Sounds interesting Will. A good model for your channel might be James Bruton's. I'm sure you're aware of him. Successful youtube channels all pretty much have the same thing, a steady stream of content. You'll need to put out a couple of videos a week. Maybe this will fit into your schedule. I am sure you have put some thought into this and I wish you good luck. I will be a subscriber for sure.

Absolutely correct. There certainly is a formula and consistency that is expected by viewers. I've seen James's channel. He has grown steadily and the project size and scope have reflected that. I'm pretty sure our subscriber base will be very similar. Hopefully my content will be different enough to set us apart. My main objective it to create great looking "movie style" robots and create quality videos over quantity. Time will tell if it will be enough.

I followed James religiously early on. His projects were really compelling because they reflected things you could do at home as well. Now that he has 'evolved' he now builds things that nobody really has the money to duplicate. Seems like so many new parts are milled out, he uses motor controllers like they are free, and he just solves too many problems with money instead of ingenuity now. Maybe something for you to consider as well.

Looking forward to your future videos Will, sounds awesome!

Yeah his success is definitely reflected over time. But I guess he would have made different choices had he had the budget to start with. Its great to see the his evolution, but I understand how it could alienate those who want to replicate some of his current projects. The robot dog is open source but would cost alot to replicate. I've not felt that its been a successful project.

YouTube can be for some, a place to pass time watching people do things people do. The pressure is on the creator to continue to create and produce and sometimes that means building/buying more expensive elaborate projects, cars, tools and cameras to do that. Build it bigger and they will come?! Keeping up the interest of viewers. Same black hole today's TV shows have. But instead of 350 channels competing for your attention, you have YouTubes 31,000,000 channels.

Ha ha  ya for sure youtube is like finding a needle in a hay stack when it comes to all the millions of channels like now you find everyone's 8 year old kid has their own youtube channel now! As for me I really don't bother trying to get views with all the tricks used. I have some 7 year old videos with only 3 views as I really only make videos when I want to show something off that day and then forget about it 'til the next whacky invention I want to show off on Facebook or something for that day.

Hey Will, good to hear from you!! I was actually a bit puzzled by your absence, you have always been such a source of creativity here at the forum! But I had faith in you just holding your breath and reappearing again to show us something that you'd worked on...

YouTube is a though one, but I guess you know this already, especially when it comes to robotics, which is such a narrow field, with such a limited audience!! But the limitations could also be beneficial, since the platform is not flooded with content yet...

I am looking forward to see how it'll ll come out,  good luck with the channel! I'll sub and spread the word!!