When I first started posting videos, I was completely obsessed with my stats. Now, not so much. One stat that still is cool to me is where people come from that find my site. I think I lost interest in all the stats thing when I realized that I wasnt going to make a living from this. Which is ok. It's a fun hobby and I enjoy doing it.
My video views are few. That's fine. I get wonderful comments on my work. That's awesome. Comments are my crack. I had one donation since I added a donation button. I damn near cried and died all at the same time. Looking at Blip, I average about 600 views on my videos. My highest viewed video is "If A Tree Falls" with 1557 views. Like I said. Small views. Which, in the long run, doesnt mean much. It's the comments that I get from my vlogging friends and complete unknowns. Thems my words and I'm stickin to them :) David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for sharing this :) Do you know where people find you, > mostly? Do you spend a lot of time fielding feedback? > > On 5 Jul 2007, at 22:01, Chumley wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rupert <rupert@> wrote: > > > > I'm on a roll, today. > Sure, I'll chime in with some stats. It always urked me that people > are so secretive about their downloads, It's not a competition though, > as long as you enjoy what your doing it shouldn't really matter what > your stats are. > > The Cult of UHF has been going since Nov. 05 and I have 35 episodes > out (only put out about 2 a month) According to Blip my last two > episodes are each about 10,200 downloads. Over my 35 episodes I > usually get (on non-new episode release days, release days spike of > course) about 700-800 downloads a day. Counting in my old host Libsyn > with blip my total downloads are around 310,000. > Feedburner says I have around 1,800 subscribers (but who knows what > those stats actually mean.) > > Rev. Chumley > > > I'd like to suggest that more of us should try to be open about how > > many views we get. I mean, not *all* of us, obviously. There are > > those of us who won't want to say for commercial or other reasons. > > > > But I keep hearing people worrying about how few views they're > > getting. And I'm sure that part of their worry is that other people > > are getting far more. And I'm not sure that that's true. I'd bet > > any money that 99% of the people on this list get two figure views > > for all their videos combined per day. And I'd bet the majority get > > single figure views per day. > > > > This is important in the discussion of monetizing videoblogging, too, > > perhaps. > > > > I think Youtube has distorted expectations - by its nature, it > > attracts clusters of people to feast on certain featured & popular > > videos in a way that's quite different to what a lot of us are > > doing. And as Mark Day said last week, even on Youtube the really > > big view numbers are rare. > > > > Personally, I don't think that getting just a few people per day or > > per week is bad at all. Your films are still being seen by more > > people than they would if you were taking them to a local film night, > > or showing them in a local gallery, which was the only forum for them > > before the web. > > > > And you're actually connecting with the people who are watching them, > > in a way that wouldn't happen otherwise. And probably in a more > > profound way than you would if you had 1000 people all wanting to > > talk to you. > > > > You don't have to join in this game - it's not Truth or Dare! - but > > to get the ball rolling, here are my own stats. > > > > They're a bit weird compared to most, probably, because I only > > started Twittervlog 3 months ago, I've made 89 videos in that time > > and I pimp it all the time on Twitter - that must be where I get most > > of my views. > > > > I feel it's been successful on a personal level - I've met all sorts > > of great people and it's been a lot of fun. But featured status on > > Youtube - or even on Blip - it ain't. > > > > I have posted 89 films. With 14,000 views in total. That's an > > average of 150 per film. I figure - what? - half of those have > > actually watched the video to the end? > > > > 25 videos ( a third of them) have less than 100 views in total > > > > another 57 videos (almost two thirds) have between 100 and 250 > > > > and only 7 have more than 250 - all of these have been featured > > somewhere, like The End of Pixelodeon, or the Vlog Deathmatch video. > > > > The Vlog Deathmatch video is the most popular, and has topped out at > > 765 views. Which is a fraction of what Irina and The Burg's total > > votes were, I'm sure! At the end of the Deathmatch, I think it'd had > > 350 or so views. > > > > The only Youtube context I can give to this is the Flashmob video, > > which has had 13,000 views on Youtube, and 746 on my site. > > > > Oh, and I now have around 50 or so subscribers (Feedburner number). > > > > I don't know - maybe I'm wrong and you're all getting thousands and > > thousands of views for every film you make... but my heart tells me > > that's not so... and if it isn't, do we average non-commercial > > videobloggers need to readjust our expectations? > > > > Is getting 100 views on a video after it's been out there for a few > > months really so bad? Imagine those 100 people in your local bar or > > in your house! That's quite a lot of people. And then add all your > > videos together. You've made 50? And they average 100 views in the > > end? That's 5000 in total! And 5000 was a big number for Jesus... :) > > > > I remember a time when we complained about people's Feedcounters, and > > the pressure of popularity that comes with people talking about > > statistics. I hate that. But on the other hand, it's terrible if > > everybody thinks that they can't say how many viewers they have > > because they'd be perceived as unpopular and unsuccessful. > > > > I'd be really interested on your thoughts about this. > > > > Rupert > > > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
