YouTube Hacks

YouTube now lets you do two important things: test thumbnails against each other with A/B testing, and show different thumbnails to viewers in different languages when you use multi-language audio.

If you’ve been on YouTube long enough, you already know that copyrighted music is usually the first thing that kills your monetization. One track in the background - and suddenly a whole video’s revenue is siphoned off to a label you’ve never heard of. So let’s cut to the chase and talk about how to legally use music on YouTube without losing monetization.

If you want to grow a kids’ YouTube channel in 2026, optimize everything. Titles, thumbnails, descriptions, tags, end screens… each one influences how far your content travels and how many families YouTube recommends it to.

Going viral feels incredible, but the true growth happens when your viewers stay on your channel, jumping from video to video, for hours at a time. How do you achieve that? You edit it in a way that the viewer wants to see more and more. Here’s how!

Fast cuts, rapid speech, and dynamic edits can throw off subtitle timing in an instant. Add translated captions to the mix, and complexity rises.

It’s true that Pixar-level animation is expensive. Drawings equal time and money. But that’s not something a YouTube creator should strive for. The most high-performing animated content isn’t as expensive as you might think. The trick is knowing where to cut costs without sacrificing quality. So, let’s break down the affordable animation ecosystems that work and how creators manage to build something sturdy and charming without a Hollywood wallet.

More and more creators are diversifying their platforms. But do you have to do it? Let's break it down.

For many creators, the mental challenges are as tough as the technical ones. And the YouTubers who make it aren’t the ones who grind the hardest; it’s the ones who’ve figured out how to keep themselves mentally stable. So, what do successful YouTubers do differently to keep on going without burning out? Let’s break it down.

Bad subtitles kill the mood, mess with the flow, and make viewers click away faster than you can blink. Your audience is doing the same thing.

Every high-performing creator has their own secret. It can be flashy editing, viral hooks, or the speed with which they create. The best ones out there are operationally efficient because they’ve built content factories (systems that take an idea from brainstorming to upload in hours).