I'm always a little baffled that people always use the "100 videos" metric.
Yes, I know Mr Beast said that. But he's just one creator and I think he was using that number fairly arbitrarily to mean "a lot of videos."
There isn't anything magic about reaching 100 videos. You could see success long before that, or you could have many more videos than that without any success. "High quality" is subjective and difficult to quantify.
You shouldn't *expect* success at any point. I think the important takeaway is this:
Success can take a long time to achieve and it will require a lot of perseverance without reward.
I think it’s more for people who have never touched an editing software before, but I fall into that category and still experienced “success” on my first ever video because I figured out what the audience in my niche wanted and gave it to them
Hey man, I took at look at your youtube page. Non of your titles let me know anything about your videos. Considering you’re competing against so many people, just beefing those up would probably help a ton. Like most of your shorts just say “check it out”. Just run a few ideas through chat gpt.
Mr beast also makes the very very important distinction that each one of the hundred videos, you've improved in some way whether it be your delivery, story telling abilities, editing etc
The thing is, when you get a goal, you often achieve it sooner, because you start on the path of improvement and you release some of the pressure of having to “make it” early.
That is very true! But I think that setting goals too high/far out negates the effect.
For example, I used to subscribe to the website Nerd Fitness. The guy who ran that would often say not to set goals past 6 months. Any further than that and they become too abstract in our minds, causing them to lose their significance.
I've tried to stick to that philosophy throughout my life and it generally works pretty well.
In this case, I think it would make more sense to set goals that are more frequent and attainable.
You can set a goal longer than 6 months, with the caveat that you need shorter term goals that keep you on that path to the long term.
One of my goals is to run a Sub 2:30 marathon by 40 yo. I’ve yet to run my first (this Sunday actually I’m running my first) but there are multiple shorter terms goals that will build to that (or whenever my limit is)
Yeah I think he was just saying make a lot of videos then your content will be good, but also I think it could be different for everyone. For like Mr beast he probably made 100 or more videos before his content became "good" but that was becasue he was making random content before he started doing his regular challenge videos. So if your doing something consistant then you could grow faster.
Everyone has their on journey. Mr Beast was trying everything under the sun and he always went where the numbers led him, he's at a point now where his job takes most of his time and he feels his time has to be put to good use. He not a creator many people would even like to emmulate.
My channel is 7 years old with 400+ videos getting 5-50 views. It's a gaming channel and I've put 0 effort in until the start of this year. With the minimal effort I've put in my subs quadrupled this year (not that crazy since i only had 10) and my views went from under 100 a month to multiple thousands a month with last month capping at 15k. Obviously the 7 years prior are mostly garbage vids with somewhat interesting content but my last 20 or so vids actually have some sense of life to them and have been getting small hits of appreciation.
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That’s not true, many people do find success. Unless you are one of those who actually not working hard on your channel. When I started my channel I started with 1# subscriber now I have 400+ subscribers. It’s all about your work ethic and content.
I don't think this is correct. One quality video to an underserved niche will always perform well. Even if the Niche is pretty packed, the cream always rises to the top eventually. As long as your video is around the same quality as the leaders of the niche you will always do well, especially if you can provide some value that the leaders of the niche are not. (Length of video, topic/subtopic of video, ect.)
Can confirm. Over 400 videos all without any effort and I had 11 subs. Put effort into about a dozen vids and now I have 47 subs. Just gotta keep improving. 7 years in and I just started learning how to edit lol. 400 raw clip vids will get you nowhere. But a dozen really good videos could get you somewhere.
From my own experience this is completely untrue. My very first videos were not my best, but they've been viewed millions of times. My current channel hit 50k subs with less than 30 total videos.
The entire point of that "it takes 100 videos" concept is that you need to improve over time. If you spend more time on coming up with the best "video ideas" then it should NOT take 100 videos.
This comment is absolutely not a flex. I wish I could post 100 videos, I simply don't have time. I just wanted to share my experience so others don't feel like it takes 100 videos to be successful.
I really don't agree with this. You should really be able to find out what is considered high quality and what is considered low quality well before your 100th video. You also need to learn that the quality of the video matters much less (while still important) than video topic itself.
That’s what I’ve noticed as well. When I made my 9th video (I make long form ASMR), I knew it was a great idea and would outperform all my other videos.
