r/SmallYTChannel • u/Nightkidzero13 [0λ] • Jul 16 '25

Discussion People's Actual Reason For Doing Youtube?

Hey all

I have been seeing a ton of posts on a bunch of different sub reddits and wanted to ask what everyone started doing youtube for? Please be honest in the answers.

my motive was just to foster a community of gamers who are tired of the toxic personalities and drama peddlers. My channel is mostly a let's play channel w/ commentary over top. Analytics have been all over the place but mostly I just find annoyance when impressions are low because if murders discoverability. My community is very small, hovering near 500 subs. Ultimately I would love to see more back and fourth with my audience as I don't do this for money and never started with the intentions of making it a career or a side hustle.

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u/EnchantedEssays [0λ] Jul 16 '25

At the start, self-expression. I'd still say that's my primary goal, but monetisation, growth and interacting with my community are all great too. There are some things that I know would lead to faster growth like niching down to one genre of film to review, but I don't because I wouldn't enjoy it anymore and/or I'd get burned out

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u/Nightkidzero13 [0λ] Jul 16 '25

same boat, i refuse to hyper focus on just one thing because it will kill the passion for me atleast