[WhrRTheBaboons]

easier said than done

3b1b's main selling point is the extreme level of polish on his visualizations - something that takes a lot of time (money) to develop

the sad part is that it takes extreme luck to make it on yt. i wish educating skills counted for more but unfortunately they don't, really.

[bigyikes]

YouTube is a lot less luck and a lot more skill than people realize. If you make good content regularly, your audience will find you.

The algorithm is very good at rewarding good content. (It’s also good at rewarding other things, but that is besides the point)

[jorvi]

Yup. There is probably a few dozen (if not hundreds) of 3b1b out there with just as much polish, the algorithm just didn’t bless them.

[bigyikes]

Do you have any examples? I find this hard to believe.

[mlrtime]

So then isn't there a market for millions of people who [may] have something worth teaching but lack the marketing/polish?

Perhaps some automation/ai combination where you feed it learning videos and it helps create the "other" content.

[da39a3ee]

3b1b's animations are certainly important but his main selling point is his thoughtful explanations of mathematics -- the topics, approaches, and words.