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If you make the changes I'm about to show you right now, I promise you that your views are going to double.

You see, there was a change in the algorithm.

There was a change of how YouTube rewards you as a creator.

And right now, every YouTube coach is telling you to go crazy on shorts or to post longer videos or, you know, your title, your thumbnail,

the same basic shit as always.

But this video has nothing to do with that.

The new sauce has to do with something called OTT.

Now, before we start, if you don't know who I am, my name is Romero.

I've been running faceless YouTube channels since 2018.

Since then I've gotten hundreds of millions of views and I've made over two million dollars in just YouTube ad revenue.

That's like the only interesting thing about me.

Anyways you see when when TikTok blew up every company was like wow we need to do the same thing.

YouTube dropped shorts, Instagram dropped reels, Snapchat was doing whatever they were doing.

I think shows whatever and they were all fighting to get the most viewers in their short form content.

Well that war ended.

Nowadays every single application has short form content.

Now the next thing that YouTube is trying to go for is your living room, right?

They want to go on your TV.

Now, I know what you're thinking.

Who the fuck actually watches YouTube on TV?

That's strange, right?

That's weird.

At least to me, it's super strange.

I only watch YouTube on my phone.

But in February of 2025, the CEO of YouTube sent out a letter showing the numbers,

and he said that the majority of YouTube viewers watch YouTube on their TV and not on their phones.

So I guess I'm the weird one.

And in July of this year, Nielsen put out their numbers

and apparently 14 .2 % of TV viewers in the United States are watching YouTube on their televisions.

Anyways, not the point.

This is why you and I should give a shit.

Number one, if the majority of your viewers come from TV, that means that they get higher quality ads,

which means you get paid more per 1000 views.

And the reason for that is because YouTube cannot play low quality ads on TV.

There's a bunch of regulations and rules for advertisers to run ads on televisions, meaning that your viewers are going to get ads from Toyota,

Ford, insurance companies, Walmart, all of the good shit.

And the majority of viewers on your phone are going to get those weird AI ads that are literally everywhere.

Now, if you haven't connected the dots yet, earlier this year, YouTube dropped something called shows.

YouTuber shows, creator shows, something like that.

I think it was creator shows.

Now, when they presented this idea, it was a literal pitch to advertisers saying that,

hey, your ads are not going to appear in like these viral videos.

They're going to appear on creator shows where all of these YouTube channels can now appear as TV shows meaning

that advertisers are now going to have to pay big bucks to appear on creator shows.

Now, here's the thing that nobody knew about, and this was kind of a secret sauce.

OTT means over the top, right?

Which is essentially like Netflix.

That's an OTT.

Hulu is an OTT.

Tubi, Pluto, all of those random things that you see when you first buy a TV.

Right now, if you go to Walmart and you pick out a TV, it's going to have all of these apps downloaded.

Those are OTTs and some of these are free.

For example, Mr. Beast is on all of these.

He appears as a TV channel and all it is is his videos on loop 24 -7.

So what YouTube is trying to do is with YouTube TV,

their own OTT, they're literally begging us to set up our YouTube channels as TV shows.

Now, for those of you that are curious, because that's the first thing I asked myself a long time ago.

Yes, you can reach out to a few companies right now,

for example, Vimeo, and they'll give you a TV channel so you can just loop all of your YouTube videos.

Now, of course, there's a lot of requirements for this.

It's a whole thing.

But now technically you don't have to.

Not if you're posting all of your content on YouTube.

But anyways, yeah, I feel like I feel like I'm dragging this.

The sauce is to use the playlist and shows feature on YouTube.

And I'm going to show you how to do that.

This is how you want to set it up right now.

First thing, you're going to go to YouTube.

No shit.

And then you're going to click on your profile picture.

Go to YouTube Studio then from here you're going to go to content

you're going to click at the top over here where it says playlists

and then you're going to create a playlist

you're gonna give it a title for mine I'm just going to name it testing I'm going to click create

and it's immediately going to bring me within

that playlist well from here I'm gonna click on details

then I'm gonna go to the top right click on these three little dots

and then I'm gonna click add show features

and here's the features appear as a show on YouTube support seasons and to show artwork.

Ain't that about a bitch, right?

So we're going to click OK.

And then from here, it's going to ask us to create artwork, which I do not have prepared.

I'm just not going to add it, but you want to have this.

Now for the artwork, just think of it as Netflix, right?

When you're scrolling through all of the TV shows and movies, they all have a little thumbnail there.

Just make something similar.

Now it's going to ask you show structure.

You can change this setting later.

Non -serial, most common episodes can be watched in any order and are listed newest to oldest, which you should be doing.

Serial episodes are intended to be watched in sequential order and are listed oldest to newest.

Now, I do not know if there is a huge algorithmic or view difference between these two, but you could test it out on your own.

I just go with non -serial and boom, just like that, we got it.

Now, as you can see, now there's a new button that says shows.

If you click on that, it's going to take you to the playlist.

Pretty cool, right?

Now, you're probably thinking, okay, well, how do I structure my content?

Well, let me show you an example.

If I go over to videos, you can see all of my videos.

