I Made a Secret Youtube Channel to Prove it’s Not Luck
Summary
TLDRIn this ambitious challenge, the creator aims to organically boost a secret YouTube channel to viral status, proving success isn't just luck. The journey involves meeting specific milestones: 10 million views, $10,000 in ad revenue, and maintaining a faceless identity. The creator adopts a science channel format, leveraging AI for scripting and voiceovers, and even purchasing a pre-monetized channel. Despite copyright strikes, the project concludes with a total of 4.3 million views and a profit of $4,299, showcasing the power of strategy and persistence in digital entrepreneurship.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The video is about an attempt to make a secret YouTube channel go viral by following specific rules: gaining 10 million organic views, generating $10,000 in ad revenue, and maintaining a faceless identity.
- 🚀 The inspiration for the challenge came from observing another channel's rapid growth and deciding to replicate its success.
- 🤖 The use of AI, specifically GPT, was integral in creating content, suggesting video ideas, and even generating scripts for the channel.
- 🎨 The importance of branding was highlighted through the creation of a logo and banner for the channel, emphasizing a clean and appealing design.
- 📝 The process of scripting involved using AI to mimic the style of a successful channel and then customizing the script to fit the new channel's content.
- 🔊 Finding the right voice for the channel was achieved by hiring a voice actor from Fiverr to ensure a professional tone for the videos.
- 📈 The strategy included creating content that was both mass-appealing and able to pass the 'over-the-shoulder test', aiming for quick virality.
- 🔄 The concept of 'brain rot' content was introduced as a potential winning idea, focusing on satisfying video compilations that are easy to consume and share.
- 💡 A unique approach to sourcing satisfying clips involved using Instagram's algorithm to curate content by liking and saving similar reels.
- 📊 The video detailed the process of scaling the channel by hiring a researcher, writer, video editor, and utilizing AI for voiceovers to keep costs down.
- 🌐 The decision to create versions of the channel in both English and Spanish was made to tap into different markets and increase the chances of going viral.
- 📉 Despite initial success, the channel faced copyright strikes which led to a pivot in strategy, including privateing videos to protect the channel from being taken down.
Q & A
What is the main objective of the challenge presented in the video?
-The main objective is to make a secret YouTube channel go viral organically, without using paid ads or promotion, and to generate at least $10,000 in ad revenue by the end of the challenge.
What are the rules for the challenge regarding the YouTube channel?
-The rules are that the channel must gain at least 10 million views organically, generate at least $10,000 in ad revenue, and remain faceless to ensure replicability.
What was the inspiration for the channel's content and style?
-The inspiration came from a successful YouTube channel called 'this Bluetooth,' which was growing rapidly with its science content.
How did the creator approach naming and branding the new science channel?
-The creator used AI, specifically Chad GPT, to suggest names like 'factoid,' 'shorts,' 'brain b tube,' and 'ch00b tube,' and then created a clean logo and banner for the channel.
What was the first video topic chosen for the new channel and why?
-The first video topic was 'Why do Knuckles Crack?' because it's a common curiosity and the creator wanted to mimic the successful style of the 'this Bluetooth' channel.
How did the creator handle the scripting and voiceover for the videos?
-The creator used Chad GPT to generate a script in the style of the 'this Bluetooth' channel, then hired a voice actor from Fiverr to record the voiceover.
What was the initial feedback on the video's content and voiceover?
-The creator found the AI-generated script to be too AI-like and decided to make changes, and after receiving the voiceover, they were satisfied with the quality.
What strategy did the creator consider for scaling the channel?
-The creator considered hiring a researcher and writer to source satisfying clips, using AI for voiceovers, hiring a video editor, and creating thumbnails to scale the channel.
Why did the creator decide to pivot to 'brain rot' content?
-The creator felt that the original science content was too time-consuming to produce and that 'brain rot' content, specifically satisfying video compilations, could go viral quicker and generate revenue faster.
How did the creator plan to avoid copyright issues with the satisfying video compilations?
-The creator planned to use reaction channels as a loophole, adding reactions to the compilations to monetize the content while avoiding copyright strikes.
What was the process for sourcing the satisfying clips for the compilations?
-The process involved creating a new Instagram account, using the algorithm to serve satisfying content by liking and saving relevant reels, and then using these clips for the compilations.
How did the creator approach the issue of monetization and scalability?
-The creator hired a channel manager to research, write, and edit the videos, used AI for voiceovers to save costs, and planned to create two versions of the channel in English and Spanish to reach a wider audience.
