A 7-day stretch
7 days
The shape of the catalog has been the recurring read on the channel across 7 days running.
See the storyThe story so far
The whole history, read in the order it happened — every video and every quiet day kept in.
278Views to date — across 9 videos on this channel since Apr 10, 2026
Recent stretches
Reads that have held for more than a day, shown once as a stretch rather than repeated each day.
6 days on the same thread
6 days
For 6 consecutive days, view movement has been the standout on the channel — the same thread held across the stretch rather than a new read each day.
See the storyThe story so far · Apr 19, 2026
Every video, every quiet day, every number — kept in the order it happened. Scroll to move through it.
The shape of it
How the record accumulated
The solid line traces what is recorded. The dashed tail is a plain continuation of the same trend — not a prediction, just the line carried on.
Where the channel is now
This stretch is still being written — the most recent days, kept in the order they happened.
First external
Found from outside YouTube, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 — first External views — 2026-04-11, day 3.
1 view from External links
Discovery shift
Video 3 overtook Video 2 for lifetime views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 overtook Video 2 for lifetime views — 2026-04-11, day 3.
41 vs 28
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 10 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached on day 1
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 25 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached on day 1
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 10 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 25 views, day 3
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-11 (day 3).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 50 views, day 4
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-12 (day 4).
Reached in 2 days
Milestone
Channel crossed 100 total views, day 4
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Channel crossed 100 total views on 2026-04-12 (day 4).
Milestone
Video 2 crossed 50 views, day 6
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 2 crossed 50 views on 2026-04-14 (day 6).
Reached in 5 days
Milestone
Video 6 crossed 10 views, day 7
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 6 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-15 (day 7).
Reached in 2 days
Beginnings
The first thirty days
First video published. Traffic typically arrives in batches over the following weeks.
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
It started on 2026-04-09, the day The Real Reason You're Not Getting What You Want published.
9 videos went up in the first thirty days, and lifetime views across that early batch now sit at 278.
Milestone
Video 1 crossed 10 views, day 8
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 1 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-16 (day 8).
Reached in 8 days
Reach
Australia crossed 5% of channel views, day 2
Day 2: Australia held at least 5% of the channel's last seven days of views (about 10% of the trailing 7-day window). A sustained crossing usually reflects a particular distribution surface picking up in that region.
Milestone
Video 3 crossed 100 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 3 crossed 100 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 9 days
Milestone
Video 8 crossed 10 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 8 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 4 days
Milestone
Video 8 crossed 25 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 8 crossed 25 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 4 days
Milestone
Video 4 crossed 10 views, day 11
Common advice · disagrees
“Videos 8–10 minutes long perform best for ad revenue and watch time.”
Common advice · agrees
“Most subscribers come from a few breakout videos, not from many videos contributing equally.”
Video 4 crossed 10 views on 2026-04-19 (day 11).
Reached in 8 days
Belief
"mid_length_videos_optimal" flipped to disagrees
2026-04-14: the mid_length_videos_optimal verdict moved from inconclusive to disagrees. The threshold's near; small samples flip easily. Worth watching whether the flip survives the next month.
Convergence
Three videos at once, 2026-04-19
On 2026-04-19, multiple videos in the catalog jumped together. Convergence days like this are uncommon; the channel-level signal is often more interesting than any one video's day.
Today
As of 2026-04-19
Several recent uploads are competing for attention at the same time.
Through 2026-04-19, the catalog has reached 9 videos and 278 lifetime views, with 0 subscribers along for it. The record keeps going from here.
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The most-watched, so far
121views
More views than any other video on this channel to date — a count, read straight off the record.
The Guilt Nobody Talks About When Your Startup Fails
Open this videoThe story keeps going. Tomorrow’s day gets logged the same as every day before it.