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Hey guys as you noticed, the last few weeks I've been posting a lot of YouTube shorts and some weeks I've posted more shorts than videos. I just want to say I'm sorry for the lack of normal videos. The reason why is because I've been experimenting on how shorts work and how well they do on my channel. As you guys can tell my shorts tend to do better than my actual videos. I'm not going to lie, it's kind of soul crushing to see that my normal videos that I put a lot of time and effort as well as my heart and soul into editing, do worse than my shorts. However on the other hand, it's nice to see my shorts do well. A lot of my shorts are actually edits that I put in my normal videos or just parts of my normal video that I put together into a short video. So if any of my shorts interest you, just know that there is a full video about the same topic as the short that you just watch on my channel somewhere. Usually I leave a link to the video as an end screen once the video is over, but sometimes it doesn't pop up.
Anyways going back to what I was saying before, my YouTube shorts tend to do better than my actual videos. The reason why is because the YouTube algorithm for YouTube shorts is better than it is for normal videos. When I post a normal video on my channel, YouTube's algorithm does not show it to anyone so my video just dies immediately after it's posted. However when I post a YouTube short, YouTube actually shows it to people, usually for about an hour or two, before they kill it. 🤣 YouTube shorts is something that just came out recently and YouTube probably still hasn't figured out how they want the algorithm to be yet (a.k.a They haven't messed it up yet. 😂) That and also, YouTube is really trying to push YouTube shorts on their platform and are trying to make it the next big thing. One of the best ways to entice people to make shorts is to make it so their videos actually get recommended to people. What that means is that, more people will be able to see and watch your video, which means more views, channel growth, etc... YouTube shorts is also designed specifically for smaller channels to get more exposure and ultimately get bigger because like I said before they want to entice people to post YouTube shorts and they also want some newer content creators to get bigger on their platform.
My current goal on YouTube right now is to grow my channel and to get more exposure and YouTube shorts is allowing me to do that. I've noticed over the past few weeks, my sub count grew more than it did than the entirety of last month. The only downside to YouTube shorts is that I don't make any money off of it... for now. Not that I care about the money anyway. I do YouTube because I love doing it, entertaining you guys, and just creating things. That and also, I don't make much off of YouTube anyways. With that being said, YouTube announced that starting early next year, content creators will be able to start making money off of YouTube shorts. That just shows how serious YouTube is trying to push YouTube shorts and to try to compete with TikTok and potentially steal their content creators away from them. Right now not many people upload YouTube shorts. The reason why is because nobody realizes how good the algorithm is for YouTube shorts and how much it could benefit their channel. Also like I said before, you don't make any money off of YouTube shorts and most people don't want to make a video and not get paid for it. With how little people are posting YouTube shorts, it's one of the reasons why the algorithm is so good, because there is less competition. However once people realize how good and how much easier making YouTube shorts are and the fact that starting next year you can start making money off of them, a LOT more people will start posting YouTube shorts. Once more people start posting YouTube shorts, chances are my shorts will start getting less views because there will be more videos for YouTube to recommend. Which is why I decided to get into YouTube shorts now, to get ahead of the game. I want to establish myself into the YouTube shorts algorithm and to grow as much as I can before more people start making YouTube shorts. That way once more people start making YouTube shorts, my shorts will still hopefully get recommended instead of just fading into obscurity.
At first I was hesitant on YouTube shorts because you don't make any money and TikTok was already a thing, so I thought it would be a failed experiment by YouTube. However once I saw that YouTube was going to allow people to monetize their shorts starting next year, I became intrigued. So I decided to post my first YouTube shorts, which was the Kingdom Hearts one (Xehanort is literally Disney's version of Pain). At first the video got like 7 views in like 2 days and I thought that just like the YouTube algorithm, the YouTube shorts algorithm was biased and dumb as well. However the next day, that video started to hit the algorithm and gained like 300-400 views, which is a lot for my standards. After that I decided to post some more YouTube shorts and almost all of them hit triple digit views in a few hours (My Fischl video hit 2.7k views in the first 3-4 hours! 🤯), which almost never happens for my normal videos. It was then that I realized that YouTube shorts is it. I then watched a video of Mr. Beast talking about how YouTube shorts is going to be a game changer for YouTube about 2 days ago and I thought it was crazy that he and I were on the same page and are ahead of the game. Mr. Beast is connoisseur when it comes to YouTube whereas I have no idea what I'm doing on YouTube, so for a second, I felt what it was like to be big brained. 🧠 The fact that Mr. Beast thinks that YouTube shorts is going to be the next big thing, solidified my resolve to continue posting YouTube shorts.
Another reason why I like YouTube shorts is because it's a lot quicker to make than a normal video. I edit my videos more than the average person, so each of my videos take about 4-7 hours to edit and sometimes even longer. That doesn't include making the thumbnail, titling, writing the description, tagging, etc... So yeah it takes me a while to edit my videos, which is why a lot of the times I'm behind on videos. However with YouTube shorts, it usually takes me like 2-3 hours to fully finish the video, which is significantly shorter than my normal videos. So posting YouTube shorts not only benefits my channel, but it also allows me to somewhat stay on schedule.
