The phenomenal popularity of the YouTube service has spawned a whole area of the Internet - video blogging. The most popular YouTube channels have several million subscribers and tens (if not hundreds) of billions of views. These fabulous figures give rise to even more fabulous rumors about the "golden rivers" in which the top YouTube bloggers swim. That, in turn, makes more and more new users start their own channels on YouTube, post a lot of videos of ambiguous quality and content, and imitate the "YouTube stars" in every possible way. This is happening all over the world, in Russia in particular. But the vast majority of channels on Russian-speaking YouTube do not have even a share of the popularity that the top 10 Russian-speaking YouTube channels have. In terms of the number of subscribers, the total "army" of these channels exceeds 77 million!
Well, now more about each of them.
Leader of the top 10 YouTube channels in Russia - Ivangai
This incredibly popular video blogger owns the channel of the same name (Ivangai, formerly EeOneGuy), which has 11 million 798 thousand subscribers! Just a scary number.
As of the date of this review, 310 videos posted by Ivangai on his channel have collected more than 2.6 BILLION views in aggregate (although by this indicator he is only in second place).
How did the channel of the most popular Russian-speaking youtuber begin? No matter how trite - from Minecraft letsplay. If the last 2 words are unfamiliar to you, then (this is good) we are ready to "pump" your erudition by telling what it is.
So, the term "letsplay" is explained in Wikipedia as follows:
Those. a video blogger takes pictures of him playing and comments on the gameplay, and then someone watches it. If you ask yourself the question "Why is it needed?", Then you better not ask yourself. The genre of letplay is so popular that there are even special TV channels with this business, and "streams" on video hosts collect millions of viewers around the world, bringing video bloggers-letplayers millions, but already dollars.
Well, what is Minecraft? Again, ask the all-knowing Wiki:
To make it even clearer, this "indie game" looks something like this:
Again you ask yourself the question "Who needs it"? Then you are either too old for "all this" or you are simply not "in trend" 🙂. As you will see below, Minecraft has become the "launch pad" for the lion's share of our top 10 Russian-language channels on Youtube.
The first video by blogger Ivangai is dated March 24, 2013, i.e. he posted it 5 days after the launch of the channel on YouTube.
At first, the video played only the gameplay under voice guidance Ivangai's comments, but already from the 9th clip, the video blogger decided to "open his face to the world", which was displayed in the corner of the screen. Vivid emotions, comments and cuteness of the "presenter" definitely contributed to the increasing popularity of EeOneGuy's videos on YouTube.
Who made Ivangai's YouTube channel so popular? Of course, thanks to the main "consumers" of such content - schoolchildren and schoolgirls 12-15 years old, who consider it their idol. Guys like to watch a man of the same age (or a little older) openly grimace at the camera or play and carry whatever he wants, and the girls squeak from "how cute Ivangai is."
It is clear that the fame of Ivan Rudsky (yes, this is the real name of this blogger) is not some kind of spontaneous accident. After all, the number 1 video blogger on Russian YouTube makes quite high-quality content: here there is staging, good video mixing, and high-quality sound with a picture. Well, in the end, Vanya himself is never a fool.
An example of his video from a time closer to our days:
Qualitatively, with humor, for many it is very interesting. The result is over 9 million views of a 6-minute video!
This is the secret of success.
Let's move on to YouTube Mastodon number 2.
# 2 in the top 10YouTube channels of Russia - Masha and the Bear
Strange as it may be, but the second in terms of the number of subscribers and the first in the number of views in the rating of Russian-language YouTube channels is an animated project, initially aimed at “TV”: 
Yes, yes, this is everyone's favorite (especially the children's audience) cartoon "Masha and the Bear".
As of June 2017, the number of subscribers on the YouTube channel of this project exceeded 10.3 million people, while it has an unrealistic 12.1 BILLION views!
If the television viewer was first introduced to "Masha and the Bear" in January 2009, then the YouTube audience saw this cartoon on their "home field" much later: the Russian-language channel "Masha and the Bear" was created here on May 31, 2011.
