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Told by Old

@toldbyold1

Language: EnglishCountry: Canada8 months old

  • Persona: Other persona · Senior
  • Elderly wisdom
  • Life lessons
  • Senior health
  • Aging
  • Fall prevention
  • Regret
  • Longevity
  • Nursing home
Subscribers
10.5K
Total views
1.55M
Videos
40

Stats updated Stats from YouTube

Growth

Subscribers · daily totals we stored, UTC days

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Subscribers per UTC day, last 30 days, newest first
Day (UTC)Subscribers
Nov 2, 202610,500
Nov 1, 202610,500
Oct 31, 202610,500
Oct 30, 202610,500
Oct 29, 202610,500
Oct 28, 202610,400
Oct 27, 202610,400
Oct 26, 202610,400
Oct 25, 202610,400
Oct 24, 202610,400
Oct 23, 202610,400
Oct 22, 202610,400
Oct 21, 202610,400

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Analysis

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Persona

Other persona · Senior · Home interiors: living room, kitchen, porch, bedside

Niche

First-person life advice and health stories from very old narrators

Audience

Adults over 60 and their adult children who worry about aging, falls, memory, family distance and end of life (inferred from titles, descriptions and the about text).

Avatar
  • Realistic avatar
  • Photorealistic elderly people with white or grey hair and glasses in plain home or clinic settings. A different character appears in each thumbnail, framed head-and-shoulders or mid-torso.
Format

A first-person monologue by an elder ('I'm 89...') who tells a personal story of loss or regret, then gives numbered lessons, with a like and comment prompt near the start and a subscribe prompt at the end.

Content pillars
  • Fall prevention and mobility
  • Regret and family relationships
  • Memory and brain health
  • Nursing homes and independence
  • End of life and legacy
  • Daily habits for longevity
Title patterns
  • I'm [age]. [Dramatic personal claim]. [Number] Things/Steps
  • I'm [age]. Stop [doing X]. It's Destroying Your [Y]
  • I'm [age]… Before I Go... I Owe You the Truth
  • I'm [age]. My Children [event]. [Number] Days Later, [outcome].
Thumbnails

One elderly face in close-up or mid-shot in a home setting, with a large two to four word caption in bold white, yellow or red capitals (e.g. 'Dying Alone', 'NEVER A NURSING HOME !').

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

Why it works
  • Every recent title opens with the narrator's age ('I'm 89', 'I'm 97'), a repeatable first-person hook
  • The top video reached 175,949 views, against about 2,000 for a typical upload, with a nursing-home escape story
  • Falls and nursing homes recur in several of the top videos (93,657 and 175,949 views)
  • Large high-contrast captions give each thumbnail one clear emotional message
  • Comment prompts in the transcripts ask viewers to reply, and some videos reach 100 to 400+ comments

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