What was the outcome of the challenge in terms of views and revenue?
-The challenge resulted in over 4.3 million views and a total revenue of $1,485 after three months of operation.
What issues did the channel face towards the end of the challenge?
-The channel faced copyright strikes, which led to the private setting of videos on the Spanish channel and a pivot in strategy.
How did the creator handle the copyright strikes and what was the final decision?
-The creator privated the videos to avoid losing the entire channel and to be able to share the results of the challenge. The final decision was to accept the outcome as part of the challenge and learn from the experience.
Outlines
🎥 Viral YouTube Challenge Introduction
The script outlines a challenge to make a secret YouTube channel go viral without using paid promotions, aiming for 10 million organic views and $10,000 in ad revenue. The channel must also be faceless. The creator found inspiration from a rapidly growing channel and used AI, specifically Chad GPT, to generate content ideas and mimic styles for the first video about knuckle cracking. The process included scriptwriting, voiceover, and editing, highlighting the time-consuming nature of content creation and the struggle to keep up with YouTube's evolving content trends.
🔄 Pivot to Brain Rot Content Strategy
After initial struggles, the creator decides to pivot to 'brain rot' content, focusing on satisfying video compilations to quickly go viral. The strategy involves hiring a researcher, using AI for voiceovers, and ensuring scalability with a video editor. The plan also includes creating thumbnails and launching the channel in both English and Spanish to tap into less competitive markets. The creator successfully hires a multi-role individual for content creation and implements a method to source satisfying clips from Instagram by manipulating the platform's algorithm.
📈 Rapid Growth and Monetization
The satisfying compilation channel takes off, with the first video gaining significant views and revenue. The creator calculates potential earnings while asleep and experiences a surge in views and ad revenue. Despite some editing issues, the channel continues to grow, leading to the purchase of a pre-monetized English channel to expand the business. The videos are sourced from Instagram, and both English and Spanish channels experience all-time high views and earnings, demonstrating the effectiveness of the strategy.
🚨 Copyright Strikes and Final Analytics
The channel faces copyright strikes, prompting the creator to private all videos on the Spanish channel to protect the account. The final analytics reveal a total of 4.3 million views and $1,485 in revenue across both channels, despite the initial outlay for channel purchases and operational costs. The channel manager emerges as the real winner due to the substantial fees paid for their services. The creator reflects on the experience, showing the channel's legitimacy and the entrepreneurial lifestyle it afforded, concluding that even with setbacks, the challenge was a fun and successful endeavor.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Viral
💡Organically
💡Ad Revenue
💡Faceless
💡Trend
💡AI
💡Voiceover
💡Editing
💡Monetization
💡Copyright Strike
💡Satisfying Compilations
💡Pre-Monetized Channel
Highlights
Attempting to make a secret YouTube channel go viral without relying on luck.
Organic growth goal of 10 million views without paid ads or promotion.
Generating $10,000 in ad revenue by the end of the challenge.
Creating a faceless channel to ensure replicability.
Inspiration from a successful YouTube channel called 'this Bluetooth'.
Using AI to generate simple names for a science YouTube channel.
Designing a clean logo and banner for the channel.
Choosing the first video topic: 'Why do Knuckles Crack?'.
Utilizing AI to mimic the style of a successful video script.
Finding a voice actor on Fiverr to narrate the video.
Brainstorming video ideas and passing the 'bed test' for content quality.
Hitting 100 subscribers and the subsequent challenges faced.
Realizing the need to pivot to short-form content like YouTube shorts.
Deciding to create a satisfying video compilation channel.
Hiring a researcher, writer, and video editor for scalability.
Using Instagram's algorithm to source satisfying clips for compilations.
Purchasing a pre-monetized YouTube channel to start the business.
Rebranding the purchased channel and uploading the first video.
Experiencing rapid growth in views and ad revenue.
Dealing with copyright strikes and the implications for the channel.
Analyzing the financial outcome of the challenge and the lessons learned.
Demonstrating the legitimacy of the challenge by showing the channel's performance.
Reflecting on the entrepreneurial journey and the value of the experience.
