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Despite generating a massive 20 million views a month and accumulating 200,000 subscribers, this creator’s journey began at zero. Their initial experience as a content creator echoed that of many: it took over two years to reach the first 100 subscribers and nearly three years to monetize their channel. With a background of being told that it was "too late" to start YouTube, they felt compelled to test their abilities afresh with a secret channel, beginning once again at ground zero.
The self-imposed challenge was to see how many subscribers could be gained in just a week without leveraging any existing audience or promoting the channel externally. The stakes were high—if they didn’t reach at least 1,000 subscribers within seven days, they would delete the channel entirely.