We interviewed the YouTuber taking down Netflix: Kinigra Deon

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

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4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Sign up for Bitdefender Security for Creators: https://bitdefend.me/SecurityForCreators On this episode of The Colin and Samir Show, we interview scripted content creator Kinigra Deon. Kinigra is building a YouTube channel that rivals Netflix, with three TV-length episodes published every week. In the conversation, we talk about how Kinigra got her start, building an entertainment studio in Alabama and her goal of winning an Emmy. Check out Spotter Studio: https://partner.spotterstudio.com/colin-and-samir-pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Watching a show on YouTube versus watching a show on Netflix.
0:05.0	There's no difference.
0:07.0	Three TV-length episodes every week is wild.
0:11.0	How do you make this work economically?
0:13.0	So then I start studying YouTube University.
0:16.0	$20,000, $50,000, $100,000.
0:19.0	Overnight, it went to a million.
0:20.0	When you grew up in Alabama, you grew up poorer than poor.
0:22.6	We were in a trailer.
0:24.0	Everyone is depending on me.
0:26.3	I have to make this work.
0:28.2	I have to make it.
0:30.7	Today on The Collin and Spir Show, we're joined by Keneigra Dion.
0:33.9	She makes 20-minute-plus scripted episodes three times a week. But she's not in Los Angeles.
0:40.5	She is building her own Hollywood in Birmingham, Alabama. She has 4.4 million subscribers. Her channel
0:46.4	has done over 400 million views over the past year. 70% of that audience watches her content
0:52.9	on connected TVs in their living rooms, and 94% of her viewers are returning.
0:58.4	To be honest, this is one of the most fun episodes to record. We were in a totally different studio, which you'll see as you watch it.
1:03.8	She's also just really funny and an incredible storyteller. Like she takes us on an absolute ride.
1:08.8	We also got really in the trenches of some of these emotions of what it means to build something out of nothing and create generational wealth from your ideas.
1:18.5	I get chills, honestly, just thinking about this episode. Yeah, this is a great. You guys are going to love this episode.
1:23.3	This episode of the Collins Smir Show is supported by Bit Defender. All of us as creators, our channels are not just a place to upload our videos.
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