End of Month Stats

End of January Stats and Thoughts

January has ended and so here is a time to reflect on the stats for the month gone. January is a slow month for the obvious reasons. I live in the part of the world where it is summer during the end of year and beginning of year holidays. So we tend to spend more time outside and then there are the school holidays. I have a five year old boy to look after. He does not go back to school until February 5th, which happens to be the same week of two public holidays. His first week of school will only be for two days. That means January business has been limited to when I have some spare time.

Let’s embrace the slow start of January shall we? It should be a time for planning anyways, if you are inclined to do.

So what have I achieved? I deleted my Redbubble store, setup free scheduling tools for Pinterest and Instagram (I may still quit instagram) and continued creating art, tweaking my website, and posting videos on Youtube.

YouTube Stats

Of note I am a small channel, with uploading consistent content since May 2024, so some of these stats may seem insignificant and small. These stats are for the month of January 2025. I have 43 subscribers with no new subscribers for January.

I uploaded a total of 11 (maybe 12) videos including shorts, some of which are scheduled for next month.

I have had a total of 318 views and 2.8 watch hours.

315 of those views are from non-subscribers.

If I want to earn money through Youtube Adsense I will need another 957 subscribers and 3967 watch hours which seems to be quite a feat to achieve right now. I do get a buzz when someone subscribes. This tends to occur on my short form content and I seem to have better stats but then I would need another 7600 watch hours if I am to hit the illusive monetary potential goal.

My stats could be seen is not good, but for the effort put in, I am fine with this for now. It will take getting a job to make me loose momentum or not pivot my channel, so I hope to at least bulk film a whole lot of videos just in case that eventuates.

Given that most of my videos are Timelapse videos, they are probably not as popular as other topics within the art niche. I have a few Procreate tutorial videos with one that is quite popular and generating the most views regularly. I have some plans to change the content slightly to hopefully increase the stats and make my channel more appealing and I am still working out how this will work. There is some technical equipment I would like to make this easier for me to do, however, I am currently unemployed, so I will have to figure out a way with what I have got.

Pinterest Stats

I did not do a-lot on pinterest this month. I did set up a scheduling app that I have not fully utilised as yet. I did get these stats from my schedular though.

My number one board of the month is my sticker board with 11 pins and 31 saves (pinned to a board). Given that I may start selling stickers on my website. They are inexpensive and may appeal to people who may not want an art print. Instagram

I also set this up with a scheduling app. This is helpful as instagram does not seem to have a schedule function in app. I am still deciding on whether to utilise Instagram. I only posted twice this month and do not get all that much engagement. More on this in later paragraph.

Website

Traffic is slowly increasing and I am slowly working in the background to make my website more visible in search. I am happy with the results so far given I set this website up in December.

Wrap up

As expected January is a slower month and am pleased with my results so far. Instagram will be left alone, as it is hard to grow a following. I have planned a wee daily posting challenge for February and will see what the results are. This will determine if I want to put effort into it going forward. My ultimate answer is a no to it, but I want to do this challenge. I am not a frequent poster on this platform anyways.

Lastly, I will be looking into commission or freelance work in February to get me started. I can open up to commissions on my website as well, but assume this will take time.

I will try to make this a monthly thing and post a blog of my stats for the month end and what I have done. Thank you for reading.