Unlike many creators of films and cartoons, the promoters of this project in no way impede the viewers' free access to their brainchild. On the contrary, they contribute to such a “viral” distribution of the animated series on various, including pirated, resources. The conquest of the YouTube space was also quite logical and sagacious: this is not only the popularization of the project, but also a good income from a partnership with YouTube (displaying ads). Moreover, the creators of "Masha and the Bear" are waging a very tricky fight for views: for each episode of the cartoon, several "trailers" are preliminarily laid out, which themselves gain from several hundred to millions of views. Well, laying out a full-fledged series is guaranteed to have more than a million viewers.
So, the absolute record was set by the series 33 "Sweet Life": 627 and a half million views!
The reasons for the popularity and second place in the rating of Russian YouTube channels We believe that they don't need strong explanations: Masha and the Bear deservedly enjoys the attention of families with children due to its very high-quality performance: in less than 10 minutes, children are told another interesting, exciting and funny story with original and beloved heroes. Mischievous Masha and poor Mishka, looking at whose adventures anyone will begin to smile, is a reinforced concrete proof that the Russian animation school not only has not lost the heritage of the Soviet past, but is also capable of making a modern product that will be close to every child, in whatever language. said. Proof of this is more than 10 foreign YouTube channels - clones of "Masha and the Bear", views on which are also estimated in the millions.
And, according to tradition, the first video from the channel:
Third place in the rating of RussiansYouTube channels: CrazyRussianHacker
To be honest, we were cheating a little by including this channel to our Top 10. The fact is that from Russian there is only the video blogger himself, a couple of dozen videos with the title in Russian, and the word "Russian" in the title of this YouTube channel:
All videos on the CrazyRussianHacker channel are made in English with an indescribable Russian accent! In fact, the creator of the project, Taras Kulakov, comes from Ukraine. But, having moved to the United States for the "American dream" and somehow came to video blogging, he nevertheless began to use the image of the "Russian guy". This is understandable - stereotypes about Russians in the United States will obviously be better known than anything about Ukrainians (gentlemen, Ukrainians, if you are reading this now, no offense).
So, what statistics is this channel ready to boast of?
Subscribers - 9 905 572 (as of June 2017).
The number of videos is 1037! Bearing in mind that the channel was created later than the two already discussed "contestants", Taras' productivity is clearly higher. Although, given that there are still fewer views, we can conclude that it takes not quality, but quantity 🙂.
Although in fact this conclusion would be wrong - in terms of its usefulness, the CrazyRussianHacker channel will give odds to both the already reviewed and less popular channels. His videos are full of various experiments, life hacks and DIY reviews, so useful information for the viewer, there is just an insane amount. However, the trouble with YouTube is precisely that the overwhelming majority of users come here to watch something "cool", funny and not brain-loading, that's why such a useful channel loses so much to the same Ivangai.
How did the CrazyRussianHacker YouTube channel begin? In May 2012, this video was posted:
Of course, this video did not get even 300 thousand views, but the style and presentation of the material are already visible here. And this is really interesting! With the growing popularity of the channel, the videos posted by Taras began to gain much more views. For example, here is this touching video with a "dog" - 6 million:
We strongly recommend that Russian-speaking users familiarize themselves with this channel, since the “subtitles” function will allow those who are not particularly “pumped” in English to understand what our fellow countryman is saying in his videos.
Top 10 Russian speakersYouTube channels:SlivkiShow in 4th place
The SlivkiShow channel is another example of the triumph of the Ukrainian video blogger on YouTube. Since registering the channel on December 11, 2012, it has accumulated as many as 8.5 million subscribers (as of June 2017). His 189 videos combined have collected 1 billion 214 million 470 thousand views.
And the videos on the SlivkiShow channel are definitely the coolest and most touching screensaver!
