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Hey harry! Personally, what I see most successful YouTubers do, is post videos of more than just Minecraft. But for the most part, the games have to be pretty popular if you want any views. Unless you already have a following and the game is so unique that it could go viral by being hilarious. I'm about to release my first non-Minecraft video of Garry's Mod. That game has a decent following. What I do to figure out a game's potential, I search up just it's name into YouTube and check it's highest viewed video and compare it to other games. I also take note of how many results come up too. Most games have a direct correlation between how popular a game is(in results) and how many views it potentially has of getting(highest view count). Minecraft has around 130m (72m results), Gmod has around 8.6m (4.2m results), GTA 5 has - not counting the trailers/ gameplay from Rockstar - 11m (6.2 m results), Battlefield 4 has 2.9m (6.7m results).

You also have to think about the fact that a good portion of viewers don't go out of their way to watch videos on another game. So doing just Minecraft, will most likely limit you to just that viewer base(which isn't bad since it has one of the biggest). If you decide to do multiple games, I highly suggest releasing them at a regular base. For example, I'm going to be posting Gmod videos now alongside Minecraft and maybe GTA 5. I'm going to try and post either 1:1 or 1:2. Thats one Gmod video for every one(or two depending on how often I can record) Minecraft video.

If you want to spread out in just Minecraft, you need to collaborate with as many people as possible. It doesn't even matter about their sub count. All that matters is that you click with them and that they create quality videos(and are active). That is a HUGE mistake most people on these forums make, they only care about how many subs someone has. I've seen people with over 2k subs but only get 100 views per video and people with less than 200 subs get more than that. It's all about quality and not quantity. If they create good stuff, they will gain popularity. Same goes for you, if you create quality content, you will gain the subs.

I also suggest looking into your favorite YouTubers or others you haven't watched but know of that are super popular. Analyze what all they got going on. They don't get subs by doing the same exact thing. Try to get that type of quality in presentation(channel look, thumbnails and video quality). But don't copy them, you need to have your own identity(brand). Something only you have, something that people will wish they had.

Right now, you're hidden among literally thousands of creators. It will take a little bit of time to start getting noticed. Once you hit that 100 sub mark, it will go really fast. Word will spread in some form or another. Just keep at it and eventually you will get there.