I made a secret YouTube channel to prove it's not luck

Just for the record Im not this cheap usually was just an off day

Just so people aren’t writing file title essays on their computer, just know that YouTube fixed this so file names no longer impact SEO! :)

The fact that Mizkif was immediately like "you know what you're doing" I think helps prove Ludwig's point.

I think the problem when starting out is the discoverability When he donated to make Mizkif watch the video, it serves as a way to force thousands of people to watch the vid whereas if he didn't, the video still needs to end up to the recommended section and people still need to decide if they want to click and watch the video or not.

How to make it big on YouTube: Step 1. Be a god at editing Step 2. Exploit streamers’ huge egos See: Online Lore, Ostonox

Ludwigs low-key goal: make people donate $50 on the reg on his streams to get their vids noticed = cash money for Lud

This video really shows how vital marketing is. Youtubers go on length about the strength of thumbnails and titles but marketing your videos doesn't seem to be discuss as much. I genuinely feel like you could learn how to make better videos, better thumbnails and better titles just by studying youtube and making content. However, when it comes to getting your videos in front of people I don't think that's a skill you can learn by just making videos.

You proved that it isnt skill its pay to win

Is no one gonna talk about what an actually interesting video Lud made for the fake channel? It had some solid points and creative comparisons I never would've thought of

quick guide: 1. Write a script about your 'buddy top 30 streamer' 2. Pay someone to do a video for you 3. Pay the 'Buddy top 30 streamer' to review the video on stream total cost ~$600 +your time and your 'besties top 30' streamers time

As a YouTuber myself, I realized it's never about being lucky. Only hard work, consistency and a bit of Famester to help you along the way.

one day I, too, will make a youtube

The year is 2025. OnlineLore has overtaken the official Ludwig channel in subscribers, watch time, revenue, and merch sales. OnlineLore has tens of millions of dedicated fans, waiting with bated breath for each and every upload. It is a good channel.

This video is actually insanely helpful for content creators just starting out. Most of us have no clue what a "good" title/description/etc is, so seeing Ludwig take us through his process for that is huge

"you can... GET... editing software" thanks Lud, reminding people that even if they don't have money, they can always raise the skull and crossbones.

I'd be very interested to see this done on a grander scale (obviously get why you didn't do that for this). Like, start 5 channels and see how many videos on average it takes to hit a certain amount of subs. Can following certain rules make it consistent? Can I learn those rules...

His experiment is like taking a world class tennis player and restarting their career from scratch, then wondering why they rise so fast. Pointless & misleading.

The hardest part about creating a new YouTube channel is finding time for the grind. If your not a full time content creator and don’t have 100% of your time to put into a YouTube channel it makes it twice as hard. Posting a regular unambitious video once a month wont make your channel grow at all without insane luck. What a lot of content creators seem to forget with these challenges is that normal people don’t have all day to make YouTube videos. Im not saying it’s impossible for new creators to build a following, I’m saying that new creators must put all the time they have into a channel if they want to ever go full time. How can a student or someone who works long shifts as a doctor ever find time to upload 4-5 videos a day.

The actual genius of this concept is that not only did he prove a point about channel marketing and how to blow something up, he also made himself content for his main channel AND he made free content for mizkif. This whole idea got him 3.3m views on his main, 1m on the new channel, and 600k views for mizkif. Ludwig is a content wizard with his ideas.

Ludwig: I can't use my face or voice to gain views... Ludwig: uses Mizkif's face and voice to gain views.