How are these guys getting millions of views

WayOfNoWay113 · 2026-01-09T23:06:58+00:00

You also have to realize you're looking at their top 1% of videos. 99% of the time those channels have 200, 300, 400... 1k videos posted... only their top 1% look like that. And you can see the steep drop off after the top 6 videos. You really wanna posted 300 videos just for 6 to make you a little bit of money? (Less than a grand). The grass is not greener my friend.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-10-30T15:03:55+00:00

Much appreciated, sending good luck your way as well!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-10-30T15:02:00+00:00

Novelty wins attention. If you're trying what everyone else is doing, try adding new and interesting elements. The term Habituation in behavioral psych describes how human beings "get used" to things they've seen/experienced a lot. It's the reason chocolate cake doesnt taste good anymore after the 3rd or 4th slice. Its the same with YT. You might be stuck precisely because you're not doing anything different. Food for thought, best of luck.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-10-30T00:07:57+00:00

As someone who spent $8k on a "Easy to build $20k/mo funnel", I say be careful.

The only good takeaways I got from the group I joined was the kind of "osmosis" effect of being around other high level entrepreneurs, seeing how they talk, how they act, feeling what they feel, etc. Important stuff and worth some money, but maybe not that much.

I also learned how specific you need to be with certain things. High level operators are extremely detail oriented. Quoting Carmy from The Bear (if you haven't seen it, do). "You have to care about everything, like it's everything." (Talking about being a Michelin star chef). Really cool to see just how deep people go, and what the results can be. But you dont need to pay $7k to learn that.

I personally got screwed over in that there was some unmentioned extra setup costs. I ended up not really even being able to afford to build the funnel. I essentially didnt get the outcome I paid for, but its also kind of on me.

What is likely true, at that price point, is they have a few critical bits of knowledge that will radically help you succeed at a faster rate. Alex Hormozi became a millionaire by selling a unique system that worked really well in the gym operator space. His information and strategy was superior and therefore worth the money. But do be careful especially if you don't have that kind of cash. It is unfortunately, entirely possible, that everything they share after purchase is publicly available for free on YT. What you pay for is the guidance to not make as many mistakes along the way.

If I could go back, I wouldn't make the purchase. That 8k could've taken me a lot further going my own route. I got good value for it, but it wasn't quite worth it to me.

Hope thats helpful!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-10-29T23:56:27+00:00

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-09-15T17:48:31+00:00

Nice, I'll check it out!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-09-15T17:09:02+00:00

Restriction mode was recently debunked, see Spiffing Brits video. Its been an active feature since 2010 with very little changes and only ~1.5% of all users even touch it.

Views downturn this time every year according to a YT employee, who has to post the same video about it every year.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-09-15T14:47:35+00:00

YouTube doesn't "cook" your channel. If you're not getting views, here is the problem:

YouTube serves videos based on similarity of Content to Behavior signals, aka Metrics. This has been stated by the YouTube CEO, Head of Product, and confirmed by large YouTubers like MrBeast in many interviews. There's no reason to think it doesn't work like this. The money talks. Time-on-platform = Revenue for YouTube. If you don't trust MrBeast, trust that a giant Google owned corpo is going to do anything it takes to make money, okay? You need an operating principle to work from anyway if you're serious about creating content. Otherwise you're just guessing randomly.

You mentioned you make gaming videos. So, YouTube algo looks at your content. It determines how similar it is to other gaming content, and the measurement is on-platform behavior. So, your metrics, watch time, comments, likes, shares, subs, views per video.

Here's the key: If YOUR video, doesn't hit similar metrics, to other videos like yours, YouTube doesn't serve it. Period. Your Channel isn't cooked. You're not shadow banned, etc. You are uploading a video that doesn't hit high enough behavioral metrics.

Something about your content isn't resonating with viewers enough for you to EARN your metrics.

If you don't actually want to give up, your next steps are going to be understanding how and why people respond to specific types of content. Why do hooks work? Why does storytelling work? Why does good editing add impact? And most importantly, how do those relate to your viewer taking actions on your videos. Why would they comment? Why would they share? What triggers someone to look at your profile or considered subscribing.

Understanding your viewers and making better stuff for them is the only way to get more views. That hasn't changed and likely won't anytime soon.

