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Ali makes 85 YouTube videos, twice a week for a year, before his channel is monetised; it takes 52 videos to reach 1,000 subscribers

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2020-11-15 told Making two videos a week, it took Ali 52 videos and six months to reach his first 1,000 subscribers. How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers 00:01:34
2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) retold Ali started his YouTube channel in 2017, in his fifth year of medical school; it took 52 videos to reach 1,000 subscribers, and two videos a week for a year made basically no money. How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber 00:04:35
2021-01-17 retold It took Ali 52 videos in six months, two a week, to reach 1,000 subscribers, while he was a full-time medical student at Cambridge preparing for his final-year exams. My Top 10 Tips for Aspiring YouTubers 00:04:04
2021-04-15 retold It took Ali six months and 52 videos to get his first 1,000 subscribers. 9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week 00:07:41
2022-02-25 retold Ali's channel took six months and 52 videos to reach 1,000 subscribers, about a year and 91 videos to reach 10,000, videos 92 to 143 to go from 10,000 to 100,000 and videos 144 to 287 to reach 1 million. How to Grow on YouTube - Live Stream with Ali Abdaal 00:13:07
2022-07-22 retold Ali took 52 videos and six months to reach his first 1,000 subscribers. How Much YouTube Paid Me For 10M Views 00:08:45
2023-01-05 (said on 2022-12-15, implied) retold Ali's channel made $2.27 in AdSense in 2017, before monetisation, and $16,459 in 2018, after it was monetised in April. How Much Money I Made as a YouTuber & Entrepreneur (2022) 00:03:24
2025-08-08 retold Ali made 85 videos, twice a week for about a year, before his YouTube channel was monetised; it took 52 videos to reach 1,000 subscribers, and video 85 took him to about 10,000. (hedged) Financial Freedom is Easy, After You Learn This 00:33:08

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