Ask any YouTuber and they will tell you that generating significant views and subscribers isn't easy. But with the right strategy and tools, any video creator can build an engaged subscriber base when they understand what those subscribers want to watch.

Appealing to an audience to watch content you are passionate about making is just the first step, you need to know how to reach them and get your videos discovered. Our guides to how to guide more views on YouTube will give you the best tips to succeed on the platform.

Getting Views

How To Get More Views on YouTube

Getting thousands or even millions of YouTube subscribers is a dream for most creators. In the articles below, we'll show you how to turn casual viewers into long-term fans. 

Subscribers

YouTube Subscribers

Do you want to make money on YouTube? Millions of creators are earning a very good living from monetizing the platform and uploading content that drives huge views and engagements. Whether that YouTube income is from advertising revenue, merchandise sales, or brand deals, or subscriptions, we keep you updated with best practices and ideas.

Monetization

How To Make Money on YouTube

Want to see how your channel is performing? Read these YouTube analytics articles to discover what's working and what isn't. You'll learn how to identify which videos have the most Watch Time, clicks, audience retention, revenue, and more.

Analytics

YouTube Analytics

Watch Time is arguably THE most important metric on YouTube right now, and creators won’t be able to monetize their content without 4000 hours of it. But what is it and how can creators increase the amount of Watch Time their videos attract? We keep you updated on the best practices around Watch Time, and how you can increase how much your video content generates.

Watch Time

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All the latest tips, tricks, and rock-solid advice you need for this new feature.

YouTube Shorts

Do you know how to do keyword research so you understand what videos people are actually searching for on YouTube? Do you know how to create a custom YouTube thumbnail? Do you know how to create a Playlist on YouTube?

vidIQ has a ton of tips that will help every creator maximise their video content. We publish content every week to keep you up to date with all the best practices.

Tips & Tricks

YouTube Tips & Tricks

At vidIQ we have incredible insights into what viewers are searching for on YouTube. Not only can we confirm the top keywords being searched for, we can also show you how you can leverage that interest to create content around trending topics and tentpole events. That's going to give you a clear edge over other creators!

Insights

YouTube Insights

Your In-Depth Guide to Building a Successful YouTube Channel

We analyzed data from 5.08 million YouTube channels and found a clear trend: 

The more content you post, the faster you grow. 

No matter your size, niche, or starting point.

If you are prioritizing growth, aim to post 

When it comes to YouTube growth, the advice is everywhere: 

Post once a week. Be consistent. Prioritize quality. Don’t burn out.

 But what does the data say about how often you should upload if you actually want to grow?

We studied 5.08 million YouTube channels using vidIQ data from June 2024 to June 2025 and looked at two metrics: 

, grouped by how many videos each channel uploaded per month.

Posting 12+ videos to YouTube per month gets 53% more views than uploading 1-3 times monthly.

YouTube channels posting 12+ videos monthly gain 66% more subscribers than those posting just 1-3 times.

each step up in posting frequency leads to faster view and subscriber growth.

How Often Should You Post on YouTube to Grow?

Based on this data, here’s the short answer:

To grow faster, aim to post more than once a week.

 (around 12+ times per month), even better.

 than those posting less than once a month.

This aligns with a key question we hear from creators all the time: 

If you can build a system that supports 3 or more videos per week, you’re setting your channel up for much stronger, sustained growth.

More frequent uploads don’t just accelerate momentum, they also create faster feedback loops. You’ll quickly spot what’s working (and what’s not), helping you improve the quality of your content with every post.

The Importance of Posting At Least Once a Week

Not ready to post three times a week? There’s still a key threshold that makes a huge difference:

 than those who post less than once a month.

active in YouTube’s recommendation system

trust, consistency, and a repeatable workflow,

Even one video a week is often enough to see steady gains in views, subscribers, and click-through rates.

And once that weekly cadence feels natural? That’s your signal to scale up and accelerate growth.

The Real Challenges of Posting Frequently

Posting 3x a week isn’t always easy, even when you 

 to grow faster. Most creators run into common roadblocks, like:

Juggling a full-time job, school, or family can leave little time to film, edit, and publish regularly.