What is the video blogger Yuri Yaniv talking about on his channel? The videos of this author are both interesting and informative. Some are even funny 🙂
The first video on the channel, for example, was about how to cope with the heat (relevant for many in the summer):
Here is an interesting observation for you: if at the beginning of his "career" Yuri Yaniv actively starred in his own episodes, then later his face disappeared from the videos, but his pets appeared - Kuki the cat and Styopa the hamster. This change of the main characters affected the popularity of the SlivkiShow channel in an extremely positive way! After all, we all know - cats rule the Internet 🙂.
Now the channel is actively developing, it clearly shows "trend following", that is, coverage of the most interesting topics of all. So Y. Yaniva can be considered a very perspicacious person - after all, he knows how to attract even more subscribers to his "army".
It remains to wish him good luck, and YouTube - more such channels, which, instead of clogging the youngsters' brains, bring real benefits in terms of the overall development of viewers.
Mid-Top-10 - channel "AdamThomasMoran "
On the this moment the channel "AdamThomasMoran" has 8 million 308 thousand subscribers, who have "seen enough" 1 billion 622 million views. What so captivated the young spectators?
Incredible Interesting Facts, an entertaining plot? She, well, who needs this! But Max Golopolosov jokes well and just swears masterfully! Well, what else can attract the attention of a 13-15 year old teenager who does the same most of the time. Okay, okay, let's not put a cliché on the audience of this channel - we just emphasize its main - so to speak, distinctive - features. It's just that no one else in our Top gives out such a "mix".
The channel was launched on July 25, 2010. From the very beginning, the author stated that the idea was borrowed from the mega-popular American blogger of the time - Ray William Johnson. The essence of the idea: to take some interesting and funny videos, demonstrate them to YouTube viewers and provide this whole hodgepodge with original author's comments. And the first video on the channel is proof of that:
Please note that neither the awful sound, nor the equally awful “picture” quality prevented the video from gaining more than 8 million views.
Among other things, Max quickly corrected the sound and video quality, but the "content" and the leopard wall remained unchanged throughout all 427 videos (as of June 2017).
With his successful experience, Max "infected" many YouTube users, who later also became very successful on YouTube. Thanks to him in the open spaces this service a lot of funny content has appeared, for which you can say "thank you" 🙂.
But enough about the well-known Maxim, let's move on to the next participant.
Sixth place in the top 10 Russian youtubers - FROST channel
The video blogger FROST and his channel of the same name are another example of how popular the Letsplay genre is on the Internet. The vast majority of the 1,180 videos here are about the author (alone or with friends) playing video games. And yes, the name "Minecraft" appears here many, many times too!
As of June 2017, Frost's channel has over 6.5 million subscribers, and the number of views exceeded 2.5 billion. Just imagine how many people sat staring at the monitor and watching the blogger play games! Well, isn't it weird?
Who is this Mr. Frost? This is a simple Nizhny Novgorod guy Yuri Murlin, who in October 2012 decided that he, too, was ready to show the whole Internet how cool he plays Minecraft and what "head thoughts" are reproduced in him. Of course, he poured these thoughts into the ears of a grateful audience.
It is worth noting that Yuri Frost is not at all shy about "shining his face", he loves to communicate with the audience and in general demonstrates in every way how cool he is. And judging by the number of subscribers, many agree that "he's cool". Also, obviously, to increase the popularity of the FROST channel, it actively diversifies its content, filming "challenges", parodies and just fooling around on camera. Yes, those who are just fooling around can also collect several million views.
The most popular video from a "frozen" YouTuber has gained more than 12.5 million views so far - this is how popular you can "grab" by mentioning another popular blogger.
What can you say about the channel in general? If you like to watch a young confident jock play various games and have fun in other ways - you are here!
7th in the rating of popular RussiansYouTube channels -ThisIsXorosho
It just so happened that not Russian citizens at all become top bloggers on Russian YouTube. We have already seen several Ukrainians here, the turn has come for Latvians to declare themselves. And they said! The Latvian team, known primarily for the face of the host Stas Davydov, in October 2010 created a Russian-language channel, which for almost 7 years of its existence has “overgrown” with 6 million fans-subscribers! Both subscribers and other viewers have watched 712 videos posted on the channel, a total of 1 billion 268 million 620 thousand times! And we are confident that both the army of the This Is Xorosho channel and the number of views will only increase.
