Focusing on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. These creators capitalize on the fact that 80% of all mobile data traffic is short-form video.
Only after you post 30 videos consistently and your audience asks for better production.
Every creator faces the "10-minute wall." You have 10,000 subscribers. You make $500 a month from AdSense. You realize that to go full-time, you need to produce 10-minute videos that feel like 1 minute, but monetize like a 30-minute TV episode. You begin to obsess over "retention graphs"—the red line that dips at 3:10, meaning you lost 40% of your audience because you paused to drink water.