- What the heck? Is that a grown man?
- That deserved more views. I can't lie. That was a vibe.
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (FBE) So, do you remember what it was like getting
your first views on YouTube? - I do! Yeah. It's exciting.
You know, it's good to see people watching your videos.
- It was a warm summer evening...
and it said zero,
and then it said one. I was like, "Who did that?!"
And I was like, "Oh, it was me. - (FBE) Normally, we use a site
that finds videos with no views, but since it's temporarily down,
we found a site called Incognitube, where you're able to watch
YouTube videos that have less than 100 views.
- Ooh! So, that's what we're doing? I love that! That's so cool!
- (FBE) So, we put together a short playlist of some videos
with less than 100 views that we found when preparing
the episode, since we wanted all the YouTubers today
to react to the same videos. - If we made our own channel,
we'd been on this too. (chuckles) - Less than a 100 views?
Man, c'mon. - There's so many videos on YouTube
of every variety that there's always gonna be some with that few views,
you know? There could be some masterpieces out there.
There also might just be some cats pooping,
so I might see some of that. - I'm expecting the unexpected,
because YouTube is very random. So, one video could be someone's dog,
and another video could be a grandmother stacking cups.
- Oh, wow! - Oh, this is like homemade Bollywood.
- Yeah! - (both laugh)
- Is that the title? "Whoj"? They didn't even title it.
- Wait. These cuts are hard. Hold on. - (laughs)
- She kinda looks like Adele. It's like Adele's cousin.
- it's a different type of flow, you know?
- ♪ (woman sings in foreign language) ♪
- I'm waiting for Drake to come in.
- Dude, you could tell she worked hard on this.
I support it. - And you know what?
They tried a little experimental editing there with the jumping
back and forth. That's fun. - The fast cuts on that one.
- And you could tell she only moved five feet.
- Yeah, there was like three different spots.
I don't know. I could flame her up all day,
but, you know, good for her for just uploading that
and having the confidence to... - Props, props.
upload it to the public.
- (boy) Look, man, your videos really suck
and you need to get constructive criticism with me.
- What?! - (boy) You really gotta be
a good guy. - (laughs)
- What?! What was that? - Can I watch that one more time?
- (boy) Look, man, your videos really suck
and you need to get constructive criticism with me.
You really gotta be a good guy. - What was that? (laughs)
What was that? Was he trying to roast my videos?
- (boy) You really gotta be a good guy.
- (both laugh) - Sounds like me when I was young.
- Underrated. That is a hidden gem. - So, who needs to get
that constructive criticism? Is it me? Was that video for me?
Did I need to hear that? (laughs)
- ♪ All of us will be dead ♪ ♪ You think I am [bleep] mad? ♪
- I like the colors in the background and stuff. It's pretty.
- You know, I'm actually kinda liking this.
♪ It's your [bleep], it's your [bleep] ♪
♪ It's your [bleep] ♪ ♪ All of us... ♪
- Okay! - ♪ You think I am [bleep] mad? ♪
♪ In this life, you are trash ♪ - (laughs) What is he saying?
- ♪ You think I am [bleep] mad? ♪ ♪ In this life, you are trash ♪
- He might got something right here.
- I'm [bleep] dying, yo.
- I can't tell if it's English or not. - I mess with that.
That deserved more views. I can't lie. That was a vibe.
- That was kinda cool. It had a little bit
of a Blade Runner, Cowboy Bebop aesthetic.
- Was he saying, like, "It's the [bleep].
It's the [bleep]. It's the [bleep]"?
- Oh, I thought, "This is [bleep]. This is [bleep]. This is [bleep]."
I was like, "Why are you [bleep] your own song?
It sounds good!" - Oh! A lot of videos
from different countries, I guess.
- (both) Oh! - He said, "Hold up!"
- If somebody's pointing a weapon at you, don't jump in front.
- Is this the mannequin challenge?
- (laughs) What's going on?
What?! (laughs) What?! It just ended like that?
- What goes through someone's mind?
