How to Create a Dark Channel from Scratch in 2026

[00:01] n't think I'd be bringing to the channel so soon, you know? It's a complete, free course creates a dark channel video from scratch. And I'm only doing this because of a of people saying I didn't have the guts. So pay attention because what's

[00:14] coming next usually costs a lot elsewhere. Let's go. [music] video came from. You can see it here now, right? In my last video about dark channels,

[00:26] , right? It would be interesting if the PT (Workers' Party) showed a dark channel being created up until it becomes monetized. And this comment caught on with several people; some were enthusiastic, and others, as always on the internet, were throwing stones. There were some

[00:39] saying that I don't have the courage to do this, that I don't even know how to do it, that in for me. And you know what? Part of it is true. And truth. That. Yes, I have you think I create my own videos? I record the videos, OK? But it's

[00:54] technical aspects that I brought into this video. Today I'll take care of one I've always made it clear to you that this channel has never been but this time I've decided to be upfront. But of course, it's impossible for one

[01:07] because, for example, a training program I conduct minutes long. We're talking about a 30-hour, 40-hour training course, ? So it's pointless for people to think, "Oh, he doesn't do it because he

[01:22] have the courage." That's not it, man. First of all, we have a company, and we make a living selling information. That's part of it. It's like complaining that a you for free. So, we need to understand where we're

[01:35] free content here for 6 years. I just completed 6 years of providing free content, sharing things I've truly learned and want you to use your daily lives—things that actually work. Some videos are sponsored, they're from

[01:47] content that I want to share with you, like this one. But is this content a complete 40-hour course? Do you think this video is 40 hours long? It does not hour video. Yes, I'm going to give you a complete course now , the basics of

[02:01] creating dark videos. What I'm not going to waste time on here with you guys is basic stuff like creating a channel or how to apply for a YouTube partner program I'd like to see PT [Workers' Party] making a Dark channel until it gets monetized." If you know how to

[02:13] create a channel, all you need to do is learn how to make your dark video, and then you can make one hit your monetization goals, you can apply for monetization. I think any 5-minute tutorial could solve this, right? So here the focus is on the creation of the

[02:26] because it's important: creating the video [music] on your own won't guarantee you, OK? That doesn't exist. For an on-air channel to truly take off, strategy is essential, from choosing the theme, the thumbnail, and the title, to researching the

[02:40] to research everything, man. Look, the easiest thing to do is for people to create doesn't monetize. But if you do it right, you can monetize it. And video. So, hold onto that curiosity. Before we continue, do one quick thing

[02:55] you want a channel that actually grows and not just another stagnant channel. So, leave a like and subscribe now because the people who are subscribed here are precisely the most people remain lost. And tell us in the comments which niche you're

[03:07] a lot, you know? What do people want to see on this channel? Beauty? So let's go back to the beginning. And the beginning of everything on the Dark channel isn't editing. Many people make this mistake. People open an editing program before

[03:20] to whom they're going to say it. That's a mistake. The first step is choosing a niche, right? That I can say for sure. It's the most important decision you'll make, and the one something I can say with authority, because for all the channels

[03:33] niche, OK? The technical part, no. The technical part is handled by the staff, right? But the choice of niches and the instructions on how to implement the strategies are up to me. First, forget the idea of ​​choosing a niche just because it pays well. Ah, I'll

[03:46] that idea for a moment. Yes, there is a significant difference in RPM between niches. than others. Finance and investments are way up there, right? They're hitting somewhere between 9 and 1000 views. Education content is

[03:59] around 9 to 14, and true crime videos are between 8 and 12. I surprised when I mentioned that high RPM, OK? In Brazil, you pay less. Damn, you're going to in Portuguese, open your mind, man? Just do it in English. For example,

[04:13] niches like relaxation, sleep sounds, and motivational content tend to pay less per view, are searching for. But listen to this: there's no point in choosing finance if you can't consistently produce finance-related content. High RPM in a

