I’m a little confused about YouTube. I see some creators with several channels and others with just a single channel. What should I do?
For some of these creators, like Jeff Geerling, have two channels that seem to cover the same topics (Jeff Geerling and Level 2 Jeff). Why? I like Jeff’s content and appreciate his insights, but I don’t understand why he has two channels that are so similar.
Another creator has a different focus for their channels. RVMiles (Jason and Abby Epperson) have different, but related themes on their channels. Their RVMiles channel covers RV industry news and RV lifestyle. Their Parkography channel shares news, updates, and stories about National Parks and public lands. In this case their channels are more distinct than Jeff’s, but they are still related.
In my case…well let’s just say I’m into a lot of things. I could be posting about a workshop project, ham radio, volunteer work, personal thoughts, productivity, 3D printing, making, and, hopefully in the future, vanlife travel. Do I really need to have a different channel for each of these topics?
Are people right about how the YouTube algorithm works, or are they just guessing? Should I post everything to my current channel and see how it goes? Should I create multiple channels?
Some of the things I talk about could cross-over between two channels? For example, a video that talks about installing a ham radio into an RV. Does that go in the ham radio channel or the travel channel? Or, do I make two edits of the video that are tailored to each channel?
Should I continue with a single channel that includes everything?
What are your thoughts?
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Good morning and thank you for the post! One thing is for sure there is way too many channels listings posting emails and all kinds of other junk. We are bombarded by way too many we should look at things. I feel the idea is to get personal. People who follow you but always like to know what you’re doing right now because they want to see your take on it and how you’re doing things. So a general channel just as simple as this post so we can see what you’re up to and what you’re doing. If you’re into installing radios and RVs that’s cool we’ll see that. But next week or month for now you could be doing solar panels. But we want to know what you’re into so we can keep following on your adventures. Thank you so much for the updates hope to see your channel soon.
That is a really good insight. The theme for my channel is “me” and it covers all of the things I do. I like it. Thank you, that takes away some of the weight of “not doing it right.”