🌟 That leaves me to the main point of this post (I'm sorry it took so long, I tend to ramble a lot when talking and typing... 🤦♂) After the last few weeks of experimenting with YouTube shorts, I decided that I will be permanently adding YouTube shorts into my weekly schedule. My prior schedule use to be normal video uploads on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. However after implementing YouTube shorts, my new upload schedule will be:
Sunday: YouTube Short (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
Monday: YouTube Short (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
Tuesday: Off day
Wednesday: Kingdom Hearts Lets Play (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST) YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
Thursday: Off day
Friday: Random video (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST) YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
Saturday: Genshin Impact (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST) YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
I'm still not sure what videos I plan to upload on Fridays as I still haven't found a third staple on my channel that I want to do every week. It will most likely be Kingdom Hearts Missing Link when that comes out, but for now it's going to be whatever video I feel like uploading that week. As for Wednesdays, it will for the most part, always be Kingdom Hearts related. Same thing with Saturday, it should be mostly Genshin Impact related. In terms of my YouTube Shorts, they should be for the most part Kingdom Hearts/Genshin Impact related. Sometimes I will upload shorts on other things, but for the most part it will be those 2 games.
As you guys noticed, I have decided to go back to 3 normal videos a week and instead decided to replace that one normal video with a YouTube short. Even though I am doing one less normal video a week, technically speaking, you're getting more uploads/videos. This upload schedule should be a lot easier to maintain, but I'm human at the end of the day, so chances are there will be weeks where I will miss a video or I'll replace a normal video with a short or something because I'm behind on videos. If for some reason I can't maintain this schedule, I'll let you guys know. Also if you guys didn't know, I usually post a tweet the day I upload a normal video on Twitter to advertise my video. However since I'm posting a YouTube short the same day I upload a normal video, I decided that I will no longer post videos on Twitter anymore. Like I said before I only did that to advertise my videos, but I realized that that doesn't really work. Most people on Twitter don't really click on the link to watch my videos, so it's kind of pointless at least for me anyway, which is why I decided to stop doing it. Making tweets usually take a while, so it'll save me some time.
🚨 The rest of this post is in the comments because YouTube is dumb. 🤦♂️ 🚨
Trieyx
🚨 Skip to the 🌟 for the main point of this post. 😂 🚨
Hey guys as you noticed, the last few weeks I've been posting a lot of YouTube shorts and some weeks I've posted more shorts than videos. I just want to say I'm sorry for the lack of normal videos. The reason why is because I've been experimenting on how shorts work and how well they do on my channel. As you guys can tell my shorts tend to do better than my actual videos. I'm not going to lie, it's kind of soul crushing to see that my normal videos that I put a lot of time and effort as well as my heart and soul into editing, do worse than my shorts. However on the other hand, it's nice to see my shorts do well. A lot of my shorts are actually edits that I put in my normal videos or just parts of my normal video that I put together into a short video. So if any of my shorts interest you, just know that there is a full video about the same topic as the short that you just watch on my channel somewhere. Usually I leave a link to the video as an end screen once the video is over, but sometimes it doesn't pop up.
Anyways going back to what I was saying before, my YouTube shorts tend to do better than my actual videos. The reason why is because the YouTube algorithm for YouTube shorts is better than it is for normal videos. When I post a normal video on my channel, YouTube's algorithm does not show it to anyone so my video just dies immediately after it's posted. However when I post a YouTube short, YouTube actually shows it to people, usually for about an hour or two, before they kill it. 🤣 YouTube shorts is something that just came out recently and YouTube probably still hasn't figured out how they want the algorithm to be yet (a.k.a They haven't messed it up yet. 😂) That and also, YouTube is really trying to push YouTube shorts on their platform and are trying to make it the next big thing. One of the best ways to entice people to make shorts is to make it so their videos actually get recommended to people. What that means is that, more people will be able to see and watch your video, which means more views, channel growth, etc... YouTube shorts is also designed specifically for smaller channels to get more exposure and ultimately get bigger because like I said before they want to entice people to post YouTube shorts and they also want some newer content creators to get bigger on their platform.
