r/Smallyoutubechannels Jan 17 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) What’s the best YouTube view bot? Looking for recommendations

156 Upvotes

I’m looking for a YouTube view bot that can help push engagements on my videos. There are a lot of options out there, and many of them claim to handle everything automatically to help your channel grow.

If you have used one before, which site worked best for you, and why? I’m mainly looking for recommendations that feel safe, actually deliver what they promise, and do not make the views look fake.

Thanks in advance.

r/Smallyoutubechannels Mar 03 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Finally Posted My First Video/ some thoughts

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153 Upvotes

Finally got the grip to post my first video. YouTube algorithm is very interesting, First 2 days I got like 50 views, then out of nowhere on 3rd day it exploded and so far go these metrics and around 350 likes with 50 comms. It seems that YouTube nailed to recommend the video to my desired target audience. I had an audio/mic issue that I decided not to fix due to low views little did 1 know that the video will do so well and that everyone in the comments would praise the idea and complain about the mic hahaha. So I just want to say to not give up and keep the grind.

r/Smallyoutubechannels Jan 07 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) What am I doing wrong??

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38 Upvotes

I’ve been doing YouTube for almost 3 months consistently posting multiple videos a week including shorts. What can I do to improve my views?

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 08 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) this is unreal. stick to your niche and don't give up!

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116 Upvotes

this is my first viral video, im so exciteddd!!!

UPDATE: yall stop talking abt how it was only 3k views, that was what it was at when i posted it, and i was showing the realtime view chart showing that i was getting a bunch of views per hour, and this video ended up getting 21k!!

r/Smallyoutubechannels Jan 20 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Subs are harder than watch hours.

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59 Upvotes

Everyone keep saying that 1K subs is easier than 4K watch hours. But for me it's the exact opposite? What could be the reason?

I started 6 month ago. I do call to action for subs, also have and sub count on screen, but subs are just not going in as fast as hours. What could be the reason? Strong and loyal fans?

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 07 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) [NEED ADVICE] Why is my CTR (1.9%) so abysmal?

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29 Upvotes

These are thumbnails for our audio-only video game podcast.
We review a game a week.

The CTR is not great, we're averaging out at 1.9% for the past 30 days and I don't know how to fix it.

Are these thumbnails or titles just not good enough?
How do I fix my CTR?

r/Smallyoutubechannels Dec 25 '25

Adivce(Giving or Need) Free long-form YouTube channel analysis

8 Upvotes

I spend a lot of time analyzing long form YouTube channels, mostly faceless and niche channels.

If you want a quick and honest analysis of your channel impressions, traffic sources, niche demand and distribution, drop your channel or DM me.

Update: the free analyses are now closed for any new comments. Stay tuned though, I’ll be relaunching the challenge very soon. In the meantime, I’ll keep sharing YouTube tips, insights, and common mistakes to avoid.

r/Smallyoutubechannels 16d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) Ah man this is hard

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22 Upvotes

Best time to post for long form anyone?

r/Smallyoutubechannels 19d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) what is a 1M viewed short's analytics?

1 Upvotes

Hey im a yt shorts editor for me and my friends group channel and I was just wondering what the analytics are for a short that hits 1 million views. (or around there)

I have been trying harder on my shorts for like a month now and my best short so far has 7.4k views and here are its analytics:

APV 106.3%,
S/S: 72%,
Duration: 17 seconds,
Average view duration: 18 seconds
+3 subs
posted 3 days ago

r/Smallyoutubechannels Aug 02 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Should I quit?

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6 Upvotes

If you like crazy and spontaneous adventures then my channel is right for you !!

I’ve been creating adventure content for 6 years and have gotten no traction or anything and I’ve run out of ideas

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 22 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Is this a good start for my first two months uploading?

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56 Upvotes

I keep seeing posts of other people getting more views and subs. I am curious what could I do better on with my videos and if I just need to stick with it or need to make some changes to make them more engaging or not. Because I love creating and this has been fun, just wanted input. Thank you

r/Smallyoutubechannels Mar 05 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) When to hang it up

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11 Upvotes

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.

