I’ve grown my channel to around 35,000 subs now - link is in my profile.
As someone else has pointed out - decide if you’re doing it for revenue or for fun. This will determine how happy you are going to be.
To be successful you need to find a niche. And then stick to it. This can be very difficult if your goal is to have fun AND make revenue.
Typically, YouTube will show your videos to your subscribers first and based on their reaction will show it to more people - or just kill it.
This means that you have to stick to a very tight niche - the one that resonates with your subscribers.
If you can pull it off, then having people watch your videos because of “you” rather than the content you post can be a winning formula. This frees you up slightly on the niche side of things. But you will need to have an amazingly entertaining personality to make this work.
As someone else has pointed out - decide if you’re doing it for revenue or for fun. This will determine how happy you are going to be.
To be successful you need to find a niche. And then stick to it. This can be very difficult if your goal is to have fun AND make revenue.
Typically, YouTube will show your videos to your subscribers first and based on their reaction will show it to more people - or just kill it.
This means that you have to stick to a very tight niche - the one that resonates with your subscribers.
If you can pull it off, then having people watch your videos because of “you” rather than the content you post can be a winning formula. This frees you up slightly on the niche side of things. But you will need to have an amazingly entertaining personality to make this work.
I write a bit about my frustrations with being stuck in a niche here: https://atomic14.com/2023/03/06/the-curse-of-youtube.html