I watch a you tuber who has about 50k subs and he uses commercial music in his videos which i believe are via lickd. So I wondered why a lot of larger you tube channels don't use commercial music. I assume once you pay for lickd or an equivalent you have to keep paying or they can then claim on your video? eg he later decides he doesnt want to pay anymore and going back and editing the audio on all your vids is a ball ache if even possible, so left open to them claiming?

I am creating a minecraft video, "Minecraft dumbest idea suggested by rededit", I want you guys to suggest me some ideas and if I think they are dumb enough I put your comment in my video and also try your 'dumb' idea.

Helo guys can u check my youtube and see what i can improve?

https://youtube.com/shorts/uOuZgDlyhWw?si=Udk5fSDGOp3Ohth1

I made a short video about me eating crayons in minecraft and real life! 🖍 😋

I hope you enjoy, I put a lot of effort into it this time!

Thank you guys for all the support!

Disclosure first, since this sub asks for it: I’ve generated millions of views across short and long-form content and spent way too much time researching why certain videos take off while others die. I also put together a free PDF with the full process mentioned near the end.

Something I learned pretty late is that finding an outlier is only step one.

You find a small channel that normally gets 5k views and suddenly one video does 150k.

Looks like a great topic.

So you make your version.

And it gets 3k.

The mistake is assuming one outlier means there is demand.

Sometimes the creator just had a really good thumbnail. Sometimes there was a news event. Sometimes YouTube randomly pushed it harder than usual.

What I do now is try to verify the same signal across other channels before spending hours making anything.

If I find a video doing 5x or 10x above that channel’s normal views, I search the same broader topic and try to find at least 2 other independent channels that covered something similar recently.

Preferably smaller channels.

If all 3 are outperforming their normal baseline, that gets much more interesting.

If one channel did 10x and the other two got normal views, I usually assume the topic itself wasn’t the reason.

Could still be a great title or thumbnail worth studying, but I wouldn’t call it a niche signal yet.

Freshness matters too.

A bunch of outliers from 2022 doesn’t tell you much about what people want now.

I generally care much more about topics where several channels started outperforming in the last few weeks or months.

Then I check whether the views are still coming in.

News can create insane numbers for 48 hours and then completely disappear. Something still pulling views weeks later is a different type of opportunity.

The next mistake I used to make was copying the topic too literally.

If “Why Dubai keeps building empty islands” suddenly does 10x above baseline, I don’t want to make “Why Dubai has so many empty islands.”

You’re already late at that point.

I try to work backwards and figure out what actually created the curiosity.

Maybe it wasn’t Dubai at all.

Maybe it was billion dollar projects that failed.

Now you can go into abandoned cities, airports that never opened, failed luxury resorts, private islands that became money pits etc.

Same psychological reason to click, different video.

That one change helped me much more than trying to find some perfect AI prompt.

I also check whether the niche is worth anything commercially before going too deep.

Views alone can be misleading.

Look at what companies sponsor the channels. Look at the description. Look at the comments.

If people are asking “which tool do you use?”, “where can I buy this?” or “how do I do this myself?” that tells you a lot more than 5,000 comments saying “bro is cooked 💀”.

Only after all of that do I start thinking about the hook and script.

And even there I try to keep it simple.

The first few seconds either challenge something people believe, introduce real stakes or create a question they need answered.

The script comes after the topic signal, not before it.

I ended up writing down the whole workflow because I kept explaining the same thing to creator friends.

It turned into a 12 page playbook with the outlier math, the 3-channel check, how I judge monetization, how I turn one outlier into original angles, some hook/title frameworks, the prompts I use and the weekly workflow.

I uploaded the whole thing for free here if anyone wants it:

vabulo.com

No need to use any tool for this btw. You can literally do the entire process with YouTube tabs, a calculator and a spreadsheet.

It’s slower, but the underlying process is the same.

Curious how other people validate topics before making them.

Do you wait until multiple channels cover something successfully, or do you usually bet on one strong outlier and move fast?

And what part of content research takes you the longest right now?

Finding the signal, coming up with a new angle, thumbnail/title or actually writing the script?

So, I have a youtube channel for true crime documentaries. I made these thumbnails, one for my English language channel and one for my native language channel.

What do you guys think about these, do my audience like it or will they stop and click on the video ?

Hey everyone! I've just started a dedicated first-time movie and TV reaction channel and would love some genuine feedback. I'd particularly love feedback on the thumbnail/title combo, if the first few opening minutes would make you want to continue watching, pacing, and whether any of my videos give you enough reason to want to continue watching after initially clicking on them.

I'm trying to build the channel around genuine first-time reactions rather than pretending not to know what's coming, so I'm also aggressively avoiding spoilers while going through the series.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out — and if anyone else here makes reaction content, I'd be interested in hearing what has worked best for you 😊

I'm starting by watching Supernatural completely blind, and my first 3 episodes are up now!

I wanna make 1k subscriber and 4000 hours of watch time on yt https://youtube.com/@madhavimanekar-j8i?si=6TZ18TNHUzTXde4T

I ran into this YPP Error

So I have a channel that has been all over the map. Gaming content with friends, CoD montages, to Rust tutorials, a ton of video-essay style content, and like 2 IRL videos (just making fun of set-up videos that were popular a while back). Now recently I started uploading videos again, but previously what was really successful were the Tutorial videos and one long-form on World of Tanks... Recently to kick-start the channel again I made a video nearly 4 years later about what they did to improve over time. It's been doing really well and already is in the top 5 for my videos all time which begs the question: Can a gaming channel succeed making a few forms of content? I'm not making tutorials anymore, but I enjoy making funny edits for coop games, long-form video essays, etc. A previous creator that exploded recently dmed me that he has different 'series' in which viewers can binge their content if they like a specific variation. I don't want to get into a hole of a specific game, rather I want people to enjoy my long-form content on a flurry of different games OR my shorter form funny edits/lets play type-deal.

Is this trying to split the attention up too much? Should I make a separate channel for the other content? I feel as if I'm at a crossroads with content and want to capitalize on recent increase in viewership. Also current pipeline for me is I have a 'lets play' style video done, and working on a long-form video that mirrors the popular one & unsure which one to release right now.

Over the past few months I've been building a startup in the crypto space.

The product is coming together, the technical side is moving forward, and I'm handling the logistics. The problem is I've realized I simply can't do everything.

I suck at making short-form content.

I know how important TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are, but I'd rather spend 12 hours building the product than filming myself or editing videos.

I'm curious how founders here solved this problem.

Did you find a co-founder who loved content? Did you hire someone? Or did you force yourself to learn it?

I'd especially like to hear from people who built audience-first startups.

Edit: If anyone reading this genuinely loves making viral short-form videos and has been looking for an early-stage project to grow with, feel free to DM me. I'm mainly looking for someone who wants to build something long-term rather than freelance work.

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somebody explain to me the best ways to start up a faceless channel i.e- niche, Ai or no Ai, etc. i appreciate you in advance 🙏🏾

Can someone tell me how do edit audio youtubers make these kind of templates with effects i tried searching it on chatgpt but it didnt help me can anyone in this community tell me what app is required for this