Views or Subscribers?

[RewindThatGaming]

Basically this is just a opinion thread and have fun with this. Tell us why you pick views or subscribers.

To mine opinion I would like to have views over subs because you know how many people watch you video and not every subscriber going watch you videos and views can turn into subs. That mine opinion.

 

[MSHAY Gaming]

Always views, without views you dont have a channel quite simply. It's nice having subs of course but not all are going to watch your video. Subs look impressive especially when you see channels with 500 plus subs, but when you consider some may only get 20 views per video it shows a different story. This is why sub for sub is terrible for your channel. This is why I can't understand people only work with higher sub counts on collabs, but they should be looking at views per video instead to get a better idea of how many might be watching.

 

[Crazylawrence]

My general speaking would be neither. Both can be majorly abused..
But if I had to choose one, it would have to be views.

The one that is the most legitimate metric - Subs
The one that increases your success - Views
The one that is deemed an achievement - Subs

 

[MSHAY Gaming]

My general speaking would be neither. Both can be majorly abused..
But if I had to choose one, it would have to be views.

The one that is the most legitimate metric - Subs
The one that increases your success - Views
The one that is deemed an achievement - Subs

I totally agree, both can be abused. However I find it easier to judge with views as if a channel doesn't have any but has many subs then you know it's a con.

 

[Crazylawrence]

I totally agree, both can be abused. However I find it easier to judge with views as if a channel doesn't have any but has many subs then you know it's a con.

But vice versa, if they have many views but no subs, something doesn't add up..

 

[MSHAY Gaming]

But vice versa, if they have many views but no subs, something doesn't add up..

True but that could also be down to the fact that your tags are great and your video looks are appealing but not enough to sub. It's easier to judge on views than subs but all can be faked so there's never a sure way tbh. This topic can be debated so much lol

 

[Bakka Zigzag]

I have always been told views are far more important, but i prefer subs because to me it shows that some people are willing to take there own time and watch your content.

 

[Charxander Origin]

I would have to say views are the more important stat. While it can be very motivating to see your sub count shoot up, as I can see some others have said, you really don't have a channel without views.

 

[LollipopSWAG21]

The number of subscribers is just an illusion. It makes you think you have a lot of fans. I've got 35 subscribers but most of my videos have less than 35 views and no comments. (This is because I don't have a lot of contents but they will come soon). If my videos were viewed a lot and had a lot of comments (more positive than negative one), I would be more happy than if I had 100 subs and no views. Views are way more important because it means people have been watching your videos.

 

[MSHAY Gaming]

The number of subscribers is just an illusion. It makes you think you have a lot of fans. I've got 35 subscribers but most of my videos have less than 35 views and no comments. (This is because I don't have a lot of contents but they will come soon). If my videos were viewed a lot and had a lot of comments (more positive than negative one), I would be more happy than if I had 100 subs and no views. Views are way more important because it means people have been watching your videos.

Exactly, too many people get hung on up subs and forget its views that make your channel successful. There are people on here who only collab with high subs counts and i check their channel veiws and some are awful, there are people with over 200 subs yet only have 3 to 10 veiws per vid max, which just shows nobody watches the content. Its shocking how people dont check this.

 

[Trippst3r]

Views are far more important. As you said in the OP, views can turn into subscribers. And as @MSHAY Gaming said, without views you basically have no channel.

 

[physco mantiss]

I personally would think its views as views get your channel noticed the more views the bigger chance for subs. I would like comments tho above both.

 

[Axeplosive]

I always can appreciate views as a genuine metric which I can base my content around what content is more popular, but I feel as though Subscribers are more important long term. With subscribers, they are given notifications of your newly posted content (unless they've turned off notifications) but it also helps you view your channels growth over a period of time and provide motivation to keep pushing that number higher and higher.

 

[Alfega Bani Pradana]

More important than the subscriber viewer
because if you have a subscriber , the subscriber is already definitely watch the video you
even if you kindly subscriber then he would gladly share vide you to some social media

SUBSCRIBER IS A TREASURE FOR YOUTOBER

 

[EverHope]

views is more effective because if I have a lot of subscriber but they don't watch me my videoes that's just nothing.

 

[TheTenaciousGamer]

Views all the way Because otherwise you just have a pretty number next to your channel name.

please also check my channel out guys would mean alot.

 

[Dezy]

See, I think the two go hand-in-hand, and while I'm inclined to say view count is more important, I believe that sub count is equally as important. In my experience, the higher the sub count, the more people have given me the time of day in the first place. So essentially, I think the higher your sub count, the more people will be inclined to actually take a look at your content. That's just speaking from my experience, though.

 

[TeamRespawn]

Neither. The most important is watch time minutes. Nothing matters if no one is spending time watching your content. Higher watch time may also affect higher earnings.

 

[MSHAY Gaming]

Neither. The most important is watch time minutes. Nothing matters if no one is spending time watching your content. Higher watch time may also affect higher earnings.

Agreed, but that wasnt the question, we couldve all picked somthing better.

 

[Koharu Sakamoto]

Yeah generally higher watch-time also effects search rankings for your VoD.