If I Started a YouTube Channel from Scratch in 2026, I'd Do This

I've been making videos for the last 6 years now, and the result of that is this silver play button for hitting 100,000 subscribers. And how do I even catch it? Oh, the golden play button for hitting 1 million subscribers. Wow, let me hold them together. This is the outcome of making over 2,000

videos consistently on YouTube. [music] And the question I get is, "Ishan, how do I make content? How do I get started? How do I create a YouTube channel in 2026? Is it even worth it? Should I even create videos in a world where AI is creating unlimited videos? In a world where reels on Instagram are going

viral? What's the point of YouTube, Ishan? Why should I be creating videos here?" So, let me break all of that down and give you a step-by-step roadmap for how to get started on YouTube, how to start creating videos, how to go viral, how to come up with video ideas, and how to make money. My videos have been

watched over 50 crore times, and I've also collaborated with YouTube creators on Instagram to share all of my lessons of making YouTube videos. I just hit eight figures by making videos on YouTube for the last 6 years, and this is honestly insane. You can never imagine doing something like that in a normal job, but it has its own problems

as well, and I'll talk about all of that. First of all, why YouTube in 2026? YouTube is the main platform that shares revenue with its creators for creating content on this platform. Number one. Number two, in a world where AI is creating viral videos, people now seek something more valuable. They seek something more real.

They want that human connection. There is a reason why I have made one, two, three, five-hour long videos on this channel, and they've gone viral. They have lakhs and lakhs of views because people are tired of that short-form content now, and they want something deeper. They use YouTube as a learning platform and that's why the people who