ah yes the YouTube trending tab one of the world's greatest mysteries and
recently coffee break did a video about the trimming tab and a lot of big
creators love that video and I did too but I think there's something very
important that coffee break missed in his video that all of us can learn from
what is everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I like to
do is take a look at what's going on in the YouTube community and trying to see
what lessons we can learn from them so in this video even if you're not a
YouTube creator even if you don't care about the YouTube trending tab make sure
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the rewired salt alright but anyways coffee break just made this video about
the YouTube training tab and before I get started like I love me some coffee
break I love channels like coffee break psych IRL nerd writer like I love the
video essay kind of format I am a big nerd I like just looking at things and
analyzing things trying to understand how they work and so yeah when coffee
break like did this and like enlisted other people to help him go through all
the data and analyze it absolutely love it love it love it love that kind of
stuff but like I said in the intro of this video I think there's something
very important that was missed in his video and I'm somebody who kind of
analyzed this like human behavior like why do we do the things that we do like
I'm I'm big on like psychology and neuroscience and everything like that
and when this video came out like a lot of bigger creators we're talking about
it as well I'm Philip DeFranco talked about it even PewDiePie talked about it
a while back Shane Dawson did a video with Jordan Lee about the YouTube
trending tab this is one of the mysteries and he want to know more about
it Shane Dawson being one of the biggest creators who doesn't get on the trending
tab to while set for like some of his recent videos
he gets frustrated by this as well but anyways we're looking at this I had two
questions because I sit back and I watch I like to sit back look listen see
what's going on and I had two questions all right
the first one was why do people care about the training tab the second one
was why is it that only bigger creators complain about the trending tab and in
this video I'm hoping to kind of break down what I've been researching and
hopefully we can answer these questions so the first question was do people
actually use the trimming tab like I know that I sure as hell don't here's
the trimming tab so I wanted to see if I was one of the only people who don't
like the only time I check the trending tab is if I'm trying to research topics
obviously I do commentaries so I want to see you know what's going on what people
are talking about things like that let's see what time I check it but I was like
and then look at the training tab for like new creators or new videos because
it's usually just a bunch of basic stuff yeah I don't care about so in an effort
to see if I was alone in this I put up a pull over on Twitter and my community
tab alright now granted I don't have a huge sample size of an audience who
filled out this poll but as you can see from these numbers some the people who
answer this a lot of them say no they do not go to the trending tab to find
content or find new creators now the next question I had is why does it seem
like it's only big creators who who care about this or who complain about this
because as I watch as I've sat back and watch I can't think of a time life ever
ever ever seen a smaller creator complain about the YouTube trending tab
all right like I just haven't so this this is concerning to me because like
for me like as somebody who's just on this platform and like I have you know
what some may see as a large audience and it's all relative right like I look
at people like coffee break obviously PewDiePie Philip DeFranco and I see them
as way bigger but the question is is why are these people complaining about the
trending tab and for me like my perception of it like I see it as kind
of like millionaires complaining about billionaires you know what I mean
so when I look at this and I ask myself that question like if I look at a
channel like coffee break right like the dudes getting views he is obviously
getting views right then if you look at you know Philip DeFranco and PewDiePie
of course they're getting views PewDiePie is the second largest channel
on the platform and he is an independent creator so what we've kind of realized
is what the training tab is actually for the trimming tab is for new viewers for
people hopping onto YouTube and don't know what to watch the YouTube trending
tab is one where they put some family-friendly content here you go
here's some stuff that you can look at right so what I would think is when
these larger creators are complaining about this is probably how we all get
upset about the idea of fairness because it seems like more mainstream channels
more mainstream companies they have privilege alright and what I mean by
privilege in this contest is they have an easier path to new viewers because
the average YouTube viewer isn't really looking at the YouTube trending tab so
when I put all this stuff together what it seems like is that it's part of the
human condition that all of us are suffering from and what that is is that
there's never enough there is never enough
because regardless of the subscriber somebody has regardless of the views
somebody has and is getting they want more they want to reach the new audience
who is looking at the trending tab and I think this is something that all of us
struggle with right we aren't appreciative of what we currently have
we always want more this is a major issue now don't get me wrong I'm not
exempt from this this is something that I struggle with but it's something that
I actively work on it's something where I will whine or complain to my beautiful
girlfriend Tristan or other creators or you know even on Twitter sometimes and
people remind me to appreciate the audience that I do have
and make videos for them all right obviously I want to grow I want to get
bigger I am somebody who is driven I have somebody who's competitive I always
want to just grow and grow and grow but I still need to dial it back and be
grateful for what I do have the subscribers that I do have the views
that I do have but again this is all relative like I said I never see smaller
creators complaining about the YouTube trending tab like I follow a lot of
small creators not only on YouTube but over on Twitter as well and so many of
them like I see people celebrating like these milestones of like a hundred
subscribers a thousand subscribers 10,000 subscribers right like they are
so grateful for these things and to put it in more perspective for how this
affects you and all of us as well as myself I'll never forget when this kind
of came to light to me you know when I was struggling with this this issue that
we all have were nothing's ever enough I was at a job right and it was not long
after I got sober so after I got sober was my first job right I was just so
grateful I was so grateful that I got a job you know what I mean even though I
didn't have my driver's license I had to take a bus each way an hour and a half
right I was so grateful on this job made me jack
squat and I went into that job and I worked my butt off okay but as months
went on of me working my butt off I start to think well they're not they're
not giving me enough recognition for this
why don't they giving me enough recognition for all the hard work I do
so then next thing you know the bosses started noticing me they start
complimenting me they start thanking me right and I start to feel a little bit
better but for only for a little bit right because I'm still working my butt
off well now I want a raise I want a promotion
right so I keep doing my thing next thing you know I get that promotion I
get that raise and I'm so happy I get filled up again
but months go by and next thing you know I'm like no what they're still not
paying me enough money for what I'm doing here
you see what I mean so this is something that you know in Buddhist philosophy
they talk about The Hungry Ghost so much of the human condition is never being
satisfied with what we have right and there's a balance to this from my
experience where we have to be grateful for what we do have while still striving
to achieve more right but if we're perpetually in a state of not being
satisfied with what we do have we are never ever ever going to achieve true
happiness so something that I try to do on a regular basis is practice gratitude
alright and for me it's a little bit easier because seven years ago I had no
house I had no friends I had no family I had no money I wasn't even allowed to
see my son because of my drug addiction you know what I mean so whenever I find
myself feeling entitled for for you know all these things that I don't have and
complaining about how other people are more privileged or have it easier I have
to dial it back I have to slap myself in the face a little bit and get grateful
for what I do have so when I see these other youtubers these gigantic youtubers
who are getting plenty of views and plenty of subscribers my message to
everybody is just try to practice some gratitude
alright the YouTube trending tab is not gonna change your life and what you get
on that trending tab you're still gonna want to get more you know what I mean
but anyways let me know what your thoughts are on this topic down in the
comments below do you struggle with always wanting more and never being
truly satisfied or fulfilled does this happen with your work does this happen
with your relationships does this happen with the stuff you own does it happen
with money alright let's have a conversation down in the comments below
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