Coming up with fresh ideas every week (or every day) can feel exhausting, especially without a system.

The constant pressure to perform, edit, upload, and repeat takes a toll mentally and creatively.

Scripting, filming, editing, designing thumbnails… it all adds up, especially if you’re a solo creator.

Not knowing which ideas will actually perform can lead to overthinking and under-posting.

Even the most motivated creators can struggle to keep up. But with the right tools and smarter support, you can post more without working harder.

Here’s how vidIQ can help you get more done and grow faster:

 to break creative blocks and outline videos faster.

 help you design scroll-stopping visuals. No Photoshop needed.

 to see what’s working on other successful videos

. Whether it's a busy season at work, family obligations, travel, or unexpected curveballs, it's not always possible to stick to your ideal upload schedule.

When that happens, it’s okay to take a break, but it helps to have a plan.

Here’s how to pause without losing momentum:

Channels that go completely inactive (less than 1 video per month) see a steep drop in view growth from 9.9%+ down to just 1.9%. Staying minimally active keeps you in the algorithm’s good graces.

If you know a busy period is coming, create a few extra videos and queue them up. Even one scheduled video can help you maintain momentum.

Turn one long video into multiple Shorts.

Break your long-form content into bite-sized moments to create a steady stream of YouTube Shorts. Repurposing your best clips not only saves time, it keeps your channel active.

You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to stay present.

”. When life gets unpredictable, you can still step back while still moving forward.

We’re seeing similar trends when it comes to YouTube Shorts. While Shorts are typically easier to produce, the upload frequency still follows the same pattern of “

If you’re wondering how often to post on YouTube Shorts, the answer depends on your goals, but from our coaching experience, channels that post Shorts 

 And that’s true, but our data shows that 

That doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice quality or burn yourself out. It means building smart systems that help you scale.

Use AI tools to speed up scripting, titles, thumbnails

Keep posting. Keep growing. We’ll be right here with you.

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We analyzed over 5M channels and the answer is clear that consistent posting is key to YouTube growth

How Often to Post on YouTube? We Analyzed 5 Million Channels to Find Out

Sure, you have a big YouTube channel now, but can you remember who your first ever subscriber was? Yes, it may have been your mum or your boyfriend, but it’s still fun to go back in time and confirm.

Here’s a fun little fact for you - the 

 went live on February 22nd, 2013. After 30 million views and 500K subscribers, we decided to find out who our very first subscriber was. You can do the same by following these steps:

Click on your profile image in the top right-hand corner and go to the YouTube Studio

On the dashboard screen, scroll down to see "Recent Subscribers"

Click on “See All” to open a new dashboard

In the top right of this screen, click on the "date range" and select "Lifetime"

Now click on the "Date Subscribed" column twice, to show you the first or oldest subscriber

The one person who can stake their claim as "first" on vidIQ for any of our videos is 

. Unless she decides to unsubscribe. Don’t do that Ali.

Without the viewers who watch your videos, the people who subscribe to your channel, the community that engages you and supports you, you as a creator might as well present to an empty room.

These are the people who first placed faith, trust, and value in the message you have to share.

As a creator community, especially during these very challenging times for everybody, give something back to those who first supported you and gave you the courage to start your YouTube channel. Take a look back to who your first subscribers were and watch one of their videos, give it a like, and post a nice comment. It may mean the world to them right now.

If you want to take your YouTube channel to the next level and 

 then make sure to download vidIQ. Join over 1 million other users and use vidIQ to help you research YouTube, analyze videos, audit your own channel, and take actionable steps 

And if you’re really serious about growing your YouTube views and subscribers, sign up for exclusive access to the 

 and learn how to launch a successful YouTube Channel in just 30 days.

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Who was the first person to ever subscribe to your YouTube channel? We show you how to find out.

How to Find Your Very FIRST YouTube Subscriber!

A huge number of YouTube creators find themselves at home right now, with perhaps a little more time on their hands as they get to avoid the morning commute, or have their lunchtimes to themselves. If you’re an active creator, you’ll know that most of your time is spent in front of the camera, and then editing the footage into something you’re eager to upload.

