I have always had one major unavoidable problem when it comes to content creation and my interests. That is to say my interests are so varied that I often find myself pursuing certain projects towards one specific interest at the detriment of others then I end up losing interest and starting a new project focused on something else entirely.
This is why I have at least a half a dozen YouTube channels. I tried to keep all my different interests and topics organized into their own channels so not to confuse my audience and instead I ended up basically neglecting all channels because I got burned out too fast. I know I would be better just focusing on one or two projects at a time but my brain is a thunderstorm inside of a hurricane on top of a rollercoaster on the side of a volcano. Focusing on one things has never been my strong suit.
I don’t want to stop making content in the pursuit of my varied interests but I also don’t want to try to maintain multiple YouTube channels to keep up with everything. I have considered consolidating everything back into my primary channel While I have yet to fully commit to doing this I have essentially stop uploading new videos to all of my off channels except for the two I want to focus on. My primary vlog, and my Minecraft channel.
The thing is I don’t want to stop doing horror reviews or toy topics, I just don’t want to push those onto separate channels anymore. I know I will have a harder time cultivating a sizable, focused audience if my content gets too broad, but having worked in the news and entertainment business professionally I think that is a false narrative some YouTubers push. Sure a focused channel does well for a narrow audience, but you still limit your total audience by doing that. I am not saying I have the secret to sucess on YouTube, but I should also point out my goal has always been to produce videos for me, not the algorithm so I never bother to take the Google code into account when making topics. Sometimes I try to maintain some consistency but the truth is I always wanted my channel to be like this blog and my podcast before it, an open ended free for all to share all of my interests. As such I don’t care if the Youtube Ai gods punish me for not playing by their rules. I’ll just keep making videos on topics that interest me and damn the algorithm.
