What Youtubers Don't Tell You

[@szzrhn]

It’s definitely a lot about being yourself. If you do that no one else will beat you at being you

[@xisumavoid]

Exactly! :-)

[@Poincianaa]

thats so true thank you

[@MrA6060]

maybe with actually labour intensive topic. More broadly not being you is key to success. Take all of these new "kindness content" or "street interview" channels. they just copy each other get millions of views and that's easy money.

[@BeeDaWorker]

Trying to be someone else wont work for long, so definitely follow that advice :)

[@MrSinister718]

But which Xisuma is his real self. This one or the boring voice Xisuma?

[@duality4y]

"if you work really hard at it and don't succeed but are doing the thing you are passionate about, you can't lose" That one I felt.

[@CraftyMasterman]

I guess my twitch chat message came true haha. If I had to chip in my two cents, I'd say people need to realize that luck doesn't always mean random chance. There are certain things you can do to attract more opportunities for your channel growth. The hardest part is whether you take them or not

[@xisumavoid]

Yes, one can influence luck! I good point. I hit the ground running because I went and shared my videos in tutorial communities which brought in the first viewers. Much harder to do that these days.

[@CraftyMasterman]

@@xisumavoid if argue the opposite, years and years of minecraft KZbin videos have been made. There's never been more inspiration to combine multiple things you see online and meet new ppl

[@Garbelerian1234]

wow crafty xisuma cinematic universes collide to give us sage advice

[@scratchharry]

hello there crafty

[@NikabePlays]

This is exactly how i feel aswell. When it comes to videos, i do them because i love the idea and the execution. Getting stuck trying to reach a certain number of views or whatever drains your energy and doesnt mean that a video is bad. Working on something you find interesting and sharing that is what is the most important and is truly what makes me happy when creating videos.

[@xisumavoid]

You've got a great attitude! :-)

[@NikabePlays]

@@xisumavoid You have the right eye. Appreciate it glad you talked about it.

[@blaze_85]

I love these stream waffles, this is such a great mindset to have. focusing too hard on numbers can be really draining/discouraging compared to just doing what you enjoy, and hoping others will share the enjoyment as well. You can usually tell when someone is genuinely passionate about a project/idea and it makes it so much more enjoyable to watch when they are

[@AlexanderTome]

(Context: I worked in production in New York City for 13 years, I have some advice about the realities of the content creation pipeline and a couple pitfalls of entering the entertainment industry, emphasis on *industry*) This is truly solid advice for working in the world of content creation. There are certainly people who have "the touch" for creating viral or engaging content and can call upon that power at will, but that kind of ability is forged, not born, I have found. It's a skill set that is developed by existing within the ecosystem of creating content about something. It's important to note, too, that loving creating content about something and loving that something are very different beasts. Broadly speaking across all platforms, content creation is a communication skill, and one that requires proficiency in multiple disciplines that can create a very heavy workload if you are holding it by yourself. You absolutely need to enjoy that process as much or more than what you're making the videos about. I came into the world of production a few years before the true rise of the social media star (It was basically Homestar Runner and the Numa Numa guy at that point) and before the "prosumer" revolution in tech. It took an ARMY to produce the projects we were working on. Now, even in the modern era, if you were to walk onto a set for a fashion shoot, even a very simple one, or a basic interview set for a news segment, there's going to be at least 5 people making the machine run, in addition to the on screen talent. Now, with professional level equipment available to everyone, and a plethora of tools to streamline the process, the actual mechanics of those jobs can be handled for you, but you now just don't have all those extra critical eyes on your product catching things and refining it into it's best reasonable form. Now all of that responsibility is held within you. For some people, that's a wonderful thing, but not for most, in my experience. Also, there's something important about the entertainment industry that I think people should understand. This is about the relationship that exists between agencies and talent. I bring this up, because I see a lot of young people seeking out an agency to basically sculpt them into a performer and boost them. It's a sort of "plucked from obscurity" fantasy, but it's one that gives away a lot of your authority over your own career. Unless you are extremely cautious and savvy, they can totally steam roll you and end up walking away with a LOT of your earnings, they can suppress your career if you don't do things they like--it can get gnarly. I saw it happen to models all the time in my line of work. I would suggest that you instead seek to join groups of like-minded peers that meet you on level ground, so that you all are more likely to raise each other and create a career that is more within your control. Once you have something to bring to the table when approaching agencies, you have now created a client relationship, in which you are employing the services of the agency, rather than the agency employing you. You will still have contracts that will restrict you in some ways, but you will be in position to dictate some of those terms rather than just having to accept them. /rant. Hopefully some people find this useful! The entertainment industry is fulfilling to those that thrive there, but it is also exceedingly volatile, now, more than ever subject to fluctuation in public opinion, the algorithm, guilt by association, etc. I want to encourage people to pursue it if it is their passion, but I want them to walk into that world well armed and with eyes open.

