--- title: 'How to Actually Grow a Gaming Channel in 2026' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=b00GN78RBIg' video_id: 'b00GN78RBIg' date: 2026-07-19 duration_sec: 360 channel: 'Premium Rise' --- # How to Actually Grow a Gaming Channel in 2026 > Source: [How to Actually Grow a Gaming Channel in 2026](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b00GN78RBIg) ## Summary This video provides a strategic guide for growing a gaming YouTube channel in 2026, emphasizing game selection, audience building, uniqueness, and video optimization. The creator shares insights from personal experience and research to help aspiring gaming creators succeed in a highly competitive environment. ### Key Points - **Gaming Competition is High** [00:02] — Simply recording and uploading gameplay won't bring views; most gaming creators will fail due to high competition. - **Choose Popular and Similar Games** [01:07] — Select popular games that align with your interest and have similarities (e.g., battle royale or sandbox games). Avoid relying on a single game as its popularity may decline. - **Gather Initial Audience** [02:28] — Building a starter audience is crucial; without it, videos won't grow. Understand your gaming audience by considering types like documentaries and news. - **Uniqueness Plus Value** [03:07] — Provide value (e.g., teaching mods in Minecraft) and uniqueness in gameplay, editing, or other aspects to increase growth chances by 99%. - **Find a Good Topic** [03:47] — A good topic balances popularity, value, and uniqueness. Test ideas on small channels to gauge potential. - **Thumbnail and Title as Incomplete Story** [04:28] — Create thumbnails and titles that form an incomplete story, compelling viewers to click for completion. - **Video Editing with Emotions** [04:56] — Editing should evoke emotions using appropriate background music and sound effects for different moments (e.g., intense BGM for fights, sad piano for emotional scenes). ### Conclusion Success in gaming YouTube requires strategic game selection, audience building, unique value, and emotional editing. Applying these points can significantly increase growth chances. ## Transcript If you are still following the same old things because gaming So just recording and uploading the gameplay will not bring views. To be honest, most gaming creators are going to fail, and I'm not just saying this randomly. I deeply observed a lot of gaming channels grew a gaming channel myself. But unfortunately it got deleted. But and it is performing very well at present. So now I have a clear understanding of how to grow my gaming channel in 2026. So that's why in this video I'm going to tell you all the things that genuinely matter. what you have to do so that YouTube pushes your videos. And trust me if you want to grow seriously in gaming news then watch this video till the end. So let's start brother. So guys, right now the competition in gaming has become very high. So that's why I have made this video after doing a lot of research. try to understand the points mentioned in it properly. And if possible, you guys can also make notes etc. And it takes a lot of time to make this type of innovative video. So, guys must subscribe to the channel and like the video. So guys our first point is types of games you should play. You will find many games in the market. But out of them we have to select only the popular games. Where a And never choose a single game here. Why is it like this? We will learn about this further. But before that let us understand how to choose the right games. Choosing games is very easy. You just have to keep the popular games in one circle. In the second circle, you have to keep the games of your interest. And in the third circle Likes that have similarities. We can understand similarity in this way. Like Battle Royale Games which includes on your channel which are similar to each other. Sandbox games like this type include games like Minecraft Roblox. So So this will not have any effect on our channel because both the games are we were just talking about game selection. So, the such games which you can play on your channel. And yes, do not leave your channel relying on just one game. The best example of this is Total Gaming. Brother, by playing just one game for 5-6 years, he got 50 million subscribers. But right now you guys can check brother's views. Because a game does not always remain popular. obviously be yours. So that's why I would like to suggest you guys to And yes, even if you have selected good games and are creating strong gameplay for them, your chances of growth are still very tell you the next point. Gathering Initial Audience. to you guys very well in the last video. Well, I can't explain it right now. Just you guys understand it like this. Initial audience means starter audience. If stop making gaming videos. You people will not be able to grow any video. So to understand your gaming audience. If I talk about the types of gaming knees, it is something like this. Documentaries and News. Out of which, it options. So in the beginning, if you want to collect the initial audience then do not forget to So our next point is uniqueness plus value. People will For example, if you play Minecraft with mods, no one will watch you. But if you teach people how to apply mods in it, then everyone will So this is what is called value. Now comes the matter of uniqueness. If your content has a uniqueness and people like to watch it, then there are 99% chances of your growth. That uniqueness can be in your gameplay in your editing and in many other things. Apart from this, there is one more thing which genuinely matters a lot. Our next point is on that. Find a good topic. What basically goes into a good topic ? Let me tell you guys. First is popularity, second is value, third is uniqueness. Just maintain these three yes, in my last videos I have explained a method by which you [music] Let me tell you this again. So guys, first of all tell you this again. So guys, first of all how many years old it is, how many months old it is. And if it is a few months old perfect idea for you. And it would be better if you try all this on a small Like, if he has 5-6000 subscribers and one of his videos if you upload that video on your channel, then you will definitely get some views. you miss the next two points. So guys our next point is thumbnail viral gameplay. We have to keep the thumbnail and title such that they create an incomplete story. Like, to complete it we have to click on that video. science. If you guys understand this in detail. Then I have made a proper So guys our next point is video editing. This is also a very large part for a gaming video. Editing does not mean making cuts, adding transitions basically means that you keep showing emotions to people. For example, during intense moments like fighting scenes, you can use intense BGMs. can use sad piano music. And in this way you can use different types of background music and sound effects for different emotions. So not have to play the video on one face. This means that ups and downs have to be used inside the video. And ya guys I have already made three videos on this topic. You points in today's video, if you understand them well and apply them properly on your channel, then there are very high chances of And if you guys feel that you are making the best videos but still you are not getting views then you guys write the name of your channel in the comment section. So guys, if you learned something new from this video then do like and subscribe. how a viral gameplay video is made then you can definitely watch this video. So guys I will meet you with some such infatuation video. with some such infatuation video. Bye-bye till then.