#284: Thomas Frank – The Truth About Having 2.76 Million Subscribers

<p>Thomas Frank is a YouTuber. His main channel has 2.75 million subscribers. His second channel (about Notion) recently crossed 100,000 subscribers.</p> <p>And in today’s episode, we dove deep into YouTube, how to have a better title and thumbnail, why he started a new channel, burnout, what most people get wrong about learning, and much more…</p> <p>(0:00) Intro</p> <p>(1:27) 2.75 Million Subscribers</p> <p>(3:33) Design</p> <p>(7:28) Title/Thumbnail Best Practices</p> <p>(13:15) Early Days of Creating Online</p> <p>(22:23) Why Videos Instead Of Writing?</p> <p>(23:48) Working For His Favorite Creators</p> <p>(26:42) Why Do Schools Block YouTube?</p> <p>(27:33) Obsession</p> <p>(32:00) New Channel / Burnout</p> <p>(37:39) Changing Locations</p> <p>(47:43) Tracking Exponential Numbers</p> <p>(51:25) Issues With Getting Big On YouTube?</p> <p>(55:50) Thomas’ Impossible List &amp; Generalization</p> <p>(1:00:20) Challenge (1 Percent Rule)</p> <p>-</p> <p>Resources Mentioned:</p> <p>Crash Course Study Skills – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&amp;list=PLx65qkgCWNJKHcoJzgJ8xd97JbS64e4xE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&amp;list=PLx65qkgCWNJKHcoJzgJ8xd97JbS64e4xE</a></p> <p>This Is Why You Aren’t Inspired – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWe4Qq-Rp0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWe4Qq-Rp0</a></p> <p>Survivorship bias – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias</a></p> <p>Thomas Frank’s Impossible List – <a href="https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/">https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/</a></p> <p>-</p> <p>Thomas’ Links &nbsp;YouTube (Main Channel): <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCG-KntY7aVnIGXYEBQvmBAQ">&nbsp;@Thomasfrank&nbsp;</a> &nbsp;</p> <p>YouTube (Second Channel): <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCd_WBvzBg1UbHE8j8MIL5Ng">&nbsp;@ThomasFrankExplains&nbsp;</a> &nbsp;</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="Thomas’ Links YouTube