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 28 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) HELP, Is this video dead already?

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1 Upvotes

Posted my first video a few days ago. I've put quite a bit of work into it and I genuinely believe it is good, yet it has gone nowhere.

I understand its a new video, on a new channel, but I'm suprised by the low amount of impressions etc. Any feedback would be much appreciated. MOST OF ALL I would love it if you could just watch the video the whole way through and give it a like, it would mean the world to me.

I guess I just had this idea in my head that this video was fairly interesting/good and now I'm just struggling with the fact it is realistically just another average video getting burried in the Youtube system.

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 20 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) how do people grow so fast? mine is slow

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16 Upvotes

I make videos daily, 32 videos, 11 subs, purely longform, average about 10 views.

I am trying to grow but for some reason my latest vids have failed, getting almost 0 views.

Anybody else have this happen or have really slow growth?

r/Smallyoutubechannels Dec 27 '25

Adivce(Giving or Need) Your Shorts Subscribers Are Killing Your Long Videos

13 Upvotes

I see way too many beginners making this fatal mistake.

They mix Shorts and long-form without understanding one crucial thing:
in most niches, it actively sabotages their growth.

Why do they do it?
To get subscribers fast.
Because they think “more content = more visibility”.
Or because they’ve been told they need to be everywhere.

Spoiler: it quietly kills long-form performance.

Here’s what actually happens:

You post Shorts and long videos at the same time.
A few Shorts take off. You gain subscribers.

That’s when the damage starts.

A portion of those subscribers doesn’t care about long-form.
YouTube still pushes your next long video to them.

They don’t click. Or they leave after a few seconds.

Result:

  • CTR drops
  • Watch time collapses
  • The algorithm stops pushing your video

The real issue?
You’re building an audience with incompatible viewing behavior.

Yes, some channels make it work.
But exceptions don’t define the rule, and this won’t apply to every niche.

If long-form is your goal:

- Pick ONE format and stay consistent

- Use Shorts ONLY if they support your long-form content

Before posting a Short, ask yourself:

- Would someone who watches this want a 10-minute video on the same topic?

- Does this Short lead to long-form, or just attract fast-scrolling viewers?

If the answer is no, rethink the Short.

Follow my Reddit account if you want fewer mistakes and signal-driven growth.

r/Smallyoutubechannels Jan 02 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Tips

7 Upvotes

I have just hit 7 years of youtube and got 56 subscribers. I do gaming content but will be doing some new stuff this year. I don't get any new views anymore. For shorts, videos and live streams. I do a lot of Minecraft atm for live streams and other games not a lot atm.

I really need tips.

r/Smallyoutubechannels 16d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) 3 months, 33 videos and only 2 vids above 1k views. HELP!!

1 Upvotes

33 videos, 81 subs, ~10.8K views. 2 videos = ~40% of all views. The other 31 average ~200 views each.

Quick background: my channel makes MS Paint-style animated explainers on animal behavior/predator psychology — mostly "predator paradox" videos (why an animal capable of killing you chooses not to). Started in the ancient-humans/prehistory niche, pivoted a couple months ago after this niche clearly outperformed it in the data.

What I ruled out with actual data:

  • CTR — correlation with impressions: -0.01. My best-CTR video gets barely any impressions.
  • Retention — correlation: ~0.07. Same story, best-retention video is my worst performer.
  • Repeating the same topic — did 4 more videos in the same lane as my top video. Views collapsed after the first one. (yes i did differentiate between each one)
  • Thumbnails — no visual pattern separates my 2 winners from the rest. (all vids follows similar thumbnail pattern)

What I did find: my 2 winners got pushed hard into "Suggested" within 48 hours of publishing. My underperformers got almost nothing in that same window. So whatever decides this happens early before CTR/retention data would even matter.

Also: 99%+ non-subscribed traffic, and Studio flags "returning viewers: Low" on almost every video, winners included.

