Apr 6, 2021

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Death of a YouTube Channel

A four-year journey into the abyss.

One of my YouTube (YT) channels died today.

I killed it at the four year mark.

This is what that channel taught me:

Do not trust the algorithm. My first videos after starting the channel had thousands of views. This continued right up until the channel got monetized.

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Death of a YouTube Channel

This is what that channel taught me:

More from John Lewis

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