A creator who's uploaded over 300 videos in two years shares what he learned approaching 1,000 subscribers. Get a good microphone, shoot in HD, and find something original to say. Without those basics, you're competing against thousands of better-made videos.
What's up guys? As you can tell by the title of the video, I've been uploading to YouTube for about 2 years now. Uh, if you look at my oldest video, it's a little over 2 years old. And, uh, real quick, you're probably thinking, "You've been doing YouTube for 2 years and you've only come out to 100+ videos, a little over 100 videos?" And I've actually uploaded like over 300 videos to this channel, but a lot of my older videos sucked and it was mostly because it was with a poor mic, which I'm gonna talk about later in this video. And, um, I just deleted them because the quality of them sucked. But, uh, yeah, I've been doing YouTube now for about 2 years, and I want to give you guys a couple of tips because I've seen a lot of the channels subscribed to me are actually really, really small channels. Like, most of them are below 100, but I even have a ton of people that are subscribed to my channel that are below like 50 subscribers. And, uh, I just want to mention a couple of things to you guys. And one of the biggest things about YouTube for you guys who have a YouTube channel or thinking about starting one Don't do it unless you have a good mic, because some— I'm talking about gaming channels. I just started a lot there, but if you're doing a gaming channel, don't do commentaries or let's plays or anything unless you have a good mic. Gaming channels are so overdone. If you don't have the highest quality mic, you're not gonna get anywhere. Thousands upon thousands of people upload video game related videos to YouTube every minute, and so if you're not using a really good mic, honestly, you're just like wasting your time. You should go spend that time outside or with friends or something. Don't start a gaming channel unless you have a really good mic. I just, I feel like I have to say that, 'cause if you don't have a good mic, you're really just wasting your time. And then make sure you're recording with the highest quality you can. Make sure it's always in HD. If it isn't in HD, I wouldn't bother uploading it, 'cause someone else around the world has probably done the exact same video but in higher quality. And just, I wanted to mention those two things right there. So many people I see, like, with hundreds of videos, but The quality of the mic and the gameplay is so bad that, you know, no one would really ever want to watch it. It's— 'cause, you know, thousands of people upload to YouTube video game stuff every couple of minutes, and so if you actually want to get somewhere off of doing a gaming channel, you really have to be original and you have to have high-quality stuff. If it isn't high quality, why would they watch you instead of someone else? And I just felt like mentioning that in case maybe that will help one of you guys. Be motivated to go buy a mic or something, because if you're not posting the highest quality, you're kind of wasting your time. But enough about that. I already mentioned this a couple seconds ago, you also need to be really original. And I know I sound like a hypocrite because I'm not that original in my videos. I generally talk about how much other YouTubers make, or just things that are a little interesting. And a lot of the stuff I've talked about have been done before, and I've just gotten lucky. I have a couple of videos with thousands of views, and I got a lucky break. But generally speaking, unless you're really lucky, unless you know someone to give you a shoutout or you can do a dual comp, you're gonna have to be original. And if you're doing a gaming channel, it's almost 10 times harder to be original, but you gotta find some way to be original or you're really not gonna get that many subscribers. And, uh, just— I wanted to mention a couple of those things because I see a lot of people starting gaming channels every single day. And, uh, you need to be original. Make sure you're using high-quality stuff. That way you can actually get noticed on YouTube, because I hate to see people waste their time and just make videos that, I mean, they wouldn't watch. A lot of my older videos, I wouldn't even watch myself. They were just really bad. They were spam videos, which is why I deleted them. But, uh, yeah, I've been doing YouTube for about 2 years now, and I'm approaching 1,000 subscribers, which is pretty awesome. I don't— I'm actually kind of surprised, like, why that many people subscribe to me, because honestly, I don't post that high quality of videos. And so I know I sound like a hypocrite in this video, telling you guys, you know, if you don't post high quality, don't even bother. But, um, I'm approaching 1K subs and that's pretty awesome. I've been thinking about what I'm gonna do when I hit it, but I just noticed a couple minutes ago that I had been doing YouTube for about 2 years, and I just wanted to mention a couple of those things because I know a lot of the people who watch me are smaller YouTubers. Make sure you're using the most high quality stuff you can, because if not, honestly, why would people watch you when there's thousands of other people who do the exact same thing in higher quality? So, uh, maybe I gave some motivation to someone and helped them. If not, oh well. See you guys later.
