the original YouTube phone icon from 2005, feel old yet?

Rare video of YouTube's early founders feeling “depressed” because YouTube only had 40 videos. In 2006, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion.

Aim for: >80% watched if your video is <5 minutes long >60% watched if your video is ~10 minutes long >50% watched if your vidoo is >20 minutes long If you're not hitting that, your video is probably too long or you need to pack more value into each minute.

This is why we love design

You’re one “f*ck it, upload” from changing your entire life.

Today I turn 29. For over 50% of my life, I’ve been obsessing over YouTube strategy. Billions of views, 10s of millions in revenue, 100s of channels later… Here are 29 lessons for YouTubers:

MrBeast's priceless advice for new creators

Meet Mr Beast's greatest threat: Zack D. Films. - 35 billion views - $3.6 million dollars - All in under 4 years Here's his top 7 lessons (to make anything go viral):

creator to creator: KEEP POSTING

gaming youtuber

All thumbnails of MrBeast's recent "$1 vs $500,000 Romantic Date" video...🤯

Mid-roll ads Music deal AVP CTR CCN if you existed in a ecosystem that wasn’t YouTube you’d probably have no idea what these words mean

"You’re either an A-Player, B-Player, or C-Player. A-Players are obsessive, learn from mistakes, coachable, intelligent, don’t make excuses, believe in Youtube, see the value of this company, and are the best in the goddamn world at their job."

the internet is down... that means its time to start recording, editing, or designing those 10 videos you've had backed up

First, you have to figure out who your audience is. Start from the end instead of posting into the void What would they watch? What tone of voice? What jokes? What editing and pacing? What ideas and concepts?

You can start now or in a year Uploading procures the largest leverage that ‘future you’ will be endlessly grateful for Everyone will understand the gravity of capturing attention Realize that only creators, not consumers, will inherit the attention-centric future currency

this is what 200 views looks like Does your account still seem small?