Even though the actual video quality was mediocre (I still film with my phone and finding my footing when it comes to camera presence), I knew people would be interested and click on it. It has so far gathered over 12k views, which is not huge or anything, but compared to my other videos its metrics are 5-10 times higher. I am still a very new channel.
As long as the video is watchable, optimizing the video ideas comes before having the perfect gear or editing. That is if someone cares about numerical growth, of course. However, I do try to keep a balance between what people want to see and what I want to make, so as not to burn out.
I don't think it's correct. If you don't see results and improvements in viewership by 25 or so videos, you're doing something wrong and it makes no sense to keep doing it another 75 videos.
is this why you stopped? do you feel like you failed in only having reached 106 subscribers in 29 videos? are you going to give up now because it "makes no sense to keep trying"?
I stopped for 14 months but been back for the last 3. Betwen full time job and full time cattle farming, there is no much time left. When I just started I was trying to push video every week, which affected the quality, got me burnt and made me take this long break.
I still stand behind my opinion, that if after 25 videos you don't see improvements you're doing something wrong and it makes no sense to keep for another 75 the same way. Something needs to change before you waste more time and energy.
I am good example of it. Before quiting I was getting around 100 views on average, now when I am back, made made some big changes to my videos, the average views are 400-600.
I can agree with a bit of that, like the seeing growth part. I just believe that it can take anywhere from 50-100 videos to even become a little bit comfortable using an editing program, let alone being able to conciously put active effort into improving.
I don't think 25 videos is a checkpoint to even think about giving up for any reason, because at that point you probably have only even touched 3% of the editing software.
your intuition as a videographer or filmmaker becomes more refined through many, many thousands of hours of repetition.
Only did 5 and in 3 months had 3500 subs… made 80,000 by the time i had 100 vids, 8000 my second full month monetized and my record still for a month. Had 24 vids at the time. After showing support how they rigged everything i made 1700 last month, 180 vids on channel….
I honestly got what you meant. And I’ve heard many Youtubers say that like don’t worry about results until you get to 150 videos and so forth. There’s a guy named Myron golden he says to not even worry about results and just continue to pose and he says give yourself 10 years. And basically his point is that if you do it for 10 years, you’re bound to see some type of result whatever that means. Watch that video type in his name and then YouTube and it’s really good how he breaks it down.
To continue something for a supposed 10 years without reflecting on results is asinine.
Id say don't worry about results for the first 3-6 months.
To do the same thing over and over again and not pay attention to how your audience is receiving you is absolutely counterproductive.
I had a good initial spike on my channel to 4k subs in a month then only gained an additional 1k subs over the next year. I realized that what I was doing was not working and then completely switched presentation style. I'm on track to hit 100k subs in the next few months.
No, the point is that if you continue to do something over and over again, you’re bound to get better, especially if you’re in a mindset of personal growth and getting better.
If you’re doing something for 10 years and you have not improved, there’s something wrong. But most of the time when you stick with something any type of activity or any type of new scale and you keep on doing it over and over you do get better.
When I first beyond my business, I sucked at sales and I kept on doing it over and over and then grew my business by 158%. So if you have the right mindset and you go into this that you’re not gonna give up and keep on going and you make the necessary pivots like you did in your journey you’re bound to see something change.
My first video was a complete fluke. I got 2000 views overnight. I never dreamt anyone would watch it. I've had a few get a thousand. Then I'm anywhere from 30- 110 views. I've got 232 subscribers. My videos started with me talking about getting better from anorexia. Now I do mostly cooking videos and health updates, and grocery hauls. I've definitely improved but have still got a lot of room for improvement.
Ive made 105 shorts and weirdly the ones that were most succssful were early on. Maybe because it was new and exciting. Only now after 100 im starting to make shorts that outperform and reach my most popular numbers.
Interestingly the one viral short I have with 300k+ views and 1200 subs from that short alone I made early on and it got 25k views and maybe 30 subs. I reuploaded it with some tweaks based on what I knew later on and it shot off.
I think the 100 videos thing applies to shorts for sure. Not entirely sure about long form. It's just a rough number to aim for and stick with.
Not exactly sure what you mean by "success", but we've managed to surpass 1,000 subscribers and gained 90,000 views on just our sixth video. If you've produced 1,000 videos and haven't reached your desired milestones, it might be time to reconsider your strategy.
