How Am I Doing?
Added 2025-02-10 17:09:19 +0000 UTCHey everyone! So I don't usually do this, but I would like to hear from you all. As a content creator, how am I doing? Am I keeping you all engaged in my patreon? I noticed a steady decline in members and I am just wondering why that is? Is it the lack of content that you enjoy? What can I do to bring you back? for my free members, how can I get you to come join the paid tiers? This is a feedback post, so please don't be afraid to say what is on your mind. But also be respectful at the same time. Thank you.
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Yeah I was afraid you were going to say that. Worth a shot tho
Laura Comparetto
2025-02-14 05:40:58 +0000 UTCThat’s not something I’m able to do
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-14 00:11:37 +0000 UTCI don’t know if you can even do this, but maybe only allow the personal movie reactor tier to be available only once per account every other month, instead of having the same person be on that tier for more than one month in a row. So if I bought the $80 tier for this month, my patreon account would not be able to purchase it again next month. But the month after that I can be allowed to purchase it again. To give other people a chance to request something. Instead of having the same people take up the limited space on it every month
Laura Comparetto
2025-02-14 00:05:14 +0000 UTCA set schedule would be nice to have so we know exactly what we’re paying for. And not have to come back every day (sometimes even multiple times a day) to see if you uploaded a reaction to that one show I subbed for in the first place. Otherwise keep up the good work
EK_49
2025-02-12 16:55:35 +0000 UTCYou're doing great. 😊
Zuko Halliwell
2025-02-12 08:50:40 +0000 UTCThat Random Person was Me Because i Came From Youtube here To Watch That 70's Show and The fresh Prince of Bel air and now he stopped So i Quit my Membership Again
Lia Garcia
2025-02-11 19:41:07 +0000 UTCI think some of it is (at least for me, I can't say for other people) you don't react to a show for a long time. Or you stop a show completely and don't let us know. I have no idea if you're continuing That 70s Show, or if it's on hiatus right now, or if you're no longer reacting to it. Same with How I Met Your Mother, You seem to do that with shows and then not tell us if you're continuing them or if you're no longer watching them. Maybe when you decide these things make a post to let us know as well. I had no idea that you were done with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air until I saw a random person asking about it and you telling them you were no longer going to be reacting to it.
Book_Lover
2025-02-11 19:30:39 +0000 UTCHi
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 fan
2025-02-11 11:03:17 +0000 UTCI believe it is on Hulu, if he has Hulu
Maskedman
2025-02-11 09:05:59 +0000 UTCAs far as I've seen, you seem to be doing just fine, Cody. You're reacting to movies and shows that are popular and/or that you actually want to watch. Having that kind of balance is key to b having a channel that both you and others enjoy. As for the movies and shows themselves, I personally really love Horror and animation and would love to see more of the former. But again, like I said, do what you feel others will want to see as well as what you genuinely want to see! 💖
Gracie Mack
2025-02-11 04:58:05 +0000 UTCConstantly starting shows and not finishing them
Craig
2025-02-11 04:54:00 +0000 UTCMaybe you could do patron exclusives and not post them to YouTube as well and maybe just have some patron exclusive shows and reactions like Bob’s Burgers or the office
Rolling thunder
2025-02-11 03:06:30 +0000 UTChere
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-11 03:01:18 +0000 UTCFor me, it’s the lack of content that I’m interested in, and also becoming a paid member I just can’t afford. Unfortunately, I’m on a limited budget and I just can’t do it.
Jay D
2025-02-11 02:52:57 +0000 UTCI asked about that too and I've seen some other people ask about it, and Cody said that he's not sure if he's gonna do it. I think the reason he's hesitant about it is because some of the episodes are hard to find
Jonathan D. Phoenix
2025-02-11 02:42:35 +0000 UTCIs the Danny Phantom reactions going to be here or on Nickflix's Patreon Cody?
