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The Colin and Samir Show

How Ali Abdaal makes $5,741,266.32 a year on YouTube

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

Business

4.9665 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

We interview Ali Abdaal about his business, how he started making YouTube videos, and his advice to aspiring creators. Apply to access Spotter Labs: http://join.spotter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We hit the launch button and suddenly we had like 70k worth of revenue.

0:03.2

Like, what the actual thing?

0:05.2

Oh my god.

0:05.6

This is now how we make this 5 million a year.

0:07.7

We teach a thing on YouTube and we make a course off the back of it.

0:09.9

How did you have the courage to price it like that?

0:11.7

Oh, that's the tricky part.

0:13.3

All you need is a title of thumbnail in a list.

0:15.5

The creative in me gets really upset with that. I feel a lot of this is in your head. Growth can be found in ways

0:21.0

other than in revenue and profit. This is fascinating. I'm getting surprisingly emotional just like

0:24.2

talking about that. I felt like a weight lifted off of men. You've become our therapist, just so you know.

0:28.8

Now, if you don't know who Ali Abdal is, a few years ago, he quit his job as a doctor to become a full-time YouTuber. And now he's on track to make over $5 million this year alone.

0:39.6

In this episode, you're going to get a detailed look into every way that Uli makes money as a

0:43.4

creator. You're also going to get the storytelling formula that he uses for every single YouTube

0:48.2

video and that we've already started using ourselves. And lastly, you're going to hear him help Colin

0:53.6

and I break through some of our insecurities about money. But first, you're going to hear him help Colin and I break through some

0:54.6

of our insecurities about money. But first, I want to show you an AI tool that's specifically

0:59.8

designed to help you make better YouTube videos. It's made by the sponsor of today's episode,

1:05.1

Spotter. These AI tools were developed right here, actually in our studio, with the Spotter team

1:09.6

and a group of top creators.

1:11.5

All right, so this one is called Title Exploder.

1:14.0

So if you have an idea for a YouTube video, you can type the title in here.

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