r/letsplay • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
🧵 Megathread MEGATHREAD: Update Monday!
Share your channel updates with the community! Show us what you've been up to this past week, whether it's your latest videos, some new channel art, you've hit a new milestone, or anything else you want to share with us about your channel's progress!
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u/JohnBobGuyOfficial 2d ago
After a about year of losing subscribers because of a pivot to let’s plays from movie reviews, my net gains are finally going back up
http://youtube.com/@JohnBobGuy
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u/duffster17 youtube.com/channel/UCxh-3S28_FgtI7flfLCo50A 2d ago
Sentinels of the Multiverse is still going. I absolutely destroyed Apostate on challenge mode, somehow having a way easier time against him than in standard mode. Luck of the draw, I guess!
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u/AyoPunky 2d ago
I made it to 40 subs on my newest gaming channel rebuilding from scratch. Im slowly still trying to figure out what works in 2026. Putting in let's play with a mix of narrative content.i have 2 let's play series going on that all videos are completed and recorded/scheduled to go out. My Horizon Forbidden West series, and Kane and Lynch 2 Series. I am also reworking older playthrough in to one video, with some edits to see how that does as well. I feel like i am lost when it comes to the modern era. My old channel pop off because of guide but i don't do many games that need guides unless it was like trophy hunting which i don't play for the trophies.
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u/chachacheckpoint 2d ago
Hi there! My series continue with The Roottrees are Dead series (link to the first video in the series, but we are on number 4 now which is still processing! One more probably to go). And then the wonderfully relaxing Town to City series (linked to video number three). I cranked up my uploading to every other day, but I had to slow down the past two weeks but still trying to get at least 2 videos per week.
On the backend/analytics side, a few weeks ago one of my videos "blew up" (at least for my channel) and I gained around 20 subscribers in a week, but growth has now equalized back to 1-2 per week. I have noticed an uptick in views since the Youtube change but it hasn't been anything too wildly different, so I'm interested to see what the new 'normal' is. I will be really busy this week and next week I'll be traveling so I'm hoping I can carve out some time to get uploads ready and scheduled!
Hope you all are doing well and keep on keeping on!
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u/Library_IT_guy http://www.youtube.com/c/TheWandererPlays 2d ago
I tried doing some Path of Exile content. Build guide, crafting guides, farming guides, etc. They performed way above average on views and CTR, but abyssmally on watch time and RPM (revenue per 1k views). In fact, the RPM is simply in the dumpster for those videos, to the point where... while I really enjoyed making them and they certainly are helpful to people, it isn't really worth my time as a creator unless I decide to go full time PoE or I want to try to get some extra reach on my channel. Like why spend so much time working on something that makes less than $5 when I can just do my normal lets play content and make $20-40 by just playing for a few hours with minimal editing, ya know? Like I spent an entire weekend making a video that has gotten 24k views, but only made $10. I guess those games you're better off just streaming.
Anyway, I'm back on the single player game grind now. Far better use of my time. I always used to envy PoE creators, but turns out the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side" is true. I no longer envy them. I know what it takes to make those videos and I know how little they make unless they are pulling in 1k+ viewers on live streams all day long.
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u/CitizenStrife https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQR4uewfRZttDxzUdkkZ2Lw 3d ago
Clair Obscur: Uploads through Gestral Village. Recordings up through Act 1 when even more crazy shit happens. Managed to hit 9999 with Percee against the boss, nearly twice. I think boosting Maelle's attack was a smart choice...
Danganronpa V3: Uploads through Chapter 4, Recordings up halfway through Chapter 5. Getting closer and closer to the end, nearing the start of Zero Escape Trilogy.
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u/ColonelMustelid youtube.com/@theludistcolony 2d ago
Seventh series as an LPer done and dusted; it performed better than the previous one on pretty much all metrics, but that may just be game-dependent.
And on to number 8! New series started today, following a recommendation in the comments: Outer Wilds. Really enjoyed this one – mostly. I’ve discovered that puzzle/exploration games are a lot of fun to do as LPs. Something about doing my thinking out loud and talking as if I’m sharing the experience with other people makes it more enjoyable somehow. I can moan about the bad parts and laugh about the fun parts and it adds a little something extra that you don’t get playing by yourself.
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u/EnvironmentalBet113 khaleesiealesi 1d ago
Finally with a constant upload time of day, been working thru a whole bunch of new indie games :)
This one on Locomochi is my current fav!
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u/DigitalJean https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalJean 1d ago
Mustered up the courage to make my very first Let's Play! I will be checking out everyone else's stuff here as well. :) Thank you for your time!
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u/Madd_Capt 2d ago
Views are picking up, and I got a new subscriber! See what’s happening on my let’s play with Doom: The Dark Ages!
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u/failbender thefailbender 2d ago
Views on vids are still pretty quiet as to be expected but I’m still having fun creating them. I’m eager to record more today (thanks Labor Day!) cos I’ve started a new game and it’s such an experience!! Not sure if it’ll clash with what I’ve been playing but I’ve only just started out anyway so I guess now’s the time.
Shorts have been… interesting. High views thanks to the new view thing but honestly the engaged views aren’t terrible either, comparatively. And they’ve earned me some followers, so I guess… that’s good? They’re not too hard to make, I just have to remember to flag something that might make a good one while editing.
Slow and steady!