Meet Tim Chesney, a faceless creator making over 6 figures a year with Youtube shorts. In this episode he breaks down how he got 10s of millions of views when his channel was only a few weeks old, the secrets to building a highly profitable team and the EXACT process he uses to go viral with every upload.

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YouTube: ‪@timdanilovhi‬

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Chapters

0:00 Meet Tim, $170K in 9 Months

5:00 Niching Down for High CPMS

7:30 Cost Reality & First Hire

10:00 The 15K-View Jail

12:30 Unit Economics at the Start

15:00 Investor & Scale Plan

17:30 Building the Profit Model

20:00 From 100M to 700M/Month

22:30 Managing a Team

28:00 Scripting For Retention

31:00 Hiring Playbook

34:00 Banger Ideas & Easter Eggs

37:00 Idea Engines

40:00 What’s Next & Final Advice

In today's episode we interviewed Gwilym Sims-Williams, a YouTube producer, script writer and consultant behind some of YouTube's biggest education channels such as Ali Abdaal, Bryan Johnson and Ramit Sethi. He breaks down the mistakes small YouTubers make that keeps them stuck and how creators in the top 1% do things differently. For any educator looking for success on YouTube, this is a must watch!

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YouTube: @MakingItPod__

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Chapters

0:00 Meet Gwilym

4:40 Finding winning ideas

7:00 Packaging that pops

9:30 2.7M Views Outlier

12:00 Format-first

14:30 Case study Ali Abdaal skincare

17:10 Building authority

19:50 Retention with honest segues

22:20 Running the machine

25:00 Biggest mistakes

27:40 Tool stack in practice

30:40 Starting from zero

In today's episode we interviewed Tonio Guajardo, an exciting IRL creator on the rise with over 25 million views. He breaks down the mistakes he made that had him stuck failing YouTube for years and the exact moment that resulted in him going viral. For the storytellers and creators interested in doing IRL content, this is a MUST see.

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YouTube: @TonioGuajardo‬

Chapters

0:00 Meet Tonio

1:12 Tonios Insane Growth

3:17 Why Vision Matters

7:27 Finding Viral Formats

12:38 Crafting Viral Thumbnails

17:53 Humour and Filming IRL

23:01 Viral Upload Formula

27:28 The Best Ideas

29:50 How to Tell Stories

31:06 0 to 100k

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YouTube: @Bundun‬

Chapters

0:00 Meet Bundun

1:06 Standing out in the most competitive niche

2:52 Mastering shorts

6:15 Evergreen Shorts & seasonality

8:15 Do shorts viewers hurt long form?

9:42 Shorts glitches

10:30 $7k from one short

12:11 Sponsored Shorts

13:18 Livestream strategies

15:51 Building the ecosystem

22:29 Sustainable growth

Today we interviewed Dantic, a creator blowing up in entertainment currently at 1.7 million subscribers. In this episode he reveals the viral framework he uses to create videos with 10s of millions of views, what he did to become a full-time YouTuber and what creators should do if they want to grow a channel today.

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YouTube: @DanticYT

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Chapters

0:00 35M with One Upload

1:15 The airplane-seats idea

2:53 Purple Cow thumbnails

5:03 The 1/10 Formula

6:03 Why POV thumbnails crush

7:12 Faces vs concepts

14:13 Money talk

15:20 Underrated metrics

22:17 Designing for thumbnails

24:47 Retention hacks

27:57 Thumbnail tricks

31:22 Reviving Dead Videos

35:30 Shorts that feed longform

38:49 Stair-step niching

45:06 What's next

Today we interviewed Oscar Owen, a magician making millions off the back end of his 1.5 million sub YouTube channel. In this episode he breaks down the mistakes people make when starting channels (and how it influences income), the reality of YouTube adsense and how to grow a business and start generating income even if you don't have a large audience.

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YouTube: ‪@oscar‬ ‪@oscarowenbiz‬

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Chapters

0:00 Meet Oscar Owen

1:00 The 3-Part Framework

3:18 Entertainment, Hobbyist, or Education Channel?

