YouTube Millionaires: Rifty Wants To Change The Game For YouTube Livestreamers – Tubefilter

Welcome to YouTube Millionaires, where we profile channels that have recently crossed the one million subscriber mark. There are channels crossing this threshold every week, and each has a story to tell about YouTube success. Read previous installments of YouTube Millionaires here.

At first glance, it may seem like gamer Rifty simply materialized on YouTube in April 2018 with a healthy dose of beginners luck. His channels very first videos are slickly edited, built-for-trending Fortnite bonanzas, with all-caps titles and well-made thumbnails. By June 2018, he was bringing in up to 10 million views per month, with viral hits like YALL MIND IF I FORTNITE? (now at 2.1 million views)andYALL MIND IF I DEFAULT?(3.1 million).

But his channels rapid takeoff wasnt beginners luck. Before launching it, Rifty spent years on YouTube, learning animation, graphic design, and video and audio editing. He got his start making content about the game that never lost its spot (yes, really) as YouTubes most popular: Minecraft. When Fortnitedebuted in 2017 and quickly found an audience on YouTube, he saw an opportunity to bundle up all the production skills hed learned and use them to stake a new spot on the platform with a channel that isat least for nowallFortnite, all the time.

Over the past two years, Rifty has built that channel to one million subscribersand hes made it the foundation for the next step in his digital content career. He cant divulge his exact plans just yet, but he does tell Tubefilter he wants to get into more live content, and hopes to lead the charge into a new era of livestreaming on YouTube.

Check out our chat with him below.

Rifty: It feels surreal to hit one million subscribers. If Id told myself over a year ago that more than one million individual people would follow me, I wouldve laughed. To my fans who continue to watch daily, I want to assure them that this is just the beginning!

Rifty: Well, I was born in Texas, and have lived my entire life here. I have never worked an actual job for somebody else. I started off my YouTube journey by animating Minecraft videos, then eventually moved to making gameplay content. Over the years, Ive learned how to animate, do graphic design, edit videos, and add commentary, all from YouTube videos.

Rifty: I have always loved being able to create something and watch it back. Its an endless cycle of creating something and then trying to improve and make something else thats better. At first, all I intended on doing was showing my content in hopes of improving somebodys day or letting them forget their troubles.

Rifty: My first video on this channel was years after I started making videos. I wanted to see what I could do with a new slate and all of my acquired skill over the years. As I look toward the future, Im looking to get into more live content while trying to do something different from everybody else. I wish I could tell more right now!

Rifty: I started making Fortnite content because I truly love the game. Epic Games treatment of their content creators is second to none, and they truly understand the need for frequent new content. But all games influences come to an end, and I am definitely planning to start doing new things with games/content.

Rifty: One thing I pride myself on is my production quality and my unique content. My first few videos on my channel took months to create, because I knew I had to do something different to get my foot in the door!

Rifty: Ill typically spend hours at a time coming up with ideas, and then write them all down. To be more productive, Ive hired an editor to help me, as I try to post consistent content that is higher-quality than everybody elses. After videos are edited, Ill take care of the rest, making the thumbnails and doing the uploading.

Rifty: Once my first viral video, Yall Mind if I Default, started to pick up momentum, I realized that I had found something that worked. The way that Ive gone about growing my audience is to be seen as a friend of the viewers. Somebody they would laugh with.

Rifty: My favorite part of creating content on YouTube is being able to read what people think right after creating it. I think its incredibly liberating to see what somebody thinks, no matter their opinion. They are individual, living people that spent the time out of their day to watch what I made. I love it.

Rifty: Im looking to start expanding with content and hopefully change what it means to be a livestreamer on YouTube. If it all goes to plan, Ill be leading the charge! One of my main goals in 2020 is to pursue more opportunities with branded content, and I just signed with Michael Gordon from Fullscreen as my manager.

You can add yourself to the ranks of Riftys more-than-a-million YouTube subscribers at his channel YouTube.com/Rifty.

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YouTube Millionaires: Rifty Wants To Change The Game For YouTube Livestreamers - Tubefilter