Fear of starting a Youtube Channel

You absolutely shouldn’t let anyone ruin what you want to do. It’s scary putting yourself out there creatively. I would suggest maybe starting with a fresh channel so you don’t have to worry about your classmates putting you down. Since you don’t have any videos on that channel currently at least you won’t be leaving too much behind.

I also wouldn’t worry too much about sub counts right now. I think you should just have fun with your channel :)