Transcripts
I'm going to attempt to make a secret
YouTube channel go viral to prove it's
not luck let's explain the rules firstly
we need to gain at least 10 million
views completely organically meaning we
can't use paid ads or promotion next the
channel needs to generate at least
$10,000 in ad Revenue by the end of the
challenge and if you're watching this
right now it means that I managed
otherwise I will literally not upload
this video and I'm recording this intro
for nothing please tell me you're
watching this video finally the channel
needs to be f faceless to ensure that
anyone can replicate this all right so I
came across this YouTube channel called
this Bluetooth is literally
indistinguishable from Magic and they're
absolutely blowing up so the channel was
created in November 18th 2023 7 videos
65,000 subscribers created a month and a
half ago so I'm not trying to reinvent
the wheel here I'm just trying to find
what works and replicate it and I think
I'm catching a trend early it's a
science challenge so it's not going to
be easy but uh there's ch GPT for that
so I asked Chad GPT for some simple
names for a science YouTube channel and
it gave me options like factoid s shorts
brain b tube c h o o b tube is a sick
name the next step was making a logo and
banner C so I cooked up something clean
and got one son upload the bling logo
mateoo now that's clean though that's
clean though Little M made little me
made I already have an idea for the
first video I'm going to do why do
Knuckles crack or why do Knuckles even
crack so it's like how does Bluetooth
even exist bro I swear we're straight
copying this guy so I copy and pasted
the transcript into cha PT and asked to
mimic the style for a video titled why
do Knuckles even crack hey there curious
minds today we're unraveling the mystery
of knuckle cracking is it bad for you or
is it just your body's weird little
party trick this is the most AI sentence
I've ever seen in my entire life I'm I'm
down to like go in there and completely
change the script myself but I just want
the facts you know like how do knck
crack what's the anatomy I want to see
the channel once
again look at that bro hey love the car
what do you do for a living I own chebe
facts bro what a channel what a channel
what a day the script is done it wasn't
that difficult I mostly use Chad GPT
this is what it sounds like ah The Sweet
Sound of your knuckles cracking but what
actually happens when you crack your
knuckles as you can probably tell my
American accent is not the best so the
next step was finding a voice actor
to voice it after 15 minutes of digging
through Fiverr I found the perfect voice
the all new g70 was built the only way
we know how to build them yes sir this
guy's a beast commercial rights yep
continue now that the voiceover was sent
I also brainstormed a bunch more video
ideas for this one I'm thinking like how
does a mouse know when it's moving and
the thumbnail would be like a mouse with
like text and like lasers shooting out
of the mouth 24 hours later I received
the voice over and started editing I'm
done I finished it all in all that took
about 8 hours so I guess the main thing
I learned from this is that I suck at
editting usually when a video is done I
always do the bed
test let's pretend I'm getting into bed
ah The Sweet Sound of your knuckles
cracking but what actually happens when
you crack your knuckles first off each
knuckle is a joint formed and click
subscribe
or it's so good it paes the bed test I
just I just want to upload it so I did
just that and over the following weeks I
managed to find an editor upload another
two videos and then this happened we
just hit 100 subscribers let's go 103
baby us CH to the
moon but the celebrations didn't last
long
because this challenge is not really
working out so it's been about a month
and we've only uploaded another two
videos and we're at 380 subscribers see
the problem is that these videos take
extremely long to produce from the
scripting to the voice over to the
editing the direction that YouTube is
heading I feel like they have short form
content like YouTube shorts to fight Tik
Tok and they're pushing really really
long videos to fight like Netflix and
cable TV that's why you're seeing like
your favorite creators post 20 minutes
to an hour long videos I know this
because this is what I've been doing for
like the past 5 years I run faceless
YouTube channels and I've just been
uploading way longer videos on my
channel and those have been performing
way better all this to say that I kind
of want to Pivot I'm not giving up I'm
not going to quit we're not going to
fail this challenge I'm telling you if
you're watching this I managed it I just
don't think that chbe is the right
channel for the challenge that we're
doing I think we need something that's
going to go viral quicker and going to
make money quicker now that's obviously
easier said than done but I I I have
some
ideas raid the new desk setup I'm
switching it up hopefully it makes it
less boring for you so yeah is your dope
meing
I did some thinking and market research
and I think I have a winning idea brain
rot content okay here we are here we are
not fully brain rot but if we want
something that's going to go viral and
viral quick we need something that's
Mass appealing and content that passes
the overthe shoulder test and I thought
about it satisfying video compilations
now I'm definitely not Reinventing the
wheel here just like I did with chu
there are hundreds of these channels on
YouTube already but I think that most of
them don't actually manage to monetize
on YouTube because they all suffer the
same fate something called reused