My current goal on YouTube right now is to grow my channel and to get more exposure and YouTube shorts is allowing me to do that. I've noticed over the past few weeks, my sub count grew more than it did than the entirety of last month. The only downside to YouTube shorts is that I don't make any money off of it... for now. Not that I care about the money anyway. I do YouTube because I love doing it, entertaining you guys, and just creating things. That and also, I don't make much off of YouTube anyways. With that being said, YouTube announced that starting early next year, content creators will be able to start making money off of YouTube shorts. That just shows how serious YouTube is trying to push YouTube shorts and to try to compete with TikTok and potentially steal their content creators away from them. Right now not many people upload YouTube shorts. The reason why is because nobody realizes how good the algorithm is for YouTube shorts and how much it could benefit their channel. Also like I said before, you don't make any money off of YouTube shorts and most people don't want to make a video and not get paid for it. With how little people are posting YouTube shorts, it's one of the reasons why the algorithm is so good, because there is less competition. However once people realize how good and how much easier making YouTube shorts are and the fact that starting next year you can start making money off of them, a LOT more people will start posting YouTube shorts. Once more people start posting YouTube shorts, chances are my shorts will start getting less views because there will be more videos for YouTube to recommend. Which is why I decided to get into YouTube shorts now, to get ahead of the game. I want to establish myself into the YouTube shorts algorithm and to grow as much as I can before more people start making YouTube shorts. That way once more people start making YouTube shorts, my shorts will still hopefully get recommended instead of just fading into obscurity.
At first I was hesitant on YouTube shorts because you don't make any money and TikTok was already a thing, so I thought it would be a failed experiment by YouTube. However once I saw that YouTube was going to allow people to monetize their shorts starting next year, I became intrigued. So I decided to post my first YouTube shorts, which was the Kingdom Hearts one (Xehanort is literally Disney's version of Pain). At first the video got like 7 views in like 2 days and I thought that just like the YouTube algorithm, the YouTube shorts algorithm was biased and dumb as well. However the next day, that video started to hit the algorithm and gained like 300-400 views, which is a lot for my standards. After that I decided to post some more YouTube shorts and almost all of them hit triple digit views in a few hours (My Fischl video hit 2.7k views in the first 3-4 hours! 🤯), which almost never happens for my normal videos. It was then that I realized that YouTube shorts is it. I then watched a video of Mr. Beast talking about how YouTube shorts is going to be a game changer for YouTube about 2 days ago and I thought it was crazy that he and I were on the same page and are ahead of the game. Mr. Beast is connoisseur when it comes to YouTube whereas I have no idea what I'm doing on YouTube, so for a second, I felt what it was like to be big brained. 🧠 The fact that Mr. Beast thinks that YouTube shorts is going to be the next big thing, solidified my resolve to continue posting YouTube shorts.
Another reason why I like YouTube shorts is because it's a lot quicker to make than a normal video. I edit my videos more than the average person, so each of my videos take about 4-7 hours to edit and sometimes even longer. That doesn't include making the thumbnail, titling, writing the description, tagging, etc... So yeah it takes me a while to edit my videos, which is why a lot of the times I'm behind on videos. However with YouTube shorts, it usually takes me like 2-3 hours to fully finish the video, which is significantly shorter than my normal videos. So posting YouTube shorts not only benefits my channel, but it also allows me to somewhat stay on schedule.
🌟 That leaves me to the main point of this post (I'm sorry it took so long, I tend to ramble a lot when talking and typing... 🤦♂) After the last few weeks of experimenting with YouTube shorts, I decided that I will be permanently adding YouTube shorts into my weekly schedule. My prior schedule use to be normal video uploads on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. However after implementing YouTube shorts, my new upload schedule will be:
Sunday: YouTube Short (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
Monday: YouTube Short (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
Tuesday: Off day
Wednesday: Kingdom Hearts Lets Play (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
Thursday: Off day
Friday: Random video (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
Saturday: Genshin Impact (12 PM EST/ 9 AM PST)
YouTube short about the video I posted on that day (1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST) *If I have time to spare*
I'm still not sure what videos I plan to upload on Fridays as I still haven't found a third staple on my channel that I want to do every week. It will most likely be Kingdom Hearts Missing Link when that comes out, but for now it's going to be whatever video I feel like uploading that week. As for Wednesdays, it will for the most part, always be Kingdom Hearts related. Same thing with Saturday, it should be mostly Genshin Impact related. In terms of my YouTube Shorts, they should be for the most part Kingdom Hearts/Genshin Impact related. Sometimes I will upload shorts on other things, but for the most part it will be those 2 games.
As you guys noticed, I have decided to go back to 3 normal videos a week and instead decided to replace that one normal video with a YouTube short. Even though I am doing one less normal video a week, technically speaking, you're getting more uploads/videos. This upload schedule should be a lot easier to maintain, but I'm human at the end of the day, so chances are there will be weeks where I will miss a video or I'll replace a normal video with a short or something because I'm behind on videos. If for some reason I can't maintain this schedule, I'll let you guys know. Also if you guys didn't know, I usually post a tweet the day I upload a normal video on Twitter to advertise my video. However since I'm posting a YouTube short the same day I upload a normal video, I decided that I will no longer post videos on Twitter anymore. Like I said before I only did that to advertise my videos, but I realized that that doesn't really work. Most people on Twitter don't really click on the link to watch my videos, so it's kind of pointless at least for me anyway, which is why I decided to stop doing it. Making tweets usually take a while, so it'll save me some time.
🚨 The rest of this post is in the comments because YouTube is dumb. 🤦♂️ 🚨
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