Hi all, I thought I'd drop in since I haven't been around for a bit. I've been out on a few trips, filming, then editing and posting. I know we have touched on this subject many times, but I wanted to share some new observations and perhaps continue the conversation with those that are interested.
It seems to be more and more of a perplexing mystery to me as to what draws viewers to seek out your content. At first most people will say you need good quality video, superb editing, exciting content, but as I observe so many other youtubers out there I find it's not always the case. For example, and I mention this vlogger with respect, not judgement, he's actually a really nice guy and I've had some chat with him on his channel, but "old guy on a bike" has been posting for five years now. He is a little over 200 vids online. I went back in his video history and started watching them in the order posted, starting with the oldest and seeing how he's progressed over time.
Old guy on a bike started out posting extremely grainy videos of his rides around Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and on the Island. The vids have nothing but wind noise, no commentary, and were usually sped up multiple times as he rode these roads. You couldnt really see the scenery, there was no commentary and you had to turn the sound down because of all the wind noise. But... for some reason this guy has picked up almost 3000 subs over time.
His newest stuff is more interesting for sure, showing him cooking food while camping and whatnot, some of it he's not even on the bike, he's car camping. But he had all these subs long before that. I give him kudos, good for him, and I'm glad he has done so well, but I just can't understand how he drew the audience. Does he simply have a lot of friends? 3000 of them that are all interested in biking? Seems unlikely to get that many. I know with all the friends and family I have, pretty much none of them have any interest in bike videos.
I look at my vids I've been putting out. Now I know Im not the most attractive or charismatic face out there by far, but my vids are well filmed, well edited, have content and commentary, sometimes comedy and different things all the time, and yet in five years only 260 subs. Most vids barely break 40 views. Im not whining about it, it's all good, but I just don't understand the youtube audience. Obviously!
It seems to be more and more of a perplexing mystery to me as to what draws viewers to seek out your content. At first most people will say you need good quality video, superb editing, exciting content, but as I observe so many other youtubers out there I find it's not always the case. For example, and I mention this vlogger with respect, not judgement, he's actually a really nice guy and I've had some chat with him on his channel, but "old guy on a bike" has been posting for five years now. He is a little over 200 vids online. I went back in his video history and started watching them in the order posted, starting with the oldest and seeing how he's progressed over time.
Old guy on a bike started out posting extremely grainy videos of his rides around Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and on the Island. The vids have nothing but wind noise, no commentary, and were usually sped up multiple times as he rode these roads. You couldnt really see the scenery, there was no commentary and you had to turn the sound down because of all the wind noise. But... for some reason this guy has picked up almost 3000 subs over time.
His newest stuff is more interesting for sure, showing him cooking food while camping and whatnot, some of it he's not even on the bike, he's car camping. But he had all these subs long before that. I give him kudos, good for him, and I'm glad he has done so well, but I just can't understand how he drew the audience. Does he simply have a lot of friends? 3000 of them that are all interested in biking? Seems unlikely to get that many. I know with all the friends and family I have, pretty much none of them have any interest in bike videos.
I look at my vids I've been putting out. Now I know Im not the most attractive or charismatic face out there by far, but my vids are well filmed, well edited, have content and commentary, sometimes comedy and different things all the time, and yet in five years only 260 subs. Most vids barely break 40 views. Im not whining about it, it's all good, but I just don't understand the youtube audience. Obviously!