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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:48 AM Jan 2013

Have anyone else ever wondered how some people get a bunch of views in one day on YouTube?

I certainly have been. For example, I was on one of Chuggaaconroy's videos (he's a video game LPer BTW), and I noticed that on one video he uploaded today, it already had over 10K views. Also whenever I browse videos, I always see videos that manage to get over a million views in just 2-3 days. It has been baffling me how some YouTubers can get views so easily, while others (such as myself) are lucky to even get 1 view per day. I wonder what their secret is. Do they perhaps use video-sharing programs that let you buy views and subscribers?

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Have anyone else ever wondered how some people get a bunch of views in one day on YouTube? (Original Post) Jamaal510 Jan 2013 OP

Hmmm... Fearless Jan 2013 #1

That makes sense. Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #2

I have ten videos up and one of them gets 95 percent of my traffic. CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #3

why? MrYikes Jan 2013 #4

Because, like the Mothers of Invention, I am only in it for the money CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #5

View-bots? I'd bet there's an app for that. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #6

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

1. Hmmm...

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:37 AM

Jan 2013

I'd take a guess and say a few things...

First, a person with 1000 subscribers is much more likely to get a few thousand hits in a few days than someone with 10 or 100 and less then someone who has 10k or 100k.

Many people promote themselves across a lot of platforms... ie. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Reddit, etc. and build a following.

After a while, you kind of get over a hump in the following built by the channel and are never going to be lacking viewers.

Then there are just the one-hit-wonder videos that everyone seems to like and get shared around the internet very quickly.

My two cents, though to be fair I do not do the youtube thing.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

2. That makes sense.

Reply to Fearless (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 09:25 AM

Jan 2013

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

3. I have ten videos up and one of them gets 95 percent of my traffic.

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 10:11 AM

Jan 2013

I have no real idea why the one is more popular. It is only 30 seconds long. If I knew for sure what made it the most popular I would try to make a hundred more like it.

I get around a thousand views a month but have never really put any effort into it. I am planning to change that this year.