Just found a brand-new YouTuber channel that went viral on its first video about early retirement in your early 50s to regain health and passion. The creator already posted a thoughtful follow-up in their Community tab — really interesting to watch this unfold. https://youtube.com/@waynephipps-over50reset?si=4_PwlAeRVxId8BeQ

Re-discovering who I am and what I like now…in my 60s. Mother, wife, caretaker, primary family bread winner. I am passionate about sharing what I’ve learned over 30+ years of striving to live WELL with invisible chronic health symptoms. https://youtube.com/@findingmyvoice1963?si=3LXk5TD7OEmTDGhA

This is crazy and I need to tell someone. I have another channel where I do tutorials and it’s been monetized for a couple of years now. But I also have another channel that just got monetized and it’s exploding. I was about to shut it down and then less than a month ago a video went viral and everything changed. I’m now at 25,000 watch hours and over 6k subs. It was sitting idle at 600+ subs when I was thinking of shutting it down. Then I did a video in a park sitting at a picnic table and it went nuts. That video has over 87k views now and I got monetized in less than a week after publishing it. The channel isn’t for everyone so don’t feel like you have to check it out and please don’t subscribe if it’s not your cup of tea. I’ll still like you. It’s something I started several years ago to document my journey out of religion. Not away from my faith but away from religious obligation. The channel name is The UnSunday Show (@unsundayshow). I have an audio podcast by the same name. Check it out if that interests you. I’ll always be Mike’s Retirement Corner in here. :)

Hello everyone. Over the past 4 days I've had a video that has begun to pick up a lot of views, almost 1300 the last I looked. I'm curious what to expect if anyone has had similar experiences? Does it flatline for awhile while YT figures stuff out and resurge or does it continue to get pushed out more and more? A friend that I know had a video go viral (it did get her monetized) about 8 months ago and mentioned that her's did not pick up momentum until day 26. What I have noticed since this interest in the video, is that my other videos have begun to surge as well. Any thoughts, tips, etc?

Hi, creators❣️ Have you checked your stats lately and by what percentage have your viewers increased? Based on “Audience by watch behavior” metrics (YouTube Studio), my monthly audience has increased as follows: • New Viewers - 94.1% (First Time) • Casual Viewers - 5.0% (Up to 5 months over the past year) • Regular Viewers - 1.0% (6 or more months over the past year) Keep those new viewers coming in, y’all. They are vital to the potential growth of our subs and watch hours. These metrics have helped me learn more about my viewing audience. Here’s hoping that you are seeing an increase, no matter how small. 😍