my youtube video did 1.2 mil views in about a week 8 years ago https://youtu.be/rIbk0gynK1U?si=Ag4TJbDPDCNOIi7N I had been trying to post more regularly and the video the week before got 50k views and I wanted to amp it up. Because I was already signed up for the creator program getting 1$ checks every 3 years when it hit I made about 2k in ad revenue. I think it worked because I was in the pool with the device and everyone wanted to comment depth charge or I was gonna die. That perceived lack of safety drove commenting and that's what made the algo kick in. It lasted about a week and as fast as the 200k views a day started they were gone. I bought a new system 76 with the money