Gaining Traction on YouTube

Hello everyone.

Mr. Putrid here. Recently I've been having a lot of trouble gaining traction and gaining subs and views on YouTube. I have been losing subs and my analytics are about 35% lower this month than it was last month and about 40% lower than the previous month. I have more subs than I did back in those months but my views are just terrible recently. I personally feel like the quality of my videos have drastically improved since then but it doesn't seem to show.

I am asking for any and all help in this matter and a bunch of tips I could use to help me grow and get more noticed. I do know that recently I have kind of bottlenecked my channel by sticking to only Doom videos in the last like 3 weeks so I feel like that might contribute a little but it can't be the complete reason.

Let me know what you guys think and I would appreciate any and all help in the matter.

Below is one of my better videos and let me know what you think and what I can do to improve it.

 

Thank you for your input. I was thinking of removing the MGN logo from my videos but its going to be a hard thing to do because I have grown to like it. I also get what you say about losing interest. That's probably the hardest thing for YouTubers, is to keep up the audience retention. I really appreciate the fact that you call me a very good YouTuber. It means a lot to me. Thank you.

 

I'm going to do that from now on. Probably cut out the intro all together now. I have been thinking of other games to do but nothing really peaks my interest too much. I'm waiting for Agony now.

 

I remember once my family members telling me that they like to watch my videos, but they don't have the time to watch a 30 minute video. I totally agreed with them and really only big YouTubers can post and not have to worry about who has the time and who doesnt, so they just post however long they need. Once I started making shorter videos, I noticed my views jumping up like crazy! While I still do upload longer videos (around the 10-20 min mark) I try to cut them down as much as i can

 

not bad at all the only thing really getting me is the thumbnail size i mean its an easy fix but usually the black borders are to much blank space the less blank space you have the more people can look at the thumbnail and get more out of it

 

I never actually thought of this. I do Let's Plays and I upload videos around 30-40 minutes long to help keep the LP going at a nice pace. I wonder what would happen if I shortened my videos

 

I've switched to a 20 min length myself on average. I haven't seen a view count change myself making the change. But I am pushing out more eps per recording session doing it. So depends on your goal.

Right now my two series are down to 1 view per ep which is making me wonder what changed. LOL

 

really i learnt a lot