And while publishing consistent and engaging content is the key to growing views and subscribers, there are also many things you should be doing to keep your channel in the best possible shape. We’ve put together 13 little tasks you can easily do as part of this housekeeping. Just tackling one a day over the next couple of weeks can have a huge impact on your YouTube channel going forward. We’ll be suggesting the following:

Complete your ‘About’ section in full

13 Easy Ways to Grow Your YouTube Channel

Just devoting some time each day to the following can really improve the experience for your audience. Just pick one and start today!

Your channel page is the home of your YouTube universe that can often be forgotten and neglected once you start creating content. So it's time to revisit, fix, clean and improve it.

Make sure your channel trailer or the video that auto-plays at the top of the page best reflects what you do on your channel. If you don't have a channel trailer and you're not sure what video to use, pick the one that brings in the most subscribers. Viewers trust you with that content, after all, so you might as well use it.

Next up organize your video shelves so that they continue to educate visitors as quickly as possible as to what you do. For instance, on the 

, we have a ‘New to vidIQ’ shelf that touches on our tools but also includes general YouTube tips and tricks, and gaming advice for creators since we know that content is incredibly valuable for a big portion of our audience.

Our next shelf is devoted to our latest uploads so visitors know that we are still creating content and on a very regular basis.

Many creators are great about keeping their playlists updated. But let’s be honest, you may have had really good intentions about keeping your playlists up to date, but have fallen a little behind.

Now's the time to package them all up nicely with neat little bows. Consider whether or not you need 98 videos in a playlist, because let's be honest, who's going to start watching a 98 video playlist. Just find a playlist that only has one or two videos in it and decide whether you're going to add more videos to it or get rid of the playlist.

Remember to write playlist titles as if they were video titles rather than file names. You've got to give a reason for viewers to click on those playlists too.

#3 Complete Your ‘About’ Section in Full

Reread and then rewrite your channel’ ‘About’ section. Focus as much as possible on the value the viewer will get from your channel. Make sure to drop in a few keywords to ensure your channel can be found by a user searching for those particular keywords.

Do this as a little test. See how many times you write the word you versus how many times you write I or talk about yourself. Remember, this isn't a dating profile. This is for your viewers, subscribers and community. Here’s the vidIQ about page to give you an example:

#4 Update Old Thumbnails and Video Titles

Now might be a great time to revisit some of your old videos with terrible thumbnails and see if you can make any improvements.

But bear in mind you do have to be a little strategic about this. There is an effort versus reward ratio, but you have to find the balance. Don't just go back to all of your old thumbnails and try to improve them.

Look at the videos you think are still relevant and they have performed well in the analytics, for instance for 

 or maybe for audience retention. They may have done well for certain metrics, but they just haven't got the discoverability you think they deserve. For those videos, take a look at the thumbnails and try and improve on them them.

And the same goes for the titles as well. It's also highly likely that you've leveled up your metadata or search engine optimization skills. So take a look at the video descriptions, you can maybe have a look at the tags if you really want to. But again, be selective. Don't try and update everything, tests a couple of videos that you think have a potential to work now, even if you did make them six months, a year, five years ago.

best practices for YouTube Custom Thumbnails.

Also consider your info cards and end screens. You may have launched a video a year ago and it didn't do very well for a couple of months and then all of a sudden, it took off, and turned into evergreen content, which is a huge win!

But what you might have forgotten to do is go back to that video and say, hey, this video is getting a lot of views, maybe I could funnel those viewers into more recent content by using more appropriate info cards and end screens.

#6 Make Your Best YouTube Content Even Better!

Personally speaking I always think it's much more difficult to relight the fire in a existing video on YouTube. And I'm always more forward thinking in creating new content. So - create new content from your old content!

A couple of years ago, we made a video on 

 and it did pretty well 145,000 views. But since then the landscape has changed and I, personally speaking, feel I am a better educator and creator.

So we remade this video with new advice, better filmmaking techniques and improved SEO. And now this 

, published in February 2020, sits at the top of a search rankings with nearly 100,000 views in just a single month.

