Page 2 – Creative Workflow & Performance Analysis

This page explains how I currently create my videos and how recent uploads perform differently based on thumbnails, topics and overall presentation. The images below show my most recent uploads from 2024–2025.

My creative workflow

1. Idea selection: I usually follow Geometry Dash updates, challenges, secrets or trending levels to ensure interest.
2. Recording: Gameplay is recorded together with live reactions to capture authentic emotion.
3. Editing: I remove boring downtime, tighten pacing and emphasize reactions or intense moments.
4. Thumbnail creation: This is my favourite part. Thumbnails are designed in Photoshop using strong facial expressions, bright colors, large game icons and minimal text.
5. Packaging: Titles and thumbnails are optimized to raise curiosity and clarity, which affects click-through-rate (CTR).
6. Publishing & feedback: After upload I monitor views, impressions and CTR to understand how the YouTube algorithm promotes each video.

Latest videos overview

The following screenshots show my most recent uploads and how they look on the channel page.

What stands out

When comparing these thumbnails and view counts side-by-side, certain patterns become clear:

• Thumbnails with strong facial reactions usually receive higher views. Clear fear, excitement or shock draws attention while scrolling.
• Bright colors and clean backgrounds perform better than darker, cluttered compositions.
• Clear symbols and rewards (keys, milestones, secrets, upgrades) immediately communicate goals that viewers want to see achieved.
• Short, simple titles explaining a challenge or reward tend to work better than vague or overly long titles.

What underperforms

Some videos get significantly fewer views, even when the content quality is similar. The main reasons appear to be:

• Less expressive faces or no clear focal point in the thumbnail, making the topic harder to read instantly.
• Muted or dark color palettes that blend into YouTube’s dark theme interface.
• Unclear storytelling where the thumbnail does not pose a visible question or conflict.
• Lower algorithm interest when videos are not directly connected to trending updates or popular mechanics.

What this teaches me

This performance comparison has taught me that success on YouTube is not only determined by gameplay or editing quality, but largely by presentation and timing. Thumbnail clarity, emotion and topic relevance strongly influence whether the algorithm shows content to new viewers.

By continuing to analyze results like this, I constantly refine my thumbnails, titles and overall video structure in order to improve reach and engagement.