This ain't no lie I've been posting videos religiously every single day for 2 whole years 26 months to be exact and while my income, subscribers and views are increasing it is doing so at a snails pace.
Yes as others have said youtube is hard, very hard. Very very very hard im sure at one point in time it was much easier.
I will say this though once I hit the 2 year mark which wasn't long ago youtube started showing me some love when it comes to views.
In a sense I really don't care about subscribers but they seem to come a lot easier than views. Youtube act like they're paying you money when it comes to views. Lol I guess in a sense they are though hence it's why they hold back on them.
I was actually fired from my full time job of 2.5 years the other day on May 16th, while I was on vacation. I had it made because I was only working 3 days per week with a 60k per year income.
Yes it sucks!