Channel views jumped and subs

[tomstc]

Hi All,
I don't frequent here very often but I do lurk, so the last few weeks my subs and views have jumped alot. I think mainly due to "bike reviews" which is great.
However those reviews were only because I was serious about buying a new bike, I cant keep it up its just impractical!
Those videos were super simple too, not much editing just one camera and me just rambling really, but retention is really high!
Do you guys find anything similar to this?

 

[Slorida]

Reviews do seem to do better than other styles of video, except maybe for road rage and poor driving videos. My top videos would fit into these categories, easily out performing my other videos, but, like you, I just don't have the option to continue going down that path.

 

[R-Rated]

Hi All,
I don't frequent here very often but I do lurk, so the last few weeks my subs and views have jumped alot. I think mainly due to "bike reviews" which is great.
However those reviews were only because I was serious about buying a new bike, I cant keep it up its just impractical!
Those videos were super simple too, not much editing just one camera and me just rambling really, but retention is really high!
Do you guys find anything similar to this?

Review videos are a crowd pleaser. I frequent demo events because the manufacturers are trying to get the word out there. Doing a review video helps you and them.

It is much easier to attend a demo event than buy and sell bikes to make reviews. Plus you never know when you will fall for a bike that you may have not considered.

Here are my top videos for the past month and since my channel started (guess which of the lot I own)-

 

[HippoDrone]

Do you guys find anything similar to this?

Aye, reviews do great. I pop them up on my channel periodically to float my regular vids. I am not a review channel, and don't want to be, but they do help gain new subs... but a lot of those new subs will only watch review vids, or will only watch the vids with the bike I reviewed in them, so mostly I tend to review my own bikes, or bikes I am interested in.

 

[CalmBiker]

When I've ridden other bikes I've definitely had more views and for a longer period. I still get people making snarky comments about the video were I rode a VFR and didn't like it

 

[HippoDrone]

Them comments are gold... keeps the interaction up! :-D

 

[Drakhen99]

Yep, like the others said - review videos do well for motorcycle channels. Like @HippoDrone , mine is not a review channel either... and review videos do poorly for me compared to my vlogs and parts installs and some other things I've done.

@R-Rated is right - sprinkle them in as you can, attending demo events to get the rides in, and see how they do.

-John