Thanks guys. YouTube has become a fairly big business these days. So called influencers. There are managers, agents, camera operators, show runners, editors, even CGI creators for segments of a show. Fortunately all this is very familiar to me, coming from the film TV universe. Lets break down some of mile the stones.

Of those 31,000,000 channels there are about 462,000 that have reached 634 subscribers (my current subscription count). That's still alot of channels to have to sift through. But the count continues to fall the higher the subs. At 100,000 subs (my goal), there are only 54,000 channels that have that count. Then if you get really lucky and hit the magic 1,000,000 subs....there is only 7766 channels that can brag with that number. I find it really amazing that 7700 people with channels have caught the attention of 1,000,000 people each channel. That's a staggering 77 million people watching these channels. Perspective.  That's more people than exist in 216 counties around the world. Only 17 countries have more. That's why YouTube has become a big business model for corporations..and why these people and channels are called "influencers", they have the power to influence masses of people to buy into brands.

@nallycat Yeah thats exactly where I am with my mother. Also great pics...that is how we created animatronics for years in the industry. Clay and sculpting. Nice job! And looking forward to your progress.

Will, your mom is very lucky to have such a loving and caring son. She did a great job raising you. You both have a hard road ahead of you. With you walking next to her it's going to make it much easier. Your going to also have more special times ahead with each other. Hang onto them and enjoy.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you have in store for your new channel. This is going to be great!

Thanks very much for those kinds words Dave.

Hang in there Will, it will get little easier over time taking care of your mom. I know because Im doing that right now.  My mom had a stroke many years ago, so my dad took care of her. He passed just two years ago, so now Im busy with her care. Luckily,  here in CT, since shes been on state aid, shes allowed a full- time live-in care giver, that attends to her needs while I deal with the paperwor,probate court,medical needs and all the bills. All while I have a full time job as well. So time for myself to enjoy anything is very limited. I am even in the proccess of trying to build a robot that might help the aids with lifting her for transfers ( ill show that off in another thread when I can). Good luck with everything you do.

It is great to see this care and love in action. I will subscribe today and look forward to your venture.

I usually prefer reading to videos and podcasts just because I read so much faster than anyone talks, but I will definitely be watching your channel.  Best of luck with it!

Alan

My hat off to you @robohappy! Some days seem insurmountable. Unfortunately we don’t have help with care yet.

@ellis , thank you!

Hi Wil, I"m in !  I wish you well and look forward to viewing your channel.