Like, "Yeah, let me get this up there.
Let me upload this thing real quick."
- They were going for something. They're probably a big
Tarantino fan. Maybe they watch Guy Ritchie.
And they got together a bunch of old guys
and put 'em in suits and gave 'em fake guns.
It's hard for me to knock someone who takes the time and effort
to film something and edit it and upload it to YouTube.
So, good on them. Keep it up.
- (FBE) So, now that you have seen all these, are you ready
to check out the website yourself? - Yes! Oh my gosh. I'm so excited.
- I swear this is gonna be sad if one of my videos pops up on here.
- (kids shouting and laughing) - (boy) Help me!
- This is adorable!
Just two friends filming each other laughing.
Oh, he's stuck. This is so pure. (laughs)
- (boy off-screen) [Bleep]. [Bleep]. - (laughs) I was not expecting that
at the end. It was so pure, just the two little boys laughing,
probably hanging out, one of 'em got stuck
in between the bed and the wall. And then at the end, just profanity.
- Nobody else has seen this? It was uploaded a month ago!
Okay. - ♪ (woman vocalizing) ♪
- She has the voice of an angel. Okay! I mean, this is sad.
Nobody's in the audience watching her. Dang.
It's interesting. I mean, I think it's a good way
for people to get discovered and to get views.
Makes it more of a fun thing for people.
They're like, "Ooh, let's see." You know, "Let's find videos
that have no views."
- Is this a ga-- (loud creaking)
Oh, okay! Okay, there we go.
(loud whirring)
Oh yeah, it's a fun little bus driving game,
which is so loud I'm gonna keep one ear off,
'cause yeah, it sounds like a real bus.
Oh! (laughs) I didn't expect
the first person perspective to extend to going out the windshield
during a crash. That's kind of funny.
- Oh, Aladdin and Lion King? Oh my gosh, Disney!
Why do I not recognize the so-- ♪ ("A Whole New World" melody) ♪
Oh! Oh my gosh! This is such a good song.
This is literally the perfect video, right?
Honestly, they seem so talented. I would think that this would be
getting a lot of views, where they're super talented
and they're playing great music, playing Disney music.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - "Flying Chyj."
- Oh, it's Russian! It's "choo."
- Choo. Is that kite? - That is one dirty river.
- (chuckles) - Dude, this is for an advertisement.
I think they should've picked a cleaner river.
But if it's due to climate change, then it's our fault.
Does this video make you wanna do that with them?
- A little bit, yeah. You? - No. I think it deserves
more love though, 'cause it's hard work.
- (chuckles) - How cute! That's a dog?
- (laughs) It's just a dog. - I like the sound.
It sounds really tranquil. (laughs)
- (dog softly barks in the distance)
- Why are they capturing this? - (laughs)
- That's funny. I bet you they don't even own that dog.
- It's not their dog. Yeah. - It's just some random dog
in the neighborhood. - They're testing their new iPhone
or their new phone. They're like-- - I hope that's not the new iPhone.
That was really poor quality. - It was really bad.
- Three hours. - What is this? Cultural night.
- This looks like one of the most boring things ever.
- (man shouting) - What the heck? Is that a grown man?
- Ooh. - Look like Sacagawea.
- Trying to be Pocahontas? I don't know.
New characters. - And this is a play?
- Yeah. I'm good. - I'm good on that one.
- I get the gist of that. - It's almost like, you know,
did you need to upload that? - (woman speaking foreign language)
- (child laughing) - Something's funny.
So, I'm guessing my boy on the left is a superhero
and my boy on the right, that's his sidekick.
And they're telling a story about how the sidekick
wants more glory, but the superhero,
he's not really feeling that. All right, so now they're battling
for that title of superhero, you know what I'm saying?
This is some Batman and Robin, you know, moving to the next level.
Robin wants to be Nightwing. You know, he wants to be
his own superhero, and they gotta battle it out.
This is great. You should always, push your kids to do things like this,
just have fun. Who cares who sees it?