Matthew Bailey
2025-02-11 01:00:41 +0000 UTCThe only similarity between the two is it had Rowan Atkinson in it. It’s a completely different style of humour and in my opinion very outdated and doesn’t hold up now. Blackadder goes forth and Back and Forth were slightly better than the first 3 series and specials. If you like Mr Bean than the series and the 2 movies are great but the better Rowan Atkinson content imo would be the Johnny English trilogy.
Jasmine Carpenter
2025-02-11 00:49:55 +0000 UTCIf you like Rowan Atkinson in this, you should try his other big series, Blackadder.
Kyle Cope
2025-02-11 00:05:27 +0000 UTCFor me, it's a lack of content that I enjoy/am into. I don't really like joint reactions so most of the stuff you do with nick doesn't interest me, and the only TV series you're doing right now that I enjoy is Victorious. That would be the main reason why I would leave, but I'd probably join again in a couple months' time to catch up on the new content. The consistent $15 dollars a month is just hard to keep up with, especially when compared to my other subscriptions that cost less and have a larger output. (However, I understand that for you, the price is better at $15 because you have a smaller audience, therefor you need the pay to scale more.) Otherwise, I do have one critique. Mostly it's just about consistency. I think sticking to a tried and true upload schedule would be fantastic, I tend to engage with patreon a lot more when I know exactly when someone will be uploading. One of my subscriptions recently started a trello page, so that she could let her audience know when she would be posting, what videos had been filmed/edited/uploaded to patreon/uploaded to youtube etc. It's a great way to let your viewers know about your upload schedule! Also having specific days be dedicated to certain types of recordings, ie "Personal reactions on Tuesdays", would help as well. i also totally understand why you drop/pick up certain shows, but for your viewers, It can be really jarring to suddenly start and stop shows. I think you need to be consistent with the shows you do watch, and stick them out no matter what. When it comes to copyright, having an open 'Patreon exclusive reactions' tier can solve that issue. If something isn't able to be posted on youtube for whatever reason, make it a patreon exclusive. If you have multiple Patreon exclusives, prioritize the one you started first, finish it, then move onto the next one. I personally miss your Office and Brooklyn 99 reactions, and I know there are a few other shows' people have mentioned in these comments as well. I don't want you to just dive right into all of this stuff, but I think making a sturdy upload plan for the next month would be great! You could film your reactions on a free day of yours', and then schedule them to release on a week-by-week based schedule. I'm always free to chat about any of this stuff, I wish you luck man 🫡
Athena
2025-02-10 23:02:02 +0000 UTCI’ve been a tier member since your Big Bang Theory days, you’re doing amazing. I’ve been trying to stay a member but, it has been hard to keep up payments sometimes but, not your fault obviously! Keep up the good work!!
CynerixPlayzROBLOX
2025-02-10 22:39:30 +0000 UTCyou are doing fine as is, but I am wondering, since a long time ago you asked us if you would rewatch and react to Drake and Josh and I believe a majority said yes you should, so I am wondering when that will happen?
Maskedman
2025-02-10 22:19:01 +0000 UTCI’m currently a paid tier member, but when I wasn’t and was in the free member section it was because I couldn’t afford to throw $10-$15 out when you were doing shows/movies I wasn’t personally interested in. There’s nothing wrong with what you were doing, I just didn’t enjoy those movies or shows in particular so I would unsubscribe until you started a new show I did like or did enough movies I liked to make it worth the price. Maybe it would help if you were able to do more of the “this post in particular is for sale”? I’ve seen other creators post one movie or episode in particular for people to buy, that way they aren’t having to dedicate for a full month and could pick and choose what they liked.
Emma Floyd
2025-02-10 22:07:50 +0000 UTCHello, Cody. To be honest with you, both you and NickFlix are my favorite YouTubers of all time. You're both doing great doing reaction videos together, and individually. I hope someday I have a chance to meet both of you in person 😊.
Pamela Carrillo
2025-02-10 21:31:39 +0000 UTCIt's because you recently raised your price from $10 to $15 and we are in a period of record inflation. I think that is why.
