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Ali Abdaal's 'ambitious but inconsistent' video outpaces his new uploads

An 18-day-old video is drawing views about twice as fast as the newest of his two uploads, on a channel moving at exactly its usual pace.

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Ali AbdaalStory of September 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

What I Actually Do When I’m Not Making YouTube Videos

Ali Abdaal's channel is running at its normal daily pace, and the video doing the most work is not one of the new ones. "If you're ambitious but inconsistent, please watch this" is eighteen days old and still pulling in views roughly twice as fast as anything posted since.

Two uploads went up. "What I Actually Do When I'm Not Making YouTube Videos" arrived first and has passed about 150,000 views, making it the stronger of the pair. "I hired an AI employee 90 days ago...here's what happened" followed two days later with a much smaller audience. It is currently moving a little slower than "How to make your first $1,000 online," which went up three weeks ago.

Among self-improvement channels, Mel Robbins is having the biggest days by a wide margin, and Lewis Howes is also busy. Ali Abdaal draws more daily views than The School of Life or Jordan B Peterson, even though both have more subscribers than his 6.7 million.

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