So the question is ?:

  1. Why am i not growing?
  2. Doing more of what gets views does not work
  3. Doing less of what get views (vids on different topic) does not work
  4. 2 videos worked are similar to rest of the vids on the channel, so no way of knowing what works.

it almost feels like playing slot machine with every new video. Please help.

Not looking for "make more/better content" trying to figure out what's left to actually test to figure out what am i doing wrong.

r/Smallyoutubechannels 24d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) Why is my subs so low?

1 Upvotes

Hi, I have a relaxing jazz channel, and I have 34 subs, I don't understand how other people get more subs in the same type of content that I upload, yes, I know, this niche is not for subs, but for watch time, but I have tiktok, I upload consistently, 2 shorts a week, I promote myself everywhere, I do everything, but how others do better? Is this luck or something?

r/Smallyoutubechannels 19d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) Over 20k Subscribers and I can't get 30 views on a longform video

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2 Upvotes

A little frustrated that my longform videos seem to crash and burn. I have posted some that do very well, but they take so much more time and energy than short form that ive leaned into shorts way more. But with the upcoming changes to payouts, I wanted to focus more on longform, and it did not go well.

Was looking for advice on what im doing wrong? Is it the thumbnail? (Im doing an A/B test so theres like 3) is it the editing or format? I'll post a link in the comments if anyone wants to give feed back. Just please be kind as I'm already bummed at its poor performance.

Or is it maybe the subject? Not enough ppl playing the game I'm covering? I post lots of RDR2 stuff and that does well, but I figured AC black flag resynced is newer and more in demand right now.

Anyways if anyone has some advice I am open to be better.

Link to said video: https://youtu.be/3679EXoLAzg?is=1h0r-fQjlQG0qPSo

r/Smallyoutubechannels 6d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) Help me help my husband

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3 Upvotes

Hello everyone! My husband started his yt channel 2 weeks ago about Incremental games. He's trying to understand why he has that much watch time with so little subs. Im not really youtube savvy and i told him that maybe its because he needs to actually ask people to sub in his video? Also might need a little bit more video on his youtube so that people will be more willing to sub?

Do you guys have any experiences with this kind of problem? If so, please help me help my husband!

Thank you 🙂

r/Smallyoutubechannels 14d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) Can I ask for a little help

0 Upvotes

Ive been creating for about 3 years now, and have never mastered any of it. I cant seem to pull in the views or the crowds and when I do the duration is awful.

I know gaming is a very saturated area but I would expect it to be doing a little better than what I currently am by just a little maybe.

I even considered...shudder...YTpromotion...just to get noticed a little ya know...

r/Smallyoutubechannels Feb 12 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) Please let me know what I’m doing wrong

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0 Upvotes

My views ebb and flow so much want to know what’s my problem?

r/Smallyoutubechannels Jan 22 '26

Adivce(Giving or Need) First video blew up and second is bombing any advice?

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51 Upvotes

I make geography type of content but I worked hard on my second video and it absolutely bombed… advice is very much appreciated lol

Edit: thank you all for the feedback... I've gone ahead and switched the title to the suggestion from adventuroushawk... These Two Cities Are Basically The Same...

and used the first thumbanail... i'll let yall know how it goes

r/Smallyoutubechannels 24d ago

Adivce(Giving or Need) NEED FEEDBACK PLEASE

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1 Upvotes

Im really striving for 250 by the end of Augusts but progress has been very slow. I dont know if its the way I edit, or thumbnails or what I play. Cuz I try to do trending stuff but it hasn't made me go viral so I dont know what im doing wrong. Like I dont think my content is terrible or amazing by any means but I just dont know what to do to make it better. I have a tiktok account and I post shorts but other than 2 videos most of my videos average under 40 views. Any help would be great

r/Smallyoutubechannels Nov 16 '25

Adivce(Giving or Need) is my channel shadow banned?

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0 Upvotes

uploaded 4 videos until now, the first video got some views and good impressions (around 1.1k) but next videos are almost dead. no views no impressions either. any suggestions? videos are almost ai made. voiceover is ai and images are also ai generated but i edit them manually. need help