 Hey guys, welcome back to my channel today's video. I just wanted to sit and talk to you guys I was making a tick tock about YouTube and the way social media is going but I didn't have a lot of time because like obviously I was trying to like Fill in the tick tock but also remember what I said and there's like a limited time limit on those things But here I have all the time and I just wanted to sit and chat about this So I think I swear YouTube is dying and I'm saying that because I'm saying this like huge Shift into social media where it's like all of this short form content. That's filmed vertically is just taking over It started with tick tock and you guys know Instagram reels and now it is YouTube shorts because YouTube shorts is now paying which is really good because that really helps me out I'm lucky enough to make a little bit from Instagram reels, but I'm telling you the way social media is going it's just really annoying and a really sad and the long-form content I'm kind of like Thinking is morphing into more like podcast style Rather than vlogs. I don't know. I just I feel like vlogs are kind of being faded out But that is okay because I remember the time when vlogs were just up and coming You know what I mean in my tiktok. I kind of talked about my history with YouTube and starting at YouTube So I'll like do a little readers digest for you guys here pretty much what I say in that tiktok I wanted to do YouTube so bad So I got my first DSLR camera and I spent all my savings With the money from my first job and then I'm like noticing Where's my blurry background like I want a blurry background like all these youtubers because you guys know the Saturated era like I wanted that so then I learned about aperture and like a little bit about cameras I ended up switching my major and then I knew a lot about cameras and how they worked and everything It was hard not really having like someone to film my YouTube videos for me like what I was seeing all these other people Do so I was kind of like starting that on the tail end of the YouTube saturated era and Then vlog started becoming big and as you guys know if you guys been around a long time I did a lot of things different things still a little clickbait here and there I bleached my hair like a pale blonde not only for the views But half for the views half because it was like a bucket list thing because I'd always wanted blonde hair and frankly I loved it. So y'all let's say that was like a potato chip yellow. I liked it and I toned it well I'm sorry. You feel that way and I chopped my hair off and then I started my YouTube workout journey, which is amazing I got a lot of views with that. I felt like I was repeating myself half the time But it was okay because it was kind of keeping me accountable and they were fun to make And then I started at cycle bar So I quickly stopped filming videos and then 2020 rolled around and I was getting all the creative juices because of being at home working from home I don't know. I just felt like a lot more relaxed and Something horrible had to happen Okay, like a little boy getting re-homed had to happen for my channel to even like a little bit noticed I did have a video do so well And that was because I commented on the fact that a little boy got re-homed from China So it's just annoys me that something horrible and tragic had to happen for like people to like see my videos Like I don't know all I wanted to do was vlog and make creative content kind of like just a normal person I don't want to comment on other people That's what those Reddit forums and like things are for I know it's very lucrative And I enjoy some of the content that people put out because it's funny But like I don't want to comment on people. I don't want to talk about Controversial topics. I want to vlog my life and share it and have people be interested some people that you know Like that video that I did about adoption and like the little boy being re-homed That's what got me traction So I feel like they were expecting something that they weren't giving obviously so then like my subscriber Count it was growing growing growing that kind of like stabilized and then I don't know when but it was just like starting to decrease Decrease decrease like the numbers and it's obviously because they subscribe to somebody who wasn't like saying anything else about that You know what I'm saying and then they didn't really care about My other stuff like me as a person. So of course they're gonna like unsubscribe So it's just like okay, um Great like okay, I can say half 38,000 subscribers But like something tragic had to happen to like get me there not just like me chopping my hair not me like Bleaching my hair. I mean what like what do people have to do to get noticed. It's so freaking frustrating, you know And then but I appreciate like each and every one of you that like clicks on my videos and supports me That's why in every description box I put like thank you so much for watching this and supporting me because I don't know and I see these other people's videos Like I don't know like there's not like one in specific person that I'm like talking about It's just kind of like a generic statement when I say that video Like how are they getting that many views and then me over here like putting an effort But then when I put in no effort I get like a good amount of views. So It's frustrating. It's just the game of social media That's why I'm happy that this is never gonna be like my main source of income I quickly learned that I am just lucky I make a dime off of social media and whatever I post But you know, maybe that's a good thing So it will just like keep me being more passionate about this rather than like feeling like I need to do something It's more fun. So that leads me into The future of my channel and like where I want to start taking things In my opinion videos should be 15 minutes or longer like for a video That's why the last video you saw was like a combination of footage from multiple days like throughout that week I was gonna separate those vlogs But one would have only been six minutes and I don't like that. So what I'm planning on doing I'm planning on focusing on short form vertical content for YouTube shorts and reels and Instagram. Well, not mainly reels because my reels are doing Relativity, but maybe like TikTok and shorts because YouTube is now paying creators for shorts Which is amazing because they weren't before and I'm over here like oh Okay, great. It's for the audience reach and stuff, but I'm getting off track right when I say this but it's like short form Content like that is like so hard. It's so easy to make. I'm telling you I don't know what it is, but like for some weird reason I feel like that type of content so much more hard than like a video that I'm filming like this So I digress, but I am going to start putting out videos Maybe like once or twice a week because the videos just They're great and it's still like my passion to like film YouTube videos But like I need to focus and shift my attention to something else, which is the like TikTok Era and stuff and I want to start doing like more aesthetically pleasing Type content on there maybe like okay waking up in the morning brushing the teeth Like curling my hair a little bit that sort of stuff and during the week like during school I can't get like that much footage So that's why I'm thinking if I can get a little bit and then vlog the weekends and then put it together And have at least a 15 minute video for you guys like that's more That's better than having like two broken up videos and one being like three minutes long The amount of videos is going to decrease and you probably already have noticed that But I'm also gonna really start focusing on YouTube shorts and trying to get engagement and excitement over there on the channel and Hopefully I get noticed for like something either stupid or funny or just me Because I don't want like something horrible to happen and then like have that real of mine or that short of mine Go viral because something bad had to happen. You know what I'm saying? Just keep an eye out on my shorts tab If you watch on like a mobile device I know on the computer you can see shorts But like I don't know like who actually watches shorts on the computer cuz like I don't but yeah I just wanted to share that with you guys and Yeah, just Chit chat because I can and I honestly think YouTube's dying I think podcasts are on the rise and I think Like tick-tock and that sort of content is on the rise It's definitely not YouTube vlogs The people that still do vlogs already have a built-in following So it helps them but like and I do have a built-in following. Thanks guys. You know who you are But I don't have like the numbers that like would like Sustaining me like I do need to be creating content that will get pushed out into algorithms rather than like these That that probably don't you know what I mean? So I think that's about it If I forgot anything, I'll leave it in the description box down below But if you guys enjoyed this video, make sure you give it a thumbs up And don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you guys in my next video or short. Bye