'Cause this is how I started off, just making videos in my living room,
not caring and here we are today. - I feel like this might be
my new thing on a Friday night with a White Claw or something,
just sit back, go on Incognito Tube.
- (FBE) So, as an online creator yourself,
you know how much first views and subscribers matter.
- Yeah. Yeah. I thought I was really doing something.
I don't know. It's like, when you have that,
you really think-- you're like, "Wait, there's 100 people
out in the world who saw my video and who are subscribed to me."
I'm like trying to imagine what their faces look like and stuff,
like, ooh, ooh, I wonder where they're from and stuff.
- (FBE) So, when you started to get your first 100 views,
100 subscribers, did you find yourself
being more concerned about video views then
or maybe now that you've found more success?
- Ooh, that's a great question. I think my concern has been
relatively stable. You know, when I started, it was,
"How can I get this off the ground
and get these numbers to a respectable level?"
And nowadays, I'll release a video, and if it does less than ideal,
you know, I really start to wonder, "Okay, should I not have covered
that movie or should I have chosen a different day to release it?"
- I enjoy doing it also, I guess just kinda making videos
that I liked and thought were cool hopefully.
- The first video, maybe 100 people watched.
Then I'm like, now I want 200 people to watch.
And now I wanna make this video. And oh, this person left a comment
saying they didn't like this or they liked this
and I should try to do that and change this.
And when you have that small community,
you really live for that feedback that you're getting from
that small community. And I think that's kind of
what really fueled me at the beginning is being like, "Oh, someone
watched this. I should make another thing
for them to watch," and then I enjoyed the process so much
that I just totally fell in love with it.
- It sounds kind of cliche. Like, "We're just in it
for the fun and the passion," but that really is true.
Then once you get the views and then the subs, then you're like,
"Oh, well, this is fun. I want more of this feeling."
So, that's... - And you feel like, like you said,
you're obligated. You feel like people wanna see more,
so okay, what can I do differently that could entertain these new people
and get them to share the next video that we make?
- When I first hopped on YouTube, it was because I genuinely
loved creating and YouTube was an opportunity for me
to post what I'm doing out into the world in some way
or, you know, fashion. And I got my first 100 views,
and to me, I'm just like, if you can't fit your amount
of followers or subscribers or view count in an elevator,
then you're doing the right thing. And there's no elevator that can
hold 100 people, so to me, I was just like, "Hey, we doing it,"
you know? (chuckles) - (FBE) So finally, what advice
do you have for any creators out there that are starting their channels
and are looking to maybe gain some more views?
- Just be you.
- Just be consistent and just remember who your target audience is.
I feel like your first five to ten fans are your most important.
You gotta build that loyal base, you know?
And you have to keep your promises to them, engage with them,
and make them feel like you're accessible.
You need your ride or dies from the beginning.
You need fans who say when you blow up, "Oh, I was
their fan from day one," you know? You need fans that will vouch for you
that your craft is legit. - Pick something that you love
and that you're willing to spend a ton of time working on,
because it is a lot of work. Before I left my other job,
I was working 40 hours on my channel and 40 hours at my other job,
and it was basically two full-time jobs
and I didn't get any sleep.
- Really stay focused in your own lane
and just do the best thing that you can.
Really put your all into your work
and really love it, 'cause you're gonna be
doing it constantly. And it's a lot of work,
but it's very rewarding if it's really what you want.
- True. Oh, and don't do it for the comments. Do it for yourself,
'cause I think if you do it for the comments,
it's gonna drive you crazy. You're gonna fall out of love
with the whole YouTube thing. And you just have to stay focused
on what you want and do it for yourself,
and that's gonna be the passion that keeps you going forward.
- Thanks for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
- Subscribe to all the creators in this episode.
- Links are down below. - Thanks for watching.
- Hey, everyone. Lauren, producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode.
And thank you to all of the YouTubers who came in
and shot with us today. Make sure you check out their channels.
Their links are gonna be down in the description. Bye, everyone!