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by chinchilla2020 1322 days ago
Stop obsessing over subscriber growth.

Youtube is comprised of one big ocean and a land with millions of tiny lakes: 1. A homogenous demographic that drives the growth of most major channels 2. A heterogenous demographic of niche hobbies and educational material

Your channel can never go viral if you cater to group 2. Each interest group is tiny. At best, you will get some of group 1 watching your niche channel out of osmosis.

Group 1 is mostly children. Despite what youtube reports, most billion-view videos are kids videos. Most users are children. There is a reason Beluga, pewdiepie, and Mr.Beast are top channels. If you aren't hawking that sort of thing, youtube is not a good market for you to grow in.