Worrying about the end result of any skill can often be counter-productive, because there are techniques and concepts learned along the way that are necessary to develop expertise. ## In [[Producing videos]] [[Ali Abdaal]] says that the number one determinant of success in YouTube is how many videos you make consistently. It can be easy to overlook how many videos someone created before they became successful. He shows the following graphic, taken from research by [[TubeBuddy]]: ![[videos-per-subscriber-ali.png]] [^ptya] [^ptya]: Abdaal, A. (2021). _Part-time YouTuber academy_. [[Part-time YouTuber Academy|My notes on this course]].