We did the same thing in the gaming topic, too. I made a video a while ago about 

Then Dan, our gaming expert came along and he said, "I can do a better job than that." And I said, yeah, we'll go on then. And he did and it's at the top of the search rankings and will likely get a million views this year.

#7 Reach Out and Connect With Your YouTube Audience

So at the time of writing, we are still deep into the 

, where there are many people stuck at home and they are turning to YouTube for entertainment, education, and in some cases, communication. This is where you as creators can step in.

Now I know that content takes a long time to create. For me it takes days, for others it takes weeks. For animators it can take months but there are ways you as a creator can create rapid fire content, and directly communicate with your audience every single day.

One of the best way to do this is through livestreams. If you've built up a community, you can invite all of those people who are stuck at home right now to join you in a livestream. I guarantee that your viewers will appreciate it.

We know this because we do channel audits every single week on the 

 (Tuesday 11am PT) and the engagement and enthusiasm is insane.

The aim isn't necessarily for you to gain Watch Time out of these streams, it's for you to give value to your viewers, whether it's through questions and answers, education, or just entertaining them.

There are a lot of people doing this right now, there are yoga instructors, musicians, fitness coaches who now can't go to their clients or go to their place of work and they're turning to YouTube to do that. If you're new to livestreaming, here's our brand new guide that's going to give you all the information you need:

If you have enough subscribers, as well as livestreams, you'll also have access to some other cool tools that allow you to keep in touch with your community on a regular basis.

The Community Tab is your YouTube social feed, and a place where you can post pictures, gifs and voting polls. You can tease video footage to go behind the scenes, or in our case celebrate our amazing 500,000 subscribers:

Voting polls in particular are a good source of engagement. Everyone loves to cast their ballot even if it is to decide the name of a vidIQ tool. There's also a cool extra bonus with community posts - they reach beyond your subscribers. If you want to know more about how that happens, 

. It is scary but fascinating at the same time.

The next communication tool if you're fortunate enough to have it is YouTube Stories. YouTube Stories are essentially Instagram Stories or TikTok 15 second video clips that you record vertically. You don't create a thumbnail or a title, you simply push them to your YouTube channel, and people can watch them through via mobile YouTube app.

We've been using YouTube Stories to do Q&A. I'll post a clip asking if you've got any questions about your channel, vidIQ or YouTube just post them in the comments, and I will respond with a YouTube Story. They are proven to be very successful and they are generating a lot of subscribers for us as well.

Another way to communicate is to collaborate. Here I am making a cameo appearance on Dotto Tech to share my thoughts about working from home (catch me around 4:25 seconds in).

Steve Dotto and I helped run a YouTube meetup in Vancouver, so it felt like a natural fit to help him out. It also exposes me to a brand new audience of potentially 274K subscribers.

Of course not everything needs to be directly associated with your YouTube channel. If you have the time, you can invest it in your personal development.

For example, you could learn how to use some new equipment such as a camera or a microphone to up your production values. You could go on to YouTube and find out how to better present in front of camera, to build your charisma.

You could, if you really want to, go through all of our 

 and learn more about how to grow your YouTube channel. Or better yet, start one of our 

! We have a 30 day, 32 video course about how to start your YouTube channel that's useful for even seasoned pros.

Right now economies across the globe are in total chaos. And as a result, people's lives and the way they work are going to fundamentally change. In this current landscape. YouTube provides many of these people with an opportunity, because there are almost no barriers to entry.

A lot of people have a lot of skills, and at the moment, they can't get paid for them. But what they can do is take those skills onto YouTube and create opportunities of their own.

If you haven't started your own YouTube channel yet, or you've already been on YouTube for a period of time and you're not doing anything right now. You may miss out. YouTube was already a competitive space coming into 2020 It isn’t going to get any less crowded anytime soon.

Another thing you might want to do is create an ideas board. A lot of creators really do struggle with video ideas in the moment with the time that you have right now, you have the opportunity to build out six months, even potentially years worth of content.