The fact is that the guys who create this project really put all their talent into it. And, if at first the content looked "damp", and the presenter showed himself not quite confidently, then over time the show jumped not just over his head, but over his head, and a few more heads. A kind of humor, a considerable amount of sarcasm, mentions of trending events on the Internet, interesting "author's" inserts, the absence of swearing tirades cutting the ear - that's what a successful YouTube channel has turned out!
And it all started with this:
Well, after 5 years, the show looks like this (feel the difference):
Oh, yes - we haven't talked about the main thing - about the format of the show itself. Remember Max +100500? His channel is also called AdamThomasMoran, and it is in our Top 10 YouTube channels at the 5th position. So, This Is Xorosho is almost the same, only without the flow of obscenities and with "chips": Nastenka, Channing, Nebrityabr, "Russian videos from car recorders", "Random comment" and much more. On this channel, they review videos that either "went viral" on the Internet, or are the most interesting of those videos that were sent to the channel by viewers. Yes, the cunning creators of this channel simply ask viewers to send interesting "vidos", which will then be shown to them 🙂. Brilliant? Not that word!
The audience of this YouTube channel is also not very respectable, but thanks to the more "intelligent" humor of the video This Is Xorosho has been watched by people for 25, 30 or more years.
Let's be honest - we like this channel 🙂.
Well, who is on the 8th line of our "Top"?
Top Russian channelsYoutube -TheKateClapp in 8th place
The idol of millions of girls aged 11-15 years old, video blogger Katya Klap has 5.6 million subscribers on her channel of the same name. Ekaterina Trofimova (real name) won her audience with her spontaneity (often adjacent to deliberate infantilism), a variety of "characters" (Katya uses "stage images" of various characters invented by herself and performed by her), an abundance of thematic content (videos for girls - makeup, things, etc.). In general, we can say that the Youtube channel of the 24-year-old "vlogger" is an example of the successful implementation of acting, directing, and marketing talents!
TheKateClapp channel appeared on Youtube on December 6, 2010, and the first video on it was made in the form of a dialogue with an already existing loyal viewer:
Do not be surprised at this presentation: the fact is that TheKateClapp is the second channel of the popular video blogger. The first one has the name FoggyDisaster and it was launched 2.5 years earlier - on August 20, 2008. True, it has not gained such popularity, therefore it does not appear in our Top 10 most popular channels on YouTube.
In terms of the number of videos, Katya Klapp's channel is not trying to be "ahead of the rest" - in total, as of June 2017, there are 364 videos. But practically each of them has collected more than 2 million views. Well, such a "creation" by Katya Klapp, for example, crossed the mark of 8 million!
So solid 🙂
If there is a channel for girls 11-15 years old, then somewhere there must be a channel for boys of the same age. And he is! Even two. They "rest" in the last places of our Top 10 most popular channels on Youtube in Russia.
9th place -Youtube channelTheBrianMaps
The channel with over 5.3 million subscribers belongs to a guy who turns 18 on September 25, 2017! And the name of this young genius is Maxim Tarasenko. He took the pseudonym "Brian", which later became the basis in the name of the channel.
What has this blogger been doing on Youtube since June 2012, when the channel was launched? The 13-year-old Brian began to be "let-play" in Minecraft - that is, followed the fashion trends of the then YouTube. And he made the right decision. By the way, M. Tarasenko's acquaintance with video blogging began not with the covered channel, but with the long-abandoned Maxutko99, which Brian launched a year earlier.
But let's not talk about the past, because among all Maxim's projects it was TheBrainMaps that got into our Top-10.
So, as of June 2017, we have 288 videos with a cumulative number of views of over 600 million!
First video on the channel:
It is dated June 30, 2012 and has as many as 604.5 thousand views. Not bad for an "ancient" video, and even very good.
