He Grew to 55K Subs With Under 90 Uploads | Here's How
YouTube Creators Hub
Dusty Porter
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🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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City Geek creator Brady Bagley returns to share how he grew from 4K to 55K subs on fewer than 90 videos by leaning into searchable content, strong opinions, and better audio. We break down thumbnails, engagement strategy, sponsorship mindset, and how to outlast imposter syndrome. A masterclass in thoughtful, sustainable YouTube growth.
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Brady Bagley is the creator behind City Geek, a fast-growing YouTube channel dedicated to helping viewers better understand the history, architecture, culture, and skylines of cities across North America. What started as a passion for geography has turned into a thriving platform built on searchable, long-tail educational content, thoughtful city overviews, and engaging opinion-based rankings. Since his last appearance on the show, Brady has grown from just 4,000 subscribers to more than 55,000 by focusing on quality, storytelling, and consistency—all while traveling frequently for his day job and exploring new cities firsthand. Through his videos, he shares a genuine appreciation for urban design and inspires others to see cities through a more curious lens.
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| 0:00.0 | I am much more intentional now in terms of sharing opinions that I know may be somewhat controversial. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm not trying to go out of my way to be controversial. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm sharing what I actually think about these cities. |
| 0:12.4 | I share even in a city overview. |
| 0:15.2 | Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the YouTube Creators Hub podcast podcast where each and every Friday I sit down with a |
| 0:22.2 | wonderful content creator and I break down what makes them successful on YouTube or as a content |
| 0:28.6 | creator. So if you're looking to start, grow, or monetize your channel, this is the show for you. |
| 0:33.3 | As you'll notice, we don't have any advertisers or advertisements throughout the show. We just bring the show to you with all of the things that we have to offer creators. So from the top, we do one-on-one coaching with me, where you can hire me to be your creator coach, and I can take a look at your channel, and we can dive into some questions that you may have. It's a great step to take. Number two, I do YouTube channel audits and reviews. For 50 bucks, you get a six to eight minute channel review, where I do a screencast of your channel, talk about things that I think you can improve on, and where you should be spending the majority of your time. Also, we have a mastermind group. Five bucks gets you in. You get access to our mastermind calls that happen monthly on Zoom that I host. You can access to our creator forum over on Discord. And I also release exclusive episodes of a podcast called The Creators Corner, which is about an 8 to 15 minute audio episode monologue for me. A couple of other freebies, we have an email newsletter called The Entrepreneurs Minute. If you're looking to keep up with me and what I got going on, definitely check that out. And then lastly, we have the Entrepreneur's Toolbox, which is a running list of all the tools and resources mentioned here on the podcast, either from me or the guest. So with that said, let's jump into this week's conversation. Everyone, and welcome back to this week's conversation on the YouTube Creators Hub. |
| 1:45.8 | Podcast, Dusty here, as always, joined today by Brady Bagley from the City Geek YouTube channel. |
| 1:52.6 | All the way, three, almost four years ago on episode 309, we had Brady on when he had just around 4,000 subscribers on his channel that he calls City Geek. |
| 2:05.2 | Now, City Geek is a channel for anyone who's interested in learning more about cities. |
| 2:09.5 | How about that? |
| 2:10.3 | So although he grew up in a small town in Idaho, he's since lived in some of the largest cities throughout the U.S. |
| 2:16.6 | and has developed a love and passion for cities. |
| 2:19.0 | As part of his day job, he also frequently travels to these different cities around the country. |
| 2:23.8 | And he hopes that his channel will share how much he loves and cares about cities with everyone on YouTube. |
| 2:29.9 | Tons of his videos have hundreds of thousands of views. |
| 2:33.8 | He is one of the biggest kind of geographical |
| 2:36.6 | or geography channels as far as cities and locations on YouTube. Brady, how are you doing today? |
| 2:42.8 | Doing great. Thanks, Tessie. It's great being back on. Yep. I'm so excited to have you back on. |
| 2:48.3 | It's fun having returned guests because obviously you've learned so |
| 2:51.8 | much your channel has grown so much and people hear your numbers and they think oh man 4,000 to |
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