Does the subscriber count matter?

feelfreeto

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• Mar 29, 2019

• #1

Does it matter how many subscribers your channel has when it comes to ranking?

Would you say that a channel with 20k subs can outrank a channel with 1k subs just because of it's "weight"? (assuming that both optimize their videos properly).

 

WarLords

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• #2

Sure why not and it depends on many factors too

 

Writerly

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• Mar 29, 2019

• #3

I believe that the subscriber count does matter in this case. The only way a 19k sub difference wouldn’t matter would be if both channels have above 100k subs, or something like that. However, the ranking also depends on the other content: how many videos do the two channels have up and which keywords are they all ranking for… There are many variables there.

 

steamn

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• Mar 30, 2019

• #4

of course, it matters YT has dozens of different ranking algorithms and subscribers count one of them, I believe

 

tubeboost

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• #5

It's just one of factors. It's not always a channel with 20k subs can outrank a channel with 1k subs.

 

socialmediapro

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• #6

Channel with 20k subs will surely have a little upperhand over the channel with 1k subs since the retention would be higher if those 20k subs are real.

 

kantaenos

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No, the video that put me on the map was a review of a popular tech item. I had less than 1k subs when I made that video, and that video now has 440k+ views and I have 50k subs. (not from just that video ofc)

IF people click on it, youtube will show it.

 

bilel daraji

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• Jun 23, 2019

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Yes the ban/strikes thing would be much less on the 20k channel