As stated on the Web, Brain is watched and loved not only for trending videos (in addition to Minecraft and reviews of other games, the channel over the past 2 years has been replenished with challenges, sketches in the style of "My cat is trying to kill me" and even rap), but also for the abundance humor in the video.
You can appreciate this humor yourself by watching the video, which, as of June 2017, gained the maximum number of views on the channel, namely 18 million 187 thousand of those:
From the latest creative research, perhaps, it is worth paying attention to "Rep from the impudent nanny":
The blogger has been here for almost 18 years, and therefore he allows himself much more "daring" 🙂. Well, if you pay attention to the comments, you will notice that the age of the viewers does not at all keep up with the age of the author.
However, we note once again that TheBrainMaps channel has nevertheless gained its grateful 5-million audience, which means that this kind of content is needed by the “mass consumer” of YouTube. And, of course, the influence of such video bloggers as Maxim Tarasenko on the release of a similar "teenage antics" on the Web is difficult to underestimate.
And finally, we are moving on to the “closing” one in our harmonious row of top channels on Russian Youtube.
10th place in the rating of the most popularYoutube channels of Russia:MrLololoshka
The MrLololoshka channel can be safely ranked in first place in terms of the number of videos captured - there are an unimaginable number of them here - 1263 pieces! Considering the date of the channel's creation - May 28, 2012, video blogger Roman Filchenkov turned out to be the most "hardworking" of all the candidates in our rating. True, this did not help him gain a foothold above the last place in the Top 10 Youtube channels.
There are a lot of reasons for this, but the main one, perhaps, is that the video blogger MrLololoshka lagged behind the trends: while other top bloggers diversify the content as much as possible (most importantly, catch the hype), the video genre on this channel has not changed for last 5 years not a drop: how Romka filmed in 2012 his process of passing computer games, and continues to shoot. The only thing that has changed during this time is the voice of the "presenter". It is not surprising, because 19-year-old "Mister Lololoshka" (date of birth 17.04.1998) is getting older and older than its main audience every year.
What is the statistics? 5 million 75 thousand 982 subscribers at the time of preparation of our review, the cumulative number of views on the channel - more than 1.3 billion - cooler than Brian, Katya Klapp and SlivkiShow!
We will also present the very first video on the channel - so to speak, "for show":
How the channel will develop further from the last place in our rating of the most popular Russian Youtube channels is anyone's guess: the excitement around letsplay is gradually decreasing - and this is reflected in the number of video views (over the past couple of years, their number has significantly decreased). Perhaps, soon Youtube comedy rapper MC'Lololoshka will conquer, or stand-ups and vlogs will appear on the channel - who knows where the "hype wind" will bring Roman Filchenkov ?! In the meantime, the YouTube school audience can have fun watching a more adult idol play with toys for them.
That's all, the Top 10 is complete. Whether it was useful or interesting is up to you to decide! We'll be glad to see your opinion in the comments 🙂. Wish you all good content and safe internet surfing !!
P.S. If you want to independently find out the earnings of a certain channel, which is not in our Top 10, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the review that came out on our website.
Article Top 10 Russian-language YouTube channels in terms of the number of subscribers - counting the personal armies of bloggers was modified: July 4th, 2018 by Netobserver
0 March 23, 2016 6:01 pmLet-play (from the English let "s play" - "let's play") is a genre of videos in which the author films the process of a computer game and gives his comments on what is happening. YouTube, and many users watch Letplay as an interactive movie, since they have neither the time nor the desire to figure out how to play, but watching the process fascinates them.
Even if you have not seen a single video of this genre on YouTube, you probably still have an idea of what is at stake. This is especially familiar to those who have a brother in the family, who rarely shared a joystick with his sister (story of my life). In such a disadvantageous situation, you just sit and watch someone play the console.
Nowadays, these YouTube blogs have a huge number of subscribers who are happy to watch how the authors go to the next level in the game. Here are five bloggers who caught our attention.
Felix Arvid Ulf Cheelberg is a Swedish video blogger, creator of the YouTube channel PewDiePie. The 26-year-old guy created his project on April 1, 2010. To date, more than 42 million people are following Felix's comments on gaming news.