content but there's a little loophole
it's called reaction channels let's face
it reaction channels are basically
monetizing a compilation they're just
adding ooze and A's and oh my God Carl
did you see that when you react to
content you can monetize it I said this
channel would be faceless so we're not
going to make a reaction Channel I have
an idea so how are we going to make a
satisfying compilation Channel step one
we'll hire a researcher and writer to
Source the satisfying clips and write
about them step two we'll use AI for the
voice over saving on costs step three
we'll hire a video editor to make sure
the channel is scalable step four we
need thumbnails finally we'll create two
versions of the channel one in English
and one in Spanish this will double our
chances of going viral because the
Spanish faceless Market is completely
untapped because there's less
competition less people that know what
they're doing and more eyeballs there
because the people haven't seen this
type of content before so that's where
we come in and take over baby okay so
first things first I need to find people
so I made a quick job post on Discord
detailing exactly what I was looking for
and within 30 minutes I got a boatload
of requests now I'm going to go through
them and hopefully they get the process
baby start hiring so I spent about 20
minutes going through the list projects
F this guy looks good but I don't know
there's some red flags and I eventually
stumbled on a guy that seemed perfect
because he was not only down to edit but
also research and write so turned out
way better than expected we only had to
make one hire we'll call it three hires
in one baby hacking the system now
you're probably wondering how are we
going to actually Source the clips to
use in the compilations well I have an
idea so if you've ever noticed when you
interact with real on Instagram like
when you're scrolling and stuff if you
like start liking a specific type of
content let's say dog videos all of a
sudden the next few videos will all be
dog videos so so like the algorithm is
really really good at giving you more of
what you like I have a plan where we can
sort of hack that so first thing I need
to do is create a brand new Instagram
account also I'm thinking of naming this
channel soothe because the videos are
like soothing all right so we have our
account sooth algo now the fun part I
need to scroll through Instagram read I
first searched for satisfying which
yielded some pretty poor results I then
moved to satisfying workers which was
closer to what I was looking for but
still not quite there I then searched
for satisfying machine Mach and stumbled
upon this page called wonderful machines
which was absolutely perfect I then
started liking and saving the reels and
within 45 minutes our reals were
exclusively serving us satisfying
content and it worked like a
charm I sent over the Instagram account
details to the channel manager last
night and he's already started working
on the first video so we have that ready
in the bag the plan of action for today
is I'm going to look for a pre-
monetized YouTube channel oh man I love
this stuff it's like buying digital real
estate I'm not sure if it's against
YouTube's terms of service so let's keep
it harsh I think I found something
decent 11,000 subscribers country Mexico
so it's in Spanish last 28 days they
made $45 as you can tell it's not an
established Channel we're not really
cheating but we kind of are I I get it
if you're mad that I'm buying a Prem
monetized Channel I get it but they're
only asking for $11,000 which okay
$1,000 is not a little bit of money but
I think $1,000 to start a business is
really really not that much I mean
considering most people spend $1,000 on
a phone I'm going to
offer $950 I so I put in the offer went
to the gym and then I let's go back from
the gym and all I can say is ladies and
gentlemen we got it the seller accepted
the offer so let's pause the video if
you're enjoying this video up to this
point please consider subscribing let's
hit 100K by the end of the year I know
it's a stretch but I think we can do it
okay thank you so much let's get back to
the video it's been exactly a week since
we closed on the channel Channel I
rebranded the channel this is what it
looks like I know super clean I thought
of the name kmar myself yeah okay yeah I
know guys calm down over the last week
the channel manager also sent me the
first video we had quite a few issues
but some notes onf frame with IO and we
fixed them so I'm going to upload
tonight all I need now is a thumbnail I
figured I should probably show you how
I'm actually going about making these
videos this is the account sued algo so
the channel manager Scrolls through
Instagram finds the best re saves them
copy each link and then just simply
paste them 1 2 3 4 5 blah blah blah and
then you write a brief description under
each one so for example this one a
helicopter expertly slices through trees
so that's what the voiceover is going to
say we do half with voiceover half
without we then generate the voiceover
going into 11 Labs cuz I feel like it's
the best AI voice over and then just
paste the script and you just click
generate uh we're using J expertly
slices through trees in order to prune
them for more stable growth see his
voice is super buttery smooth you can
spread it on toes thank you for saying
that Fabio and then for Spanish we just
go to Chad GPT and I'll translate this
to Spanish past the script it translates
to Spanish we then have the voice over
and then we download each and every
single Instagram clip in the list and
then just start editing super simple but
it does take very very long so I
