The Hottest YouTube Trend Right Now is Guessing College Majors

Why Guessing Majors is a Trending Niche

Here is the general idea: Your asking random question to strangers. As to why it is popular, I’m guessing is because either you belong into these 2 categories:

1. Hey, that’s my college/ alma matter! (Relatability)

For people who are currently studying or graduates of the school. Another unrecognized audience here are also the parents who have their sons & daughters studying at the same university.

2. Now that’s the college I want to go to (Aspiring)

This are your high school seniors eyeing for the next Ivy-League school to be part of. There are also a portion of the viewers who are college students but from a different school. Why do they choose to watch the video? To see what life is like for their high school buddies taking classes there.

“We didn’t attend the same uni? That’s better!”

If you are say, wanted to interview student in Harvard but not attending any classes there.

Most universities in America have public park and spaces where non-students can hang out with students alike. So, nothing will stop you from turning this hottest YouTube idea into a reality.

In fact, I would argue that it is a lot better.

When your not from Harvard (from the earlier example) you can include in your video some of your unique perspective & college culture that is not present in the crimson university.

Never went to college? This dropout made it happen.

Despite dropping out from college, Jimmy an improv-comedian began his YouTube career asking sensitive questions that gained massive amount of views over time.

Even if it is not entirely related to “guessing college majors” (which is the main concept of this article) you can eventually branch out content ideas from there and into spicy questions.

Adding the Element of Winning

Going back to the primary matter at hand, one way to boost your views past 1M+ is by introducing a chance of winning of a certain object or item.

A YouTuber decided to test his luck and combine both idea which is Questions + Giveaway + iPhone 11 trend. With this, Elliot Choy was able to reach 24 Million views alone with just one single video.

Don’t Let the Pandemic Stop You

If you don’t want to receive any weird glances from passerby while shooting your video, you can do it through Zoom and that’s a YouTube video already!

Just set up your laptop in a quiet space and have the other person a clear crisp audio quality.

Last, Here’s the Missing Element

The common problem with these videos is they don’t go deep.

Part of the reason is how the video is designed: quick, on-the-get-go, from one person immediately to the next. There are questions that could be raised but decided not to. You can take a quick scroll on the comment section of the mentioned YouTube videos and find other people wanting to know more in detail and not just the surface-level answer.

In summary, it goes like this.

The gist for the current hottest YouTube trend for college individuals which is guessing college majors.

Quick Recap: You learned why guessing majors is an evergreen niche where new people will always come back and watch to. You also learned how never attending the same university allows you to share your own unique perspective. You can also branch out from guessing college majors to asking spicy questions to expand your audience size. We can also include the element of winning which could attract more views up to the 24 Million mark. Finally, is to not let anything stop you from creating this video, even a simple laptop + Zoom and there you have a video waiting to be released

If it turns out you decided to hop on the trend & create this type of videos then go for it. One day, I might just see your work in my YouTube recommendations tabs :)

How This Video Got 2.6 Million Views by Asking Stupid-Simple Questions:

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