How to Make Minecraft YouTube Videos Capturing 

Are you one of those people who love playing Minecraft and want to make a living out of it? Then it’s probably a good idea if you know how to make Minecraft YouTube videos. Yes, the game launched 15 years ago. But this doesn’t mean that it’s any less popular than it was 10 years ago. 

Read our blog and learn everything about creating an amazing channel for Minecraft games.

Case Study on Dream Channel

A great example to a Minecraft YouTube channel would be the gaming account Dream. Dream still makes Minecraft videos on YouTube that have millions of views. The channel’s current subscriber number is more than 30 million and it has around 3 million views.  

With these 5 little tricks, you can be the next big thing in the Minecraft community, and the living example of how to start a Minecraft YouTube channel. 

1.    Get REALLY Specific for Your Minecraft YouTube Channel

Your videos should have a specific focus. For example, you make gaming videos. Cool! But what games are you playing on your channel? Are you making tutorials or gameplays? You should decide on these aspects.  

Once you do, try to stick to that as much as possible. The kind of channel you have will be like your YouTube identity. People will recognize you and identify you with your videos. So, it’s necessary that your videos focus on one topic and one sub-topic within that topic.  

Dream usually focuses on Minecraft gameplay on the channel. Of course, they support it with interesting thumbnails and explanatory titles. 

2.    Study Your Minecraft Videos 

Knowing your audience and studying your videos is key. If you want to know how to make a Minecraft YouTube video, the first thing I would tell you is ANALYZE. Keep track of how many views each video gets. Pick the one with the most views and find out why it is the best among all your other videos. Maybe you did a different type of intro. Or you used more images. It could be that your background music was more entertaining. 

Being on top of your videos’ analytics is helpful more than you can imagine. Once you notice a pattern as to what kind of content and materials get the most views, you’re good to go.  

Below is a screenshot of the most watched videos of Dream. Notice how the videos are about the same thing? They saw that Speedrunner vs Hunters videos get more views, so they stuck with it. And, hey, it worked. It can work for you, too. 

3.    Decide Which One is More Important? Let’s Plays or Tutorials 

It’s not like you can’t post both of them. But it matters how often you post each and whether you’re new or not. 

Let’s plays are most preferred by bigger gaming channels with an already formed community. As a rookie Minecraft creator, you might want to go with tutorials. 

The reason for that is tutorials are in demand more than Let’s Plays. People want to know how to play the game better. They want to learn about the tricks. After they master the game to some extent, they turn to Let’s Plays. 

If you really know what you’re talking about in your tutorials, with some basic SEO knowledge, your views are likely to skyrocket. What I mean by SEO knowledge is pretty simple. What do players mostly search for? “How to beat this level”, “How to create a new world in Minecraft”, “How to build a mansion in Minecraft”. Answer these questions in your videos and you’re golden. That’s what the gamers want. 

You can integrate a little bit of tutorial in your Let’s Plays, too. If you have a 20-minute long Let’s Play video, you can opt to reserve the first 5 minutes to explain how to play this part of the game, etc. For the remaining 15 minutes, you can enjoy the Let’s Play part with your viewers. Two birds with one stone. 

4.    Have Your Thumbnails Serve a Purpose 

If you were wondering how to make a Minecraft YouTube channel, this is how. You don’t want your videos’ thumbnails to be random pictures or images. They should reflect the content of the video so the viewers, especially the ones who are new to your channel, have an idea as to what the video could be about. 

It’s a known fact that more well-known YouTubers have the freedom to be more flexible about the thumbnails and the titles of their videos. Because people already know what to expect from those YouTubers’ videos. If you are just starting, it’s definitely safer to have more expressive and clear thumbnails. 

Let’s say you’re posting a Minecraft Nomad Challenge video. To make sure that viewers understand it’s a challenge video, you can consider writing that on the thumbnail. 

Here, you see a good example of this from Dream’s channel. It’s not written in the title, but we still understand from the thumbnail that they didn’t use any mods in this gameplay.  

5.    Know That It Takes Time 

It’s not an overnight process of mastering how to start a Minecraft YouTube channel. And this is valid for all kinds of YouTube channels. You learn how to do it, put in the work, be consistent, and then just… wait. 

No Minecraft creators started with thousands of subscribers and views. They all worked hard, didn’t give up and succeeded.  

Now that you know how to make Minecraft YouTube videos, all you need to do is put in the work and wait for the results. 

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