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I've started two YouTube channels in the past. I did so VERY POORLY. And they didn't gain traction, mainly because I didn't try hard enough. I am about to launch my third, and I am SUPER PASSIONATE about the content/vision. So I want to start off on the right foot. Thus, for my own learning and for everyone else here I ask: those of you who are not brand new anymore, what do you wish you'd done differently at the start?

there are many YouTube reviews and they contain so many scenes of movies when they’re talking about them, and these scenes are not released on YouTube at all, and you can’t even screenrecord on Disney plus, so I don’t know how do they all do it, please help me out, how do the get them?

I just want to spread some positivity and say thank you to the numerous people who dedicate their time and effort into helping people on here :)

For the last two months I've been scrolling through here absorbing as much knowledge as I can retain. For the past two weeks, me and my kiddo have started putting it into practice and have just published our fourth video.

We came into this with zero knowledge of recording software, editing, Davinci Resolve, thumbnails, etc. but with an insane level of keen as we have discussed doing this for at least 18 months. we have had fun experimenting and putting lessons into practice. We still have a lot to learn (audio is our next big project) but most importantly, we are having a blast :)

So, thank you everyone, you've really given us the leg up we needed to start this crazy hobby and we couldn't be happier :)

One of the thing I hate about recording videos is that I have to sit in mic'd up , locked in the chair. I can't turn on FAN, or AC because the noise would be loud and screw up the recording.

My experience of removing the noise is post production has been terrible.

If you guys face this, have you found any solution for this? What's your workaround?

Hello i wanted to ask how can i make my mic kind of boxxy/muddy just a little bit like this youtuber
name fadeunchanged i really like his mic settings but i dont know how thanks :)

Long ago, I had this little tiny tripod that would hold your phone it. We used it a lot in the woods to take bike videos. This was before my youtube days. Anyway it was plastic so eventually it broke and that was that.

Now I'm making youtube videos and sometimes I need to take bike videos in the woods but I can't be lugging in a real, full size tripod. Does anyone have any suggestions for a small tripod you can literally fit in your pocket, that can hold your phone and let you aim it and point it? I'm not talking about something that gives you height, just something that can hold it.

İ have a weird situation mu first video got a 3000 impressions at 2 hours but my second video got a 3 İMPRESSİONS?? just wondering why

So I started vlogging again after a seven-year hiatus, And I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. But I've noticed that a lot of vloggers nowadays have an animation at the end of their videos showing the mouse cursor clicking the subscribe, like button and the notification bell at the same time. Where can I get an animation like that? Or do I have to make my own? I’m so lost and I have no idea where to get stuff like that.

I plan on starting youtube here soon with a gaming-centered channel, but i’m a bit confused about the new views update. I mostly understand that engaged views can still be viewed in Studio, but isn’t this a good thing? If your views are counting from the moment someone clicks on your video, does that not make it easier to reach monetization goals? I might be mis-understanding it but if not then what does the community have to be upset about? is it just due to RPMs and payout amounts not accurately reflecting the view count you’re seeing??

I am not very good with photoshop, any thumbnail I attempt to make it’s very clear that it’s all badly edited cutouts. I try to follow guides and video tutorials but it all still looks bad. I also tried using Fiverr but the artist I hired used AI that I didn’t catch until about 3 months after the video was uploaded.

Where can I find an actual artist on a tight budget?

Hey all,

I recently posted my first video to a new channel.

It's currently sitting on 8.1k views with 228.3 watch hours (it's a 27 minute video) and a CTR of 1.0%.

Apologies if my question is simple, but the video gets ~20 views/hour for a few hours, then drops right down to 0, then jumps back up again to 20 views an hour.

Is it worth investigating why? Should I do a new A/B test or improve the thumbnail?

Or should I just move on to a new video?

Unfortunately Images are not allowed here, but to visualise the graph, it really does spend ~6 hours at 20 views/hour, then 4 hours at 0-1/hour, then another 6 at 20, and so forth.

A few months ago YouTube announced the dual layout streaming feature. Only recently I am seeing larger creators begin to use it. It appears in my shorts feed but when I go to the users channel it is a horizontal stream. Both get recommended.

I assume they are using Aitum or something similar to crop the vertical feed

My question is, in the past week has anyone tested this? How do results differ from a normal stream? If larger creators are doing it consistently I assume it is being accepted as better reach.

Im not sure if my thumbnails are the thing holding me back. The video i made got 11 views and the only way i believe that would be possible is if no one was clicking. Any and all tips with my thumbnails are appreciated.
vid 1: Electric or Gas | Which bike is best for you
vid 2: 2 Stroke or 4 Stroke | Which one you should buy
https://imgur.com/a/IHdaCo6

Now I’ve been making videos for the past 5 years or so, I’ve never actually used my voice, I’ve been using a website called TTSMP3 which is essentially a website that was out years ago, making the tts sound very robotic.

However I started making commentary videos which builds a lot of connections with your fans, I do see the vision.

The main reason why I don’t really feel the drive to push out my voice to my audience is because of my accent, having a Spanish accent while living in the UK has been hell for me, getting mocked all the time by immature people had created an insecurity.

What would you do if you were in this situation?

Edit: Hi all, thank you for taking the time to replay. As some of you recommended, I dispute the claim and also emailed the creator. Later people advices against it but I already emailed them. The claim has been removed however. Being new to this, I guess I panicked too quickly and then got overwhelmed by the size of this creator. I now learned from the reactions in this post, it was probably also not personal but just a protection system that did a miscalculation.

Why is this happening. I make walking videos of my city, my latest video does really well and now I got a copyright claim from this person with millions of followers that I used his footage. It's my own footage! I delete the original files to work on my next video because my laptop doesn't have enough storage.

