- Adam Del Duca
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- The 1 mistake that's killing 90% of new channels
The 1 mistake that's killing 90% of new channels
You're probably doing this too...
So I've been analyzing failed YouTube channels lately
And I keep seeing the same pattern over and over…
People start with huge motivation
They research niches for weeks
They plan out 50 video ideas
They invest in expensive equipment
Then they upload their first video…
23 views
Second video gets 31 views
Third video gets 19 views
By month 3, they quit
But there’s something they always do wrong…
They optimize for perfection instead of performance
They were spending weeks planning the "perfect" content strategy...
But they should have been uploading, learning from the data, and improving
Keyson didn't plan 50 videos in advance
He made one chart video, saw it worked, then made more
Diego didn't wait for the perfect political moment
He started posting consistently and caught the election wave
The algorithm doesn't reward your planning
It rewards your publishing
Stop trying to figure out everything before you start
Adam