What i like to see in a youtube channel and what there creators do

So i have a youtube channel most of my videos are very short and quick to make as it was always a hobby and while i would like to make a living from it i know it is secondary.

But i have been following many many creators over the years covering games, history ,music , films and much more.

Games are probably my main go to and for me i like them to be short to the point. Never been a fan of let's play's there to long and my attention span is not that great and for me to watch the commentary would have to be really funny. I tend to watch reviews ,opinion pieces and guides for games.

While i may watch videos for the content in reality it is the creator of them i tune in for when they speak something just clicks and i value what they say.

But now people breaking into youtube i see as getting harder and harder there are so many people doing it now and to be honest there are some that should be a lot more popular few examples are https://www.youtube.com/user/Yakumo1975 for the awesome battle of the ports game comparisons , https://www.youtube.com/user/cliqist for the crowdfunding game comparisons and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC87vxf3ss1zxpYt_xaF-AOg just for being likeable down to earth people.

Thing is i have noticed with quite a lot of channels when there small they interact with the audience replying to comments tweets etc but the bigger they get the less they interact.Now i know if you have thousands of comments you are not going to reply to all but i have seen many where they stop all interacting or worse disable comments. I think audience interaction is something that really makes a difference. Yeah you get trolls but you can ignore and lets face it they watched your video.

In the end i think content creators need to have a passion for what they are doing if they are doing it just as a job with no passion it will come through to people and i try to champion the people who i believe deserve it.