1,000,000 Views

My cycling related youtube channels recently hit 1 million video views. That makes me the most watched video camera cyclist to date on youtube. My main channel currently has 1,700 subscribers and Silly Cyclists has over 800.

It’s strange to me how I got so popular, I’ve not had the media appearances that others have had, the high-profile incident or been around as long as others. Silly Cyclists makes up less than 20% of the total video views.

I don’t really advertise my channel. At least not any more, I posted the odd video on the various cycling forums I visit but I found this to be a waste of time, too many people didn’t like what I was doing and gave me a lot of ‘hate’ for it.

I guess a big part has been my involvement in reporting videos to Road Safe London and making videos about the Superhighways / Barclays Cycle Hire. These were posted on the posted on some high-profile blogs. This got my channel some major views and a lot more subscribers.

I’ve obviously had my fair share of dodgy drivers, especially taxi drivers, as I said before I don’t think I’ve had any major incidences which have drawn in lots of views, just lots of videos which have more than 1,000 views.

I’d like to be able to say that I’ve achieved something on the way to getting 1,000,000 views. I’ve done what I’ve done and I’m happy with it. I know that some have said i’ve influenced them to get cameras, just as the likes of magnatom, cyclingmikey and bbborp (to name a few) influenced me to start. I’ve had people asking me if I can train them to cycle on the road and people informing me that they have re-looked at their own cycling style after watching Silly Cyclists.

Things I’ve done so far due to blogging and making videos

  • 1 driver prosecuted for careless driving
  • Met with the project manager of the superhighways to talk over design features
  • Tested a Boris Bike several months before release
  • Countless drivers contacted by the police because of their bad driving
  • Countless companies contacted about their good drivers
  • Countless companies contacted about their bad drivers
  • talked on the radio several times about cameras, silly cyclists etc..
  • Met with the officers behind Road Safe London, Cycle Task Force and Exchanging places

7 thoughts on “1,000,000 Views

  1. I think simply the volume of videos you post has made you the most popular because everything links back to you. 6 months ago I had never watched a cycling video on youtube, but when I started watching for related videos and likes etc they would almost always lead back to you. Another reason is because of the page you post listing all the users and where they are from, so everyone recognises each other and subscribes to each other.

    1. There are a few users that post a lot more than me but have a lot less subscribers. I agree that quantity does play a part but it has to be coupled with ‘quality’.
      If you post a lot of ‘minor’ incidences then you won’t get many subscribers as people don’t want to twitch the minor ones. I must have just hit the right balance.

      1. Yes I meant that you had the most quality videos! Also I think you were one of the first people to be fair and post bad cyclists as well.

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