I agree man. So many people try to be like big youtubers ,but if it doesn't match your personality, then your audience will see through it and you will not gain the traction as you would like.
I will say...without thinking about popularity we need to focus on our content....if people enjoyed my videos they are going to susbcribe & aslo they are going to share your videos with their friends.And that's how you start growing & If your channel is growing you also earn a fame day by day.So it takes a lot of hard work & patient
And if you want a shortcut to become popular make a viral video & upload it