The Truth About Making Money on YouTube in 2026 | Josh Summers
YouTube Creators Hub
Dusty Porter
4.7 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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In episode 499 of the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty interviews entrepreneur Josh Summers from the All Things Secured YouTube channel about building a nearly 431K-subscriber channel through steady consistency, incremental improvement, and testing, especially A/B thumbnail testing. Josh shares the origin of his security focus after being monitored and interrogated in China, and explains his current content strategy prioritizing long-form videos for consistent views and revenue, supplemented by monthly live streams and occasional Shorts. He breaks down how his workflow evolved to start with "packaging" (angle, title, thumbnail, and early payoff) before scripting, and discusses monetization shifts from affiliate-heavy income to primarily sponsorships, including building multi-touch packages. Josh also compares this to his smaller Bible memory channel, where he's building owned products, a paid community, and a live event.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I always want to be testing different things, finding out what I enjoy doing, what I might or might not be good at doing. |
| 0:06.5 | The long form content, what would just, you know, what we'd call the video on demand, like those are the things that actually produce the most consistent views and revenue. |
| 0:16.3 | And so I want to prioritize that. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:19.5 | Welcome to this week's episode of the Creators Hub podcast, episode 499, one away from 500. |
| 0:26.9 | I cannot believe that. |
| 0:28.3 | Our guest today is Josh Summers from the All Things Secured YouTube channel. |
| 0:34.2 | That's one of his many YouTube channels, but a bit about Josh. Josh is an |
| 0:39.8 | entrepreneur with, as I mentioned, multiple YouTube channels, podcasts and online communities. He |
| 0:45.6 | lives and works remotely in Asia, where he loves basketball and riding his motorcycle through |
| 0:50.7 | the mountains. Josh, how are you doing today? I'm doing well, Dusty. Hey, man, congrats on almost reaching 500. That is, like, consistency is huge, and that is just, that's a testament to how long you've been at it. So, well done. Yeah, it's, uh, it's something that early on I preached a lot of and to be able to have that to look at and say, hey, I'm not just telling you |
| 1:12.1 | this. I'm also living it. I'm not going to lie. It's something that I'm very proud of. I appreciate |
| 1:16.5 | you saying that. So we're going to be talking about your YouTube journey. Just want to mention |
| 1:21.3 | quickly before we get going. If you are a creator listening to this, please go check out the |
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| 1:31.9 | We have a creator community where I release exclusive podcast episodes there every single |
| 1:36.5 | week. Go check that out. I really think you'll find something on your price range or budget |
| 1:41.5 | that can really help you take your channel or your creative process |
| 1:44.9 | to the next level. So Josh, All Things Secured is your main YouTube channel. Tell us a bit about |
| 1:50.9 | the channel and how you got started. Yeah. I mean, I think origin stories are a great part to have |
| 1:57.5 | in any brand that you begin and All Things Secured has its own origin story. Like I, my family used to have in any, you know, brand that you begin and all things secured has its own |
| 2:02.1 | origin story. Like I, my family used to live in China and, you know, out there, it's a crazy |
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