This category of videos is anything related to - "I made X" - "I did Y" - "I have 100 days to beat ARK" - "Overnight in the world's oldest hotel" Basically people doing something inherently interesting and documenting / telling the story about it. ### Lateral channels https://www.youtube.com/@MaxFosh https://www.youtube.com/@ryan https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelReeves https://www.youtube.com/@Ididathing https://www.youtube.com/@ludwig https://www.youtube.com/@DougDoug/videos ## Titles Max Fosh examples - I Paid A Private Investigator To Follow Me For A Month - I Made Tourists Think They Landed At The Wrong Airport - I Became The World’s Richest Man For 7 Minutes Ryan Trahan examples - I stayed in MrBeast's Nuclear Bunker - I stayed in Secret Hotels - I Spend 100 Days in the Metaverse - I Spent 100 Days in Realistic Minecraft - I Survived Sensory Deprivation Michael Reeves - I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks - I Built a Car out of Scooters - A Robot Teaches Me Boxing - Teaching a Robot to Pee Beer I did a thing - I made the worlds most powerful soccer shoe - Can this forgotten invention save your life? - I Made a Spring Trap that Breaks Your Legs - Can a Mudcrab cut off your finger? - Can I Jump Rope Fast Enough To Stop The Rain? - I Made The World's Most Powerful Hammer! Ludwig - I streamed until I beat Elden Ring. It was a mistake. - I made a secret YouTube channel to prove it's not luck - Using Magnus Carlsen to CHEAT in chess - I Hired a Pro Gamer to Secretly Destroy My Chat - Can 3 Gamers Beat 1 Speedrunner? DougDoug - Skyrim, but if ANYONE is unhappy then 5 bears spawn - I made 1 guy fight ALL of Twitch Chat in TABS - GTA 5, but if I say "cop" then the cops try to kill me - I forced an Ai to play a kids adventure game - Planet Coaster, but a random disaster happens every 5 minutes #### Notes - Mostly title case - The title lengths range between 25 and 59 characters. Average range is **30 to 50 characters** with the average characters being **41 characters**. - Starting with "I" is obviously great especially with a big personal brand - ## Thumbnails ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] ![[CleanShot 2024-08-12 at [email protected]]] #### Notes - They all have some kind of background that gives context, it's never just plain black - A lot of the time, it features moments BEFORE what ever's happening happens - Red arrows to show contrast or peak viewer's interest is really useful, and the red arrow usually focuses on something that's non-obvious from the title, like a detail - Unless highly technical, the person's face is usually in the shot - White text, Black outline (Condensed and bold font depending on the vibe) -