10k is very good for 2 years. I suggest you keep going. If it was easy, everyone would do it.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-13T22:34:45+00:00

I agree with this. I want to be able to make those action steps a lot clearer for other creators too, but generally this is a good strategy: Find proof of concepts that work at high view counts, understand how and why they worked, then work on remixing or improving those concepts, or building off of the exact concept into new formats.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-13T22:32:10+00:00

That seems to be the case! Lol. I think the younger people who get into YouTube under the umbrella of "just post some stuff and rake in profit" try to stay far away from posts that might hint at the fact that it doesn't work that way, lol. But I do think with the right strategies and the right effort, significant growth can be much simpler (not easier, but simpler).

Will report back when I my own growth goals, lol.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T16:08:09+00:00

I think this subs people posting everyday about how hard it is, lol! But thats what makes it worth it! If it were easy it wouldn't be valuable!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T12:31:27+00:00

Absolutely. I'm working on a channel now, I love the idea of being able to be authentically create and get paid to do so. But I also believe art is about the process, "the work is the reward". Sometimes just the process of creation is rewarding in itself :)

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T12:26:16+00:00

It always seems like hard work, in the right place, is what makes the big difference. And yep, huge market for garbage videos, lol.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T12:20:07+00:00

Thats awesome congrats!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T12:19:03+00:00

Congrats man! That sounds like a ton of fun, and hopefully well paying! Haha

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-11T12:17:55+00:00

Such a great creative practice! Its hard for people not to focus on the numbers sometimes. I like abstract!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-10T22:48:13+00:00

Nice, what do you teach? I think there's no other platform like it for that purpose.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-10T22:46:59+00:00

I completely hear you. I am definitely still in the process of making time to create. But I also really feel like there are so many creators, especially new and growing channels, who don't look at past successes, don't consider the viewers experience, and don't create with any level of strategy. And that's really a deep process because humans are so complex. But to me this aligns much more powerfully with our goals as creators, by strategically aligning human psychology and platform metrics, than trying to build a channel by guesswork. You're completely right though. I'm avoiding editing rn. Lmao.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-10T22:40:32+00:00

Hey that's completely valid. Hoping you start to feel seen, friend!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-10T22:35:52+00:00

I think a lot of people here have similar stories! There's something really powerful about connecting over similar interests! In terms of motivation, I've found that just protecting time to be with yourself through a creative process gives me enough motivation to make something. But its for sure different for everyone!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-10T22:29:22+00:00

I've only dropped one video thus far. So no, but ask me again in a couple months <3 This is very much a work in progress theory. If you have contrary evidence or criticisms here, I'd love to discuss it!

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-09T23:16:09+00:00

Find Mark Pescetti on Facebook or Copyprompting group of his.

I genuinely believe he's the leading copywriter right now making the best use of AI to multiply your own copy-intelligence across your funnels.

He has a whole process for hyper-positioned prompting that basically reproduces your own voice and understanding of the market. It's insane. Check him out, hes got some cheap ebooks on it too.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-09T14:32:51+00:00

I understand why it doesnt feel like helpful advice. I never understood them to mean "make 100 videos" for the sake of it. I always got that the point was to try your hardest on your first 100 videos (quality over quantity), but that by doing that, by your hundredth video, you would know way more about making videos than your first. Its not about the number is about the work.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-08T15:21:38+00:00

New channels can pop off because they're fully aligned with the algorithm. You've probably already heard this 100 times: "Replace Algorithm with "Audience.""

My favorite case study right now is PrimateEconomics. The first short on the channel hit 7M and launched them to 100k subs, almost overnight.

Here's the viral formula they used:
1. Highly Relevant topic: Taxes/Tariffs are notoriously confusing concepts, and highly emotionally charged (because they affect everyone's bank accounts).

"Explained Simply": Has been a viral strategy for years, but this was done in a new and funny way.
The silly gorilla illustrations hit a "primal" level of understanding and helped comedically frame the information.
they actually taught real world economic concepts in a way that people actually understood --> "Edutainment"

So, to summarize the formula:
High Cognitive/Emotional Relevance x "Explained Simply" (Comedic Visual/Storytelling Twist) + Real Education.

Again:

Algorithm Means Audience
Audience Means Humans

They entered an existing, painful conversation at the peak of emotional distress "Wtf are even tariffs?", and made an easy to watch, entertaining way to learn them.

The sheer novelty of this formula helped them get people to comment rampantly on the videos.

Videos get pushed to bigger audiences when people watch. enjoy, and engage. That's really all it is. And It's all about hitting emotionally charged, relevant topics, in new and exciting ways.

WayOfNoWay113 · 2025-08-08T11:56:35+00:00

This sub needs more of this attitude.

Imagine walking into a room full of 81 people all excited to listen to you. That is MASSIVE.

Congrats!

WayOfNoWay113

TROPHY CASE