Faceless Channels
Two Posts Sold You Automated Distribution. Neither Number Checks Out
One claim belongs to a product the post never names. The other sits under a paid-partnership label no API can see. Both sold hands-off distribution.
Sep 19, 2026
Articles by Dmitry Vladyka (59)
Monetization
What a Month of Faceless Video Actually Costs
Sixty credits once, then a real per-video cost, against a channel that takes weeks to show impressions. Nobody in the threads does this subtraction, and it is the one that decides whether you can keep going.
Sep 18, 2026
Platform Guides
The Number You Are Refreshing Exists in Exactly One Screen
Impressions and click-through rate are the numbers everyone stares at to decide whether a new channel is doomed. We tested it: the YouTube Analytics API does not expose either one.
Sep 17, 2026
Faceless Channels
Someone Still Owns the Final Cut
A practitioner on r/NewTubers drew the line better than any marketing page: faceless works as a production format, but the automated money machine version is the sales pitch.
Sep 16, 2026
Content Creation
The n8n YouTube Pipeline Works. Then It Runs Unattended.
Building the workflow is the easy afternoon. The person who fixes broken automations for a living says the same thing: everything breaks eventually, and what matters is whether you can see it.
Sep 15, 2026
Faceless Channels
Nobody Can Count YouTube Channels. So Where Do These Numbers Come From?
Untapped-niche lists promise niches with 'under 3,500 channels.' That number cannot be produced by anyone, including with YouTube's own API. Here is what is actually behind it.
Sep 1, 2026
Faceless Channels
Selling Faceless Video as a Service: What Clients Actually Pay
Two sellers, same skill, same deliverable — one earns $37 a video, the other $3,000 a month. The gap isn't craft. It's who signs the invoice.
Aug 28, 2026
Content Creation
Your 15-Second Short Isn't the Problem. Stop Cutting.
A dataset of 756,851 AI-generated videos says the 15-second clip is a rounding error. Here is what that number does and does not prove about your channel.
Aug 27, 2026
Monetization
YouTube's 2027 Rules: The Number That Actually Threatens Faceless Channels
The headline is that YouTube doubled the entry bar. If you are already monetized, that number does not apply to you. A different one does, and it is not in the headline.
Aug 26, 2026
Faceless Channels
Faceless YouTube Niches That Died in 2026 (And What Replaced Them)
Every list tells you which faceless niches are wide open. None tell you which ones stopped working in 2026, or why the same audience demand moved somewhere else.
Aug 25, 2026
Faceless Channels
The Brussels Deadline Behind YouTube's AI Purge
You think YouTube's 2026 demonetization wave is about your channel. It's about a €15M fine you'll never see, due August 2.
Jul 31, 2026
AI Video
Google Vids vs HeyGen vs Synthesia (2026)
Google's $10/mo personal avatars just undercut the $89 B2B tools. Here's which AI avatar tool actually fits a solo faceless creator.
Jul 28, 2026