtube rewards those with great timing not necessarily hard workers ,because i know many people with 600 videos and haven't blown up ,i for myself am at 250 something

,please let's discuss IN THE COMMENTS ,i don't mean this with any malice or shade or bitterness

please let's argue about it respectfully in the comments

my argument is Youtube rewards those with great timing ,meaning capitalizing on a viral moment in history ,currently ,news and still having decent titles and thumbnails

so you can make content around jake paul vs mike tyson you'd have been "lucky"

who disagrees and thinks that just working hard and uploading is enough to get you "big"?

Hi,

I have posted a couple of times on here previously asking for feedback on my channel. Growth is very slow, I posted on here a month ago when I had 17 subs, I changed a lot of things that people advised I change, 1 month later I'm at 21 subs, and to be honest questioning whether to carry on with the channel.

I'm not expecting to go massively viral, but would like a steady growth rate and hopefully monetising eventually.

I work full time and spend on average 3 hours a day recording and editing, I post daily videos, and have tried all sorts to try boost views.

Are new lets play channels just no longer viable?

Any feedback big or small would be much appreciated, link to channel in my bio.

(Hoping I chose the right flair)

I opened my own video with a QR code to check if the QR code still works.

The previous times I did this, it showed in the views count. However, now that information is not showing in YT studio's 48h realtime section.

Is it because it's my own video? Or because I only opened it and didn't watch it? Because I'm pretty sure it showed the view before when I did the exact same thing.

What I'm concerned about is: am I going to see if someone else, by using the QR code, watches the video?

Although I published my first video at the end of September, I haven’t actually uploaded any content throughout October and only started being consistent in November.

This gives me the feeling of being a newtuber, eager to experiment and learn. I’m getting better at creating thumbnails and titles (not a pro, but definitely better than before), and my editing has improved as well. As a reward, three of my videos have already surpassed 1k views, which makes me happy and motivates me to keep pushing forward.

Entering December with almost 50 subscribers while navigating my way through the most saturated niche of them all -> gaming.

How was your November? Any learnings or milestones?