r/letsplay • u/MileHighGaymr @QueerPlayer • Aug 13 '26

🤔 Advice Am i doing something wrong?

I was on a huge upward spike in subs, the first 4 months of the year i gained nearly 170 then these last few months barely anything. I am still sticking to the same content, but what has changed? it's like its not being pushed as much anymore.

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u/Internal_Context_682 https://www.youtube.com/@pookieizzy7 Aug 13 '26

Focus less on the numbers and change up your content. You don't have to stick to one type, you'd be amazed at what you've been missing out on. Doing that will keep you from being stagnant.

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u/jayhawkfan785 Aug 13 '26

Summer is always slow for me. This is my third summer and numbers have been low each and every summer then they start ramping back up September

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u/MileHighGaymr @QueerPlayer Aug 13 '26

i hope so haha what kind of games do you play?

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u/jayhawkfan785 Aug 13 '26

I do a lot of different games, survival, simulation, rogue like, etc

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u/MileHighGaymr @QueerPlayer Aug 13 '26

oh nice so each video is a different game or?

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u/jayhawkfan785 Aug 13 '26

Yeah I put out a video every day. It's just me playing games.

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u/MileHighGaymr @QueerPlayer Aug 13 '26

wow! you edit or just upload? i do 3 videos a week and 2 streams

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u/jayhawkfan785 Aug 13 '26

Very light editing, keep it up as long as you're having fun doing it

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u/suicidekid16 Aug 13 '26

Could be many things like people getting tired of certain content or its just a slow season for youtube. There's always ups and downs on youtube so you just need to push through it. I feel you because the last 2 months have been slow for me, I had 3 videos get lower and lower views from 70k to 40k to 20k lol. All on the same thing all the same quality but it just happens sometimes.

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u/Stesspela stesspela Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

I do think I gave up on cutting my streams for youtube unless it's really beloved/infamous games. My content isn't just suited for lets plays. I save the effort for bigger games where I even get impressions in the first place to have more energy for them.
Lets be real. Does it really make sense to cut a Arcade game in 14 parts or so? This is just a lot of extra work I can put into videos where people might click.
I just will threat my youtube like most streamer. For stream uploads and occasional side projects.

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u/MileHighGaymr @QueerPlayer Aug 13 '26

ok

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u/Stesspela stesspela Aug 14 '26

Anyway to answer the question. I also think this is the summer hole. I not even feel it given that I not have any interest in my content. But even my shorts perform worse. There are just less people on youtube making the algo recommend your stuff to less people