I got 1 Million Views in 1 Month

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[@Efoxative]

honestly i just want this to become a success story. thats why i am here

[@SamuelMarkey]

Me too! I bet most people want that feeling of “I was subscribed to this channel before it blew up!”.

[@Not_That_Silly]

gotta make a 2h halo lore video with half the script made by AI to hit all the three niches

[@Nadestraight]

HiddenXperia has Halo lore covered hahaha

[@ariwei9717]

@@Nadestraight Just because another channel makes a type of video doesn't mean you can't bring your perspective as well. Their audience may enjoy a fresh take on the lore, or maybe you can bring halo lore to another section of youtube viewers that has not yet engaged with halo lore, like myself. Just food for thought

[@LBoomsky]

Don't think about the "3 way split" as a bad thing, these genres have overlap. You have a fanbase of a bunch of nerdy topical gamers! That's a good thing :3

[@Nadestraight]

Haha that's one way to look at it

[@ballergaming4965]

I personally think that growing a channel slowly and picking up a loyal audience over time is a much healthier way of growing a channel rather than 1 video going viral and then having a bunch of inactive subscribers. I personally like ur commentary videos the most keep it up.

[@symus29165]

Same here

[@bananess_]

this whole situation has been very interesting, from the AI to the effect on your channel. As a small youtuber i've found it very interesting. I really like your commentary and it would be cool to see that more

[@Nadestraight]

More commentary videos will be coming for sure

[@hazard-funk]

Great to see you transitioning to youtube and earning! Congratulations!

[@Nadestraight]

Thanks :)

[@gutscuts0]

I can totally relate to the one video blowing up causing you to be unsure of what content to make, All I gotta say is your a cool guy and I think people like that. Make whatever videos you are passionate about and the rest will hopefully fall into place

[@mozu8290]

havent seen any of your videos but youtube still recommended me this

[@Nadestraight]

Very cool pog

[@deklore]

When you mentioned gaming content, it would be nice to see first impression videos - like right now the steam nextfest is on, so you could cover some demos - meaning you wouldnt need to purchase those games if you didnt want to. The other thing would be gaming news specific to the genre you are interested in. If the people are staying for you and watching you play games then im pretty sure they would like to see you talk about it. I mean it could be anything - upcoming games you are interested in, older games like retro reviews (if you are into that sort of thing) maybe even go down the podcast route once you get a foothold on your audience.

[@Pruoisntpro]

Love that you’re just going to make this fun again. It would be cool to see live gameplay commentaries jackfrag style. Would love to her how and why you maneuver around a game

[@feuerrobin4269]

i think you should just do what you like doing the most and we will continue to support you

[@ChrisDeJack]

I'm here because of that I lost my job to AI video. I never was a Halo guy buy you talking over the gameplay is interesting. The new game you're working on seem interesting, maybe make weekly dev log on that. Playing new games and reviewing them might be interesting too. I think the most important thing is to keep posting video on a schedule so youtube don't help you but that just my humble opinion :D

[@easygoingdude9990]

Thanks for the insight! I knew retention was important on KZbin but hearing you break it down helped clarify a lot more. All the best with your job search 🙏

[@kittenloveer1625]

Great video, very interesting stuff. I hope you find your audience! ♡

[@ElSolRacNauj]

We all live and die by the algorithm; Oh! Praised be, the almighty algorithm!

[@XavierThe5layer]

Split gate is an amazing game I hope it gets a sequel

[@Nadestraight]

It is getting one! The teaser dropped a few weeks ago!

[@alliebinford9157]

honestly man, just post whatever you want. it is your channel after all. i will watch either way. :)

[@user-ok4hz4cd4e]

my advice/opinion is make a webpage where your loyal community thats subbed to you can link youtube on your webpage, and at your webpage separate videos into topics, because every channel if you go close to the oldest video that said channel had made...the timeline flow always seems clunky, and it makes sense, if you cant pick a specific niche, instead of not talking about AI just make the description more rich with information, let ppl know u got a website where the library is more sorted out and ppl can pick too

[@justanotherpxrson]

The decline after something going viral can really sting, but its really impressive to see how you're handling it. It's clear that you are level-headed and its really cool to hear you say that you have no hard feelings about anything.

[@Nameschonvergebn]

i kinda like all your vids

[@lolanator13]

By the way, the community post talking about your video helped me see that you posted a new video (i don't really check my subscription feed). Also, community posts in general are heavily pushed by the algorithm, so they can help promote your videos

[@andreasnau5031]

Lovya❤

[@tomgreenhalgh]

Back to gaming sounds good! Very humble, good luck bro!

