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So, you must have experienced this too, that you wake up in the morning, and your subscriber count is literally the same as it was when you went to sleep at night.
Learn 4 practical tips to instantly increase your YouTube subscribers by optimizing viewer engagement, content strategy, branding, and subscription requests.
Key Takeaways
- Show viewers more of your content to increase subscription chances using strategic end screens.
- Focus on creating more videos similar to your top-performing subscriber-generating content.
- Strong, consistent branding builds trust and attracts subscribers even before video views.
- Avoid generic early subscription asks; instead, ask at moments of high value or at the video’s end.
- Use YouTube analytics to make data-driven decisions to grow your subscriber base.
What the video covers
- Tip 1: Redirect viewers by using end screens effectively to promote more videos and increase chances of subscription.
- Tip 2: Double down on videos that are already driving subscriptions by analyzing YouTube Studio analytics and creating similar content.
- Tip 3: Improve channel branding with a unique name, consistent thumbnails, and organized playlists to build trust and attract subscribers.
- Tip 4: Avoid asking viewers to subscribe repeatedly; instead, prompt subscription at valuable or entertaining moments or at the video end.
- Subscribers often watch multiple videos before subscribing, so encouraging more video views increases subscription likelihood.
- Using analytics to identify which videos bring in subscribers helps creators focus on content that satisfies and attracts viewers.
- Professional branding can lead to subscriptions even before viewers watch videos by creating a trustworthy channel appearance.
- Overused subscription requests early in videos are ineffective; genuine content value encourages organic subscriptions.
- Subscription prompts can be enhanced with animations or timed to key moments to increase effectiveness.
- If a channel is not getting views, creators should check for common mistakes and improve content accordingly.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to subscriber growth challenges
- 00:15Overview of 4 practical tips to increase subscribers
- 00:29Tip 1: Redirecting viewers with end screens
- 01:51Tip 2: Double down on what's working
- 03:33Tip 3: Attractive branding for your channel
- 04:39Tip 4: Don't ask viewers to subscribe repeatedly
- 05:58Summary and next steps for channels with low views
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Like literally, throughout the night, you got zero new subscribers. Or maybe it's even worse that you're getting views, but your subscribers aren't increasing.
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So if you can relate to this situation, then this video is for you because today I'm going to share four practical tips with you that can instantly increase your subscribers.
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Some of these things you can change on your channel right after watching this video, and you'll start to see the results.
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Starting with tip no. 1: Redirecting viewers. Yesterday, I posted a community post on my channel in which I asked my audience how many videos they watch before subscribing to a channel.
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Like, on average, tell me. And you can see that more than 70% of people said they watch at least 3-4 videos before subscribing.
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And it's not like viewers do this consciously. Many times we don't even think about subscribing, and that's why even if we like a video, we watch it but forget to subscribe.
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Then, if later on, YouTube recommends another video by the same creator, our attention might go to the subscribe button, and we end up subscribing to that channel.
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So as a creator, it becomes necessary that if a viewer is watching our video, we show them more of our channel's videos.
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And the simplest way to do it is to use end screens. But listen, there's also a correct way to use end screens.
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Example: on my channel, there's a video in which I talk about five mistakes that new YouTubers make.
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Now if you watch that video, then you'll see that at the end, I've added an extra sixth mistake as a bonus and explained that ignoring titles is also a big mistake.
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Then I said that if you want to learn to write good titles, you can click on the video on the screen, and there I've added an end screen with my How to Write Titles video.
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Now, if I show you the analytics of this title video, you can see that it has received around 1.1K views from end screens alone.
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Now, those who didn't subscribe after watching this video might have subscribed after watching that video.
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In short, when adding end screens, give viewers a reason to click on it, so that viewers watch more and more of your channel's videos, increasing the chances of them subscribing.
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Tip no. 2: Double down on what's working. Okay, so whenever I see that a YouTuber's channel is not growing, I always give them this advice to double down on what's working.
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In simple terms, make more videos like the ones from which you are getting more subscribers.
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Now, how will you know which videos are getting you more subscribers? For that, go to your YouTube Studio's analytics section, then click on the top right-hand corner for advanced mode, then click on 'more,' then select 'subscription source,' and finally,
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click on 'YouTube watch page.' Now, you'll be able to see which videos are getting you more subscribers.
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Now, you can make more videos similar to those. For example, you can make a part 2, or you can create an entire series on top of that video.
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And you should do this for two reasons. First, people are subscribing to you after watching those videos, which means there's something valuable in them that people like.
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Meaning, those videos have a high audience satisfaction rate. The second reason is that you'll easily get views on those videos.
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Because the type of video that is already successful on your channel, there's a high chance that similar videos will also get views because the algorithm already knows that there's an audience interested in that type of video.
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So go to your analytics, and from there, make at least 2-3 videos similar to the ones from which you are getting the most subscribers.
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Tip no. 3: Attractive branding. It's a natural human tendency to form a perception of someone's character just based on their appearance without even knowing them.
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Like, if someone takes care of their health, hygiene, and dressing sense, we assume that they might have a good personality.
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And to a large extent, these things also apply on YouTube. If your channel has attractive branding, many people will subscribe to your channel without even watching your videos because they liked your channel name, channel art, or thumbnails.
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The more professional your branding is, the more trust your audience will have in you.
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But the question is, how to make attractive branding on YouTube? Well, branding is a vast topic, and you can make a whole 10-15 minute video on it, but for now, let me give you some main things that can instantly make your channel attractive.
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1. Your channel name should be as unique and different as possible. And if it gives an idea about your channel's topic, then it's even better.
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2. Keep your thumbnails as consistent as possible. Like, you can use the same color theme or the same font in all your thumbnails.
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And you'll see that your channel will start looking more professional. 3. You can customize your channel.
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If you have different categories of content on your channel, create playlists for them. Like there's a lot you can do to make your channel look attractive, so if you want a separate video on this, let me know in the comments.
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Tip no. 4: Don't ask to subscribe. So, the title says "how to get more subscribers," and DecodingYT is telling us not to ask viewers to subscribe?
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Yes, you're right. Don't ask viewers to subscribe. The reason behind this is that phrases like "subscribe to my channel" have become so common and overused that viewers ignore them even if they hear them.
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And most creators ask viewers to subscribe within the first minute of their video, which is of no use because think about it, what value are you giving to viewers in that one minute that will make them want to subscribe to your channel?
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So, if you ask me, you shouldn't ask viewers to subscribe throughout the video because, in my opinion, if someone genuinely likes your content, they will subscribe to your channel without you asking.
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This also has the benefit that viewers will trust you more because they can see that your focus is on content and not on views and subscribers.
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But let's say you still want to ask viewers to subscribe, then there's a correct way to do it.
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Instead of asking for subscribers in the intro of your video, you can ask them when something very entertaining, valuable, or important happens in your video.
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For example, if you're doing a tutorial, you can request them to subscribe at the point where you explain something very helpful.
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If you don't want to say it in the video, you can even add an animation while editing like this, which is also a good option.
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Apart from this, you can ask viewers to subscribe at the end of your video because viewers watch a video until the end if they liked it, so at that point, the probability of them subscribing is the highest.
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Okay, so those were the four tips that can help you grow your subscribers, but what if your channel is not getting views at all?
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In such a case, chances are you might be making some common mistakes that every new YouTuber makes.
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To know about these mistakes, click on the video on the screen. I'll see you there.
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Bye.
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