I'm working on a YT Channel (Not Linking it. Don't want to self-promote) where I unbox Bundles and talk about the state of the game. I have about 5 videos backlog for weekly uploads, and I'm enjoying it. I don't know how to get people to watch my content, and justify to my parents to buy Bundles to unbox (17, and not allowed to get a job under parent's rules). I'm doing tags and stuff like I should, but I'm not getting any traffic. Any ideas? Even if you have no advice, but a suggestion I can make a video about, please say it!
I'm working on a YT Channel (Not Linking it. Don't want to self-promote) where I unbox Bundles and talk about the state of the game.
This is doing what a zillion other people are doing. You're not going to get attention doing that, because anyone who searches for that sort of thing on YouTube will find the popular people doing that, not you. Some people get millions of views doing Five Nights At Freddy's playthroughs, but try that yourself and you'll find yourself getting pretty much nothing in the way of views because you'll be lost in a sea of other imitators.
To get attention on YouTube, you need to make content that fits that magic combination of being popular enough that people will search for it, but not popular enough that everyone else is doing it. That, or somehow get someone who's already popular to mention you.
Well, MTG YouTube isn't that big to being with. Tolarian Community College is one of the biggest if not the biggest on YT and it's like 300K subs only. That is about the same as some mid level YTer from niche games like Demon's Souls or a very low tier YTer for shooter or Let's Play channel. There isn't much of a market share there. Some amazing channels have less than 100K normally.
Also, the content you are making may not be that interesting to begin with compared to the competition. Opening a fatpack of new product may not be enough to call attention. And if you go with that, you will need to constant upload videos of this type of content to start getting an audience. If your content is indeed interesting, you may retain viewers and subs. Look at Jeremy before his channel started going for clickbaits, he basically monopolized this niche. He was quite earnest and charismatic enough during the openings, so I guess this was enough to get a following. The only channel that was close to his in this was Deriums.
Some other people who open products from older sets like Arabian Nights, Beta, and so on for years and yet have less than 50K. Dunno why, but MTG booster opening doesn't have the same appeal as Pokemon. Pokemon channels are more vibrant. The main public is probably way younger than MTG public. older audience are more selective and probably less interested in this aspect of MTG, as even Derium had a hard time passing 100K with this type of content and reached 300K in less time with Pokemon.
Travis Woo is a somewhat well known figure in MTG community who got into some controversy while working at CBF and does some unique content. Still one of his channels is under 20K for the longest time. Other pros also have small channels despite having some name attached to them. CFB probably has the biggest roster of pros with quality content, but their channel is just over 100K.
MTG finance has some lack of decent content. MTG Lion kinda filled this gap initially, but he is kinda a hack and click-baity for finance stuff, so he failed to proper provide content for this niche and never passed 30K and I don't think he will get anywhere if he stays the same. Rudy on the hand does provide way better finance related content. He started a little slow, but now he is growing very rapidly and steady. His content is controversial a lot of times, but he does delivery quality and I think the public recognize it even if he does some disagreeable things in the POV of some of the public. I still think MTG finance has a lot of gaps that aren't filled properly, so I see some potential here, but you need to deliver the goods.
MTGGoldfish does decktech content. I think it's the best as of now. Their channel were sub 30K for a really long time even though they had a decent site. Eventually they got past 100K.
MTG alter community is very niche and despite the quality of the content, they are really small. 10K is really a lot for them. Art channels are usually small compared to the quality of the content, but not that small. I guess there is no public for this in this area. Showing off alters from other artists may have more appeal.
Some people who do decent content usually tell they have a very slow start, usually less than 100 subs for one to two years. Eventually they start getting a critical mass of quantity and quality and get some luck from YouTube search or whatever it works and may go from sub 1K to 10K ~ 30K and if you work hard and your content has some substance or fit a niche, you may hit 100K eventually. As you can see not much out there to cover. Maybe you could do a Shoplife style or MTG finance for teens or a combination. No matter what, for the more successful channels the key is to churn content continuously and steadily. Even questionable content is fine. Sadly I think the best tactic is just flood your channel with content and try to manipulate YT a bit. Of course, if you want longevity, you need quality and variety, but initially,try to find something you truly enjoy making and keep it steady.
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To get attention on YouTube, you need to make content that fits that magic combination of being popular enough that people will search for it, but not popular enough that everyone else is doing it. That, or somehow get someone who's already popular to mention you.
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Also, the content you are making may not be that interesting to begin with compared to the competition. Opening a fatpack of new product may not be enough to call attention. And if you go with that, you will need to constant upload videos of this type of content to start getting an audience. If your content is indeed interesting, you may retain viewers and subs. Look at Jeremy before his channel started going for clickbaits, he basically monopolized this niche. He was quite earnest and charismatic enough during the openings, so I guess this was enough to get a following. The only channel that was close to his in this was Deriums.
Some other people who open products from older sets like Arabian Nights, Beta, and so on for years and yet have less than 50K. Dunno why, but MTG booster opening doesn't have the same appeal as Pokemon. Pokemon channels are more vibrant. The main public is probably way younger than MTG public. older audience are more selective and probably less interested in this aspect of MTG, as even Derium had a hard time passing 100K with this type of content and reached 300K in less time with Pokemon.
Travis Woo is a somewhat well known figure in MTG community who got into some controversy while working at CBF and does some unique content. Still one of his channels is under 20K for the longest time. Other pros also have small channels despite having some name attached to them. CFB probably has the biggest roster of pros with quality content, but their channel is just over 100K.
MTG finance has some lack of decent content. MTG Lion kinda filled this gap initially, but he is kinda a hack and click-baity for finance stuff, so he failed to proper provide content for this niche and never passed 30K and I don't think he will get anywhere if he stays the same. Rudy on the hand does provide way better finance related content. He started a little slow, but now he is growing very rapidly and steady. His content is controversial a lot of times, but he does delivery quality and I think the public recognize it even if he does some disagreeable things in the POV of some of the public. I still think MTG finance has a lot of gaps that aren't filled properly, so I see some potential here, but you need to deliver the goods.
MTGGoldfish does decktech content. I think it's the best as of now. Their channel were sub 30K for a really long time even though they had a decent site. Eventually they got past 100K.
MTG alter community is very niche and despite the quality of the content, they are really small. 10K is really a lot for them. Art channels are usually small compared to the quality of the content, but not that small. I guess there is no public for this in this area. Showing off alters from other artists may have more appeal.
Some people who do decent content usually tell they have a very slow start, usually less than 100 subs for one to two years. Eventually they start getting a critical mass of quantity and quality and get some luck from YouTube search or whatever it works and may go from sub 1K to 10K ~ 30K and if you work hard and your content has some substance or fit a niche, you may hit 100K eventually. As you can see not much out there to cover. Maybe you could do a Shoplife style or MTG finance for teens or a combination. No matter what, for the more successful channels the key is to churn content continuously and steadily. Even questionable content is fine. Sadly I think the best tactic is just flood your channel with content and try to manipulate YT a bit. Of course, if you want longevity, you need quality and variety, but initially,try to find something you truly enjoy making and keep it steady.
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