17 YouTube Mistakes That Destroy Your Growth

What mistakes have you made in your YouTube journey? Let us know below ⬇
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Hey Sean, your channel inspired us to start, we just launched yesterday! God Bless ❤

I keep coming back to view this and other advice to help keep me focused. I join VRA earlier this year prior to hitting 1k. I just went up over 4k in subs. ❤

Not getting started is my big mistake and overthinking. Now is the time, this is the month. I paid for the course years ago and never completed it. That’s about to change.

Shameless to say I tried to be like Sean Cannell for a while and it didn't work . I am not Sean . I'm doing much better after a long struggle since 2016 and have a very long ways to go. I've been a subscriber for a long time and I can see my growth but I'm constantly striving to be better. Thanks for all you and your team do to try to helps us be great.

All the tips where spot on. The eye contact one is soo true. I have a tendancy to stare in space and move my eyes when im thinking. Made me look disinterested and just terrible. Its easy to overlook this when your focus is 100% the script but this seems to me incredibly important. Thanks for great content

My biggest Mistake was quitting: Jumped into the let's-play area in 2015 but hung up my controller a year later with just 20 subs and a modest view count. Imagine my shock when, after nearly a decade, I logged back in to find 200 loyal subscribers waiting! 🌟 This unexpected surprise fueled my comeback. Now, I'm diving into a new project with a no-quit attitude. To anyone out there doubting their journey, remember, persistence is key! Your audience may just be a click away. 🎮💪

I just got blown away with all those points. It just shows your immense experience when it comes to Youtube. I was so frustrated to day before watching this video, now i know that i have committed all of those mistakes that you just said. Thank you for the advise

I struggle a lot with comparing. I see channels that are just getting started growing so much faster. I have to keep reminding myself that there is enough room here for me and their growth doesn't stop mine. I just have to keep working hard at creating good content.

My problem with consistency is that woodworking projects take various amounts of time to complete. I think I should either post every other week or try to pound out a half dozen quick projects to create a bank. The former is probably easier ….

100 % agree, especially #9... I always skip intros! They're usually too long

All great advice. Thanks for helping us take the plunge

I am new to youtube and have 4 channels opps (kids, diy, aquarium, basketball) I should be focused on the aquarium but thought the kids one would be more profitable long term. However after adding 30 videos on the kids and spending soo much time i ended up getting more watch time on one unedited aquarium tour video then all the kids video combined. Which was absolutely unexpected crazy. Moving forwarded my focus will be on the aquarium

A great video. So many great tips. Think Media was one of the first channels I discovered when I started on YouTube. It has always been brilliantly helpful - and I still love your videos. Thanks so much.

Very very true, its been 3 years I am working on YouTube in multiple niches, jumping here and there, where I feel I am not growing, jumping to another.... I think I have realized my mistakes today...

Always enjoy your content and advice. I appreciate the straightforwardness on these videos. You make the video enjoyable as well as informative while not doing like some of the other tip type channels who use their own style. Everyone has their own style they enjoy and to me….. this channel is the best for this subject. Thank you

If you want to be succesful, you just have to find a winning combination. Being a YouTuber is like owning a business, and you need to give people content they want to see. Tough part could be starting and growing your channel, but when I did I had really good strategy (When I post something, I would use a little bit of Famester to make that content go viral immediately). So far it shows really good results, especially on my Shorts channel.

sorting footage can be made easier with multiple editors (2 etc) good topic, informative content.

1. Eye contact with lens
2. Not starting YouTube account
3. Focussing on gear not content
4. Lack of planning
5. Comparing yourself to others
6. Making selfish content (what value does your video add to the viewer?)
7. Weak thumbnails
8. Wasting time during the start of your video, eg. CGI intro
9. Not creating a routine / consistent results / systems / scheduling
10. Going off the topic of your channel to try to earn money
11. Unrealistic expectations: YouTube is a marathon not a sprint
12. Covering too many topics (i think this is wrong since mikhaela Peterson covers loads but is successful, as does Jordan Peterson & joe rogan)
14. Trying to figure everything out on your own- check others for what works (contradicts 5)
15. Inconsistency (same as 9 tbh)
16. Trying to do too many things at once (too many channels or topics)
17. Giving up too soon (he doesn’t say how soon is too soon).

Enjoy!

Really appreciate all of the help from Thinkmedia. The majority of my YouTube education has come from this channel and a few others.