Now, this is a celebrity news faceless YouTube channel.

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How the fuck am I going to set this up?

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Well, it's easy.

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I'm going to go based on what I post the most.

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For example, if I go to my filters and I search up

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Blake Lively, because I've posted a lot of videos about her, I'm going to get all of the videos of Blake Lively that I've posted,

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which is a total of 15.

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And then I'm going to click add to playlist.

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I'm going to click on the testing which is the show one

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and then I'm going to click on save and

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if I go back to shows you can see

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that it says season one there's 15 episodes aka 15 videos

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and it's all about Blake Lively

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so let me actually just do this the drama of Blake Lively

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and there we go that's the title

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now the next step is to go over to customization still on YouTube studio then click on home tab

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and then from here where it says layouts

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I'm gonna click on add section then I'm gonna go to single playlist then I'm gonna click on

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that playlist I literally just made now as you can see it appears here at the bottom

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if I hover over these two lines I click

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and I drag up I can move

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it up on how it appears on my YouTube page now here are the pros of this

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if someone was to click on your video no matter where they came from

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and that video belongs to a show slash playlist.

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That means that on every single device, TV, phone, and laptop, the normal default recommendation feed is going to be hidden.

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For example, on the laptop, you can see that big box that hides the actual recommendation feed.

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I'd have to scroll down.

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Now on a TV, when they click down from your video to select another one,

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the first horizontal line of recommendations are going to be videos within that show.

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The other benefit of doing this again is RPM.

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You're going to be making more per 1000 views.

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And finally, the third benefit.

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When you create a playlist show, you are now telling the YouTube algorithm exactly which of your videos belong with each other.

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You're telling it what your videos are about, meaning that it has to do less work,

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meaning that it knows who my audience is and it knows who to recommend my content to, aka my competitors.

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And the more shows you create and update, the better this is going to get.

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The hardest part when starting a YouTube channel is having YouTube understand what your content is about, who your audience is.

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But if you set it up as a show and you make videos back to back that are very similar, you're going to win, right?

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For example, if I had a car channel and I posted a video titled the best cars of the 1970s, and let's say that performed well,

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I would create a show about that.

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And my next video would be the best cars of the 1980s.

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Then I would create another one titled the best cars of the 1990s.

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And I would continue making this a seasonal thing, kind of like a TV show.

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So when YouTube finds a viewer that loves watching content about cars, he's going to recommend my season and be like, hey, look at this.

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There's a shit ton of content here for you.

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Just sit back on your couch and enjoy.

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Now, the reason this works well is because people don't notice that they're watching a season or a show or a playlist.

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So in their recommendation, it's gonna be like the perfect follow -up.

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For example, this YouTube channel, mine, I could make a video tutorial like how to edit with CapCut.

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That'd be episode one of my new season.

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Episode two would be how to add sound effects with CapCut.

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Episode three would be how to color grade with CapCut.

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And for someone that's looking for tutorials and continuation to what they're trying to learn, it's naturally going to trickle down views.

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But anyways, if you're someone that is serious about YouTube and you want to make this your career,

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you can click the link in the description of this video

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and in the pinned comment that's going to take you to my school community.

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This is where you can find over 140 YouTube tutorials where

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I show you exactly how I made over $2 million with my YouTube channel.

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I also go live every single Sunday where I speak with you guys directly, answer any questions, review your channels, all that good stuff.

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But the cool part is that I drop clod scales for things like this.

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For example, in the community, you can find clod scales that will review all of your content

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and give you recommendations on how to make these shows and what the order should be in.

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It's going to review the titles and thumbnails of each one of your videos

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and it's also going to go through every single script so it makes sure that it organizes it in the best way.

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Again these skills can only be found in the school community, link in the description and pinned comment.

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And that's about it.

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You have a good day.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Youtube, click, playlist, content, appear. This video has 165 sentences and 2051 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:55. The speaker talks fast, about 207 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
playlist noun	/ˈpleɪˌlɪst/	A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
viewer noun	/ˈvju.ɚ/	Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
creator noun	/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/	Something or someone which creates or makes something.
recommendation noun	/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/	An act of recommending.
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
serial adjective	/ˈsɪɹ.i.əl/	Having to do with or arranged in a series.
artwork noun	/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/	A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
tutorial noun	/ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/	A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
belong verb	/bɪˈlɒŋ/	To have its proper place.
loop noun	/luːp/	A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
pin noun	/pɪn/	A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.
dot noun	/dɑt/	A small, round spot.
algorithm noun	/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/	A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input…
scroll noun	/skɹoʊl/	A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
make over verb	To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.
blow up verb	To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
drag up verb	To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
follow up verb	To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.
pick out verb	To remove by picking.
put out verb	To blind (eyes).

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

That's like the only interesting thing about me.
At least to me, it's super strange.
I'd have to scroll down.
That'd be episode one of my new season.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	can be watched · are intended · be hidden
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've gotten · haven't connected · I've posted
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	testing which is · someone that is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/, algorithmic /ˌælɡəˈɹɪðmɪk/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Long words — get the stress right: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like playlist, viewer, creator.

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