Michael Dykstra
2025-02-10 21:19:51 +0000 UTCIt might be that cash is tight for some, but you know how some people are… I, for one, enjoy all of your content! Especially when you react with someone else
Garrett Sumrall
2025-02-10 20:34:12 +0000 UTCOk Cody But Then you have to Understand me too I came Here Because Of YouTube That 70s show and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air And as You Don't Continue Them I Quit My Membership, Because why would. I Stay A Member if you React To Series Or Movies i Don't Care About and with The movie requests I meant That you can Take some requests And Make A List and Members Vote Which Movie or so you React Once A Month.
Lia Garcia
2025-02-10 20:28:17 +0000 UTCI have no problems with the way you’re doing things, Cody. I still enjoy your content. Hell, when I ended up losing my personal reactor tier membership for some unexplained reason, I waited for the better part of a year to see if another slot would open up. That’s how much I enjoy your reactions.
JediJaras
2025-02-10 20:24:33 +0000 UTCTbh with you I can’t stand when people say about Dan Schneider… like okay so just cus the producer was a perv that means no one can enjoy the art that EVERY CAST MEMBER created? We should just ignore the hard work they put into to it? Also HIMYM wasn’t “silently” booted. I made many regular posts regarding when I drop shows. Or I mention it in other videos that’s why it is so important to be watching the intros to videos.
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-10 20:14:47 +0000 UTCLove the reactions, but just cant deal with the foot fetish childrens shows like victorious or anything else dan schneider was in the general vicinity of. imo, When you start a new show and bail early on into it, you aren't giving people time to find your reactions. I know i personally will wait til people are at a certain point before i will start watching, just so i can watch for more than a few hours once. I would venture to guess that scrolling down your page and seeing that many shows are just discontinued makes some people just not even take the jump in. Who's to say you won't just stop uploading the shows they like the next day? I know you have to follow the views, just hoping to help you understand some of our points of view. Honestly the views are so different for everything you post i wont pretend to know how you pick, its gotta be frustrating thinking you are doing something your audience will love only to see it flop. Just sucks to see certain shows we wanted dissappear with no mention. For instance, i came onto this page to sub for more himym episodes, only to discover it was silently booted :/
Heshson
2025-02-10 19:28:18 +0000 UTCOh great, thank you :)
Ubergamer
2025-02-10 19:03:23 +0000 UTCYes I saw your request for Mr. Bean. I must have been on my way to rehearsal and forgot to respond but yes I will fit it in this month
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-10 18:53:24 +0000 UTChonestly yes it's the lack of content mainly the shows like 'how i met your mother , fresh prince of bel-air , wizards of waverly place' don't get me wrong i enjoy your movie reactions but i miss your reactions to these shows
Tina Foster
2025-02-10 18:45:05 +0000 UTCHi Cody, I have been really enjoying watching your videos and content. I wouldn’t say the problem is you because I would never say that at all. Like I said, I have been watching you for a while now and been loving it so much. I would probably say it’s about the schedule and the all the new shows you been adding in to your schedule. Again it’s not you. It’s just back then, you would send a post about all the movies and shows that you were reacting to every month. And recently, we barely see that much of it. I understand that you have a life and lots of stuff you have going with you, so I really don’t want to guilt trip you or make you feel bad at all. I’ve really enjoyed your reactions to Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. I do have an another show that is pretty similar to Young Sheldon that I would love to see you react to. It’s called The Goldbergs. It’s about a guy named Adam F. Goldberg telling us the story of his life during the 1980s. I know that you have a tier for personal reactions and not many people that don’t have it can’t really request reactions. Ok, that’s all I wanted to say. I hope you have a great day and can’t wait to see you in your next reaction.
