If I Started a YouTube Gaming Channel Today, I’d Do This!

is it too late to start a gaming channel the short answer is no this same question was asked in 2017 2018 2019 and people are still going to ask this for years to come if anything now's a better time more than ever so in this video I'm going to show you all the things that I would do if I was starting a brand new gaming channel today the first thing that I would do is just start and I know that sounds super simple but so many people think about getting started and they never do and

I know it can seem very intimidating when you see all these bigger creators with millions of subscribers getting millions of views and you're like I want to be there now but that's not reality those people have taken years and hundreds of videos to get to that point they started from zero just like you are right now if this is something that you're just trying to get a quick Buck out of or trying to get famous and popular YouTube is not going to be the thing for you because you got to put in the work if

you want to reap the rewards if you feel that you have that passion and fire to want to create content then you're gonna need some equipment to help create it now that doesn't mean going out and spending two thousand dollars on a crazy insane camera computer capture card setup a lot of people get started just using the equipment that they have on hand so let's say that you're a console gamer and you want to start recording and streaming gameplay well the PS5 Xbox and even the Nintendo switch to some degree have built-in recording and streaming

functions the PS5 even has a built-in video editor called share Factory Studio where you can load up any of your gameplay clips that you recorded on your console and edit them together if you're a PC Gamer you might already have a gaming PC that you're using but you can download something called OBS Studio to allow yourself to be able to screen record your gameplay and then to edit those clips together you can use free video editors such as clip champ cap cut and DaVinci's resolve the more you work with your recording equipment and video editors

the better you will get at using them those are just skills that you have to develop another skill that you're going to need is being a good researcher this is the part of the process where you need to determine what type of gaming content do you want to make now that doesn't mean niching all the way down to one game and only playing that game for the entirety of your YouTube career that would probably get a little boring instead I will look at developing your channel Focus around certain gaming categories so like shooting games role-playing

games maybe Nintendo games Playstation games Xbox games figure out the type of gaming content that you enjoy making but that you can also build an audience around I've seen it way too many times where people are doing too many different types of things on their Channel whether that's reaction to Vlogs to some gaming stuff it's just a mess and there isn't a true Focus or a true person that their channel is intended for you have to figure that part out in order to grow now that doesn't mean you can't grow a variety Channel more on

that in just a minute but most often than not focus and grow now and you can pivot later continuing in the area of research now that you've figured out what your channel is going to be all about it's time to start drafting content to fit what you're trying to build you can start off by writing out 20 video ideas and there's a good chance that two or three of them are gonna do really well for your channel if you're having trouble thinking of ideas you can go in on YouTube and use the search navigation bar

to your advantage so look up some of the topics that you're interested in doing and you can have YouTube complete the search result for you showing you the top things that people are searching within that particular gaming topic I highly recommend picking a vid IQ I do have an affiliate Link in the description below but they are an excellent source to help you craft your video ideas and even do search engine optimization so that you can either look up or even plug in your own ideas within this tool to see which video topics would be

the best within your gaming Niche this is not even a sponsored video for vid IQ I just really appreciate their tool in what they have to offer really just being the best tool for helping creators find out what people want to watch on YouTube depending on the type of videos that you do it's important to stay up to date with what's happening in your game so that means following Twitter accounts or joining a Discord server that way you get the information as soon as it's released that you can make content around it your content will

always come out better and more engaging if you write out what you're going to be talking about on your video now don't use a all of your energy just focusing on planning the whole time make sure that you get to filming all of the videos and film as many as you can see if you can set a goal for posting one to two times a week and then after a year or two see if you can get up to 50 to 100 videos the more you post early on the better with that level of consistency

you can just focus on the content creation process you don't have to get too hung up in the numbers game of trying to reach the monetization status which just recently was lowered so that you only have to achieve 500 subscribers and 3 000 watch hours to unlock things like super chats memberships and merch for your channel but my number one recommendation for those creators trying to achieve those goals faster is that you want to utilize all of the upload forms Available to You on YouTube so that means posting long-form content shorts live streams especially if

