Source: How-To Geek
“Good” is a subjective term, but there are some guidelines any budding content creator should follow if they are serious about making content on the platform.
Use Decent Gear
Using decent gear is a prerequisite to making suitable content. A good camera or a good rig for streaming games ensures your video feels more like a quality production.
A good mic ensures people can hear what you’re saying and sound like a jet engine warming up.And using good editing software can make your content look its best. We’ve got a write-up on how to get started making YouTube videos that covers a lot of this, so we recommend giving it a read.
Find Your Niche
YouTube (and Twitch) are heavily overpopulated by people trying to do the same thing you are: getting people to watch their content. There is so much content that an overwhelming majority of it is rarely seen by anyone.
Take Twitch, for example, and their League of Legends category (pictured above). There are hundreds of thousands of streamers on the same game, and most have no viewers at all. Across the whole site, there are 2.2 million streamers, and only 27,000 (1.2%) are partners.
It’s hard to get noticed on Twitch since you have to be streaming even to have a chance. On YouTube, your videos stay up all the time, effectively advertising your channel while you’re not streaming. That is an advantage, but you’ll still get beaten down by the sheer number of competing providers unless you find a way to stand out.
So do something different. Find a niche and stick to it. If you’re part of a community, like a gaming community, try making videos useful for that particular community—something like tutorials and guides that everyone can appreciate. Think about what people would be interested in watching and make content that appeals to that.
You should also try posting your videos around relevant subreddits, forums, or Discord chats. You’re not going to get thousands of views from doing this, so you want to…
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