Alexc0520
2025-02-10 18:32:28 +0000 UTCi am personally not a fan of rick and morty so i won't be interested in that but i hope you will enjoy it but i will enjoy watching Danny Phantom my 2nd favorite childhood show behind wizards of waverly place
Dragon_Max
2025-02-10 18:15:08 +0000 UTCHi Cody, since you're looking at the comments section ATM i just wanted to make sure that you saw the latest private messages that i sent to you because you didn't reply to them for a few days and i just wanted to make sure that everything is okay since i wrote in there something regarding what TV reaction request i would like to have since i got back to that tier, i also wrote about it in the special chat but didn't get a reply in there as well
Ubergamer
2025-02-10 18:08:52 +0000 UTCokay so no Lia you are wrong. It DOES matter who watches it on YouTube because that is where people find my patreon. Secondly, My movie requests tier is literally the cheapest out of the majority of all the content creators that have this tier, so no it is not too expensive. If it was, then that tier would not be always full and unavailable. Also, why would I allow EVERYONE to give me requests? Do you understand how much content that would be a month? No I don't think you do. So that is why I have a limit so that I am able to balance my life with that amount of content. I won't finish a show if it isn't getting the traffic and views that I need for my channel to sustain itself. This is a business at the end of the day. And I don't think you understand that Lia.
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-10 17:58:43 +0000 UTCPersonally I'm struggling finding anything you are watching that interests me. Any series that I like that you start you eventually drop or put on hold because it doesn't do well on YouTube. I don't know what to except anymore on your patreon as there's so many shows being started but never finished. I understand that it doing good on YouTube is important, but I would love more clarity and information about which shows you aren't gonna continue and what the plans for the future are. It seems very random atm... But still I love your reactions and do want to stick around! I hope you find a solution to the declining members issue...
Akiroo
2025-02-10 17:58:43 +0000 UTCI went from paid to free but it’s nothing personal at all, as I have enjoyed all of your reactions (and will continue to watch them on YouTube). Since the start of 2025, I’ve unfortunately had struggles with budgeting (currently jobless) and have tried to fully prioritize my essentials when paying for things.
Cory Morrison
2025-02-10 17:58:02 +0000 UTCI personally think you’re doing great Cody! The kind of content you’re putting out right now is more than enough for me. I know that some people though might not like it when you start a show and then discontinue it. It honestly doesn’t bother me because I know that you want it to do well on YouTube and then plus there’s copyright issues that can come into play as well so you definitely have every right to do that if you think that’s what will work out best. But maybe as a suggestion, if a show doesn’t do well on YouTube, then you could maybe just make it a Patreon exclusive instead of getting rid of it all together? And as far as the movie reactions go, I know there hasn’t been as many movie reactions lately because I know you wanna focus on shows mainly, but I’ve still been loving them regardless. I love getting into new movies and getting to experience them with you for the first time. I’m also really looking forward to your future collabs with Nick like the animated movie rewatches for both your channels and the horror movies as well! So for me I think overall you’re doing a great job! I still enjoy being a part of your Patreon just the same as I did when I first joined 2 years ago! And I know that majority of us appreciate all of your hard work and everything you do to put out content for us!!
Jordan
2025-02-10 17:52:45 +0000 UTCYou're doing great Cody. I love watching your reactions when i'm on my lunch break at work.Because your laugh always makes me smile! There are times I wish I can recommend a show for you to watch but I'm a chicken when it comes to asking.
