Ted Ludlow

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Niche

Survival guides for an AI and robot takeover, in list format

Audience

English-speaking adults, mostly in the US, who are curious or anxious about AI and robots and enjoy prepper-style content (inferred from titles, the about text and the survival guide pitch).

Avatar

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic middle-aged man with short greying hair and a stubble beard, in a plain black T-shirt, pointing at the camera with a worried expression against a black studio background.

Format

One ~20 minute countdown list per video (10 to 21 items): a hook, numbered items with figures, an honest limit, then homework, a comment prompt and the sign-off 'Wrap your phone in foil'.

Content pillars

• Safest countries and places
• Robot weaknesses and home defense
• Billionaire bunkers and stockpiles
• Jobs and skills that survive AI
• Hour-by-hour takeover plans

Title patterns

• [N] Countries That Will Be SAFE From the AI Apocalypse In 2027
• [N] Secret Bunkers Tech Billionaires Built for the AI Apocalypse
• [N] Things AI CEOs Are Stockpiling That You Can Buy for Under $[X]
• [N] Jobs That Will Survive the AI Takeover
• The First 48 Hours of an AI Takeover: [N] Things You Must Do

Thumbnails

The same man on one side pointing at an AI-style object (robot, gas mask, map outline, bunker), with a short all-caps caption in white or yellow and a red arrow, on a dark background.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

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  229K views (opens on YouTube in a new tab)
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Why it works

• One countdown-list formula: 11 of 12 uploads are numbered lists, all about 19 to 31 minutes long
• Top video has 215,400 views, 3,032 likes and 439 comments; it is a safe-countries list with a 2027 deadline
• Billionaire and 'what the rich hide' angles drew 56,777 and 22,505 views, well above the 2,000 to 10,000 of other recent videos
• Recurring thumbnail template (pointing man, caps caption, arrow) and a 2027 deadline across titles
• Store link in the first line of 11 of 12 descriptions leads to a $37 guide, so each video is also a sales entry point

• StoreMy websitetedludlow.com · About page · 11 of the last 12 descriptions (opens in a new tab)

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