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Reflections on 1 Year of (Trying to) Become Successful on YouTube

January 10th, 2025 In 2024, my friend and I started making YouTube videos. This article is just some housekeeping I’m doing to keep track of progress for this channel.

Basketball Ice Skating A Ropes Course(somebody that worked here gave me their email and asked if I could send some of the footage we got - I immediately lost this card and if you’re reading this I am very sorry) Dinner at a restaurant Biking Watching a sunset (and comparing it to the sunet enviroment inside the headset) The problem with a lot of this content is that it’s mostly anecdotal or overrepresentative, focusing on individual experiences or specific cases in which certain factors helped a video succeed or caused its performance to tank. Video TitleDate ReleasedViewsWatch time (hours)Subs GainedImpressions Click-Through RateI Went Skydiving In Apple Vision Pro!Apr 12, 20244,948287.4+1034.2%I Hiked A Mountain Blindfolded!May 11, 202459925.7+103.4%I Let AI Control My Vacation!Jun 21, 202471152.8+132.1%Find Me, Win $1000!Jul 27, 20245,648261.4+1452.0%I Spent A Day In 3rd Person!Aug 10, 20242,560154.5+15810.4%A Conversation With My 20 Year Old SelfSep 7, 20241,98260.5+1492.8%GeoGuessr In Real LifeSep 21, 202413,146902.3+2331.3%Overnight In The World’s Most Haunted AirbnbOct 26, 202438625.1+153.1%Ignoring how poorly our most recent video performed, I’d like to think we’re moving in a somewhat positive direction.

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