How Surfnboy Pulls a BILLION Views a Month on YouTube Shorts | #108

Surfnboy is a mobile gamer who has found MASSIVE success in the YouTube Shorts space. Despite what many think, short form content isn't just mindlessly recording a 15 second reaction, but rather hours on hours of research to pinpoint a viral upload; Today, he tells us how he does it.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Surfnboy at his socials:
https://twitter.com/Surfnboy
https://www.twitch.tv/surfnboy/
https://www.tiktok.com/@surfnboyy
https://www.instagram.com/surfnboy/

❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️
https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin
PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - YouTube Shorts
6:49 - Channel Dying
9:36 - YouTube Shorts Strategies
16:39 - Shorts Monetization
19:06 - Views Conversion to Subs
29:49 - Being a Mobile Gamer
31:47 - Instagrams Getting Banned
39:06 - Instagram Reels
42:14 - Coming from a High Middle-Class Family
49:12 - Dropping Out of College
54:21 - Affording Super Cars
1:00:06 - Snapchat Spotlight
1:04:20 - Buying Software Subscriptions
1:09:25 - Future Plans