Chloe Arreola
2025-02-10 17:51:21 +0000 UTCI admit, I'm a user/subscriber that comes and goes on your Patreon, mostly cause of financial reasons, but I love watching your reactions Cody, you actually do tend to watch some of my favorite movies and shows sometimes, as I'm already a huge movie/TV show junkie anyway, lol, so there's very little that I would say, I'm not interested in. Don't get me wrong, there are some shows and movies that you react to I may never have interest enough to click on and watch, if it's just something I'm not into, but I will admit, I did recently come back to your Patreon, cause I saw someone has been giving you personal reaction requests for the Final Destination movies. I hope that person continues to request them, as I'm a huge fan of that horror franchise. But yeah, I usually love your content most of the time, but just like all reactors I watch and support, I don't expect everything you react to, to catch my interest, but I do love that you react to a little bit of everything for the most part, especially Disney and Nickelodeon shows and movies, which speaking of Disney, I can't wait to see your reaction to Mufasa. It's coming to digital February 18th. 😎🦁
Alvin Davis
2025-02-10 17:50:45 +0000 UTCCody, I think you are doing great, even though I’m a free member on your Patreon, I still keep up with your videos on YouTube and have been watching your vids since 2021. You’ve been doing great over the past years and I don’t think there’s much to change. I’m a recent content creator and have been doing reactions on YouTube for almost a month now, I’m very excited to see where I go and you’re doing just fine
Mason Cullember
2025-02-10 17:45:33 +0000 UTCPersonally, I've been pretty busy with work and trying to manage my mental health, it's been really bad lately. In terms of your content, you've just been posting things I'm personally not too interested in. I'm more interested in animated TV shows and movies, so I usually wait for you to post something I'm interested in
Allie Dickens
2025-02-10 17:43:36 +0000 UTCYes, and that's why members decline. You start something like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The '70s Show, or Wizard of Waverly and then you don't finish it and your movie Film requests Membership is way too expensive. I understand that you have this membership, but that you will not accept requests from members who do not have or cannot afford this membership. I think this is also a problem, and what does it matter what is watched on YouTube? It Matters on how many people watch it on Patreon. Not on YouTube.
Lia Garcia
2025-02-10 17:40:19 +0000 UTCPersonally, you’re simply not watching anything that engages me. I’m a fan of animation and movies, and you don’t watch enough for it to make sense for me to pay for. Obviously this isn’t your fault, there is only so much you can watch, but that is the truth of it
ShadowDust
2025-02-10 17:37:38 +0000 UTCBasically I most interested in movies and animations . Lack of new movies per month .. I've already watched almost all of already deployed on patreon . Maybe it will be nice to make polls per month/ week including some suggestions from comment section. And choose smth that both you and subscribers want to watch .
Mariia K 🇺🇦
2025-02-10 17:33:50 +0000 UTCI’m doing ok cody at the moment I can only pay for the 15 $ membership I always watch your reactions they make my day better :)
Alexia
2025-02-10 17:30:07 +0000 UTCIf I'm being transparent, what initially drew me to the channel was the movie reactions. The animated ones, especially, but movies in general are my favorite. And believe me, I understand the struggle that comes with that medium—copyright strikes, time commitments, what is or isn't relevant with the audience at any given time, etc. As much as I would love to see more movies, I understand where your focus is right now. And that's not to say I haven't seen some great stuff outside that! I love your reactions to animated shows. I think SpongeBob was what compelled me to jump onto the Patreon, I'm so happy you did the Owl House in its entirety, and even the adult cartoons were fun while they lasted. Again, I understand why they didn't. At least we have some new cartoon reactions on the horizon. It's tough. So much of what does or doesn't stick feels largely out of your hands. *I* have virtually no complaints, but I'm not the entire audience. There's only so much you can take on without compromising your life outside of all this. Plus, I've gotten to know you as a friend on Discord, and in a lot of ways, that's more meaningful than whatever content you post. So, to sum up, what I would love to see most is more movie reactions, but I have no idea how you could go about that in a profitable way. It's good that you're keeping up with big-name recent releases, the horror collabs with Nick have promise, and the Personal Reactor tier has absolutely provided some bangers. I really wish I could drop some more ideas. As it is, though, I'm enjoying the ride. 😊
ThePopcornFairy
2025-02-10 17:25:52 +0000 UTCokay so I am not sure if we are continuing that yet. We had discussed it because youtube has barely any views on it. we may be replacing it with Rick and Morty. Also Danny Phantom is coming!
Cody Hoppes
2025-02-10 17:20:05 +0000 UTCi get you need time to get wizards of waverly place with nick but i am currently waiting for that
Dragon_Max
2025-02-10 17:17:12 +0000 UTCYou doing fine Cody
Gem Starlight
2025-02-10 17:15:07 +0000 UTCI'd say you're doing great
Eric Green
2025-02-10 17:12:13 +0000 UTC