If you do want to learn more about generating YouTube ideas, we have the perfect video here:

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Right now is a good time to improve or upgrade your YouTube channel. Here's some advice from vidIQ on how to work on one fix a day ⏰

13 Ways to Grow Your YouTube Channel Right Now!

As a YouTuber, you have the potential to reach a global audience with your content. Because as access to the Internet and cheaper mobile devices increases across the world, millions of new viewers are tuning into YouTube to watch a staggering range of topics and creators.

Even if you publish content in your native language, you can translate your video into a huge number of other languages. That way you can reach audiences in many different countries, and therefore grow your views and subscribers. And who doesn’t want that?

Find Out Where Your YouTube Viewers and Subscribers Come From

First of all, let's first find out where your audience comes from so you can make decisions about what languages to translate your content into.

Click on your YouTube profile image and then go to the new Studio.

From here click on ‘Analytics’ and then click on the ‘Audience’ tab at the top of the screen.

Below the graphs, you should see a ‘Top Countries’ panel showing you where in the world your audience watches from.

With this information, you can start to translate videos into that country's native language.

How to Translate a Video Title & Description on YouTube

To do this go to the ‘Video’ section of the YouTube Studio.

On each video in this list, you will see an edit button that will take you to that video's details page.

Down the left-hand side you will see a subtitle section, click it, and this will show you all of the current subtitles and translations for this video.

 audience are from India, so let's do a Hindi translation for some of those viewers. To do this:

Click the ‘Add Language’ button and use the drop down menu to select the language you want to translate into. Now this language is being created. Click ‘Add’ under the title and description column, a pop up box will now display showing the video's original language for the video title and description and an empty box for your translations and this is where we insert a little magic.

Once you have the vidIQ extension installed (

), you will see this translate button that with a single click will translate both the video title and description into your chosen language.

Make any edits to the texts you need to and then click the publish button so that now when viewers use YouTube in that language, your title and description will be correctly translated for them.

If you want to translate video tags, you can do that too. Go to the details section for the video and then scroll down until you see all of your tags for that video. Again with vidIQ installed, you will see a translate button that allows you to choose a language to translate all of your existing tags into as quickly and as efficiently as you've just seen.

There is a caveat with video tags however, in that irrespective of language, tags share the same tag space on YouTube. So you can't have a set of English tags and a set of Hindi tags, they are all lumped together and with 500 characters to play with, that's not much room.

How to Translate Subtitles for a YouTube Video

The next question that you may be asking is what about subtitle translations for your entire video?

The challenge we've had with subtitle translations is that the AI needs to listen to you in your native language and translate that into text, which isn't always perfect. Then it needs to take all that text and turn it into a new language and by the time you've gone through all of that process, the translations can be a little garbled. To say the least.

The best option available to you right now is to use a professional service such as 

. We use Rev to transcribe our videos in English, then convert those transcriptions into other languages.

This service can be pricey, so this suggestion is for larger channels who are getting millions of views a month and have a large audience in other languages. When you're talking about four or five percent of people watching in France, Spain or Italy, that can add up to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of views for those types of channels.

Or if you want to go even further, you can do this. In the video below, I am speaking Spanish. Now, I have to be honest with you, I have no idea what I’m saying because I don't speak Spanish myself. But the guys at 

 do. They take your channel and translate the whole thing into a brand new channel with everything including your voice translated perfectly into that language. That's why we call this YouTube channel 

When you can provide audio in a new language, it takes translation to the next level. Over the last year, we have been creating and translating content that will provide real value to our Spanish speaking vidIQ audience and just like any channel, it has required a lot of hard work and a lot of patience. But just like any channel, when it does the right things consistently, YouTube will begin to reward you with more views, more subscribers, more exposure.

So as your channel begins to grow and your audience starts to widen, think about the languages that those people speak and how you can help them with your content.

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Did you know that you can translate your YouTube video title, description, tags, and subtitles into a huge range of other languages? It's a great way to reach a global audience and grow your views and subscribers.

How To Translate Your YouTube Video in to ANY Language

 and now you think that feature should apply to every single video you publish. You don't have to convince us, but you do have to convince YouTube.

YouTube wants you to earn revenue from your videos so it has introduced a new step to confirm your uploads are ad-friendly. Read more about this new feature for creators in the YouTube Partner Program.

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