Fed up of YouTube? Try These Alternatives

If you are starting a YouTube channel in 2021 then getting noticed on the platform can be very difficult. Tens of thousands of creators are signing up every day and it seems like everything has already been done on YouTube. If you are starting a channel with the purpose of getting monetized then be warned, growth on the platform can take years and even when you reach those golden numbers of 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time, you are still not guaranteed to get your content monetized.

Recently, some creators that have been on the platform for years have had their accounts demonetized or deleted due to YouTube changing their stance on what they allow on the platform. For example, they have restricted and even deleted channels that mention cryptocurrency. With this in mind, putting all your eggs into the YouTube basket is not a good idea.

I have had a YouTube channel for about five years but I have never really felt comfortable on the platform. I find that there is a lot of hate and bullying on YouTube, which they seem to ignore and allow. Whilst YouTube had made examples of some of their larger influencers, like Shane Dawson, in reality, it feels like this was more for more marketing purposes and to prove that no one is untouchable.

Whilst at the moment YouTube are by far the largest and most popular platform, alternatives to the site are slowly emerging. At the moment, these smaller sites do definitely not get the same amount of traffic as YouTube, the more creators that start…