[@blueishmeteor]

Keep it up sounds like a good plan, great to see you moving on hope all works out for you!

[@Nadestraight]

Fingers crossed!

[@UnR0ckl3ss]

You don't have to pick out of the three, just do what you have fun doing. That's the most important thing to remember. You can't and shouldn't try to please anyone. Just keep up the good work! 🙂

[@SamuelMarkey]

I came for the AI video, and now I stayed for your personality. Love your commentary videos! Great you are doing KZbin because you love it!

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

I do watch the whole video, I just click to put it in my long list of videos I want to watch later in my history then watch it later

[@twoozstudios1]

I don't watch all your videos, but I like this style :)

[@Nadestraight]

WATCH THEM ALL! (JK thanks for watching this one)

[@numberone2352]

Actually an interesting observation

[@necroseus]

I don't have a ton of time to watch this video, but I do have time to quickly type something out. Going too viral too fast is a really, really bad situation for a youtube channel because of how the algorithm works. You get a bunch of people who hit subscribe because they want to support you, or it's just a habit, or they were asked to and did it from compulsion. Now you have a ton of subscribers who your videos are being sent out to. The problem arises when people are suggested your video (an impression) and they don't click. Your videos get sent out to your subs first, they don't click, and then you have a low click through rate. This means youtube thinks it's a "bad" video and won't spread it around. So now you have about 16k impressions who won't click your videos instead of your core audience of ~1000 who would click it. It also means that KZbin won't show it to all of your subs who may have wanted to click it because of the bad clickthrough rate. A lot of people claim "Damn, I'm not getting notifications from this channel I'm subbed to!!! KZbin sucks!!!" and it's actually because they *are* getting recommended the videos and don't notice/ ignore them to the point where youtube thinks you don't wanna see that content anymore. I subscribed because I felt bad for your awful situation and wanted to help out, but I've found myself not clicking your videos because my usual content that I watch takes priority in my limited time. However, the thought that goes through my mind is "Well, I don't want to forget this guy and want to help, so I'll just watch something of his another time." This mindset keeps a ton of people becoming bad impressions for your channel, and causing your content to ket killed off by the algorithm. I really wish there was a button that allowed me to save your channel so I don't forget you, because staying subscribed while not watching your stuff is only hurting you. So, to help you out, I'll be unsubbing and writing your name down on a sticky note. I don't want to call upon everyone to unsubscribe or anything, but I think that if you find that you won't be watching this dude's stuff you're only hurting him by being subscribed. Good luck man, I will be checking in occasionally to see if you're doing well. Good luck on that game! I'll be looking out for it :)! Dev log videos seems to be popular, that may be something to pursue!

[@elwang1536]

lets go!

[@oxanis]

Keep it up

[@markuskristensen2433]

❤

[@yeetmyers6955]

keep it up bro

[@Nadestraight]

I will do! :)

[@SepiaSquare]

Tbh I'm definitely sticking around for the development of CrossPlanet. Of course, making a game is difficult, but you've got this man.

[@AWZYSN]

Good stuff

[@Nadestraight]

Appreciate it!

[@Kinggenton]

do all the videos bro!!!

[@Nadestraight]

I'd like to, but KZbin would basically put me in purgatory if I did that, it wants creators to focus on a topic/ niche

[@piggyrules7479]

Great video

[@Nadestraight]

Thanks!

[@piggyrules7479]

@@Nadestraight no problem

[@prototype1000]

its the ai guy talking about ai

[@ElSolRacNauj]

*insert Soyjak png here*

[@omer1996d2]

and he's dropping the ai stuff so now he's just guy 🤯

[@Nadestraight]

just a guy

[@LBoomsky]

bros moving up in the youtube space gg

[@Nadestraight]

Moved up but now moving back down 😂

[@searqn7798]

@@Nadestraight thats the internet, getting that much views on 1 video is an achievment and means that ur video was enjoyable and that u can make well constructed commentary or story time videos, which doesnt have to be your whole channel.

[@HazFrostYT]

As a person who owns a youtube channel (which is not really that successful so I'm uploading only for fun, don't take this for granted) I think how most youtubers grow from a viral video is by capitalizing on that viral video and making more things related to it or making it more interesting. For instance, your second video that was still related to your job being lost from AI didn't grow as much as the first viral video, but it was definitely performing better than the more recent ones. Unfortunately, it's a very "niche" video so capitalizing on it is kind of difficult, but this is pretty much how youtube works.