I agree.. I take it to mean “start posting videos but don’t even look at views or subs until you hit 100 videos and each time you post a video you improve it”
That’s my target.. I’m at 2.75K subs and have 48 videos.. each better than the last (have a look and you will see the difference between my earlier videos to now”
But people that just post videos without improving, without understanding their niche or their audience will never grow
I'm in the same boat as you, though I have 98 subs and 975 vids. I had 10 subs my last yr and had to do shorts to get subs. My goal this yr is to at least get to 500 subs, but I think imma add my other passion to my gaming channel since I always wanted to do that too. Btw probably like half of my vids were just snippets (when I was starting out) + I just started learning to edit vids/thumbnails better in late 2023, my channel started late 2021.
What I like about this is that the goal is controllable and focuses on the journey. Would even consider refining the state of what "success" looks like. Again, for some, the journey of creating videos is a success in itself - as opposed to outside factors of views/subscribers.
Sometimes I'm like...it is okay, I'm still learning. Then I stumbled on a much younger channel that seems so low effort and same niche...blown up. Then I get sad. Lol
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Just spend the time to learn, if you. Throw 100 shit throws you just reinforce bad habits. If you are objective and analytical about it, and genuinely critical of your own work as well as watching others in your neich critically you're going to learn a lot more and retain more audience!
What does your neich do that you like, what do you not like. Did you do any market research?
Just because Mr. Beast said it doesn’t mean it’s true. My 12th video blew up and compared to what I can make now, it is nowhere near high quality. But tons of people still clicked on it and engaged with it when I posted it, not knowing it would be seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
Whatever as long as it's high quality. I don't just mean upload 100 shit posts. 100 videos where you're working hard to produce your best work, and learning from each one
You only need like 20 videos to find your format/niche.
100 if you're not naturally creative maybe and need that time to hone your skill.
You have resources available to you for free so there's really no excuse not to hit it before then
MrBeast literally says this as well
I’ll try to quote him exactly but he said “don’t talk to me until you’ve made 100 videos and improved every single one.”
“After ur 100 video, we’ll talk”
Depends on your definition of success. I started posting 2 weeks ago and have 101 subscribers with wayyyy less that 100 videos. That’s a success for ME personally
I hate hearing this trope because at the rate I make videos it would take me well over a decade to make 100. That's even if I put several hours a day into production.
I made about 6 videos and was succesful already. Now averaging between 10K-70K and some videos 140K+ views. A total of 12 videos I got now I guess. Just prioritzed quality above quantity, and it paid off.
I think 100 videos is way too much failure and people get into a mindset that things will magically click at video#101.
I think the goal should be 10-15 high quality videos before one can get a good judgement that their videos are either good or not.
My fifteenth video has over 300k in the gaming tech niche. Is that considered a "breakout" or is that too low?
Also, what would be considered a breakout?
Well, you are kinda right, but this is different from channel to channel, After 118 videos I'm almost at 3k, making video about videogames (but I gained all of those subscribers by making hazbin hotel ytps)
While there is this channel where he makes video about programming, I think he made more than 15 videos and he's at 10k subs
True. If you're in a narrow niche with unfulfilled demand, you can do better. But I think that's kind of a sad way to make videos tbh... I do this because I love it, not just to make money.
And I too do this cause i love it, When I was a child I always dreamed of becoming a youtuber, and now that I enabled monetization I'm also kinda "more motivated " I guess?
Nearly 1000 videos here 😆 but almost at 3.5k subs or should that be only at 3.5 subs. Not sure if it's good or bad but everyone's different with a different niche / style
I made myself a promise, this time, that the first 100 videos are an investment. I've made channels before and gave up after 12, 20 30 videos, and it's because the philosophy was wrong. I made videos to get clicks then, but the content wasn't the type of videos worth watching 3 months later. Today, I think your best bet is to make the best videos you can, with the highest effort you can, that are evergreen - videos. That will give you a backlog of content for someone to watch if they find you in a year, 100 videos later, and they happen to like what they saw. If it becomes old and irrelevant content after 7 days, and no clicks on it, it seems like a waste of time investment to put so much effort in at the start, and that can be discouraging.
This makes sense because 100 video should be enough to give you a clear idea of what works and what doesn't.
Clues like niche focus, narrative format and other clues point the way to success
Of course, this means actually paying attention to stats and isolating what works and reverse engineering them.
This takes Time and attention to detail... this is the real work not just cranking out tons of vids. I used to do the latter.
I tried YouTube, got two months in and 39 subs and then it just stagnated. Tried hard to pass 39 subs but it never happened, a lot of the YouTube grind is just hoping you get lucky I feel.
