It is official! I've now been on YouTube with an account for a decade! I cannot believe how long it has been since I had the curiosity to surf YouTube and toy around with making my dream of being a YouTuber a reality.
Back in 2015, I was in the second grade and at this time, I was about to finish. My dad was the one who decided to create my channel and hand it over to me so that I could properly take in YouTube with comments, likes, and playlist adds, and of course, enjoy watching content. Over the years since 2015, I took in a variety of different content to try to step into. My journey started on August 28th, 2015. The first set of content I did was car reviews, where I'd go to a random car outside and "review" it. This was an inspiration from SaabKyle04, one of the first channels that I binged on YouTube back then. Unsurprisingly, these videos flopped. Mostly because I didn't realize I had the default upload visibility set to private, so literally nobody could watch my videos besides myself, and even if I did upload them, I wouldn't have gotten many views as there are car review channels that do it better than my 8-year-old self.
The next set of content I did was fire alarm videos. I have no idea how I crossed into the realm of being fascinated by notification devices since I absolutely despised the noise they made during school fire drills, but I wanted to make content about them. Sadly, my parents were normal and logical and did not allow me to buy any fire notification devices because they would upset the neighbors and I knew jack about electrical wiring. So, my genius backup plan was to draw specific models of fire alarms on paper, cut them out, and paste them on my wall, where a separate device (like my sister's tablet) would be the source of the noise. These videos surprisingly got some traction, but they were not well received for pretty obvious reasons.
Then my fascination with computers began in late 2017 and I began making videos that were computer related, that's the oldest set of content you're able to see on this channel since my previous content got deleted a very long time ago. I specifically went after computer keyboards and mice since those were objects, I could obtain, as my parents did not approve of me buying obsolete computers to review. Again, these videos were uneventful. They had some traction but not the level that my fake fire alarm videos got. It's also an era of my life that I like to forget about as I do not look back on that era with a positive light.
I also had a brief run with plush videos related to Mario characters but that was mostly my sister and I doing the voice acting and they also sucked.
This is where it all leads to my decision to join GoAnimate on January 13th, 2019. I've talked about this over and over again, so I am not going to bore you with the details. After all, this is a YouTube anniversary, not a GoAnimate content one.
I am once again amazed that it has been a decade since my channel was created and it's somewhat surreal that I went from being a curious elementary schooler who made objectively bad videos to graduating high school and making content that is somewhat objectively bad that a lot of people enjoy, with almost 19 thousand subscribers who keep up and 4 million viewers. To every single person who sees this post (or doesn't), thank you so much for getting me to fulfill my dream of being a YouTuber. Thank you for all of the support you've given to me over the years. It really does not matter how deep into this channel you've gotten. Whether you've watched all my videos, one video, or just took a peek at the channel, thank you.
I only hope to keep going on YouTube for 10 more years and beyond. This is truly my passion, and I believe you all deserve the content I produce. Until then, see you again in my next video!
CoolGorillaGoAnimate7000
It is official! I've now been on YouTube with an account for a decade! I cannot believe how long it has been since I had the curiosity to surf YouTube and toy around with making my dream of being a YouTuber a reality.
Back in 2015, I was in the second grade and at this time, I was about to finish. My dad was the one who decided to create my channel and hand it over to me so that I could properly take in YouTube with comments, likes, and playlist adds, and of course, enjoy watching content. Over the years since 2015, I took in a variety of different content to try to step into. My journey started on August 28th, 2015. The first set of content I did was car reviews, where I'd go to a random car outside and "review" it. This was an inspiration from SaabKyle04, one of the first channels that I binged on YouTube back then. Unsurprisingly, these videos flopped. Mostly because I didn't realize I had the default upload visibility set to private, so literally nobody could watch my videos besides myself, and even if I did upload them, I wouldn't have gotten many views as there are car review channels that do it better than my 8-year-old self.
The next set of content I did was fire alarm videos. I have no idea how I crossed into the realm of being fascinated by notification devices since I absolutely despised the noise they made during school fire drills, but I wanted to make content about them. Sadly, my parents were normal and logical and did not allow me to buy any fire notification devices because they would upset the neighbors and I knew jack about electrical wiring. So, my genius backup plan was to draw specific models of fire alarms on paper, cut them out, and paste them on my wall, where a separate device (like my sister's tablet) would be the source of the noise. These videos surprisingly got some traction, but they were not well received for pretty obvious reasons.
Then my fascination with computers began in late 2017 and I began making videos that were computer related, that's the oldest set of content you're able to see on this channel since my previous content got deleted a very long time ago. I specifically went after computer keyboards and mice since those were objects, I could obtain, as my parents did not approve of me buying obsolete computers to review. Again, these videos were uneventful. They had some traction but not the level that my fake fire alarm videos got. It's also an era of my life that I like to forget about as I do not look back on that era with a positive light.
I also had a brief run with plush videos related to Mario characters but that was mostly my sister and I doing the voice acting and they also sucked.
This is where it all leads to my decision to join GoAnimate on January 13th, 2019. I've talked about this over and over again, so I am not going to bore you with the details. After all, this is a YouTube anniversary, not a GoAnimate content one.
I am once again amazed that it has been a decade since my channel was created and it's somewhat surreal that I went from being a curious elementary schooler who made objectively bad videos to graduating high school and making content that is somewhat objectively bad that a lot of people enjoy, with almost 19 thousand subscribers who keep up and 4 million viewers. To every single person who sees this post (or doesn't), thank you so much for getting me to fulfill my dream of being a YouTuber. Thank you for all of the support you've given to me over the years. It really does not matter how deep into this channel you've gotten. Whether you've watched all my videos, one video, or just took a peek at the channel, thank you.
I only hope to keep going on YouTube for 10 more years and beyond. This is truly my passion, and I believe you all deserve the content I produce. Until then, see you again in my next video!
-CoolGorilla
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