Ideal video length?

[BKarol]

3:33 is the ideal time for a vlog, apparently that's our attention span however it depends on your audience, Bvb was always making 10-20 minutes videos and it seems to work for him.
So if you make videos longer then 3minutes people tend to drop out, try not to stop to think (umm emm & silence) while explaining something- that just feels like you have no idea what you doing and why should I support you? (I'm not saying you do, I don't have time right not check you channel out[i do it after work])

 

[Cagerontwowheels]

I found it varies wildly due to the subject. I try (and fail) to keep the generic "talk about whatevah" vlogs under 5mins.
But the bike test-drives go up to 30 mins (I try to keep them closer to the 20 min mark, and fail. hard.).
One thing I found users like (which I implemented because _I_ like it) is shortcuts into the video: Put up an annotation to another part of the vid.
For example, on my "how to ride for the first time" video, when I went on to explain what and how does a clutch work, I gave a link to skip that part.
I found that many users clicked that link (by watching the audience retaining on that video, there was a spike at the endpoint of the link), to skip that.
I then tested it on a test-drive video, putting up a link to skip to after the walkaround. Presto, fully half the users jumped forward. Helps keep people interested... shows them what's coming up, and removes that "oh this is boring, wonder if its like this for 20 mins?" factor.

Oddly enough, nowadays, my 3min vlogs get very little views, but my 7 mins ones get more....

 

[Sharky]

For me it's somewhere between 8 and 12 minutes... I think that only few would watch 30 or more mins, except it's like a dual vlog or a tour video ect.

i managed it to keep them around 10 mins, thats pretty good i guess, nobody complained about it yet!

 

[dandoolittle]

For me it's somewhere between 8 and 12 minutes... I think that only few would watch 30 or more mins, except it's like a dual vlog or a tour video ect.

i managed it to keep them around 10 mins, thats pretty good i guess, nobody complained about it yet!

I used to do 13 minutes but cutting back, since I started doing nine minutes or so, loads more interaction

 

[Triple Demon]

sorry if this rambles a bit ... but..

further thought ... the content of what any vlog is .. and its 'interest factor' .. can easy determine how many views you get .. and/or how much time a viewer will KEEP watching that particular video! ..

i can only go off my own stats .. but .. with a total of 42 actual subs... lol .. big time!!!!!

my amateur fun/hoon 'review' of the MT09 (hugely popular bike vids late last year?)... 850-ish views ... however load up the analytics ... and 1 ..... 1!!!!! person watched it all the way through ... with another viewer commiting 11 seconds only!

the unseen road vid with kangaroos .. (theoretically interesting to overseas people?) .. 260-ish views ... again .. 1 person watched all the way through!! .. (thankfully from a different country than the mt09 vid .. so i dont have a stalker!!) .. with the minimum being 7 seconds..

i could take this all to heart and say 'stuff it! ... the bastards dont care.... sob sniff wail!!'

however .. i have some mad fun when im doing the recording .. i get to 'speak to my online buddies' ... i get to run out some 'dad jokes' , a lot of which are delivered poorly and get edited out, but they will get done right one day!! ... i get time to myself .... and i get to review it all and realise/think about how i can improve it all for the future, while i edit!

truth be told .. while i appreciate each and every view (however short) and each comment by anyone ... end of the day i really dont care if the world sees it or not! .. the vids are for 'me having fun' , for my online mates to get to know me a little better , for showing people the area where i live ... and maybe if they visit/ride through they can see/experience what i see! ..

what i am really learning is that im still soooooo much a noob at this!! .. 24 vids/42 subs/1700-ish views ... with the actual experience time i have put in vlogging and editing .. i cant hope (yet) to 'compete' with the likes of the various 'barons' , R1chronicles (which i havent even subbed or viewed yet!) , or even a few of my QLD Australia 'mates' who have been doing this for a few years! .. I simply dont have the skillset yet! .. dont have the mental discipline to choose a topic and stick to it while also making it 'video gold' .. and definitely dont have the spare time to suddenly gain such experience... this is a GOOD thing!! .. it means that i am gonna have to dedicate a couple YEARS to going out riding and vlogging, finding good topics/areas, buying extra 'fun bits' to record/edit with ..

so i'd have to say .. with 'we the noobs' .. yep we have to still ask questions of the old hands .. and take that info on board, whether we use it or not... but also give ourselves time to actually develop the skills and 'our style' etc .. think of all the saddle time we get to enjoy while doing it!!!

I think I have to go have a look at that kangaroo video friendly little guys at least the ones that I met in Canada were. I get what you say about editing I think half of the time I'm editing I'm sitting there wish I did something different here or there which makes my next vlog better and I feel like I can tell from my first few videos to my latest ones I've almost eliminated the "ohs" and "uhs" and manage to tone down the constant swearing to at least be some what polite.

I don't really care to much about competing with other vloggers I just feel like that leads to unneeded drama. I think vloging for me is a way to unwind entertain people and I guess just be able to interact with people who arn't the same type of people I hang around with day to day. I guess the other reason I hope to attract more viewers is just the fact that I'm freaking proud of my videos >.> I want someone I don't really know watch them and even better enjoy them, but I do look forward to learning like you were saying and building my own personal skill set.

Besides its a great excuse to ride.....

 

[ariderslife]

I won't and try to keep the video under 5 mins, unless its something educational such as a review etc, then i try and keep it under 10mins

 

[F9Phoenix]

Depends on the vlogger, but I don't mind 10+ minute videos ... a lot of the time I'm watching them at work during extreme down time or just at home when I want to catch up ... basically depends on the vlogger, content and editing for me ...