After consulting with multiple YouTubers 1:1, I've distilled some things that don't matter as much as you'd expect to grow a YouTube channel. These are some mistakes YouTubers make, and what to do instead.

Here's how I'm helping creators: https://radicalyt.com/

I also share more outside YouTube:
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