BrandonJune 6, 2024
Do YouTube Promotions Hurt or Kill Your Channel?
Will YouTube punish your channel for promoting a video? YouTube has answered that in writing. Below is the answer, the mechanism behind it, how to check it in your own analytics, and the one thing that does put a...
BrandonJune 27, 2023
What Do You Need to Monetize on YouTube in 2026?
YouTube's monetization rules have changed twice since this guide was first written, and a third change lands on February 1, 2027. This page is the complete, current checklist. It covers both Partner Program tiers, what each one pays you...
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...