you're trying to get to those watch hour goals if you're trying to do walk through or let's play videos that are like 20 to 30 minutes long without any edits this is considered low effort content and this will not get you to stand out I would try to put more effort into your edits at overlays texts Graphics audio sound effects anything to make your video more interesting additionally don't be afraid to experiment with different types of content forms such as gaming reviews news tutorials challenges funny moments montages I think you get the picture a lot

of people sometimes get caught up in doing quality over quantity that's not something that truly works for someone who is just getting started you want to post as much content as you can so that you can get through the bad videos because trust me you will have bad videos starting out and that will allow you to get to the good videos that you'll have in the future that your audience will love even more and will help you grow even faster once after you've gotten several video uploads up this is a good time to start looking

at your data I know not fun but it's important to do you need to see what videos are doing well and which ones could be better so once you have about 10 the 20 videos uploaded go to your YouTube analytics select the drop down on the far right hand side of the page and choose a time period I'm gonna go with 90 days from here you can then scroll down to the bottom and select where it says see more this will pop up a page of data where you can review the average watch time of

your top performing videos check out the content where you see a higher average view than what your channel typically gets that's the blueprint to see what type of content you should continue doing if you're someone looking at your data and you're telling yourself man all of these numbers look absolutely awful then I highly recommend searching up the type of content that you create then you'll be able to see the overall packaging of the gaming videos that are within the space that you're trying to compete in look at their thumbnails look at their titles how long

are their videos this in a lot of ways ties back to the earlier topic of research you have to understand what your audience wants to watch and how they want to watch it without knowing that your videos are going to be dead in the water before you even upload them you might tell yourself today that I can't edit a video that good or I can't make a thumbnail that looks that nice well eventually you will be able to do that it just takes incremental improvements video by video look up how to use your photo and

video editing software better try to discover new techniques it's just not gonna come to you out of thin air you're going to have to search around and look for it this is the I guess not fun part of YouTube but this is what it takes to separate yourself from the pack as your channel and content develop then you can take the plunge into spending a little bit more on your setup getting that custom capture card or that better computer to make better content but it won't matter but so much if you don't develop your gimmick

or let's go with your brand one of the best ways to do this is through your personality and this is especially true if you're a variety or a let's play channel is it the entertainment Factor are you sharing any information or knowledge is it the editing style of the videos are you just super cracked and skilled at a game let's take Markiplier and Pewdiepie for example Markiplier people don't watch him necessarily for the games he's playing unless it's Five Nights at Freddy or something but but most of the time people aren't watching for the game

they're watching for him because of his over-the-top reactions they're just insane and so funny to watch PewDiePie on the other hand people aren't watching him for his games either but they're watching him because of his controversial or edgy types of reactions when he talks in his videos I've seen some people's gaming videos where they don't show much emotion if at all and that along with low effort editing just makes for a boring viewer experience with the right content strategy and brand you can set yourself up for immediate get success on YouTube a good example is

from the channel thinking at max volume he posted a Zelda video and it blew up and he was able to get thousands of subscribers just off of that first video alone brand new channel sharing some valuable information was able to set himself up right off the bat so to recap if I were starting a brand new gaming channel today I would first just start by getting the right hardware and software to Aid in my content creation process I would then put in the work researching ideas drafting those up so that I know the best content

that I should make focused towards a particular audience I would then plan the videos out before filming them and I would film a lot of them especially up front make as much content as you can so that way you can incrementally improve your content over time that means with video thumbnail and title edits and lastly as I continue to create more content on YouTube I want to work to develop the brand that I'll present through my videos whether that's through my personality or by my edits now if you guys want to learn 30 tips to

help grow your YouTube channel click on the video here I appreciate you guys stay until the end of the video thank you so much for watching I'll see y'all on the next one peace