uploaded the first video to the channel
last night I wake up this morning boom
one of 10 3,000 views with a 9 Minute
average view duration
3 hours later okay so it's 10 p.m. right
now and I'm about to go to bed but I
just opened the studio app
4,300 views in the last 60 minutes this
is absolutely insane bro like I'm not
I'm not even going to be able to sleep
tonight let's do the math like on a
conservative side the RPM is $2 so as I
sleep this channel is going to be making
me
$860 per hour let's say I sleep for 8
hours $70 to
sleep
bro I just woke up and I'm dying to see
the analytics wo
76.3k we should have made 76 * 2 $152
absolutely insane a couple hours went by
and the editor sent me the second video
but we had a slight problem he seems to
be getting a little bit lazy the video
needed a lot of changes so I sent over
the notes and focused on my next task
which was buying a pre monetized English
Channel I bought the English Channel I
closed on it uh
yesterday last night I was going to say
last night but it wasn't really last
night it was like yesterday almost night
time the sun was about to set Twilight
the channel is called Autotech Central I
don't know I don't know why I'm doing
this I'm screen recording it anyway here
we go I'm in I bought this channel for a
pretty steep amount
$1,900 yeah it's quite pricey I was just
of a high of the Spanish ch I was like
yes $1900 let's do it hopefully it does
well so last night we uploaded two of 10
analytics
11,000 views in the last 60
Minutes
11,000 so a week went by and we just
kept hitting alltime high
17,800 views in the last 60 Minutes
After alltime High 647 th000 views in a
day and we made
$38 after alltime high today we broke
that again
389 in a day I then became the primary
owner of the English Channel and the
first video didn't quite go too well 700
views in 15 hours but we stuck with it
and uploaded two to three videos a week
on both both channels for the next 3
months and things were going really well
I even traveled a little bit and got to
live the entrepreneurial lifestyle bro
look at this I shared some of our
blessings excuse me sir yes can I pay
for your petrol p no no I just want to
pay for you bro I'm just spreading some
love thank you you're welcome man thank
you you like 50 or do you want to double
it and give it to the next person the
next person I want
it here you go bro this
one have you ever received that PB
working here not really here this for
you really yep for real that's for real
bro holy [ __ ] thank you yeah you're
welcome you already paid yeah how much
was it for 75 that's fine I'd like to
pay it for you bro here's
€100 thank you you're welcome man would
you like 50 or do you want to double it
and give it to the next person I'll take
that there you go I love you you're
welcome but things unfortunately took us
turn for the worst I just received an
email that the channel got a copyright
strike we got a second copyright
strike the challenge is complete so
let's break down the analytics reveal
exactly how much money we made how much
money we spent and exactly what happened
with the copyright strikes so let's
start with sooth and save Calmar The
Best For Last so we uploaded our first
video on the 19th of March 2024 and our
last video on the 2nd of June in that
period we got a grand total of
2,329 125 views and we made
$186.25 so technically that is a loss
because we bought the channel for $1,900
major l no one cares let's dive into
kalmar so we uploaded our first kalmar
video on the 6th of March and our final
Kar video on the 27th of May 2024 in
that period kalmar received a total of
13,22
4,679
made
$4,170
21 so that puts our grand total views at
4,300,000 and our grand total revenue at
$1,485
W hold on let's calculate the cost so we
had $950 for the Spanish Channel $1,900
for the English Channel $66 for the 11
Labs subscription and then we had the
biggest cost of them all the channel
manager so I was paying him $200 per
video he made 41 videos in total that's
not like English and
Spanish whoever mooved first is gay I'm
counting them as one like English and
Spanish paid the channel manager
$8,200 totem so the revenue minus the
cost puts our profit
at
$4,299 baby told you we were going to do
it so the real winner of this challenge
was our channel manager so bro how's
everything been made some good money
yeah but I think I've been on big ever
since the channel ended explain the
process so you hired people underneath
you basically my entire role was that I
set up a team right uh so there were
about five people working under me and
after all of that was done I was just
there for quality control and then I
would send it along for you as mentioned
I could have done everything myself but
I wanted to show you how you can build
out a faceless YouTube channel as a
business this is a good example but
obviously I wouldn't really do this
channel in particular because obviously
we got copyright stried and almost lost
the channel oh and with regards to the
copyright strikes I privated all of the
videos on the Spanish channel in fear of
losing the entire Channel and not being
able to post this video and show you
guys I do want to show you that it is
legit I'm going to unprivate some of
them just so that you can go on the
channel and see that it is all legit and
I didn't make this up if I lose the
channel I lose the channel it was for a
challenge and at the end of the day it
was fun and it was a success if you made
it this far into the video you are a
real one thank you so much I know this
video is probably super long Please
Subscribe I love you and I'll see you
soon
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