[@HarrisonBorbarrison]

Thanks for sharing this Xisuma!

[@Netbug009]

In a weird way, the moment I realized that it's all luck was very freeing for me. Like, if everything is a crapshoot anyway, might as well spend my time doing what I love, y'know?

[@xisumavoid]

Luck is a huge component of success. That doesn't mean people who don't succeed aren't as talented.

[@Netbug009]

@@xisumavoid Oh totes! Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise - I have sick brain haha 🤣

[@berrymand71]

Growing up I was told here were two ways to look at your job. 1. Work at something that makes a lot of money so you can afford to do what you enjoy in your off time. 2. Work at something you enjoy, even if it doesn't make good money. Obviously, there is a whole range in between the two things. Some people hate their job but keep doing it, so miserable that they cannot enjoy their time off. Some people are starving artists, barely surviving but happy at what they do, but every day is a struggle. If you make good money doing something you can tolerate, that might be the perfect half way point for you. I enjoy what I do enough that it's not miserable and I'm good enough at it that I make good money. Find your happy spot.

[@azungu1190]

People keep saying you can’t start a successful Minecraft channel today because it’s too saturated. I say, to heck with that, I’ll just feel all the more gratified when I succeed!

[@TorteShui]

I've been guilty of chasing numbers and comparing myself to others - and it really can destroy your fun doing this and even the fun playing Minecraft. I am slowly getting back now to enjoying it, working a little more with ReplayMod, but also just playing the game, making some progress in the worlds I love, and recording with only minimal cuts - it's not the perfectly polished end product and might not attract many viewers, but it's what I enjoy doing... It till doesn't work all the time yet, I am still struggling sometimes, but hearing what you said in this video... that helps! Thank you for your words and insights and thank you for your constant inspiration! 🙂

[@QueroJogarUmJogo]

Thanks for the honest, inspiring answer, X.

[@MadTui]

Xisuma, you have always been a creator I have looked up to for years! I get that luck thing, I've been putting my heart and soul into my content and I love it. One day I'll get a helping of that lucky sauce and I'll blow up. For now, I just love making minecraft videos and you and the entire Hermitcraft community have been a massive inspiration along my joyrney

[@lemonbread378]

something thats interesting is its easy to speak about a topic until you're actually involved in it its all well and good to say you wouldn't get lazy, or number greedy, or jealous but it can both slowly creep up on you and hit you all at once i have a much less tame anecdote but one i feel is still relevant, just a couple vidoes i did on tiktok got over 100k views, and then some ones i put a lot more work into got barely 200 impostor syndrome, guilt, jealousy, burnout, they are all EXTREMELY easy to fall into, and hard to get rid of its a constant mental game, and i'm just a random person that managed to get a couple people to like my dumb jokes, i can't begin to imagine how this scales up when you get into the millions, its incomprehensible by nature "comparison is the thief of joy" is something that i fully backed and followed, but boy was it easy to forget you really do start creating for the fun of it, but once you put yourself out there it really changes the way you think about everything ike i said, i had a tiny and short burst and quite frankly it was enough for me: you're your own boss, your worst critic, and the entire workforce all at once idk where this comment was going just wanted to throw in my share, no fancy conclusion from me lmao

[@tomaminecraft88]

Fair play to you. Thank you for the great advise. I started KZbin because I love playing Minecraft and I wanted to share It with the comunity, and hopefully one day get to play on a server like Hermitcraft. Its so awesome to see what you guys do with Minecraft. Keep up the good work mate!

