How To Become Famous On YouTube?
YouTube is an American video-sharing platform that has slowly gained excess popularity since its launch. Steadily YouTube has successfully amassed almost 2 billion users worldwide.
YouTube is this one of the most successful sites today, being the second largest search engine and the second most visited site after Google.
YouTube popularity has grown and is growing due to its missions, which are:
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of opportunity
- Freedom to belong
These missions have led to the mass popularity of YouTube. The platform has given people a new voice, entertainment, opportunity, and much more. Some of the things that YouTube provides are:
- A chance to voice their own opinions
- A chance to become millionaires by creating their content
- It’s a site through which companies can advertise their products more effectively and gather more following
- It is an excellent alternative to TV, drama and many movies can be seen on it
- It is mostly free
- It has billions of hours’ worth of content
- It has lots of free music
- The upload capacity is unlimited on it
- The comments section help you connect with creators of the video and the audience if you are the creator
- The content is diverse. There are instructional videos, cooking videos, videos for kids, language learning videos, pranks, tutorials, news, dramas, and the list goes on. You can become famous or learn from YouTube.
YouTube is not just entertainment but a chance, an opportunity. From here, a person can rise and become a role model, an entertainer, and more as this platform provides a chance for everyone to earn and become famous too.
How Can You Become Famous On Youtube?
Becoming a YouTube sensation seems to be everyone’s dream in this era. And if it is your dream, then it can become real too. But like everything else, success and fame take time.
Creating a viral video can help you gain instant fame, but will it last? The answer is no.
If you want to become successful and famous on YouTube, the most important thing is your content. Some of the things that you should practice to gain lasting fame are:
- Make your profile catchy and memorable. On YouTube, first impressions matter a lot, so make sure that your channel’s profile is catchy and memorable. Your cover should have a grabbing tag line and should be attractive enough to grab the attention of the viewer and make them stick around. Don’t feel shy in expressing your opinion and fill the about section in a way that showcases your personality.
- Try making a welcome video as it helps to attract more people. Make it short, relevant, and fun.
- Be consistent in posting your videos. Make sure that you post videos once or twice weekly, depending on your content and material. By posting regular and consistent videos helps to make a stronger connection with your audience or subscribers.
- Categorize your videos in your profile if you have enough content to make it easier for your viewers to search. Do it when you have a decent collection of videos.
- The content you post on YouTube should be able to express your unique style. The content you make can be similar to others like you are a makeup review artist, there are many makeup review artists on YouTube, but the originality comes from the personality of the artist. So express your personality in your content.
- Use tech hacks so that your video can be on top of the search engine. According to the YouTube algorithm, longer videos are preferred, so create videos of more than 5 minutes.
- Try creating buzz-worthy content, if possible. Viral videos do help in gaining instant popularity, but building a positive and lasting YouTube reputation and fame takes time.
- Interact with your subscribers and viewers and promote your videos on YouTube and other platforms to gain further success.
How To Compete With Other Creators?
Many people make videos, but only a few gain true success. So how can you compete in the competitive world of YouTube and make your self famous?
There are some essential things that you can do to make your self more visible and unique,they are:
1. Content Of The Video
- Be unique: try creating content that has your personal touch and is, if not a lot, a bit different from others.
- Be relevant and UpToDate: it is vital that whatever area you are focusing on is UpToDate, and according to the trend. Like you should be talking about the latest launched most hyped music video or makeup product. By making the video as close to the latest topic or trend will get you a better chance of reaching a greater audience. Try making your video as close to the breaking news as possible, as this might spiral you towards success.
- Follow the trend: sometimes, trends start on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube, like the latest makeup trend, or draw my life trend or trying Wish clothes trend.
- Have a ritual: if you have a ritual in the video at the start or end of the video can help you get more fans. Have a signature phrase like Lily Singh used ‘superwoman’ word and a hand gesture making an S.
- Make a series: create unique content, like a question-answer session that makes your subscribers eager to see your next video. Keep them hooked for your series, so they want to come and watch your video on that specific day. To make a series make sure that you are regular in uploading your video
- Get personal: share your personal story so that your fans can connect with you on a personal level. It can be on any of your journeys like a weight loss journey, a journey to success, or any problem you have overcome anything that you have experienced.
- Make responses or parodies: by making parodies or a response to a buzzing issue that is happening in society. Make a grabbing video with witty comments that can catch attention.
- Collaboration videos: try making collaboration videos with other artists as this will help you get recognition to a different fanbase. Make sure that you have your idea, and you connect with prominent YouTubers and small YouTubers both.
- Giveaways: have a competition or give away gifts to random people if they share, subscribe, or comment on the video. This is a small investment that can help attract a large following.
- Comment: reply to your follower’s comments to let them know you read some. Try to engage with them and make sure you do not insult anyone if you are not afraid of haters and create your unique statement.
2. Video Essentials
- Good titles: your video title is important as the keywords used in it can help you amass a fanbase. Also, the keyword helps you with YouTube algorithms, and your video could be in the top searches.
- Proper description: you must write a proper description of your video as YouTube listens to the video. It relies on the description. Your description should contain the keywords at least 2-3 times, and this helps your video to pop up in the search engine. Aside from these engaging descriptions helps it in being viewed by the user too.
- Tag: use tags as this will again help your video being searched or played more often. Use tags that contain the primary keyword and some other words that the audience might use to search the video. This will help you get a better audience as well as help your video rank better in the search engine too.
- Promote it: promote your videos as without promoting, it helps spread your content more. Try to promote it on other social media sites as YouTube has a large following, but there is still a lot to explore.
- Thumbnails: create attractive thumbnails that attract the audience into watching the video.
- Popups: have popups in your video to remind the audience to subscribe or comment.
- Subscribe: subscribe to other channels that have similar content.
- Engage with others: attend YouTube meetups and conferences to learn more and have the chance to make a friend and have potential collaborations.
- Social media: engage with others on social media sites like Facebook, Snapchat, etc.
Conclusion
Being a YouTube blogger or artist might seem easy, but it is not. Being famous on YouTube is hard work, so be consistent and keep trying, and eventually, you will reach the success you are aiming for. Be positive and enjoy the journey to success.
Chris Taylor
I'm Chris Taylor, an enthusiastic Content Manager and Copywriter specializing in social media and emerging technologies. My talent lies in creating engaging and relatable content that captures the audience's attention and encourages interaction.
As an expert in social media, I'm always up-to-date with the newest trends, using them to develop content that's not just educational but also enjoyable and widely shareable. Recognizing the power of storytelling in brand development, I'm committed to crafting stories that forge a personal connection with audiences. My combination of attention to detail and creative flair ensures that every content I produce resonates deeply with its intended audience.
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