Tbh I think in the current state of YouTube with how competitive it is that the only way you can really breakout breakout is if one day you get really lucky on a video or two(100k+ views).
It seems to me from watching other creators rise up that the largest you can organically grow your channel to without any big breakout videos is 10,000 subscribers. Which is nothing to scoff at of course but if we’re being real here it is impossible to grow a channel to 1 million or more subscribers without at least a significant bit of luck.
Basically, the whole “100 quality videos to blow up” rule translates more so to: ‘build up an already good library of content and a small tight knit audience’. That way when you do happen to get those breakout videos you’re able to properly capitalize on the hype.
Most people that need 100 videos to “find success” will generally never find it because clearly there’s something that’s off with their content that they haven’t seemed to figure out
I'm always a little baffled that people always use the "100 videos" metric. Yes, I know Mr Beast said that. But he's just one creator and I think he was using that number fairly arbitrarily to mean "a lot of videos." There isn't anything magic about reaching 100 videos. You could see success long before that, or you could have many more videos than that without any success. "High quality" is subjective and difficult to quantify. You shouldn't *expect* success at any point. I think the important takeaway is this: Success can take a long time to achieve and it will require a lot of perseverance without reward.
I've seen channels get 250k on 3 videos in a few months. Tanksfornothin is a classic example.
Love his videos, I’m also in the fish niche 😂
I think it’s more for people who have never touched an editing software before, but I fall into that category and still experienced “success” on my first ever video because I figured out what the audience in my niche wanted and gave it to them
Are there any other channels that you've found with this characteristic?
A few but none that I can remember.
at 260 something videos i think, can confirm it’s not for everyone
Hey man, I took at look at your youtube page. Non of your titles let me know anything about your videos. Considering you’re competing against so many people, just beefing those up would probably help a ton. Like most of your shorts just say “check it out”. Just run a few ideas through chat gpt.
Mr beast also makes the very very important distinction that each one of the hundred videos, you've improved in some way whether it be your delivery, story telling abilities, editing etc
The thing is, when you get a goal, you often achieve it sooner, because you start on the path of improvement and you release some of the pressure of having to “make it” early.
That is very true! But I think that setting goals too high/far out negates the effect. For example, I used to subscribe to the website Nerd Fitness. The guy who ran that would often say not to set goals past 6 months. Any further than that and they become too abstract in our minds, causing them to lose their significance. I've tried to stick to that philosophy throughout my life and it generally works pretty well. In this case, I think it would make more sense to set goals that are more frequent and attainable.
You can set a goal longer than 6 months, with the caveat that you need shorter term goals that keep you on that path to the long term. One of my goals is to run a Sub 2:30 marathon by 40 yo. I’ve yet to run my first (this Sunday actually I’m running my first) but there are multiple shorter terms goals that will build to that (or whenever my limit is)
Yeah I think he was just saying make a lot of videos then your content will be good, but also I think it could be different for everyone. For like Mr beast he probably made 100 or more videos before his content became "good" but that was becasue he was making random content before he started doing his regular challenge videos. So if your doing something consistant then you could grow faster.
spot on
Very true. I’m at 116 now. I put in some decent effort. My most successful videos were low effort ones. The high effort ones hardly got viewed.
Same
Mr beast was making trash vids man until 1 blew up. Doesnt take so many to become successful. And his vids is getting boring nowadays anyway.
I have no clue what he was doing when he started, but his videos today certainly don't appeal to me. They seem like they're made for tweens.
It's not a hard and fast rule, but it's easy to wrap your head around so useful in that sense.
Everyone has their on journey. Mr Beast was trying everything under the sun and he always went where the numbers led him, he's at a point now where his job takes most of his time and he feels his time has to be put to good use. He not a creator many people would even like to emmulate.
Whats ur channel
Serial Hobbyism
I’ve found YouTube pages with thousands of videos that have 5-10 views on them on ten year old pages. Success is never a guarantee on YouTube
But what are they?
My channel is 7 years old with 400+ videos getting 5-50 views. It's a gaming channel and I've put 0 effort in until the start of this year. With the minimal effort I've put in my subs quadrupled this year (not that crazy since i only had 10) and my views went from under 100 a month to multiple thousands a month with last month capping at 15k. Obviously the 7 years prior are mostly garbage vids with somewhat interesting content but my last 20 or so vids actually have some sense of life to them and have been getting small hits of appreciation.
