That guy dint get rich from YouTube la .

I am also thinking of starting some kind of youtube channel to talk about 3 things

1. Politics (general world politics i.e Radical left vs Conservative) and also maybe touch on Malaysia politics

2. Money and investing

3. Cars (hobby of mine)

However, i am still contemplating on wanting to show my face or not. I guess will have a test video to see if it works or not.

Agree.. I’ve watched so many of his videos.. really like his style.
He’s the Godfather of vlog..

I have played with youtube in the past casually, made roughly 25 videos related to ... well ....... Conjectured theories, experiment just for fun I did not invest in too much effort on everything, I do learn storyboarding, planning , video editing, voice recording, and also tried my hands on own baked art.

Needless to say the venture failed. Learn from those mistake but had never reignite the effort to rebuild the channel again.

Truth is youtube is pretty much a discipline game, you do something you like or do not like you'll have to follow a few strict rules in order to see minor success, its never really what you like but what your audience like.

Visually not pleasing? Fail.

Don't sound pleasant with speech? Fail.

Content not interesting enough? Fail.

Content too boring? Fail.

Most of the time if you plan on just honest talk as you go your video will stray, and with youtube policy being very different from the past if you ever want to see a dime down your leather duster you will have to treat it like a business rather then personal project.

I might consider revamping the old channel with new gain knowledge and work experience trough out the years but the old style definitely had to go.

My initial intention of the channel was sort of trying to make my own drawings to illustrate while sharing free ideas from a different perspective on world views as well as mud puddling missing puzzle to get people thinking and exploring different possibilities. In short my channel kind of like mike chen or mr.gao but not in real person, instead with my own art ( most likely a mistake as I have no drawing skill).

If I do revamp the channel I will most likely sweep all the old content under private or delete them.

Not easy to build a channel, especially if you genuinely trying to build a channel rather then using scam tactic to build just for the money.

Much easier way is to gather a few others that is interested under the same topic or hire a small group of professionals to help build the channel, which of course will cost a small fortune to setup.

For anyone curious, the channel is identical to my lowyat account. But be warn as it would be like visiting for prison food, keep your expectation low if you could help it.

Started doing mine for a niche video game I play seasonally. It's pretty chill (but then again it's a topic I'm passionate about, and seasonally means only active for a month or so every quarter.)
My main objective is just sharing though, although wouldn't hurt down the line if I can monetize it, it's not my main motivation.
I think it can definitely burn you out if you do contents on things you're not passionate in.

Currently would love to learn more on video editing skills, shortcuts, tips & tricks, etc. that  would make my videos pop more.