A faceless AI-made Shorts channel reached 100,000 subscribers and $1,000 revenue, but missed the 30-day deadline.
Monetizable format beat the easier formatsSplit-screen shorts would have grown fast but counted as reused content, so voiceover-and-text shorts were chosen to keep monetization possible.
Growth arrived only after weeks of nothingEighteen days in the channel had under 1,000 subscribers; then it went from 6,000 to 22,000 to 100,000 subscribers within weeks.
Borrowed footage carried real platform riskMonetization was first rejected, and a copyright strike landed with two strikes left before termination, roughly 15,000 subscribers short of the goal.
Executive SummaryAI
The creator sets a public challenge: build a brand new YouTube channel from scratch to 100,000 subscribers and $1,000 in revenue within 30 days, promising $500 to a commenter if he fails.
He rules out long-form video (too expensive) and GTA split-screen shorts (reused content, not monetizable) and settles on voiceover-and-text shorts, with an AI voice from his own tool Creo/Crayo and a wholesome one-to-two-clip story niche.
To make the channel look human he invents a persona, picking the name Kimberly from a random name generator and a face from an AI face generator, then starts posting daily.
Results are flat for weeks: 50,000 views and 300 subscribers after week one, 13 videos in with a recent upload on one view, and still under 1,000 subscribers at day 18 even after Shayel pushes him from one to five uploads a day.
After the algorithm finally catches — a million views, a 10-million-view barber clip, a rejected then accepted monetization appeal and a copyright strike — the channel makes $71 on day one of monetization and hits both goals, 100k subs and $1,000, though past the 30-day limit, so the $500 giveaway goes ahead.
Key Quote
“And if I don't, I'll give $500 to any of you who comment on this video.”
— Speaker
Key Quote
“i like the name kimberly we could pretend to be a girl i don't mind”