BrandonApril 14, 2020
What Should a New YouTuber Ignore in Year One?
Most of the advice a new creator hears is setup advice: the banner, the intro animation, the tag list, the camera. Almost none of it appears in YouTube's own documentation as something that affects whether a video gets watched....
BrandonMarch 21, 2020
Which YouTube Channels Actually Teach YouTube Growth?
Many well-known YouTube-growth channels have changed subject or stopped uploading, so a list is only as good as its last check. Every channel below was checked on 9 September 2026 by opening it and reading its own upload feed,...
BrandonFebruary 25, 2020
YouTube Upload Checklist: Every Setting That Affects Views
The YouTube upload screen has changed more since 2020 than almost any other part of the platform. Tags quietly stopped mattering, chapters and title testing arrived, and two disclosure toggles were added that can strip features off a video...
BrandonFebruary 4, 2020
How to Script a YouTube Video That Keeps People Watching
The scripting advice that dominated YouTube in 2020 told you to open with a hook, cut to a logo sting, then spend half a minute introducing yourself before the content started. YouTube now measures exactly that stretch of your...
BrandonJanuary 15, 2020
Is Your YouTube Channel Made for Kids? COPPA in 2026
The audience question has been mandatory on every YouTube channel since January 2020, and it has only grown teeth since. The FTC rewrote the COPPA Rule in 2025, and YouTube now runs its own classifier that can overrule your...