 What is up everyone? My name is Zesty Mike and today I decided to do something different. As I mentioned last week I'm gonna be out for the next couple weeks So I can't really do the Monday video critiques. So in place I decided to share the things I look for in a great channel So here it is. The five things that make a great YouTube channel Now I don't judge by numbers. In fact a lot of the channels that I enjoy actually have quite a low subscriber count So what is it I look for in a channel? Let me break it down for you. Number one First impressions are everything. When I visit your channel I should see a nicely formatted channel videos organized and playlist laid out in browse view instead of feed view Nice graphics and a nice banner. Speaking of banners, no templates. I've seen them all and used half of them So get something to make you stand out from the rest. Number two a welcoming channel trailer that catches my attention If I pause your video you lost a subscriber You want to catch my attention the second the video loads and not only that but keep my attention If I make it to the end of your channel trailer chances are I'll subscribe number three video quality Now that you caught my attention is your video quality good enough to keep me around is the image clear and easy to see And above all else how is the audio? There's nothing fun in watching a video with painful audio and I mean painful I'm sure you've seen before hashtag rip headphone users Make sure your audio is crisp not scratchy not too loud and not too quiet and not so quiet that I have to crank up your Audio and really listen number four are you unique? Why should I watch your video if you're doing the exact same thing as another person who's doing it better? I don't have all the time in the world to watch everything on YouTube So I tend to subscribe to the best of each category unless a different channel can offer something different now I know it's quite hard to be completely original everything's pretty much been done in one shape or another So it's up to you to take influence from people and build your own style not steal someone else's number five Lastly do you care about the community if there's one thing I can't stand it's youtubers who don't look at their viewers as people They aren't appreciative and look at the viewers as numbers and not people I don't expect you to sit and respond to every single comment But I at least want to see that you care if I could see that you care. I'm more opt to care about you I know it sounds silly, but it helps secure and lock down that bond between the viewer and the creator Now if you do have these fine features on your channel chances are I'm gonna subscribe to your channel And I'm gonna support your content and more times than not this is the list that most viewers go by even if they don't Acknowledge it, but anyways guys, that's it for me today. I hope this helped some of you guys Be sure to leave your questions down below for me to answer next time now Lastly before I go if any of you guys are in the New York area and want to meet me or some of my friends They're actually gonna be hosting a YouTube meet-up. I believe in the Central Park area So be sure to be following me on social media to get updates on that and we'll let you know where it's gonna be and when And of course if you want to see more of my tips and tricks click the link in the sidebar Or if you want to see more of my daily vlogs, you can click the links down in the description below And you can actually see the meet-up and everything else that we will be attending in New York We post up videos every single day, so there's tons of content to watch. But anyways guys, that we'll see you next week. See ya Impulse is produced by the Freedom Network ever wanted to earn revenue from your videos Freedom offers a great partnership program which includes access to hundreds of thousands of audio tracks Sponsorships with great partners and most importantly a no lock-in contract. You can leave at any time for any reason We accept everyone both big and small for more information click here or visit the link in the video description