"expert" tubers

[Jeff]

I know nothing about cheapo tractor supply bought side by side orv repair, but of the last 2 3 years, the 2 videos I did while repairing my sister's hunk o crap, have been my highest performing videos with thank yous and people aking me about how to fix other stuff that I know nothing about. Sometimes people just need a hand I guess

[OlJarhead]

Yup.  Many people are looking for answers and if you give them the answers they are looking for in volume, they will be back.

Lynn -- that's normal and why AVD matters (average view duration).  If most views only watch 25% of your video or less, it will stall and die and never come back.

If they watch 30-40% it may do well (though it will eventually drop off).  For example, a video I have that hit 123,000 views started out at 70% AVD but eventually dropped to 20% and stopped.  This is a function of the platform looking for viewers.  Basically as new viewers click to watch a video and determine not to keep watching the AVD goes down and usually between 15 and 20% AVD YT cuts the spigot off.

I have one now around 93k views that's sitting at 40% and could continue a while but I've noticed that many in the 40-45% range also stall out (it's a crap shoot).

Anyway, long winded way of saying "what matters most is how long people watch".  If they skip stuff and don't watch it all, the youtuber hasn't figured out well enough how to make videos    Although I get around 250k views a month I'm still working hard to improve my video performances.

Hopefully some day I'll be an expert on making videos about not being an expert about making lumber! lol 

[Magicman]

Erik, I was not being necessarily critical, just saying that I may watch a 10 minute video in it's entirety, but 30 minutes, no way unless it's something that I think that I need to know.  Letting the camera run while just sawing back and forth, I'm gonna skip.

[OlJarhead]

No worries, didn't take it that way ;) Just explaining the key to success.

You are doing what most people do today wrt clicking past the boring/slow parts.

A successful video is one that you watch the entire thing to the end without skipping:)

At least in terms of how Youtube decides.

As for 10m, that's also not unusual though there are different groups.  For example, many prefer videos that are 16-24m long (my usual target) but only as long as they move along, are entertaining and/or informative and then some like even longer!  Over 30m.

Usually the younger a viewer is, the shorter the video but also, if they watch on a phone or computer vs if they watch on a TV -- TV watchers tend to watch longer videos than those on the phone for example.

And yes, I study all of this as much as I studied running a sawmill  

[Magicman]

I am not a "tuber".  I am a "viewer" and @81+ years old, I think about how I am going to spend 30 minutes of my time. 

I am just being honest and talking from one older viewer's standpoint.  I only speak for myself but I suppose that it may be important for you to know. 

[Jeff]

Lynn, did you watch my entire crittercam video?

[Magicman]

I have watched all of every one of your videos that I have seen.  I have actually been there so I am always looking for stuff that I remember.

If "crittercam" is your last video starting at the pond, I saw it but have not watched any of it yet because I did not have time at the time.  I saw that it was about a 30 minute video.

[Jeff]

I have watched all of every one of your videos that I have seen.  I have actually been there so I am always looking for stuff that I remember.

If "crittercam" is your last video starting at the pond, I saw it but have not watched any of it yet because I did not have time at the time.  I saw that it was about a 30 minute video.

I think its a little over ten minutes. Just a years highlights of the trailcam. My sister told me she watched it. She asked where the bears were. She has ticktock brain. So does my wife. They both swiped on the first pause in the music.

[Magicman]

OK, if that is the video in Reply #68, no I had not watched it but now I have.  Leenda didn't see bears? 

I wanted to ask about the; "Please Like, Subscribe, and ring the flippin bell eh?"  I am a subscriber but I don't know where the "Like" and "Bell" buttons are.

It was 11 1/2 minutes which is about the longest that I want to watch.

[Jeff]

The like subscribe and ring the bell is a youtube chant. I dont have it in me anymore to work at making videos for the purpose of creating a channel that returns me anything more than memories.