PewDiePie is one of the fastest growing channels and one of the most profitable. According to The Guardian, Felix's 2014 income was $ 7.4 million. In his reviews, the author of videos most often plays horror and action games.
18-year-old Karina shoots various videos, in some of them she comments on the process of the game. If you watch the video without sound, you can see a charming and cute girl with cute ears, who dresses in anime style. Turning on the sound, get ready for a contrasting soul from a cute voice and a loud mat. The girl's mood changes quickly, and it is impossible to predict what she will throw out in the next minute. By the way, Karina can not only comment on the process of playing Dota, she also cooks, sings in karaoke and draws.
Karina already has 189 thousand subscribers on YouTube, and the popular girl's Instagram has 89 thousand followers. Streamer has become a real star social networks, fans adore her for her controversial image and self-irony.
26-year-old Mark Fitchback was born in Hawaii, began his career in Ohio, later settled in California, and came to popularity on YouTube. On his channel you can find both a let-play of fairly serious games and entertaining videos in which the author plays "Mario" and comments on the actions of a mustachioed plumber.
Mark has over 12 million YouTube subscribers, and in addition to game reviews on the guy's channel, you can find funny videos of animals.
Frost, or Yuri Morozilka, is a well-known Russian video blogger who takes pictures of let-plays. His selections are weird, but rather simple games... The videos are more likely to entertain the viewer than give a real idea of the game. The author is not shy about playing children's games and makes it pretty funny.
There are already more than 4 million subscribers on the Frost channel, and the author of the videos himself makes good money with the help of his videos - according to various sources, his monthly income ranges from 30 to 40 thousand dollars.
Frost
Lizzie is a 23-year-old fan of Minecraft (an indie sandbox computer game with elements of a survival simulator and open world- ed.) from Liverpool. The girl mostly posts videos from the game in pastel colors that match her image.
Elizabeth already has almost 2 million YouTube subscribers who love not only the girl's charming manner of acting, but also her gentle image.
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From the author: Once again, welcome to the blog, one of the tasks of which is to highlight the various Internet professions. Today we are going to talk about letsplay, or rather, how to become a letsplayer and start making money on it.
Let-play is a video walkthrough of a computer game, accompanied by the author's comments. During the recording process, the letplayer tells the audience about his impressions of the game, forming its general vision for the viewer.
Many potential freelancers are wondering: what does it take to become a letsplayer? Of course, a great desire and relevant personal data play a primary role, but more on that later. Now we will clarify the material side of this issue.
What equipment does a letsplayer need?
Relatively powerful PC.
There is no need to purchase a super powerful computer, but if you intend to review new games, it is important that they run at least with average graphics settings and do not slow down.
The review, which resembles a slideshow, is unlikely to please the public. Games are already resource intensive, and if you're going to be recording gameplay, then you really need good computer.
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In addition to the appropriate PC for the letplayer, it is equally important HDD... Modern games take up a lot of memory, and videos can be even larger.
Microphone.
Naturally, a microphone is required to record the let-play. It is best to use a highly directional microphone to minimize keyboard and mouse clicks in the video. But at the beginning of a career, it will do and a budget option microphone.
By the way, it would be best to record the audio track with your comments separately from the video. We are not immune from extraneous sounds, and KAMAZ can rush past your open window at the most inopportune moment.
If soundtrack it will be located separately from the video materials, you can remove extraneous sounds during the editing process. Otherwise, you can remove this sound only together with the sounds of the game itself. Keep in mind that the absence of extraneous sounds improves the overall viewing quality.
Camera.
It is best, of course, to use a DSLR, but you don't have to show yourself in the review, so you can do without a camera. But if the director, director, producer and actor himself appear on the video in one person, this will create the effect of live communication with the viewer.
In theatrical performance and in the cinema, the actor's addressing directly to the audience is called the destruction of the fourth wall. Indeed, sometimes it comes in handy.
Let's remember the concept of one of the most famous Pink Floyd albums: there should be no wall between musicians and fans. And, of course, if you start filming yourself, take care of your surroundings - for example, against the background of a carpet, you may be considered overly conservative.
