The 18‑Month Trench: How Real Channels Survive YouTube

Описание: 🔥 If you are a serious creator stuck before YouTube monetization and wondering why your best videos are ignored, this breakdown gives you the real 18‑month trench most small channels never survive. In this episode, I open the data from my own channel at ~700 subscribers and show the sustainable curve for creators who are building a business, not a hobby. You’ll see how I approach YouTube growth as a practitioner‑thinker, not a content farm, and what actually matters if you want to keep your craft intact while the algorithm evolves.
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We dig into how the YouTube algorithm treats small channels, the “unmonetized trench,” and why “No‑Edit” and low‑friction production can be a moat against AI‑polished perfection. I share my workflow for human‑AI collaboration, how I use an AI partner (ResonantOS) to augment my thinking instead of replacing it, and why messy, real videos can perform better over an 18‑month window than hyper‑edited shorts. If you care about AI, creativity, and long‑term channel growth, this is a field report from the inside, not a guru script.
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This video lives inside my broader philosophy of Augmentatism and cognitive sovereignty—treating AI as an augmentor, not a master, and designing your channel like a garden instead of a machine. I talk openly about being a “beginner” at 50, the emotional cost of staying in the game, and how a diverse, global community can become a stabilizing force when views and revenue fluctuate. If you identify as a “guardian of deep craft,” this is made for you.
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