The Danny Miranda Podcast

#284: Thomas Frank – The Truth About Having 2.76 Million Subscribers

Dec 5, 2022

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Thomas Frank's success stems from long-term dedication and diverse experiences in content creation.

Self-taught design principles contribute significantly to Thomas Frank's success on YouTube.

Crafting engaging titles and thumbnails enhances viewer interaction and content interest.

Passion and genuine interest aid in better retention and application of information.

Balancing exploration and exploitation fuels curiosity and drives continuous learning and discovery.

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Success Factors on YouTube

Thomas Frank's success on YouTube can be attributed to his long-term dedication and varied experiences in blogging, podcasting, and creating videos since 2006. His journey from creating ninja fighting videos at 15 to developing graphic design skills through simple childhood activities showcases a lifetime of building relevant skills.

How to be a better designer

01:13

How to Hack Your Learning to Remember More

01:10

The Most Surprising Thing About Having a Massive Audience on YouTube

01:23

Survivor Bias - How to Survive Expenses and Increase Income

01:48

Introduction

4min

Design Is Everything, Is It?

4min

YouTube Video Titles and Thumbnails - Do You Have Any Best Practices?

4min

The Most Powerful Way to Remember What You Study

2min

The Origins of College Info Geek

4min

How Did Hat College Hack Your Career Path?

2min

How Long After You Started Your Blog, Did You Start Creating Videos?

3min

What Inspired You to Be a YouTuber?

2min

Crash Course Study Skills

3min

10.

What's the Best Way in the World to Learn?

4min

11.

Exploring the Explode Exploit Dilemma - Why Are We Obsessed?

4min

12.

Tom Strain Explains - Why Did I Basically Abandon the Main Channel?

3min

13.

How Did Changing Locations and Environments Impact Your Life?

4min

14.

Survivor Bias - How to Survive Expenses and Increase Income

2min

15.

Moving Tips for Someone Like Me?

2min

16.

How Do You Plan for the New Year?

3min

17.

Is Your Personal Development Channel Going to Get to 10 Million Subscribers?

2min

18.

How Do You Feel When You Get Recognized in Public?

2min

19.

Is Your Past Self, Your Present Day Self?

2min

20.

My Impossible List

4min

21.

Do You Have a Challenge?

2min

Thomas Frank is a YouTuber. His main channel has 2.75 million subscribers. His second channel (about Notion) recently crossed 100,000 subscribers.

And in today’s episode, we dove deep into YouTube, how to have a better title and thumbnail, why he started a new channel, burnout, what most people get wrong about learning, and much more…

(0:00) Intro

(1:27) 2.75 Million Subscribers

(3:33) Design

(7:28) Title/Thumbnail Best Practices

(13:15) Early Days of Creating Online

(22:23) Why Videos Instead Of Writing?

(23:48) Working For His Favorite Creators

(26:42) Why Do Schools Block YouTube?

(27:33) Obsession

(32:00) New Channel / Burnout

(37:39) Changing Locations

(47:43) Tracking Exponential Numbers

(51:25) Issues With Getting Big On YouTube?

(55:50) Thomas’ Impossible List & Generalization

(1:00:20) Challenge (1 Percent Rule)

Resources Mentioned:

Crash Course Study Skills – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&list=PLx65qkgCWNJKHcoJzgJ8xd97JbS64e4xE

This Is Why You Aren’t Inspired – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWe4Qq-Rp0

Survivorship bias – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

Thomas Frank’s Impossible List – https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/

Thomas’ Links YouTube (Main Channel): @Thomasfrank

YouTube (Second Channel): @ThomasFrankExplains

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomFrankly

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomfrankly/

Website: https://thomasjfrank.com/

SPONSOR:

This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out!

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The Danny Miranda Podcast

#284: Thomas Frank – The Truth About Having 2.76 Million Subscribers

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Success Factors on YouTube

Importance of Design Skills

Creating Engaging Titles and Thumbnails

Learning Techniques

Creation and Exploration

Channel Strategy and Notion Content

Transition from Main Channel

Impact of Changing Locations on Mindset and Life

Embracing Continuous Improvement with the 1% Rule

How to be a better designer

How to Hack Your Learning to Remember More

The Most Surprising Thing About Having a Massive Audience on YouTube

Survivor Bias - How to Survive Expenses and Increase Income

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Deep dives

Success Factors on YouTube

Importance of Design Skills

Creating Engaging Titles and Thumbnails

Learning Techniques

Creation and Exploration

Channel Strategy and Notion Content

Transition from Main Channel

Impact of Changing Locations on Mindset and Life

Embracing Continuous Improvement with the 1% Rule

How to be a better designer

How to Hack Your Learning to Remember More

The Most Surprising Thing About Having a Massive Audience on YouTube

Survivor Bias - How to Survive Expenses and Increase Income

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