You can use Bandicam or Fraps to record video, but if you like a different program, then you are welcome. Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere Pro are perfect for editing, but here, too, your choice may fall on another program that seems to you the most optimal.
In principle, the technical part of the let-play is limited to this, and you can already start recording and editing. But not so fast. Hardware is just the foundation. Now you need to build the building itself, that is, make the material really interesting and lively. How difficult it is to become a letsplayer!
And becoming a good letsplayer is even more difficult. But take your time to give up. Look at the problem more broadly: channeling is a kind of blogging. On the Internet, you will find or even free video courses that will teach you some of the subtleties that are needed when blogging of any kind. And if you constantly develop your channel, you can do it.
What does every game browser need to be able to do?
To become a YouTube letsplayer, it's time to be patient. Firstly, without proper exposure, you will not edit a single video, and meanwhile, months or even years will pass before you become a successful reviewer earning money on affiliate programs (as, in fact, all popular letplayers make money).
Secondly, you will have so-called "haters" (English hate - hatred), who will consider it their duty to dislike you or write a comment with insults to you. If this is critical for you, then it is best to ban all "haters" after the first comment, however, and they can play into your hands and affect the number of views of your videos.
How to become a popular YouTube letsplayer if you lack charisma? No way. But this situation is fixable. Analyze the videos of other reviewers, find out what you would like to learn from them, and what mistakes you think they made.
Pick a moment when you are in high spirits and record. The main thing is that you enjoy this process. In general, record in any state, but the next day evaluate the recording with a “fresh” eye and correct it. In addition, be sure to train your diction, because a boring and slurred voice is unlikely to be appreciated by your audience.
Anyone who wants to become a letsplayer needs constant self-improvement, perseverance and creativity. Top tip: Get really creative with your hobby - this will set you apart from most game reviewers.
There are interesting moments in games, details that are invisible at first glance, but may turn out to be "Easter eggs", that is, references to other games, films or literary works. Even if the detail that suddenly caught your attention is not a reference at all, you can think out for the developers and make your guess. This will make the audience think and generate additional interest in the material being monitored.
Today we'll talk about how to become a letsplayer and how to shoot a letsplayer. Hello dear visitors to my site. Perhaps many of you have heard about the so-called letsplayers who play computer (and not only) games by filming and uploading videos to Youtube video hosting? So, this article will focus on them. I will explain why they are doing this, as well as tell you how to become a letsplayer, and what is needed for this.
Since the beginning of 2012, I myself have become a letsplayer. Why did I decide to become one? Probably because I was attracted by the ease of this type of earnings on Youtube. It seems to be nothing complicated - you just need to go through some recently released, popular game, recording all this on video and at the same time getting subscribers and views. But not everything is so simple. At that time, there was a huge competition among letplayers and on Youtube, and each of them wanted viewers to watch only his videos.
I did not particularly promote my channel, did not pay other, more popular letplayers for PR, but simply shot 1-2 episodes of retro games every day, like Command & Conquer - Red Alert, Diablo, etc. A year later, my channel already had over 200 posted videos, 300 subscribers and 100,000 views. Not much, but quite enough for.
So, why do you need to shoot letsplays at all? The reason is simple and clear - for earnings... The fact is that recently, all residents of the CIS countries who have more or less promoted channels on Youtube have the opportunity to connect an affiliate program. Before that, only foreign users could connect it, and some Russian-language channels which had over a million subscribers and even more views. Affiliate program ( affiliate program) is necessary to add new features to your channel that were not there before and, most importantly, to monetize your video.
After we figured out who the letplayers are and why they do it, we can talk about what needs to be done to become one of them.
- First, you need to have free time, great patience, endurance to sit in one place for many hours and shoot a video. Many novice letsplayers quit their job precisely because of a lack of patience.
- Secondly, it is unnecessary to pay attention to haters. Haters are users who dislike videos and write angry comments about them. It is best to ban such users in the "bud", although you can leave them alone. After all, haters help a lot in promoting the channel by watching the videos of the letsplayer so unloved by them.
