My Thoughts on Why YouTubers Are Quitting

Ali Abdaal February 23, 2024
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Ali Abdaal

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If you want to start or grow a channel, check out my Part-Time YouTuber Academy here: https://ptya.com/part-time-youtuber-academy Get your free 7 day trial to Epidemic Sound here! https://share.epidemicsound.com/aliabdaalFEB24 There have been lots of YouTubers quitting recently, and I wanted to take a second to talk about why I think that is, and what we can all learn from this. I love being a YouTuber, and I don't want to quit, so these are also some notes to myself about how to be able to keep going for the long run. I hope you find it useful! Enjoy x 📕 Check out my New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt And if you've read the book, I'd love it if you could leave a review here: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/ytazreview 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I’m reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 🍿 WATCH NEXT: If I Wanted to Grow an Audience in 2024, I'd Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nYIa8b-6c If I Started a YouTube Channel in 2024, I'd Do This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2M9hSswlIs How to Make $10,000 a Month Writing Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFSSmCkFEw MY FAVOURITE TOOLS & GEAR ⏰ Rize - How I track my time and stay productive - https://rize.io/aliabdaal 📩 Superhuman - My favourite email app - https://go.aliabdaal.com/superhuman ✍️ Shortform - My favourite place for book summaries - https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 Readwise - How I remember everything I read - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Music & SFX in my videos - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound ⚙️ Notion - How I manage my life and business - https://go.aliabdaal.com/notion 💰 To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR/GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through this link https://www.trading212.com/promocodes/ALI - Terms apply. When investing, your capital is at risk and you may get back less than invested. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. MY OTHER SOCIALS: 🎙 My podcast Deep Dive - https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepDivewithAliAbdaal/ 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱  TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻  Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🎥  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal/ WHO AM I? If we haven’t yet before - Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love. PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜 ⌚️Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:45 - Why are YouTubers Quitting? 10:55 - What can we learn from this? 13:33 - Practical strategies to avoid burnout

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