Youtubers Articles

Why Smosh Is #1 and Your Audience Belongs to Them

Smosh is many things. A comedy brand from longtime YouTubers Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. The #1 most subscribed channel on YouTube. The only channel to reach 7 million subscribers. And a channel with 2 billion views. So who's house is it? Smosh's house. Their ...

Does YouTube Care About Amateur Creators Anymore? [Reel Web #61]

While YouTube is still the most popular destination for amateur and user-generated video content, it's clear that times have changed and the online video space has evolved. There's no doubt that YouTube has made a clear and calculated shift towards focusing on more professional grade ...

Secrets of Success from HuffPost Live and YouTube Stars [Reel Web #53]

In this week's Reel Web, we discuss several exciting online video-related news items from the past week including; multiple updates at YouTube, new online video stats for July that show record online video viewing, the Huffington Post's launch of their daily "HuffPost Live" streaming show, ...

11 YouTube Mistakes to Avoid: YouTube Stars Offer Tips for Success [Creator's Tip #50]

At this year's VidCon, Mark Robertson and I spent some time interviewing several popular and up-and-coming YouTube stars to ask them for their advice and top tips as to what they consider to be some of the more common mistakes others make when starting out with YouTube. ...

A List of YouTube Stats Tracking Tools You Should Know About

Google Analytics is a great tool to figure out the activity surrounding your channel, where you might need improvement, getting the most out of advertising, mobile views, etc.  But maybe you'd like a different opinion.  Maybe you don't like the way the stats are displayed.  ...

Youtube Account Purges Complete, FCC May Boost Web Video, and Philip DeFranco [Reel Web #41]

This week on the Reel Web we are going to take a look at Youtube users' complaints regarding the alleged loss of active subscribers, due to Youtube's "spring cleaning" of inactive accounts. We will also discuss the FCC, and their consideration of adding online "channels" ...

Philip DeFranco Wants To Share His Audience With Other Creators

In the middle of all this "Save YouTube" hyperbole being thrown around by creators who have seen their view counts go down because of the changes to the site, there is one major partner who seems to always be thinking ahead and looking for ways ...

YouTube's Mad Tinkering Equals A Loss Of Views? What Exactly Is Going On?

For those of you who don't know: YouTube is like those people you know who are always doing something to their house.  They can't just live in the house and be happy, they have to change the floors, or redecorate, or add a room.  And ...

Does it Make Sense to Create Multiple YouTube Channels? [Creator's Tip #37]

On today’s Creator’s Tip video, we address the question of whether it makes sense to create multiple YouTube channels or house all videos under a single YouTube channel. We recently received an email from a ReelSEO subscriber with the following question around if : “...I have ...

7 YouTube "Rules", YouTube Workshops, AOL On & KickStarter [Reel Web #37]

This week on the Reel Web we discuss AOL’s announcement about "AOL On," their new video service that will host all of the videos from their service and also feature some new original shows.  We also cover YouTube tips from Charlie McDonell, YouTube’s new workshop ...

What Makes for a Successful Live Streaming Web Show Series?

Last week the MyDamnChannel network on YouTube launched the first ever LIVE Internet comedy show. Every Wednesday at 4pm Rachael Hoyt goes live online on their YouTube channel to stream a show that features celebrity guests, premiere clips of other shows on the network, humor, ...