[@CrayRT]

this is honestly a very important perspective. I might be a small channel but even I have noticed that there is no guarantees in youtube. And youtube thats a long time to find the payoff. So if you really want to find success in youtube, there is no guarantee you will it. But if you want to keep trying, you need to make sure you love what you are doing and that you other things driving you to do youtube. Even if you dont find statistical success, at least you have other reasons for making videos. Like for me, I just love uploading and making videos. And when college starts, I didnt have time to make long form videos anymore, so instead I just went to making shorts now. Even if my efforts didnt get an instant payoff, my love for uploading and making videos is still a great drive for me.

[@rendarknight]

Before I was trying to grow more but now I just have way more fun editing and just putting things out for people to see and hope that they might enjoy it!

[@dazzmead]

Really insightful X thanks for sharing this 👍

[@johnwest6690]

A lot of mature youtubers aught to ponder that advice too, plenty of professional youtubers focus far too much on the numbers.

[@realphillipcarter]

I stopped making videos for a few years to get a degree or two, but I'm back into it now, doing twitch streams etc. Someone said last night I should put videos on a youtube channel so relearning that for them. I think for a long time I looked at content creation the wrong way, but now I'm being myself and telling jokes with people it's a lot easier. I was on Lego Masters in 2017, but the element of competition, of trying to beat other nerds at building Lego, ruined the hobby for me for a while. The same can happen with Minecraft, and when I was comparing myself to people I was at my lowest point creatively. It's now, giving myself space to be weird, that people are noticing the streams. Rendog even raided one the other week, and I've erected a small shrine in honour of that glorious day!

[@ronanelm2644]

Nice video even though it was short it really did help me think about my other passions

[@ieperen3039]

I guess Technoblade was the exception that confirms the rule. He was passionate about maximizing subscribercount doing whatever he was good at. He didnt just do the things that were hype (he tried fortnite, but didnt like it and went back to minecraft) but he advertized himself as much as he could, while doing the things he liked. And he did get to 10 mil like he always wanted.

[@Zuchii]

Starting this career because it was my hobby first, is what made me passionate enough to pursue it everyday for the past 3 years. Many creators will suffer from 'burnout' because the content is too forced.

[@fusiliefusi1606]

I think besides luck, hard work and passion it is also the personality to become a good KZbinr. This hard to grasp / explain mixture of character, mindset and charisma that makes people to like not only your content, but you for yourself. And I am not talking about idolsation. It is hard to explain. For me, I "feel" the person - and together with respect for his skills, that's it! Best example - the Hermits and Empire people. Sadly, most KZbinrs work just for the numbers. Sorry for the bad English 😊

[@AJ_and_Ivy]

To your comment re not feeling like a role-model; I'm 53 and your clarity of communication and honest, emotional considerations on the notion of 'success' was glorious to listen to and relevant to my current situation. So on the assumption you've not got as many years on the planet; I'd say being called a role-model is something you can (quietly if desired) take an immense amount of pride in. Keep up the sagely waffle. Very much enjoying it.

[@tyrannosaurusco]

Idk why you decided to make this video but thank you. Very helpful

[@cyberjamm]

YES finally another xisumasays video

[@rclegogarage6941]

Well told! I am sharing your opinion 100%!

[@JustGreenAnxiety]

Well said, I just wanna find a epic Realm full of players that love the game the same as me.

[@andymonis5368]

X, you always talk sense. Great vid.

[@mysticalmaid]

Wise-Xuma has spoken.

[@l2mloyalty929]

My childhood dream was to become a famous youtuber...that was 6 years ago, I now own an HVAC company (heating and cooling) and I'm enjoying it more than I ever would being a youtuber

[@Kiwimarauder]

You can make a video with a hundred views that changed a persons life. Its not about view counts, its about what happens with the ones that watch your content. And I find that the best place to see that is the comment section, not the number at the top

[@P789-k2u]

General Advice: Work Smart and Work Hard. James Jani is a rare example.

[@ris_kis]

Thanks for your video.

[@RedxAx2]

Am trying but i will never quit college, and you... Dont do it to my friend, just take collage and then start doing what do you want, if you failed on KZbin at least you can go And get to work somewhere.

[@SakuraRyokoMusic]

100% Accurate X.

