Views vs Support vs Content (Patreon)

Hello InRangeTV's blood supply!  Without you we'd bleed out and die, so as always, thank you!

The recently published Mud Test: Glock 19 video has been incredibly huge in regards to shares and views in a very short duration of time, more so on Facebook than even YouTube.  Full30, of course, was barely a blip on the radar.  It has been the fastest growing video in regards to views and shares that we've ever had.

So, with this huge volume of shares and views and comments, we'd think we'd see a some uptick in something like subs or Patreon supporters, right?

Nope.  In fact, per YouTube analytics, it generated us 14 subscribers as of today.

There has been a huge uptick of stupid comments though.

Now we do have to consider that sometimes quantity is a quality all its own and maybe we'll reach some intelligent viewers out there with this over time as a result of those shares but...

So, while it's still very early in regards to statistics as the video only published a few days ago, here's a question for you guys as our core (again):

If InRangeTV were monetized via ad revenue then the lesson here would be to do nothing but mud tests on the most controversial items possible for the rest of time.   Thankfully that is NOT our model.  While I certainly do find some of these mud test videos interesting, I also think it's usually (with exceptions) our least intellectual content.

This video is the canary in the coal mine example, in my opinion, of why advertising fueled mass media is what it is.

What do you guys think?

~Karl