Page 3 – Reflection & Analytics

This page combines my personal reflection with the numbers behind my YouTube channel. It shows what I have learned emotionally from creating content, and what the analytics say about my growth from 2023 to 2025.

Personal reflection

When I started the ElectroSparklez channel, I had strong social anxiety and felt uncomfortable showing my face on camera. Recording videos forced me to practise speaking, reacting and staying visible while playing games. Over time this helped me become more confident, both online and in real life.

I also realised how much work hides behind every video: planning, recording, editing, thumbnail design and understanding analytics. Even if a video does not perform well, the process of creating it teaches me new skills in video production, design and time management.

Lifetime channel overview

Over the lifetime of the channel, I have reached around 241,000 views, more than 11,600 hours of watch time and gained over 10,000 subscribers. For a channel built as a hobby, this is a result I am proud of.

The lifetime impressions funnel shows about 1.5 million impressions with a click-through rate around 6.2%. About 64% of those impressions come from YouTube recommending my content rather than from direct searches. This confirms that my channel is heavily dependent on the recommendation algorithm: most viewers discover me for the first time through suggested videos.

Average view duration on the lifetime graph is around 2 minutes 19 seconds, which is normal for gaming content with mixed video lengths. It tells me that some viewers watch only for the key moments, while others stay for longer gameplay.

Current state – last 28 days

The last 28 days show a smaller sample of around 59,000 impressions with a click-through rate of 5.2% and about 3,100 views generated from those impressions. Average view duration is currently about 1 minute 38 seconds, resulting in just over 84 hours of watch time from impressions in this period.

One interesting detail is that in the last month, 85.8% of impressions come from YouTube recommending my content. This is even higher than the lifetime average of 64.3%, which means that recently my videos rely almost completely on how well the algorithm decides to show them to new viewers.

What these numbers mean to me

The analytics confirm something important: my channel is successful at reaching new viewers through the algorithm, but it is not built around a large base of returning viewers. Because of that, I treat YouTube as a hobby and creative project rather than a full-time career plan.

At the same time, the lifetime view count, high amount of watch time and over ten thousand subscribers show that my work has reached a lot of people. For someone who started with social anxiety and no experience in video production, this journey feels like a big personal achievement, both creatively and emotionally.

Overall, these statistics help me see how far I have come from 2023 to 2025. They also remind me that even if the algorithm decides how many people see my videos, I still gain skills, confidence and experience from every upload I create.