- If you are going to shoot the passage of modern games, then you need to buy more powerful computer... It is desirable that he pulls games at least on medium settings, without losing FPS (frames per second). Because the viewers will not be very pleased to watch summer plays, which look more like "slideshows". You can also add to this item the purchase of a roomy hard disk, where the years will be stored. I think 500 gigabytes will be enough.
- To become a letsplayer You need to buy a microphone. It is not necessary to buy a studio microphone from the very beginning, which costs a couple of thousand dollars, it is better to buy an inexpensive microphone, within 500 rubles. The main thing is that when recording, the voice is clearly audible, without interference and noise.
So, I have listed the main criteria for how to become a letsplayer and you have learned how to shoot a letsplayer. If you also want to become one, then you are always welcome. Perhaps you will like this activity and soon you will
Good afternoon! Many novice letsplayers, even before opening a Youtube channel, think about which games to shoot letsplay on and what topics to choose for their future letsplay.
From the right choice the theme of your channel, it will depend on how quickly it will be promoted on Youtube. Of course, this is not the only factor influencing the promotion of the channel, but it is quite important. After all, by filming letsplays for retro games, you most likely will not get more subscribers than if you were filming for new items. But the competition in this area is much lower than in the second case.
In this article, I will tell you which games to shoot let-plays for, how to choose games for let-plays, and give you the advantages of choosing one or another game theme.
Which games to record letsplay on: retro or new
At the moment, when every second user on Youtube is a letsplayer, it has become very difficult to promote your channel due to the great competition. If not so long ago, just a couple of years ago, any letsplayer could achieve pretty decent success on Youtube (without PR), now many people still do not get out above the bar of 1000 subscribers.
Again, the reason for this is too much competition, and that is why many letplayers and reviewers began to look for low-competitive gaming topics, one of which is retro games and letplays.
The main advantage of retro games is that few people take pictures with them.
Many people think that by filming the passage of old games, they will not receive views at all, or they will receive very few of them, because no one will be interested in watching such videos. To some extent they are right, because the main audience of Youtube at the moment is fond of the new products of the gaming industry. But only to a certain extent. I've seen quite a few examples of retro game letplays getting a decent amount of views.
As an example, I can cite one of my channels on which I post passages of computer games (mostly retro). So, the channel contains videos that have already gained more than 20,000 views and continue to increase them. Therefore, the statement that retro games are of no interest to anyone, in my opinion, is false, and in order to somehow promote your channel at first, it makes sense to shoot laggards for games of this direction.
When the channel comes out of its "embryonic state", it will already be possible to move on to filming modern games, but this must be done gradually. After all, by this time, all your subscribers will be waiting for you to play on old games. Of course, in this case, you can dilute your letsplays by filming the passage of old and new games at the same time, but this is up to you personally. I just advise you to look at which direction letsplay large quantity views, and concentrate all your efforts on filming them.
Should you shoot letsplays for indie games?
Finally, I want to say a few words about such a phenomenon in the gaming industry as indie games. Indie (independent) are games that are created by free developers, that is, those that do not have their own publisher. Despite this, many of them achieve fantastic success.
Just remember the creator of the Minecraft game, Marcus, who wrote a game in a week that became super popular on the Internet, overtaking many commercial games. Of course, this is just one of many examples where indie developers have achieved similar successes. But this in any case shows that having an interesting idea, it is possible, which will be played by millions of users around the world. which will be played by millions of users around the world. But, we have moved a little away from the topic of the article, namely, does it make sense to shoot letplays for indie games?
I think it does. After all, now indie games have become very popular on the Internet, and even despite the fact that many letsplayers on Youtube are playing passages of such games, you can easily find such indie games for which there are either no letsplayers at all, or there are very few of them.
Therefore, if you decide to open new channel, and you can't decide which games to record your letsplays on - then I advise you to shoot retro or indie games for the first time and only then gradually move on to modern ones.
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