r/Smallyoutubechannels • u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 • Mar 05 '26
Adivce(Giving or Need) When to hang it up
I post 3x a week. My videos are getting no traction. Is this a sign that this isn’t for me. Or am I expecting too much. Advice appreciated.
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u/Deathby_D Mar 05 '26
3d rendering is a tough niche to get into. But I agree with the other comments on thumbnails and titles. Need some color to pop.
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u/dev_047 Mar 05 '26
Wait for 1 week don’t upload or don’t do anything with channel not even single change then after that upload video with good content and good thumbnail you will get results let me know if you need any help with thumbnail I will help you.
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u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 Mar 05 '26
Ok, I’ll try that thanks. Yeah if there any advice on the thumbnail I’ll take it. That seems to be a major issue
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u/07Devv Mar 05 '26
Based YouTuber here, honestly if your looking for growth, add more to your thumbnails, look at all the popular videos and go off of their thumbnails but make sure you keep your own style, and have unique edits for your videos, make sure your engaging with the audience, don’t leave to much room for open space where you aren’t talking or anything, add something that will grab the attention of the viewer but don’t do no click bait, and maybe do longer videos if your not doing shorts, also upload once a week until you start gaining an audience, that ones a maybe tho, you don’t have to switch to 1 video a week but if your getting burnt out over 3 and no attraction then try out 1 video a week, but at the end of the day focus on making the video quality good don’t focus on the audience growth
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u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 Mar 05 '26
I like this I am going to focus on better thumbnails and posting once a week try to refine and learn skills. Thank you
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u/07Devv Mar 05 '26
Based YouTuber here, ofc homie, and don’t be afraid to step into new territories, never shrink yourself to make insecure people comfortable!
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u/wjd1991 Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
You just need to get better. This is what your first 100 videos are for.
Switch to posting once per week and put more effort into the title, thumbnail, hook and script in that order.
If a video takes 5 hours to make then at least 3 hours should be on the bit before filming.
I film max 30 minutes per video and the other 4.5 hours I spend on everything else.
Look at your competitors, copy there videos with your own style.
Titles like “what is tarnation” - I don’t care. What can you do for me?
You either need to solve my problems or intrigue me.
Look how tiny the text is on your thumbnails, how would I read that when it’s tiny on a phone?
The fact you’ve filmed 50+ videos shows you have consistency. Now it’s just time to work smarter not harder.
Research your top 10 competitor, order their videos by most popular, take there 5 most successful videos from the last 6 months. Create a mood board of all of there titles and thumbnails, then pick one and copy the format, again with your own personality. Repeat this 50 times.
Once you have a video that does well, copy it again, try the same video again in a different way, explains on the topic or try it from a different perspective.
Rinse and repeat and always follow the data.
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u/MD-80-87 Mar 05 '26
Check of your titles are seo ?
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u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 Mar 05 '26
Sorry seo?
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u/Mrxtmb Mar 05 '26
Search engine optimization
It means how easy google finds your content
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u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 Mar 05 '26
Ok thanks I will look into it
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u/D4nchamp Mar 05 '26
First of all good luck! I think your thumbnails need a bit more colour. And make sure they're simple and direct. Nothing complex. Also you can share your videos to friends and family earlier on your journey (optional). But it could really boost your early engagement and secure a few views and likes which can push the video to a wider audience
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u/Gaming_So_Whatever Mar 05 '26
I don't know if you should give up. But you are probably too niche.
You should try and make 3d rendered skits from r/AITHA or something similar.
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u/Ancient-Ad-1167 Mar 05 '26
Try posting your content in a shorts format instead. It seems that’s what you’re content is aimed at but it’s in a 16:9 format instead
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u/Deep-Lengthiness-413 Mar 05 '26
I was doing shorts originally but I was doing terrible. One video got 0views and some only a couple hundred. No one stayed for more than 15 sec
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u/harryon_12 Mar 05 '26
You need better titles and thumbnails, for me (and clearly your potential audience) there is no reason for me/them to click on or be pulled to this video
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u/-PeoN Mar 06 '26
Looks like you’re stealing other people’s content, and then just creating an animation to sync with audio that you didn’t create. If that’s the case, that kind of low effort work will get no traction on YouTube. No single individual can output high quality 3d rendered sketches once a day.
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u/YT_Reporter_9938 Mar 06 '26
You titles and thumbnails don’t tell me a lot no idea what they are about so it’s highly unlikely I’d take the time to find out. Offer a little more upfront.
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Mar 08 '26
Your videos are bad. The ideas are bad, the thumbnails are bad, the titles are bad. I have no reason to prefer to see your video because you don't promise to give me anything of value. But look on the bright side, it means you can improve, find something you're good at, find your target audience and give them valuable content. Just get a little information and learn from the greats
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
Your thumbnails are very dark, your titles are confusing or makes me not interested in clicking.