[@quaccie]

[@pikabroiboy5093]

halo go brrr ima watch a live stream

[@Nadestraight]

Brrrr

[@twospies3835]

w

[@Nadestraight]

W

[@joshfoustcommunity8928]

I always try new things on my channel, I stopped clicking on AI videos because it was getting tired some, I’m still subscribed, just try something new, and you’ll get the views!

[@mistikalcanavarlarparlamen3265]

Funny how this vid went viral

[@Mylenapony]

:3

[@Nadestraight]

This is such a 2014 comment, lion face :3

[@yahgamer7369]

what do you think about KSP 2 and the potential it had (man i wish what happened to it was just an april fool)

[@Nadestraight]

I've actually heard nothing about it and haven't played it, completely out of the loop. I did play the 1st one though!

[@yahgamer7369]

@@Nadestraight they just straight up fired the entire studio!

[@utrix5476]

algo

[@Nadestraight]

Algo

[@fafufafu5784]

you could do some shorts clips and directly not recommending them to your subs to gain more subs as it gets recommended to active YT viewers gaining more traction

[@CloaxxYT]

The game at the beginning looks cool, which one is it?

[@Nadestraight]

RoboQuest :)

[@CaffeinatedRoman]

Plan: I'll UNSUBSCRIBE, then I'll search your channel every day, watch the full vid, like, comment, and resubscribe. Algorithm will love you, and I will singlehandedly solve the problem for sure. Dumb joke aside, I've said before, but sticking with content you enjoy is always the best call. I'm glad you've got it figured out, and hope things are going well for you outside KZbin, too.

[@I_got_this_before_it_was_taken]

You just gotta make multiple channels

[@Nadestraight]

That's a ton of time needed to be dedicated to KZbin though if I wanted to upload on a regular basis, maybe when I've got myself another job, but not right now haha

[@mememan1969]

yo

[@Nadestraight]

Yo

[@christopherlee7334]

Does it matter if i play it at faster speeds?

[@Nadestraight]

I think it does, for example if you play at 2x speed it'll count half the time

[@christopherlee7334]

@@Nadestraight ah, well, I'll try watching at regular speed next time then.

[@theburntcrumpet8371]

I stuck around 😄 im subscribed to much worse channels 😉 im most interested in game dev and ai fyi but do what you enjoy, the stuff you enjoy will make the best content

[@Nadestraight]

Haha thank you! Ironically, a major event just happened in the AI space that ties into gaming... so I guess I'm not done making those videos just yet hahaha

[@nanoman06]

niche down, let us know when you create the AI channel :)

[@Nadestraight]

Maybe one day haha

[@Minienthusiast]

What happened when I got 80k views in 2 weeks from a channel that had 69 subs

[@Minienthusiast]

I had a mental high then I tried chasing it, now I'm back to learning new things

[@zapp770]

Have you thought about making a second channel? This way you can produce different types of content and promote the other channel for people who are interested.

[@zapp770]

Just kept watching and you mentioned it yourself lol

[@abinadabagbo1603]

Yes, I did subscribe, then unsubscribe. I'm not interested in the gaming stuff lol. I might resubscribe again if I can relate to what you're putting out. I'm interested in the down-to-earth, real-life stuff you have to say. Such as you losing your job; I could relate to that. I can relate to this one too. I am interested in your truth.

[@Nadestraight]

I can see you're subscribed and have been for over 1 week, KZbin tells me this as the creator of the video hahaha

[@XavierThe5layer]

It sucks that people subscribed to you out of pity cause most of your subscribers are not watching your video and that means that youtube will not recommend your videos to newer audiences.

[@searqn7798]

i think most people arent interested in halo content

[@Nadestraight]

Well, my original 3000 subs were all from Halo, so a big portion of the subs are definitely Halo fans, some of my Halo content has 10,000+ views

[@Potatoboii2]

I know that I subscribed for AI stuff, and it's definitely what I'm more interested in, but if gaming content is the plan going forward, I might as well give it a try. I've played a few video games in my time, so surely I'm the target audience, right? Also unrelated but the youtube emojis look so funny, and not enough people know it, look at this:

[@Nadestraight]

I uploaded another AI video you might like! It's a gaming AI video :)

[@MONLOOY]

Keep it up