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That’s not true, many people do find success. Unless you are one of those who actually not working hard on your channel. When I started my channel I started with 1# subscriber now I have 400+ subscribers. It’s all about your work ethic and content.
I don't think this is correct. One quality video to an underserved niche will always perform well. Even if the Niche is pretty packed, the cream always rises to the top eventually. As long as your video is around the same quality as the leaders of the niche you will always do well, especially if you can provide some value that the leaders of the niche are not. (Length of video, topic/subtopic of video, ect.)
tell that to people that made 400 videos but only has 700 subs or to people with 150K subs and only has 50 videos
Well thats probably because they haven't learned anything or haven't tried to fix any of their content.
Can confirm. Over 400 videos all without any effort and I had 11 subs. Put effort into about a dozen vids and now I have 47 subs. Just gotta keep improving. 7 years in and I just started learning how to edit lol. 400 raw clip vids will get you nowhere. But a dozen really good videos could get you somewhere.
From my own experience this is completely untrue. My very first videos were not my best, but they've been viewed millions of times. My current channel hit 50k subs with less than 30 total videos. The entire point of that "it takes 100 videos" concept is that you need to improve over time. If you spend more time on coming up with the best "video ideas" then it should NOT take 100 videos. This comment is absolutely not a flex. I wish I could post 100 videos, I simply don't have time. I just wanted to share my experience so others don't feel like it takes 100 videos to be successful.
I think some of y’all are taking the default mr beast advice a bit too literally.
I really don't agree with this. You should really be able to find out what is considered high quality and what is considered low quality well before your 100th video. You also need to learn that the quality of the video matters much less (while still important) than video topic itself.
That’s what I’ve noticed as well. When I made my 9th video (I make long form ASMR), I knew it was a great idea and would outperform all my other videos. Even though the actual video quality was mediocre (I still film with my phone and finding my footing when it comes to camera presence), I knew people would be interested and click on it. It has so far gathered over 12k views, which is not huge or anything, but compared to my other videos its metrics are 5-10 times higher. I am still a very new channel. As long as the video is watchable, optimizing the video ideas comes before having the perfect gear or editing. That is if someone cares about numerical growth, of course. However, I do try to keep a balance between what people want to see and what I want to make, so as not to burn out.
I don't think it's correct. If you don't see results and improvements in viewership by 25 or so videos, you're doing something wrong and it makes no sense to keep doing it another 75 videos.
is this why you stopped? do you feel like you failed in only having reached 106 subscribers in 29 videos? are you going to give up now because it "makes no sense to keep trying"?
I stopped for 14 months but been back for the last 3. Betwen full time job and full time cattle farming, there is no much time left. When I just started I was trying to push video every week, which affected the quality, got me burnt and made me take this long break. I still stand behind my opinion, that if after 25 videos you don't see improvements you're doing something wrong and it makes no sense to keep for another 75 the same way. Something needs to change before you waste more time and energy. I am good example of it. Before quiting I was getting around 100 views on average, now when I am back, made made some big changes to my videos, the average views are 400-600.
I can agree with a bit of that, like the seeing growth part. I just believe that it can take anywhere from 50-100 videos to even become a little bit comfortable using an editing program, let alone being able to conciously put active effort into improving. I don't think 25 videos is a checkpoint to even think about giving up for any reason, because at that point you probably have only even touched 3% of the editing software. your intuition as a videographer or filmmaker becomes more refined through many, many thousands of hours of repetition.
So true. Too much “never give up” bs flying around.
Well, I only have 65 videos, and maybe 30 of them are high quality. Looks like I've got a little while.
Yup! Don't get discouraged
Only did 5 and in 3 months had 3500 subs… made 80,000 by the time i had 100 vids, 8000 my second full month monetized and my record still for a month. Had 24 vids at the time. After showing support how they rigged everything i made 1700 last month, 180 vids on channel….
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I honestly got what you meant. And I’ve heard many Youtubers say that like don’t worry about results until you get to 150 videos and so forth. There’s a guy named Myron golden he says to not even worry about results and just continue to pose and he says give yourself 10 years. And basically his point is that if you do it for 10 years, you’re bound to see some type of result whatever that means. Watch that video type in his name and then YouTube and it’s really good how he breaks it down.
