Update on the State of the Channels
Added 2025-09-17 19:19:48 +0000 UTCFirst off, the visit to the Panzermuseum was very successful, big thanks to Andy and Tobias here. We were able to record 25 videos. On three days, we entered the museum at around 0700 (since from 0700 to 1000 there are no visitors), but also recorded throughout the day, until around 1730. Thanks for making that possible!
Second, sadly Ralf had only very limited time available, so we couldn't tackle any of the questions.
Third, the views on both channels have been down for months now. Particularly, Military History NOT visualized is doing very poorly as such I will discontinue it for now to focus more on Military History Visualized and also searching for new opportunities. Which leads to the next point.
Fourth, generally the views are very low this year (even before my computer breakdown), as such Patreon have become my main source of income. Additionally, another source of income will go away by the end of September. I am currently working on various ideas, plans etc. to either make MHV work again that it can pay living costs+, transform MHV into something new or a proper "exit strategy" (aka finding/creating a new job).
My current conclusion is that MHV in its current form is not able to compete anymore, at the same time I want to do more research, particularly since I have photos of so many files from the German Military Archives. At the same time I know that the interest in that is probably even lower and I am also sick and tired of the "thumbnail/title game" that makes or breaks most videos.
Comments
I think the content quality of this channel is very good. I can understand the idea of more output, more income, but it of course means a lot of work (more). I think the output you generate is outstanding. I would also be happy to lend a hand, if there is anything I can do to help, on my limited capacity. This channel is for me education more than entertaininment and thus I need to have the mental space to listen
Raul Ramos
2025-09-22 14:13:31 +0000 UTCMany channels I am subscribed to and watch consistently have seen their views fall to similar lows. In your case I do admit to not watching many of your videos lately these past two years. Between working full time and having so much more content to watch and listen to I simply forget to watch your stuff and often am left with no energy to comment as well. I can also blame the Ukraine war for this as well. I am quite frankly sick of most Ukraine content at this point. I can only say that there are no other channels like yours and have been redoubling my efforts to watch your stuff and comment as well. Hopefully my efforts, however slight in the big picture may be able to influence the algorithm. Hopefully things stabilize or recover enough looking forward.
Nicholas Mew
2025-09-21 05:58:29 +0000 UTC
