How To Start a Successful YouTube Channel in 2023

And earn a 6-figure income with a 5-figure audience.

JP Stonestreet
17 min readApr 20, 2023
Amelia And JP Filming for YouTube at Ingapirca Ecuador

Dreaming of living abroad and funding your freedom lifestyle by starting a successful YouTube channel? That’s exactly what did!

With over 300 videos, 90,000+ subscribers, and 12 million views on our YouTube channel, we now earn a six-figure income with a 5-figure audience that supports our freedom lifestyle in Ecuador and our travel to other countries.

In this comprehensive, step-by-step guide, we’ll share our journey and strategies for starting and growing a successful YouTube channel in 2023.

Step 1: Choose a niche

If you plan to move abroad, a channel about your journey and the destination you choose is an ideal niche. For every popular foreign destination, there are thousands (maybe millions) of people who want to know more about that place and your experience traveling, moving, and living there.

When we were thinking about moving abroad, the first thing we did was watch every YouTube video we could find about all the destinations we were considering.

All those YouTubers helped us on our journey, and now we’re happy to pay it forward by helping future Unconventionals.

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JP Stonestreet

Inspiring the world to Embrace The Unconventional Life. Work Online. Live Abroad. Be Free! Blogger & YouTuber with 90K Subs & 12M+ views. AmeliaAndJP.com