4:49 Crafting a Clear Channel Vision

5:38 From “Who” to “How”

8:31 700K-View Magic Video

11:40 Curiosity-Driven Thumbnails & Titles

14:09 The Real Money Makers

17:33 Why $300K from AdSense Isn’t Impressive

20:03 Call-to-Actions That Actually Convert

26:09 The YouTube Shorts Trap

32:10 Growing a Business Channel

45:33 From 0 to 1K Subscribers

Today we interviewed Rocky Xu, on YouTube known as ‪@Finaius‬, and asked him about how he grew such a successful channel in one of YouTube's most competitive niches (Finance). He breaks down how he learnt how to create high quality content from scratch and what he did to build his revenue as high as $50k/month.

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YouTube: ‪@Finaius‬

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Chapters

00:00 Meet Rocky

00:54 Rocky's Most Viral Video

01:37 Creating High Quality Faceless Content

05:50 The Rise of 3D Faceless and AI

08:29 The Origins of Finaius

11:39 The Video That Changed His Life

13:33 Leveraging AI For Content

15:55 Avoiding Copyright Strikes

17:17 Revenue

20:49 Monetising Effectively

23:48 Advice for Starting Faceless Full-Time

25:18 AI Tools

28:22 How to Stand Out in a Saturated Niche

31:26 Why Storytelling is King

Today, we interviewed Jelly and asked him about the insane journey that resulted in him becoming the most watched long form channel on YouTube. In this episode, Jelly breaks down the insane grind that got him to 23 million subscribers, and gives the blueprint for creators looking to become YouTube's next gaming star.

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YouTube: ‪@Jelly‬

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Chapters

0:00 Meet Jelly

01:16 Growing a Gaming Channel

03:41 Creative Ideation Process

05:42 Preparing for GTA 6

09:11 Scaling to 500M Views/Month

15:16 Balancing Quality & Quantity

21:21 The Grind

26:17 Behind the Scenes Setup

29:29 Supercars & Smart Spending

36:00 Revenue Peaks & Money Advice

39:41 Building a YouTube Group

46:17 Views Decline & Content Evolution

53:42 Future Plans

Today, we interviewed Patrick Zeinali, a viral chef who has become one of YouTube’s biggest cooking channels! In this episode, Patrick talks about the viral trend he created to blow up his channel and his approach to making content that has generated over 4.7 BILLION views!

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Patrick’s Socials

YouTube: @patrickzeinali

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Chapters

0:00 The Viral Video That Changed Patrick's Life

3:28 Creating the “100 Years of School Lunch” Format

6:55 The Perfect Thumbnail Strategy

10:22 Blowing Up

13:54 YouTubers Copying the Format

17:20 Monetization and Income Breakdown

20:26 The TikTok Origins

23:37 From Game Designer to Full-Time Creator

26:48 Transition to YouTube Shorts and Long-Form

30:06 Competing in YouTube’s Crowded Food Niche

33:10 Strategic Collabs

36:44 The Formula Behind a 232M-View Short

40:00 Short vs Long Form – What Actually Builds a Brand

43:38 How Patrick Uses AI & OneOf10 to Find Viral Ideas

47:10 Final Advice for Creators: Hooks, Thumbnails & Passion

Jamie Whiffen has worked with some of the biggest names in Education on YouTube including Simon Squibb, Ali Abdaal and Bryan Johnson. In today's episode he breaks down the strategies he's used to bring in millions of views and how to stand out as an Educational channel today.

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YouTube: ⁨@JamieWhiffen⁩

Website: https://www.jamiewhiffen.co.uk/

Chapters

0:00 Meet Jamie

5:05 The Top 1% Creator Mindset & Growth Approach

10:08 Psychographics & Thumbnail Clickability

15:06 The Simon Squib “Don’t Waste Your Life” Case Study

20:59 Boosting the One of 10 Podcast’s Video Performance

25:55 Inside Ali Abdaal’s 8.5M View Skincare Video

31:52 The Perfect Thumbnail

37:26 Lessons in Packaging

42:40 Brian Johnson’s 4.2M View Posture Fix

48:21 Growing the World’s Fastest‑Growing Gardening Channel

53:15 The PVSS Hook Framework for Retention

58:17 Working with Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares Channel

1:00:10 Final Advice for Creators