[04:26] you'll never see. Do you understand? There needs to be a balance in what you enjoy niche pays the most, but rather which niche has greater demand than supply. And that's the key isn't one with few people posting, it's one with many people

[04:42] good content. When this imbalance exists, YouTube has reason to asking for it and a lack of people delivering. And to measure that, you don't need good paid tools for that, but you can

[04:55] are right in front of you right now. The first one is Google Trends. We open Google Trends and leave the default search, which is the Google search, but there's a YouTube search. So, when you switch to that filter, the graph that appears shows the

[05:08] YouTube, not the general internet interest, okay? If the curve has been rising over the last 12 months, it 's a strong sign of growing demand in the last month, from one month to the next. Do a want a Google search, you want a YouTube search, okay? Now you're not

[05:22] going to just type "finances" here, because it's keyword search. looking for a niche, how are we going to search for the name of the niche? Because subject. Let's imagine that I'm looking for, for example,

[05:34] I like to talk about now? The Boys. [Music] The Boys, right? Let's take a look here. Well, there's a lot of research on The Boys, OK? here on the side, 100, that's what you see? That's the best we have. It doesn't mean

[05:49] quantity, it's a score you get for searching, okay? For example, here, the search is at 26. All searches are high. Want to see? Let's make a comparison, for example, with another topic that has nothing to do with The Boys. Let's

[06:01] consider, for example, chocolate cake. Imagine you want to create a dark channel about recipes, OK? It's in red. Just look, [the song] The Boys has way more searches, right? Let's take out the chocolate cake. Let's compare it, for example,

[06:14] with invincible as well, okay? Further down. The Boys, simply The Boys, is awesome. So, there is a search function, OK? There are many searches for this word here. If it's down here, look, there's even

[06:27] , people are really searching for a lot of information about The Play Squad. I've even left the screen open here for you to see. I also searched Scanner for the search term "The Boys". And it shows down here, look, the

[06:41] trending search scores. See? The Boys React, okay? Everyone searched. So, powerful topic. Now we have to go to YouTube and see if there are many people making of course it exists, right? Regarding The Boys, React, for example, people are

[06:55] searching for it a lot, right? But let's go. See? So, we see that there are channels doing it, but they aren't really channels. So far I'm not seeing many If I were to make a dark channel in Portuguese, I wouldn't

[07:09] I said, dark channel, you can do it in English, which I think is even better. For now, I've found a channel with a lot of views here, reacting to The you see another one? Another cool one here too. Another one here too. Now I'm going to

[07:24] Let's now watch Canal Dark's review of The Boys. Let's search for the words "The Boys" here and do this here. Just look. And we're going to touch on filters here on the side. OK? Now we're going to see here, look. Let's play this for over 20 minutes.

[07:37] I want you to list all videos that are longer than 20 minutes. I only want videos. I want you to list only videos. Upload date. I want to, I'll put it up this week. I can already guarantee you that many of the results we're going to see

[07:49] just dark channels, okay? V will show my channel here, look. A dark channel just popped up let the music play. We already, I already realize. It's a Dark Channel here too, you see? Compilation of things. These three filters I've put there will

[08:04] basically select various dark videos here for you to see if there's demand for videos on the topic you want to cover on your channel. We do this a lot when we're choosing a new

[08:16] example, instead of The Boys, like surviving cold temperatures. Again, look, the videos are over 20 minutes long. And I want it posted this week. Right off the bat, I know

[08:30] this is a dark video, you see? You can see, look. Everything is dark. This is all dark imagery, meaning there's demand for it . If people are making these videos, there's a demand, right? Oh, another dark one here. This one here, let me see if it's dark.

