I'm an Indonesian university student who's graduating soon. I'm trying out youtube as a hobby, and I'm starting to enjoy it. I joined this community because I want to learn how to grow my small youtube channel. My channel is https://www.youtube.com/@dzakyads (currently all of my video are in Indonesian). I have just reached the 4.000 viewing hours that youtube set for monetization, but is still struggling to gain subscribers (currently on 181). I hope that I can learn from all of you guys :)

One of my videos just hit 10k+ views very recently. It feels great to see people enjoying my video, but at the same time, I feel anxious as well because my sub count is still not gaining traction. This is the video I'm referring to:

Over the last 28 days, my YouTube channel reached 74,113 views, far above the usual performance. 72.913 more views. One single video alone generated more than 25,000 views, becoming the clear growth driver. In total, the channel achieved 155 hours of watch time, showing strong audience retention. Now I have to produce Long-form Videos to get more watch-time. This performance also resulted in 31 new subscribers, a growth of +288% compared to the previous period. Especially in the last 48 hours, momentum accelerated with over 29,000 views. The data shows that emotional and relevant topics resonate most with viewers. YouTube’s algorithm has started testing the content with a broader audience. The focus now is consistency and building on what already works.