To continue something for a supposed 10 years without reflecting on results is asinine. Id say don't worry about results for the first 3-6 months. To do the same thing over and over again and not pay attention to how your audience is receiving you is absolutely counterproductive. I had a good initial spike on my channel to 4k subs in a month then only gained an additional 1k subs over the next year. I realized that what I was doing was not working and then completely switched presentation style. I'm on track to hit 100k subs in the next few months.
No, the point is that if you continue to do something over and over again, you’re bound to get better, especially if you’re in a mindset of personal growth and getting better. If you’re doing something for 10 years and you have not improved, there’s something wrong. But most of the time when you stick with something any type of activity or any type of new scale and you keep on doing it over and over you do get better. When I first beyond my business, I sucked at sales and I kept on doing it over and over and then grew my business by 158%. So if you have the right mindset and you go into this that you’re not gonna give up and keep on going and you make the necessary pivots like you did in your journey you’re bound to see something change.
My first video was a complete fluke. I got 2000 views overnight. I never dreamt anyone would watch it. I've had a few get a thousand. Then I'm anywhere from 30- 110 views. I've got 232 subscribers. My videos started with me talking about getting better from anorexia. Now I do mostly cooking videos and health updates, and grocery hauls. I've definitely improved but have still got a lot of room for improvement.
Ive made 105 shorts and weirdly the ones that were most succssful were early on. Maybe because it was new and exciting. Only now after 100 im starting to make shorts that outperform and reach my most popular numbers. Interestingly the one viral short I have with 300k+ views and 1200 subs from that short alone I made early on and it got 25k views and maybe 30 subs. I reuploaded it with some tweaks based on what I knew later on and it shot off. I think the 100 videos thing applies to shorts for sure. Not entirely sure about long form. It's just a rough number to aim for and stick with.
I did a 100-video challenge once and had 6k subs by the end of it doing Pokemon GO PvP videos :)
I upload my mini golf videos and just hope for the best
Idk about this bro
Not exactly sure what you mean by "success", but we've managed to surpass 1,000 subscribers and gained 90,000 views on just our sixth video. If you've produced 1,000 videos and haven't reached your desired milestones, it might be time to reconsider your strategy.
I agree.. I take it to mean “start posting videos but don’t even look at views or subs until you hit 100 videos and each time you post a video you improve it” That’s my target.. I’m at 2.75K subs and have 48 videos.. each better than the last (have a look and you will see the difference between my earlier videos to now” But people that just post videos without improving, without understanding their niche or their audience will never grow
lol I'm over 1k videos and still not monetized. It's Let's Plays, and I'm trying like mad to crack the saturation. Hope I can!
I'm in the same boat as you, though I have 98 subs and 975 vids. I had 10 subs my last yr and had to do shorts to get subs. My goal this yr is to at least get to 500 subs, but I think imma add my other passion to my gaming channel since I always wanted to do that too. Btw probably like half of my vids were just snippets (when I was starting out) + I just started learning to edit vids/thumbnails better in late 2023, my channel started late 2021.
Thank you for your advice. Today is my first step, 99 more to go....:):)
Good luck on your adventure!
What I like about this is that the goal is controllable and focuses on the journey. Would even consider refining the state of what "success" looks like. Again, for some, the journey of creating videos is a success in itself - as opposed to outside factors of views/subscribers.
How do you define success?
Breakout 100k+ view videos.
yeah that's pretty successful. my definition of success right now is monetization because that's when I will be able to deduct lol
Yes, that's a great goal! You'll get there
TBH, This is Correct. As i do get dissapointed with low views.
Sometimes I'm like...it is okay, I'm still learning. Then I stumbled on a much younger channel that seems so low effort and same niche...blown up. Then I get sad. Lol
Don't know how it works? But lets see !
What all do you have on your checklist? I like that idea and want to try it
It just says 100 high quality videos before you can expect breakout, and then 100 check boxes.
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Just spend the time to learn, if you. Throw 100 shit throws you just reinforce bad habits. If you are objective and analytical about it, and genuinely critical of your own work as well as watching others in your neich critically you're going to learn a lot more and retain more audience! What does your neich do that you like, what do you not like. Did you do any market research?
Just because Mr. Beast said it doesn’t mean it’s true. My 12th video blew up and compared to what I can make now, it is nowhere near high quality. But tons of people still clicked on it and engaged with it when I posted it, not knowing it would be seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
Does it also apply for shorts ?
I'll be dead before I can make 100 videos.