[08:43] example, let's imagine you discovered a trending topic on Google with YouTube's own demands. How do we know that this

[08:55] for you to fit in there, for example, let's imagine you chose it, you saw that the theme The Boys is cool. Well, before scrolling down, the first video has 81,000 views, but it 's a trailer video, so it's not

[09:08] comparable. Oh, what else? Here's another one that 's an advertisement, OK? Here comes one worth 338,000. Here's where mine comes in too, with 300- something thousand. So there's a lot of competition. This is a difficult topic to delve into, to

[09:21] there are other topics to talk about within pop culture, but I'm saying that this will be complicated for you to do. easier way. Let's imagine you've realized that surviving cold

[09:34] So you put it here, see? Here, surviving the wild. I'll imagine you chose surviving in the jungle, in the wild. But you already shown me that people are searching for this. The YouTube bar itself

[09:48] autocomplete bar. So there are people who are already looking for ways to survive in the wild, to survive the game. So there are several cool topics here for you to explore. Surviving in the wild. Ready. Let's do it, let's put the filters

[10:00] first videos, okay? Now yes. The first 7,000 [music] views. The second one had 514 views, then 76,000 views. In my view, there's room for you to come here and create a dark channel just about that, surviving in the jungle,

[10:14] surviving in wild places. Why? Because the first two videos have third one, yes, the third one has decent views, but 43,000 views dark channel in English, it's a good idea, it's a good RPM, you'll earn a lot, OK? But there you have it

[10:30] research, you have to see if you can fit into the content see that the first videos there are weak channels, old videos, or videos with few views, you've found a gap; there's demand and a lack of good supply.

[10:44] And so that you don't get stuck, I'm going to give you an exceptional tip. Search for So I can remove that video that went way above the average for the be from any channel, it can be a big channel or a small channel. Before recording

[10:58] anything, choose three to five reference channels in your niche and look for niche. It doesn't have to be a big channel. Actually, I'd even suggest not choosing a big channel; a small channel is better. Studying videos that performed three to ten

[11:11] exactly which themes and formats resonate with that audience. And why am I saying that a smaller channel is better? Because the channel already has a large lot of views. Now, a small channel that's there, 10,000 views, 5,000

[11:23] views, 7,000 views, it depends, 100,000 views, 200,000 views, wow, that video you understand? So you're going to study content that's already been validated. You grab it, see an outline, get the timing

[11:35] right, produce it quickly, and look, you're not copying, you're understanding the pattern of what works before spending time producing, because for a hug will work out great for you. For example, let's go into this

[11:47] channel here that I mentioned is a dark channel, okay? Take a look with me now at the for each of its videos. 7,000 views, 9,000 views, 9,000 views, 238,000 views. This video turned out well. What are you going to do? Are you going to copy the title? You don't

[12:02] need to copy the title. That's exactly what the guy did here. Study the content of the video, study the structure of the script, the hook, the images he used, and the sounds he used. Study this. That worked. Now, of course,

[12:16] passed, maybe it's too late for you to make this type of video, an outlier video, but look, here in Play Squad, let's go back to Play Squad, there's this here, outlier monitor. Here you can

[12:29] add channels from your niche, you can add up to five channels and ask them to analyze the outliers for you. In fact, it can even send you a To have an outlet on this channel, you instantly receive a notification

[12:42] great, isn't it? One down here, look. Oh, this channel doesn't have many it filters it for you, so you don't get lost among 500 videos; it already tells well. See? It even gives you a score, look. 77 is a useful video, 85 is a video

[12:57] add, for example, " business network," okay? My own channel here, put one here, look. How money laundering works. This video turned out great! He's already showing us the videos that turned out really well, right? And here he

[13:11] puts it, look, 88, he hit a breakout. And this one was a huge hit, a complete success. There are views than this one, but since they're further back, they gives you a score. This is good because we're already getting

[13:26] take this text from here, this title from here, you take this title from here, put it from here, you take this title from here, put it in the GPT chat and ask the chat manager about , because I want to make a YouTube video with different angles, with