Could this be an accident? I checked the stream where he visited my city and our footage does not look alike at all. Why would such a big streamer do this, I'm not by far even monetized yet.

My newest video is doing very well when it comes to views but I can't tell how much of that is due to the change they made in how views are counted since i feel like it has relatively few likes. Which analytic do you guys recommend using to check how well a video is actually performing during this kind of "transition period", is watch time a good one? I don't post traditional videos btw if that matters for the analytics, i post rap beats of 1-2 minutes in length abt 4 times a week

Hi guys! I'm making a video about a band called Racing Mount Pleasant, and the original title was 'Why every big band falls apart (except this one)' and by big band I mean with a lot of members (which is elaborated on and cleared in the video itself. I feel like that doesnt make me want to click, and idk whether the thumbnail should have the name of the band to draw in the fans. Any advice would be really appreciated!

Hi all, this is my first post here,

As the title says, I was just accepted into the YouTube Partner Program. It took a lot of work, but I'm honestly worrying myself sick that my channel might run into legal trouble. Most of my content covers International (and some UK) Edexcel A level and GCSE physics (and some maths) past papers and lessons, and the past papers might be the issue. I've read elsewhere that some companies track down these videos and hit them with strikes. To my defense, I work out my own solutions rather than copying anything, but that won't matter if a takedown request comes in. I'd have to remove the videos regardless.

First question: if the unthinkable happens and my videos get taken down (we're talking around 80 videos, more than half the channel's content), does that mean I'd get kicked out of the Partner Program?

For context, I'm a physics PhD who is currently struggling to find work, so it would be a huge relief if this channel could somehow start bringing in a living. But monetization aside, the fact that most of the channel is high school physics content (at least for now) created a problem I didn't see coming when I started. Most viewers are students who swing by casually during exam season, watch what they need, and leave. Almost no subscriptions come from this, the audience isn't loyal or returning except in rare cases, and since these are high school students, they're occasionally dismissive of the work that goes into a video. It only happens in maybe one in ten comments, but it still stings. I have a long history of teaching, and despite loving it, I decided I didn't want to keep doing it, for reasons that are complicated but include this occasional disrespect from people who just want a physics grade.

Second question: how do I gradually differentiate myself from that crowd and move toward other interests, like physics research papers (I uploaded a video on reproducing results from a paper and got about 100 views with some real engagement), coding (a few videos got mild attention), and visiting a town or site to talk about a historical event or person connected to it? I live somewhere with a lot of history, so I made one video like that already, with moderate to no success so far. Am I stuck uploading A level material for now? I don't want that, because I don't see myself as a teacher. I want this to be a broader science and physics channel, with occasional videos of me travelling (eventually outside my home country) to talk about things I'm interested in. Am I all over the place?

Moreover, I think I made a mistake. I paid for YouTube promotions, no more than about 300 euros total over the two years I've run the channel. They brought in a lot of subscribers but not many extra views, aside from the usual exam season surge described above. When an ad stops, most subscribers stick around, but a small share leave, maybe 5 to 10 percent.

Third question: did this actually harm my channel? Should I run more ads, or is there a better way to grow organically?

One last thing. Writing scripts on my iPad works fine for now, but how do I make my videos more appealing? I got over my initial fear of talking into a microphone (it was oddly terrifying), so now I'm trying to think about production quality. I've watched other channels in my niche and a lot of them do similar things to what I do. Two channels I really admire are Michael Penn (u/MichaelPennMath) and Sabbatical (u/SabbaticalTommy), so how to I copy some of their ideas?

I currently have about 166 videos, 13k subscribers, but I honestly feel a bit hopeless

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I'm starting a YouTube channel around psychology, habits, and everyday behavior.

Instead of using the usual stock footage, or highly polished animation, I'm thinking of building the channel around a simple visual style: a white background, hand-drawn characters, and simple visual storytelling.

I like the style because it feels distinctive and lets me focus more on the story and ideas rather than making every frame visually complex.

But I'm wondering about the other side of it:

Would this kind of simple visual style actually hold people's attention on YouTube in 2026, or would it feel too basic compared to the increasingly polished content people are used to?

For people who watch or make video essays, animation, or educational content, what do you think?

As the title says. Im looking for a faster way to cut raw footage. For reference, I make highly edited videos of a strategy game. More entertainment than with a little "how it works" thrown in there. Now I love doing it, but the raw footage is roughly 25+ hours, and my videos are around the 30-minute mark.

My issue is im spending an extra 20+ hours just sifting through it and cutting it down to what matters, and that's before i really start editing properly or doing the voice-over.

And im wondering if anyone has any tips, tricks, or advice for making that part of the process faster ither in the recording step or the editing step?

Any help would be appreciated

Hey everyone, I am trying to verify my phone number on YouTube to unlock custom thumbnails, and every time I get the same error: there was a problem sending a verification code. I have been stuck on this for over a week now, tbh I've run out of ideas what to even do next. I tried: Incognito tab, VPN, different browsers, different phone numbers, the voice call option, contacted youtube. I also already contacted YouTube support directly, and they told me it is a fully automated system and they cannot manually help with it. Has anyone actually gotten this fixer or found something?

I have just started a YouTube channel this morning about motivation and spent a while this afternoon making a video. But it hasn't received any views. Was this to be expected or am I doing something wrong?

I would link it but I can't. Ask me if you want to see it

I’m a newtuber and I make long form content. I always remove any long pauses in my speech, unless the pause is intentionally long. Recently I was recommended two videos on my feed about topics I was interested in and had seen other people cover. Both videos talked very slowly and had lots of pauses between every word. I lost focus quickly. Do you remove the pauses in your video or do you keep them? Yes it adds a ton of time to editing but I would rather remove them.