[@scalpingsnake]

I have seen countless channels that made videos for years getting double digit maybe triple digit views that finally started gaining traction after like 6 years. I think most people that go into it want to see X amount of views per month or X amount of subscriber growth is just the wrong way to look a it. You have the other method of purely doing it from a business perspective, trying to actively learn and utilize the algorithm. I was watching a guy recently who left a bigger channel to start his own, he has explained his issues with KZbin and how unclear it all is from how apparently advertising this videos early on "killed" his growth due some how KZbin works. I think either way this is why Xisuma is right, without having the creative motivation to just make content it will be hard to turn it into an actual job. I also think what you do plays a big part in it. I have seen a few channels start covering a new game and grow from there, but that raises the question how many channels tried that and didn't grow and I just didn't see them?

[@user-jn4sw3iw4h]

I thought the 'waffle' was that other guy

[@chrisgruenwald9342]

Great Vid.

[@thelastfire]

Why does X have so much wisdom??

[@bane9951]

Everything takes skill, hardwork and time but some things also require luck, thats just the way cookie crumbles Somebody starts a successful company and somebody wins the lottery

[@RespecterAlexander]

👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@colricht]

KZbinr, TikTok star, Streamer, they’re not freeing jobs. They’re hard. They’re not high paying jobs. They’re expensive hobbies that take a lot of time to possibly make less than minimum wage

[@isaiahkepner8078]

Don't go into Minecraft videos though, the market is way oversaturated. Edit: I meant more so Minecraft lets play, as there are so many out there. If you have a unique idea for Minecraft videos go for it, but I don't think it would be the best category to start doing KZbin with, especially if you don't have high quality skills and editing.

[@xisumavoid]

If a market is saturated there is always room for new content that evolves and changes the status quo.

[@scalpingsnake]

I see that, I think though you could argue most things are oversaturated. If you do it differently, or maybe just do it in a way that catches people's interests it's still possible to grow.

[@taytaythehufflepuff8532]

You can say the same thing about writing stories or filmmaking/acting Even if it's oversaturated, you can succeed. But if you don't want to get into the "oversaturated market" then go for your own thing. It's all about creatively spinning the status quo, in my opinion

[@4NW3SH]

Just because its oversaturated doesn't mean you can't be successful in that field. A good recent example is Flowstate. They came out of nowhere in the mcyt space and created good content that is unlike others and got a million+ views within a month or so

[@lakhan8045]

🥺

[@carolinestone2157]

Wow I am sitting on 200 subscribers lol but I deserted Minecraft for Ark, but I adore what I do ❤ BitterOlives 😉

[@chrisashwin8548]

something someone needs to tell a lot of the american you tubers that make some Minecraft videos aimed at kids that are more silly. shouting at the camera does not make you funny or interesting. Also it is a lot harder to create interesting content than you assume. I lot of them just fill the silence with rubbish, which bizarrely still appeals to younger children...

[@m1-]

W

[@Slothloaf]

I started KZbin in 2020 my biggest dream ever was to hit 1k subscribers milestone. And i have done it with hard work and sweat now i have 1.34k subscribers and a beautiful community. 😀❤

[@TorteShui]

That's my dream as well 🙂 Glad you made it and are happy with what you gained in the process!

[@Slothloaf]

@@TorteShui thankyou so much i just subscribe to your channel. ❤

[@TorteShui]

@@Slothloaf Thank you very much 🙂

[@rebilium4195]

Controversial, this few sentences will be. I disagree with being passionate about what you do. In which cases, in cases of being not traditional. Yes all of teenagers including me few years ago was passionate about MC and till this day! I had an almost small channel but I thought in the long run a job on the Internet isn’t real and it’s not consistent. Yea you can get alot of money on the net, but with a day and night you will get banned ir canceled. It’s a high risk, on the other hand real job, much less money and if you’re honest and “hustle” not by lying or deceiving the people wven thought you don’t like what you do, I think by God’s will you will get there with a clear pure and confidence that will let you sleep like a baby at night. It’s better been average preparing for the after life than being extremely successful, a billionaire or a celebrity that will end up doing drugs or getting his soul sucked out by the u know who. Alot will disagree, some say that’s a losers mentality. I think it’s not because slow and steady will get you everywhere, fast and reckless may or might not

[@JamAttack]

you kinda gotta be a good artist AND a good analyst to make this stuff work on purpose

[@0topon]

The coming up at the start feels a bit useless on an 4 minute video

[@thomsnvykovski6135]

not sure if satire. hilarious either way