25 ways to get first 1000 subscribers on YouTube

Hello friends, today I am going to share 25 ways to get your first 1000 subscribers.

So guys, as you know that getting first 1000 subscribers on YouTube is very difficult.

To reach this milestone, you have to work hard for it.

You should produce great content and make your videos ruthlessly at the beginning of your channel.

Do not get demotivated if you are not getting views, upload great content consistently and you will get the reward.

So, in this post I have tried to get you to the 1000 subscribers easily and fastly. Read the full post so that you can reach that milestone easily.

1. Customize Your YouTube Channel

You should optimize your YouTube channel by customizing your channel art, adding a video to your home page like recent video, channel trailer, etc. You should also customize your channel logo.

This will attract the viewers as quality channel art, channel logo will define your content and the viewers might subscribe you.

3. Optimize Description of Your Videos

Take your description seriously. Provide detailed information in the description about the contents of your video and add relevant tags in it as well. Use keywords wisely, do not jam them into every sentence so that it will confuse the reader.

4. Optimize Tags of Your Videos

Optimize tags of your videos by making use of tools like TubeBuddy. These will help your videos rank in search results. This is an extra way for YouTube to better understand what your video is about so don’t leave them empty. If your videos rank in search results, it is sure that you will get views and this will also help you in gaining subscribers.

5. Channel Trailer

Create a small and attractive channel trailer that contains all about your channel.

The channel trailer will be shown to your non-subscribed viewers and when they will watch it, they will know about your channel and might subscribe to your channel.This will also give the new viewers an idea what your channel is about.

6. Upload Videos Consistently

Being consistent is important if you want to get subscribers. Upload videos consistently as the viewers usually don't like the channels that don't upload videos consistently. The viewers want to see more of your videos. It will drive engagement of viewers on your channel. A regular publishing schedule can draw viewers back to your channel to watch more.

7. Giveaway

This is also a big factor in gaining subscribers. Do giveaways of YouTube gears, t-shirts with YouTube logo mobile phones and many more things. Give them tasks to get entry in giveaway like subscribe to your channel, watch your one or two videos and many more tasks you can give them. This will increase your subscribers and views as well as engagement of your viewers to the channel.

8. Create Quality Content

Upload high and great great quality content videos on your channel. This will increase engagement of your channel.

The viewers will like your quality content and subscribe to you.

9. Make Quality Thumbnail

Thumbnail is probably the biggest factor in getting views. If your thumbnail is good and attractive that viewers will click on your video by watching your thumbnail. But not only quality thumbnail matters, the quality of your content also matter.Better thumbnails will attract the viewers to watch your videos. And so as your videos start getting views, you will also get subscribers and this will increase engagement of your channel.

10. Call to action

Make use of call to action. Prompt your viewers to subscribe you at start or end of your videos. Invite your users to subscribe at the end of your video so they can receive even more awesome videos like the one they just watched.

11. Upload Videos Around a Single Topic

There are seen a lot that many channels upload videos on many different topics and because of this, some of their subscribers want to see the videos of a certain topic. So they don't watch your other videos of different topics. So you will not get views according to your subscribers count.

12. Make Use of Cards in Your Videos

You can use cards to link to other videos and playlists so that the viewers watch your other videos. You can also use cards in older videos to highlight your most recent uploads. It will prompt your viewers watch your other videos.

13. Add End Screens to Promote Your Videos

End screens can be added to the last 5 to 20 seconds of a video. You can use them to promote other videos, encourage viewers to subscribe, and more. By adding end screen, you can prompt the viewers to watch your other videos and subscribe you and you can get more views.

14. Make Use of YouTube Analytics

Make right use of YouTube Analytics to get subscribers as  you can see which videos are producing the most number of subscribers, and once you can see which types of videos are bringing you in subscribers, just keep making more videos just like that.

15. Join Forums

Make use of forums like quora, reddit, etc.

Go to forums and groups concerning the topics you have covered within your videos, and link your that video to the answer. Link people to your videos that want answer those same questions and you will instantly have more viewers and subscribers.

16. Add Watermark to Your Videos

Youtube provides a feature called watermark which let you add a watermark that could be shown on all your videos and at all the time. This adds another way for your viewers to subscribe to your channel.

17. Create Playlists

If there is multiple videos around a certain topic on your YouTube channel or if you have different types of videos you should organize them in a playlist. This makes it easier for viewers to continue watching the videos they like and they will want more and more of your videos and will subscribe to you.

18. Make Use of Hashtags

Make use of hashtags of the your channel and the topic your video is covering about. You can also use hashtags of popular YouTuber. This will increase chances of your video getting into the search list and you may get views and if you will get views, it is automatic that your subscribers will also increase.

19. Create a unique intro for your videos

Create a unique intro for your videos to strengthen your brand and show a few highlights of your most popular videos. This will give new viewers an idea what your channel is about, even if they never visited your channel to watch your channel trailer. This will also make your video more engaging and entertaining.

20. Create A Unique Outro for Your Videos

Create a unique outro for your videos and do give the viewers about what the next video is all about. Add end screen to the outro and ask to the viewers to subscribe your channel, like and share your channel.

21. Ask friends and family to subscribe, watch and share your videos

Ask your friends and family to subscribe, watch and share your videos. Your first 1000 subscribers are the hardest to get. Your friends and family will want to help you get started and once you break the 100 subscriber barrier your videos will get ranked better on Youtube so you can organically grow your audience further.

22. Promote Your YouTube Videos on Other Social Sites

Promoting your YouTube videos on your other social channels is the easiest way to grow your audience. After uploading a video to your YouTube channel, upload some part of the video to other social sites and give the link of your YouTube video. You can also share the video on the big creator's social page or page about the topic your video is covering about.

23. Comment on other channels’ recent videos

You should comment on the recent videos of youtubers who are in the same niche as you. Leave a positive comment on their channel. If other commenters regularly see you comment or if they see your channel name, thumbnail and description, they will be curious about what kind of videos you post and so, they will check out your channel.

24. Embed Your YouTube Videos on Your Blog or Website

Write a post on the topic on which you have made your video and add your video on your post. This will not only increase your views, subscribers and watch time but also the engagement of your website.

25. Use Annotations to Link Viewers to Related Videos

It is a feature provided by YouTube in which you can promote your other videos on your own videos. Use Youtube’s annotation tool to add annotations to your videos. It’s important that these annotations are relevant and don’t irritate your viewers.