YouTube Hacks

Reaching a million YouTube subscribers is no small feat. Sure, nowadays it’s easier with all the fancy tools at your disposal, but it's by no means easy. Ask any creator who has achieved that milestone, and most answers you’ll hear would come down to luck. While it plays some part in the eventual success, there’s much more to it.

With the rise of independent music scenes across Southeast Asia, more artists are taking charge of how their music gets released, distributed, and monetized. Yet, despite the accessibility of digital distribution, many myths persist that can cost artists time, money, rights, and growth opportunities.

Audiences can forgive mediocre video quality, but there’s no forgiving bad sound. But how do you make yourself sound good? Well, there are a few tricks that work, and we’re going to discuss them in more detail below.

We’ve all seen it happen: a creator posts a Short with zero expectations, just as a fun little activity. There’s no fancy edit, nor budget, nor strategy. And suddenly it’s sitting at 5 million views. From the outside, virality looks random. And there’s some aspect of luck involved in there, true.

If your YouTube channel has disappeared, either because you deleted it or something went wrong on the platform’s side, that sinking feeling hits fast. Years of uploads, comments, and communities built from scratch... gone in an instant.

Funny compilations are one of the easiest formats to binge, and one of the hardest to do well. The channels below cracked the code: some with pacing, some with tight curation, and some simply by knowing their audience cold. Review them, spot the patterns, and adapt what fits your niche.

It seems like everyone who has bought a microphone is starting a podcast these days. And no wonder! The latest YouTube data shows that podcasts are growing in popularity by the minute. Some podcasts grab the attention of millions upon millions of viewers all over the world. If you’re an established YouTuber, skipping over this trend is almost a crime. So, let’s break down how to start your own podcast on YouTube.

The rules around kids' content on YouTube have shifted. COPPA and GDPR-K supervise accounts “Made for Kids.” And now, AI-based age detection is rolling out across YouTube in 2025.

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.