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Thank you for 8 years on YouTube

2025-08-05 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Reflection and life update · tags: His own numbers, His medical past, Family, His own products discussed

In a Short marking eight years on YouTube, Ali recalls starting the channel in 2017 from his Cambridge dorm room as a medical student and lists what has happened since: from junior doctor to full-time entrepreneur, a New York Times bestseller, 6.4 million YouTube subscribers, marriage to Izzy, the move to Hong Kong and their first baby.

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00:00:00 — Eight years on YouTube: from a Cambridge dorm room to a family in Hong Kong

  • ★★ Ali started making YouTube videos in 2017 from his dorm room at Cambridge while studying to become a doctor, after seven years of putting off starting the channel. — 00:00:00 · Cambridge, YouTube
  • ★★ Ali's channel began with lessons and study tips from his life as a medical student and gradually moved to productivity, his favourite books, high-income skills, financial freedom and the occasional vlog. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ In the eight years since starting his YouTube channel, Ali has gone from junior doctor to full-time entrepreneur. — 00:00:30 · YouTube
  • ★★ Ali says his book Feel-Good Productivity is a New York Times bestseller. — 00:00:30 · Feel-Good Productivity (book)
  • ★★★ As of August 2025 Ali's community has grown to 6.4 million subscribers on YouTube and over 1 million followers on Instagram. — 00:00:30 · YouTube, Instagram
  • ★★ Over these eight years Ali married his wife Izzy, moved with her to Hong Kong and had their first baby. — 00:00:30 · Izzy Sealey, Hong Kong

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Also: Cambridge · Feel-Good Productivity (book) · high-income skills · Hong Kong · Instagram · Izzy Sealey · The New York Times

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