[13:39] titles that have more emotion. To generate clicks, chatpt will give you several different titles. From there you take that script, give it to you in a natural voice. And then you start editing the video, you start

[13:53] works. [music] You're picking a validated theme. You opportunities, you understand? To waste time. And still within the you absolutely cannot ignore. YouTube has changed its policy. What used to be

[14:07] is now treated as inauthentic content , right? Inauthentic content. And mass-produced content or content lacking genuine originality will not qualify for monetization. Pay close attention to this tip. So, in practice, the Dark channel, which

[14:21] is just robotic voice over generic images, in a factory-made scheme, one exactly, you're losing monetization and it's going to be demonetized. That's what we call AI Slop . At the beginning of 2026, the largest wave of channel removals in

[14:35] platform made it clear that it didn't ban the faceless channel, nor the use of "a," and that the mass-produced content, right? without real human involvement. So, when you choose a niche, pick one that allows you to add your own opinion,

[14:50] perspective, and curation. This isn't a minor detail; it's what keeps the channel monetized. Don't mess around with this. Editor, display last point before I pass the word over, OK? Niche saturates. What has

[15:05] packed by the end of the year. This happens, it's normal. That's why the rule is to validate niche just because the idea is pretty. Forget about it, man. Canal Dark is just one realize it's not working anymore. Cancel it, move it on to someone else, you understand? Look at

[15:19] the data, look at the demand, right? Look at the outfits and then you can decide. Don't create a channel in a niche that you think will be successful. Do you understand? The choice of niche for a Dark channel is different from a channel that appears on screen, a show channel. Pay close

[15:31] strategic foundation is in place, right? The basic components are in place. You've already figured out how to right way. Now comes the real practical part, the hands-on work of that, I'm going to call the person in charge of this on our team, OK? Who is

[15:44] here with us every day? Awesome, right, guys? Thanks, Marcel. Now you've end, but I need to be honest with you, right? And that's exactly the part I promised at the beginning of this video. You've probably opened YouTube and seen a

[15:56] simpler content, weaker editing, posting less than you, and yet must have seen this, right? So you stayed there, right? Looking at the screen with that wrong, something you must be doing fundamentally differently from that person

[16:10] doing differently from that guy, why does he have such better numbers than me if his videos are simpler than mine? It's a very know it's not a lack of effort, it's not that. You've already posted more, changed your

[16:22] thumbnail, bought a microphone, changed your niche, watched tutorial channel remains exactly in the same place. You're continuing to produce the same number of views. What almost no one knows is that YouTube

[16:36] It changed recently, in 2026. And the Today's algorithm looks at other aspects of the video when deciding whether specific behaviors in the first 2 minutes after the video uploads. If

[16:50] the first few seconds, he simply stops delivering. In practice, the video Simple as that. Now, the major channels have discovered what those three dedicated team analyzing data at scale. So the guys figured that out

[17:03] why a good channel gets blocked for years. If you find a channel behaviors, it will explode out of nowhere. You must have videos from channels that blew up out of randomly hit that box by accident. I found this

[17:16] different channels, and we have many more than 40 channels. Some faceless, some without a practically abandoned. And look, when I calibrated those three behaviors across distributing them in a way that was completely disproportionate to the effort I was

[17:29] featured. This channel right here, I used to have way fewer views per video than I have now, okay? It was an absurd change. That's how Formula calibrate these three behaviors on any channel. How to choose a topic that

[17:43] even before you post, and how to get YouTube to start testing your content link in the description, in the pinned comment, and I'll explain exactly how it watch this other video, I 'm sure it will make a

[17:55] build a dark channel, if you want to build a business. Here I have 52 Dark channels, 40 of which are monetized, representing a larger revenue stream than the AdSense, obviously, right? So what I 'm suggesting to you is something that

[18:08] works, OK? Don't put off until later what you can do that will change your description and come watch another video with me. I want to see the comments now. Did you enjoy this content? Do you want more courses like this, in this format? More

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