Can a gaming channel even get popular anymore?

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Robzino

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I realized gaming channels rarely blow up nowadays, does anyone here have one that has had good growth in the past year or so?
 
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Gaming is a fairly saturated niche, but with a good strategy (and a lot of money) you can probably be successful.
 
Prize Poet said:
Depends on a good plan with proper resources
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breakcode said:
Gaming is a fairly saturated niche, but with a good strategy (and a lot of money) you can probably be successful.
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Right, one has to really understand the algorithm and how to tailor his content to it to succeed nowadays.
It ain't how it used to be, now you probably need some type of external promotion to give you that initial push too.
 
Competition is over the roof
Things related to MMA with voiceover is blowing up
 
breakcode said:
Unfortunately now for all projects it's like this, always an external push is needed
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Not for all, the YouTube algorithm is pretty good at picking up videos for most niches, as long as the creator is consistent of course.
 
If your videos are good quality (good editing and voice-over) and you're providing some very unique content it will surely blow up. as advice try to play Mincraft, my bro showed me multiples new Minecraft youtube channels that have blown up, but always one thing was common between these channels and it's was UNIQUE CONTENT
 
I don't know what you expect to have in terms of subs and earnings. But you don't need to blow up. Slow but steady wins the race. What you need is a loyal follower base. I follow a few gamers who I've been watching since the beginning. I watched the channels slowly grow up.

One of the gamers gained 50K subs in 3 years. He has about 500 members/supporters who pay $6/month. In addition to that, he hosts live streams with donations. The income is enough to continue his gaming channel. He even has a day job as a computer technician.
 
ahenna said:
If your videos are good quality (good editing and voice-over) and you're providing some very unique content it will surely blow up. as advice try to play Mincraft, my bro showed me multiples new Minecraft youtube channels that have blown up, but always one thing was common between these channels and it's was UNIQUE CONTENT
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Yup I agree, and I don't want to do a gaming channel myself but I was just curious.
Thanks for the advice regardless.
sam55 said:
I don't know what you expect to have in terms of subs and earnings. But you don't need to blow up. Slow but steady wins the race. What you need is a loyal follower base. I follow a few gamers who I've been watching since the beginning. I watched the channels slowly grow up.

One of the gamers gained 50K subs in 3 years. He has about 500 members/supporters who pay $6/month. In addition to that, he hosts live streams with donations. The income is enough to continue his gaming channel. He even has a day job as a computer technician.
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I agree but back in the day gaming channels would blow up every few days it felt like.
Nowadays you don't really hear of any.
 
You can start a gaming channel if you are patient. I have quite a few real shitty (when I first started) video game uploads. Some of them I'm amazed I get views, but my twist on the gaming niche was to concentrate on reviews of mods, and "where to find" type things.
 
You're probably looking the wrong place: https://www.youtube.com/gaming
If you wanna blow up on a platform, you obviously need to understand how said platform works.

Plenty of people are blowing up every day, in every niche that you could even imagine.
Just look at this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28SsHtQ6j4uExSTuzyYg0A/videos
A week ago it was getting 1k views a day - Now it gets 1m+ a day. Power of the algorithm combined with YouTube's current love of #shorts.
 
Robzino said:
I realized gaming channels rarely blow up nowadays, does anyone here have one that has had good growth in the past year or so?
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People have probably already told you, but yeah the market is a bit oversaturated. That being said, I am certainly not foremost expert, but I would focus on whole game coverage or content. Take a popular, upcoming game and play it from the beginning. Making a walkthrough-style video. People love these, as it gives them a feel for the game and lets those that don't have the game see what it's all about. I'm not sure how many series like this are out there, but I used to follow a guy name TheRadBrad or TheBradRad on YouTube. He did something similar and he garnered a bit following. He got so big that some of the content creators invited him to conferences and stuff. There is a market for this. Good Luck and hope this helps.
 
First of all, you have to be very patient, gain as many spectators as possible and know the interest of the spectators. Go step by step, never give up.
 
you will definitely need a webcam, ok microphone, and you have to be full of energy when you record those gaming videos to succeed in this niche, otherwise is so hard next to impossible... now days people don't watch gaming channels just for the game, it depends on a lot of factors, specially your personality.
 
Narration in gaming videos is getting popular at my place. You should also try it, just gameplay videos will not get much attraction. People come to see your personality..
 
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