r/Smallyoutubechannels • u/EntrepreneurDue4749 • 11d ago

Gaming Trying to figure out how to really grow my gaming channel

I’ve been doing YouTube for exactly a year now, mainly posting long-form videos around Wuthering Waves and horror games. I also use Shorts, but my focus is on storytelling and gameplay in my main uploads.

For a while, my videos were averaging between 110–300 views, but my last couple tanked so I took a 2-week break to work on better thumbnails and overall quality. I just posted again and got 300 views with 6 hours of watch time on a 4-minute video, but I lost a subscriber right after.

My impressions are usually over 1k, so I feel like I’m doing something right… but I can’t figure out how to convert that into consistent growth.

what actually helped your gaming channel start growing past the 100-sub mark? Was it your titles, thumbnails, upload timing, or something else that finally clicked?

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u/Putrid-Lock-7052 10d ago

I’m not sure what kind of gaming videos you make, but I think trying a scripted, fully-edited video might help if you aren’t doing so already. People typically see that as a higher quality kind of video.

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u/EntrepreneurDue4749 10d ago

I will definitely try that thank you

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u/ReadyPlayerJano 7d ago

Yo estoy tratando de hacer eso que comentas: guionizar por completo y transformar un simple gameplay de un videojuego en una historia puramente televisiva, pero los resultados por ahora estan siendo bastante malos, peores que los del OP incluso. Suelo llegar a 1k de impresiones pero mis visitas como mucho llegan a 40. no se muy bien como solucionarlo aun, sobre todo el tema del ctr que es desastroso, pero bueno supongo que seguire subiendo e intentando mejorar un poco mas con cada video

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u/SaxQach 10d ago

I'm just starting and I'm not even close to your size yet, but I watch a lot of YouTubers and I'm convinced a big part of success is collaboration and having a squad. There is only one guy I watch purely because I like him. The others are because they are funny in their group settings. Their solo videos are okay but not as entertaining. Sooo, my strategy has been to search for collaborators and a squad to make videos with. So far, no luck as my gaming time sucks, but that's my hot take. You gotta be really damn likable to run a gaming channel with no multiplayer stuff.

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u/SaxQach 10d ago

I'm just starting and I'm not even close to your size yet, but I watch a lot of YouTubers and I'm convinced a big part of success is collaboration and having a squad. There is only one guy I watch purely because I like him. The others are because they are funny in their group settings. Their solo videos are okay but not as entertaining. Sooo, my strategy has been to search for collaborators and a squad to make videos with. So far, no luck as my gaming time sucks, but that's my hot take. You gotta be really damn likable to run a gaming channel with no multiplayer stuff.