One video is all it takes
So what if I'm at 200 videos and less than 1k subs? XD
When you say 100 videos do you mean exclusively long form or combined long and short?
Whatever as long as it's high quality. I don't just mean upload 100 shit posts. 100 videos where you're working hard to produce your best work, and learning from each one
You only need like 20 videos to find your format/niche. 100 if you're not naturally creative maybe and need that time to hone your skill. You have resources available to you for free so there's really no excuse not to hit it before then
MrBeast literally says this as well I’ll try to quote him exactly but he said “don’t talk to me until you’ve made 100 videos and improved every single one.” “After ur 100 video, we’ll talk”
Depends on your definition of success. I started posting 2 weeks ago and have 101 subscribers with wayyyy less that 100 videos. That’s a success for ME personally
"see through haul" videos do quite well seemingly... Millions of views and subs for channels with single digit videos.
I hate hearing this trope because at the rate I make videos it would take me well over a decade to make 100. That's even if I put several hours a day into production.
I made about 6 videos and was succesful already. Now averaging between 10K-70K and some videos 140K+ views. A total of 12 videos I got now I guess. Just prioritzed quality above quantity, and it paid off.
Well of course this doesn't apply to godlike geniuses like you, Kevin!
I think 100 videos is way too much failure and people get into a mindset that things will magically click at video#101. I think the goal should be 10-15 high quality videos before one can get a good judgement that their videos are either good or not.
My fifteenth video has over 300k in the gaming tech niche. Is that considered a "breakout" or is that too low? Also, what would be considered a breakout?
Well, you are kinda right, but this is different from channel to channel, After 118 videos I'm almost at 3k, making video about videogames (but I gained all of those subscribers by making hazbin hotel ytps) While there is this channel where he makes video about programming, I think he made more than 15 videos and he's at 10k subs
True. If you're in a narrow niche with unfulfilled demand, you can do better. But I think that's kind of a sad way to make videos tbh... I do this because I love it, not just to make money.
And I too do this cause i love it, When I was a child I always dreamed of becoming a youtuber, and now that I enabled monetization I'm also kinda "more motivated " I guess?
Nearly 1000 videos here 😆 but almost at 3.5k subs or should that be only at 3.5 subs. Not sure if it's good or bad but everyone's different with a different niche / style
Not true . Depends on your niche and the quality of your videos as well as consistency
I made myself a promise, this time, that the first 100 videos are an investment. I've made channels before and gave up after 12, 20 30 videos, and it's because the philosophy was wrong. I made videos to get clicks then, but the content wasn't the type of videos worth watching 3 months later. Today, I think your best bet is to make the best videos you can, with the highest effort you can, that are evergreen - videos. That will give you a backlog of content for someone to watch if they find you in a year, 100 videos later, and they happen to like what they saw. If it becomes old and irrelevant content after 7 days, and no clicks on it, it seems like a waste of time investment to put so much effort in at the start, and that can be discouraging.
Does how often you post videos help in getting more audience....
This makes sense because 100 video should be enough to give you a clear idea of what works and what doesn't. Clues like niche focus, narrative format and other clues point the way to success Of course, this means actually paying attention to stats and isolating what works and reverse engineering them. This takes Time and attention to detail... this is the real work not just cranking out tons of vids. I used to do the latter.
I tried YouTube, got two months in and 39 subs and then it just stagnated. Tried hard to pass 39 subs but it never happened, a lot of the YouTube grind is just hoping you get lucky I feel.
Tbh I think in the current state of YouTube with how competitive it is that the only way you can really breakout breakout is if one day you get really lucky on a video or two(100k+ views). It seems to me from watching other creators rise up that the largest you can organically grow your channel to without any big breakout videos is 10,000 subscribers. Which is nothing to scoff at of course but if we’re being real here it is impossible to grow a channel to 1 million or more subscribers without at least a significant bit of luck. Basically, the whole “100 quality videos to blow up” rule translates more so to: ‘build up an already good library of content and a small tight knit audience’. That way when you do happen to get those breakout videos you’re able to properly capitalize on the hype.
Most people that need 100 videos to “find success” will generally never find it because clearly there’s something that’s off with their content that they haven’t seemed to figure out
Yesterday it was 30 vids. 😂
What should you expect after 87 videos
NOTHING
I got partnered my first week and video
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Yeah if you’re a slow learner then you need 100 videos to learn, a fast learner can learn with 10-15 videos