For sure, you have seen people on Youtube talking and babbling about something while videoing themselves, or while getting videoed by someone while they are performing a particular task. In case you don’t know what these people are, they are called “vloggers,” yes, a blogger with a “v,” blogging while employing videography.
As you may have known already, some vloggers are becoming filthy rich and are becoming insanely famous as well. Maybe you’re thinking about becoming one of them. After all, it’s only about facing a camera and talking about random things.
Wait a minute? Random? That a word that’s easy to read and pronounce. However, in making web content, that’s such a bad choice of word. Take it from experts, having no clear topic or niche in providing something to read or watch for on the internet can lead you nowhere.
So what are the most profitable niches in starting a vlog? Let me help you tackle the answer to that question. Here are 3 of the most popular types that people search for on Youtube.
Health and Fitness
The need to be healthy equates to the need to be wealthy. In addition to that, people want to also have a nice-looking physique so they can present themselves in the most attractive manner in their social media profiles.
Due to this, they search for easy ways and comprehensive methods on how to be healthy while looking good. Provide health advice, encourage people to eat right, and attain a healthy lifestyle – these are truly attractive topics to talk about in your health vlog.
Another way to increase the viewership of your fitness vlog is by providing physically-engaging activities that can make people actually start the steps of becoming fit. The best way to do it is by performing the act so they can see it. Create a video of yourself doing some exercise routines, or capture a video of someone doing it. By giving some narration along with the activity, or providing some voice-overs, your vlog will truly be an enjoyable one to watch.
For those people who are not interested in looking nice physically, maybe they have some illness or physical condition that they want to avoid. A detailed set of vlogs in recovering from it could be something that maybe they hungrily search for. You can choose to provide it, as going to the doctor regularly could be expensive, and could sometimes be misleading.
How-tos and Troubleshooting
Many of us often consult our troubles with professionals, but some of us just want to be professionals as well. There are times when we want something to be fixed, and there are also moments in which we want to do the fixing ourselves. Thankfully tutorials and “how-to” videos are ever-present on the internet.
If you have skills in troubleshooting a device, or maybe you are knowledgeable in giving instructions on how to accomplish something, you could conduct a set of videos on how to do it. As a guide, consider choosing from any of these:
Fixing gadgets and electronic equipment – Something is wrong with my phone, my laptop is acting weird, my blender is too noisy… we often hear statements like these from our friends and the people around. This signifies that there is indeed a great need for people to have their troubled devices fixed quickly. Offer your technical know-how in this field and give them the help they need.
Food and cooking – Undoubtedly, eating is an activity that no human could ever dismiss. By making a vlog centered around food, beverages, and the creation of such, a lot of Youtube viewers would surely make visiting your channel a pastime. Also, you may choose to conduct a video coverage on some spots or restaurants where great food is served. Doing this would, of course, require the approval of the people running those spots, so you need to be wary in choosing to do the latter.
Gaming – As evidenced by the massive popularity of PewDiePie, the concept of giving game reviews, playing tips, and gaming walkthroughs is really a very profitable one. If you’re one of those home buddies who spend countless hours playing video games, or if you know someone who is so deep into that habit, you should consider creating a video compilation for that. For sure, you will have lots of followers who want nothing more to do with life than just play within the halls of the virtual world.
The above-mentioned items are only 3 of the most popular in the “how-to” category. But the truth is, there is actually no limit as to where you can go and how far you can reach in making a tutorial vlog. As long as a question starts with the word “how,” you can surely answer that in your own Youtube channel.
Reaction Videos/Commentaries
Celebrity gossips, news items, sports outcomes, current events, the list for things that you can talk about in this niche is endless. By making a video of yourself about your reaction to a trending event or topic on the internet, people could be drawn into your words as you elaborate on it, whatever it is.
In choosing to vlog for this category, you have to be careful though… you could end up as the enemy of many, or a best friend of a lot of netizens. Your words could either make or break your vlogging career as you could either be greatly loved or intensely hated when you give your honest opinions about a certain person or entity that you talk about in your video.
To make this niche even easier for you, you may just trek the streets of your neighborhood, and interview random people. Even if those people can’t really speak well, subtitling your video during the editing process can really help. It can give better comprehension to your viewers.
Furthermore, soliciting ideas and opinions from others within street-level can give your videos a sense of realism. It can also make your viewers think that you’re not the “know-it all” type of vlogger since you are very open to what others might say and are willing to present those facts in your channel.
There will be more vlogging niches that we will discuss in the next articles. Until then… excelsior!
A perfect list but for Reaction Videos... Why do people watch something to see someone else's reaction :I