my youtube journey 2024

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I have been on and off youtube but never really take youtube seriously. I have a fully monetised youtube channel and along the way I created more youtube channel and even buying monetised youtube channel
everyone of us including myself we want to make money from the start so buying a monetised channel seem right or if not than creating a rain sound video and buying 1000 subscribe and 4000 hours seem to be the way to get a channel monetised whether you think it is blackhat or not



sometime last month I came across a very interesting niche and I saw 2 channel actively doing it. I was looking at viral video all the time or those ai tools that can generate video with 1 click
scripts we can use chatgpt or even some ai tools come built in with a bot all you need is to throw in a prompt and a video is out but seriously when you look at the output if it is in 2014 that type of video is great but in 2024 it is very far off.
I have subscription to pictory, flexclip, capcut pro and a couple of others but none really can fit in

I decided to setup a brand new channel last month and I start posting my very first video on the 1st september 2024
it wasnt really a well made video in my personal opinion but it was good to get me started the video get me only 26 views as of today
my 2nd video was really ok or good in my opinion but 1 thing is the volume is too soft and I only realise it after uploading it so it didnt get a lot of view either 10- 20 views (I deleted the video a few days later and adjust the volume and reupload back and it has now 600+ views)
my 3rd video I really put in effort to do it to be exact it take about 4-5 hours per video

and I was about to give up and suddenly my video get pick up my youtube it wasnt much, if you recall my 1st and 2nd video get about 20 views each my 3rd video get 200+ views

everything i learn in the past keyword search volume, tags keyword keyword. In this channel I use another tricks or not sure if that help but i did not focus on any keyword or tags. I didnt spend my time on keyword research tags or description (all is generated by chatgpt) and it is all not targetted keyword and nobody would be searching for those keywords either.
this channel I do 0 keywords research. I wanted youtube to pick up my video naturally and not the old way of ranking video
dont get me wrong keyword is good for tutorial video, how to video, travel video, review video as people generally search for this video but this new channel the keyword is not really what someone would be searching for.
I look at my competitor, looking at their title and tags it was a bunch of rubbish that noone will search (it is not a big channel 10 - 50k sub) but they get 10K view within the first day usually

my focus was to let youtube pick up my video and push it out and not trying to rank
so it was a different ball game narturally
my 3rd video was showing me 200+ views on the first day which was when I was about to give up. So I tell myself why not let do 1 more. So I spend another 4 hours to do a really good video now in my opinion it can be compare to the bigger channel. I start with 3 subscriber which is my own account. I refuse to buy subscriber and fake views as I know fake subscriber and fake view will only confuse youtube algorithm as youtube will not know your precious target group

my 4 video suddenly get pick up by youtube even more and it hit 2k views in the first day, if you look at the screenshot, you can see all my view is from youtube recommendation, only 1.4% come from youtube search which i do not know what keywords they search for nor am I interested in it. I only wanted to get on youtube recommendation
so that 2k prompted me to do another high quality video another 4 hours, and it was another good start with 600 views and all is coming from youtube recommendation

I was publishing video every mon wed fri took the weekend break
the channel was at 3 subscriber (myself) to now it has 36 subscriber.

My conclusion the subscriber base is not equivalent to number of views you get.
I still need 1000 sub and 4000 watch hour to get it monetised. Was a little tired in creating the video.
I was using chatgpt for the content title descriptions and tags and most other I have to handmade the video and use a couple of tts
I dont know how long I can persist

I might update this thread when I need a small break or I may not. so the key for this channel was not about ranking and optimising keyword it is about getting into youtube recommendation. when youtube pick up your video and if it is good, viewer stay and like and you get more and it is a vicious cycle. my focus now is to do good quality video but it was burning out my time and I was not making money from this at all yet

cheers everyone and have a good youtube journey I dont know if I can make it thru to 100 videos I am at my number 5th video and was planning the scripts now for the 6th video
 

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I am on my number 8th video
and have break the 10000 views mark
and now have 53 subscriber

my youtube search contribute to less than 1% of the view
I didnt buy any views or subscriber
It is a long and hard journey I have wanted to give up over the last 3 days always thinking to start another channel that take me an hour to make a video
but seeing that youtube keep giving me views I hope i can persist to 50 video
by the 50 videos I would have the watch hours and 1000 sub which would be 3 - 4 month from now
 

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my 8th video published 12 hours ago now has 240 views sure it wasnt alot and a far cry from it
but i am happy with the result and was happy that the view come from youtube recommendation rather than youtube search as the video was not keyword searchable
at this rate of going by the 50th video I should be able to apply for monetisation if i can persist until than
 

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With artificial intelligence content, I got 200 thousand subscribers and 4 million views on YouTube in 1 month, short videos, but the channel was closed.
 
With artificial intelligence content, I got 200 thousand subscribers and 4 million views on YouTube in 1 month, short videos, but the channel was closed.
why was it closed?
shorts monetisation money is very little
I try posting some shorts hoping to drive traffic to my long video but it doesnt work out
so I am sticking to just long for now
 
why was it closed?
shorts monetisation money is very little
I try posting some shorts hoping to drive traffic to my long video but it doesnt work out
so I am sticking to just long for now
I didn't understand either, you gave me a plaque and didn't upload any videos. I went and the channel was closed. I objected but there was no result. Classic Google.
 
for my this channel I am trying to grow it slowly or fast
but i couldnt produce video fast enough as it take me a lot of time to do 1 video so I can only do 3 a week
subscriber is up to 69 from now
and my last video posted was starting to get views 800+ now
I am happy for a small channel like mine setup 2 weeks ago
 

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no I dont do shorts I am doing long form video
as long form if i can monetise the earning will be higher
4000 watch hours can be achieve, 1000 sub can be achieve as well my guess is 3 month time
it was the monetisation i am not sure if it go thru
I use TTS of course and AI content
but still i need a lot of time to piece up the content
 
Goo. Slick with your journey, keep us updated!
 
no I dont do shorts I am doing long form video
as long form if i can monetise the earning will be higher
4000 watch hours can be achieve, 1000 sub can be achieve as well my guess is 3 month time
it was the monetisation i am not sure if it go thru
I use TTS of course and AI content
but still i need a lot of time to piece up the content
what tts are you use?
 
i use different tts
some is eleven labs some is playht and even capcut tts

subscriber now at 86 with 16k views
I dont think sub and watch hour is a issue if i can consistent for 40 video more
but a lot of time i wanted to give up but force myself to push 1 more and when that 1 more get views i am happy and force myself to do another one
 

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Is that all organic growth in views and subscribers?
Keep working on it... you are on a positive grow trajectory.
 
Is that all organic growth in views and subscribers?
Keep working on it... you are on a positive grow trajectory.
yes organic i dont buy subscriber or view otherwise i can hit 1000 sub or 4000 watch hour with under $150
but i dont want to take that route as i know the sub and views is all shit and it mess up my target audience once i start doing that
 
this is my 18th day of starting this channel
watch hours was pleasing
subscriber was 105 (was expecting to grow it faster)
I am working almost 7 days a week for this channel
day 1 research for content
day 2 make video (4 hours)
day 3 research for content
day 4 make video (4 hours)
day 5 research for content
day 6 make video (4 hours)
day 7 off
 

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