Your In-Depth Guide to Building a Successful YouTube Channel

Your journey to becoming a YouTube success starts here. Discover the best tips and tricks to grow your channel the right way, from increasing YouTube subscribers to attracting more video views. Get started below to boost your skills as a creator.

Jun 24, 2025

8 min read

☀️ Welcome to the vidIQ Summer 2025 Drop!

The Summer 2025 Drop is here: scroll-stopping science, smarter tools, and real coaching to help you grow on YouTube.
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Jun 30, 2014

2 min read

First Ever YouTube Speedometer – vidIQ Velocity

It’s not an easy task to grow your views and subscribers organically and it has been a privilege guiding you in the q...
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Feb 20, 2014

3 min read

What Is Creator Suggested?

Creator Suggested is a new metric we’ve been running in our Chrome Extension for the last couple of months.
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Jan 16, 2014

1 min read

Introducing YouTube Competitor Analysis

Success on YouTube isn’t always about tracking just your metrics – it’s about gaining valuable insights into your com...
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Nov 7, 2013

1 min read

vidIQ Score: How We Rank YouTube Videos

How is vidIQ Score calculated?
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Oct 30, 2013

3 min read

Airline Safety Videos Take Off On YouTube

October has been a big month for a much-unloved fixture of air travel – the dreaded FAA mandated airline safety lesso...
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Aug 14, 2013

1 min read

vidIQ Partnership With Adweek: Top YouTube Brand/Creator Video Charts

Exciting news for YouTube creators, brands, and stats nerds! We have partnered with Adweek to provide weekly YouTube ...
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Aug 14, 2013

1 min read

Introducing Advanced YouTube Analytics Revamp

As we covered in our new Chrome extension announcement last week, success on YouTube is about more than just views. H...
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Aug 6, 2013

2 min read

Introducing vidIQ Vision: A YouTube Chrome Extension For Power Users

As we all know success on YouTube is about more than just views. There’s a lot of confusion about what metrics YouTub...
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Jul 18, 2013

2 min read

The Best YouTube Marketing Tools for Multi Channel Networks

If the recent deluge of investment in YouTube MCNs proves anything, it’s that online video has entered a feverish gol...
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Jul 16, 2013

1 min read

Introducing YouTube Comment Search

Engaging with your YouTube commenters is proven to increase your views by 4X – which is why we encourage all of our b...
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Jun 5, 2013

1 min read

Introducing YouTube Title Recommendations

With vidIQ’s Title Recommendations tool you’ll receive a list of the best relevant keywords to add to your videos bas...
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May 16, 2013

4 min read

A Lesson In YouTube Comments: Stay Calm, Keep Them On!

If there’s one thing that the Amy’s Baking Company PR trainwreck proved, it’s that trolls are legion.