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Unpopular Opinion: You Don't Need 10K Subscribers to Make Money

Why waiting for a "big enough" audience is keeping you broke

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Ana Calin
Oct 31, 2025
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“Once I hit 10,000 subscribers, then I’ll monetize.”

I hear this all the time.

And it’s killing people’s businesses before they even start.

The Myth of the Magic Number

Somewhere along the way, creators got this idea stuck in their heads:

You need a MASSIVE audience before you can make real money.

1,000 subscribers? Too small.
5,000? Getting there, but not qui…

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