YouTube Shorts, the company’s mobile-first short-form video product, attracts over 50 billion viewers every day. Since the service began sharing advertising revenue with creators in January of 2023 Alan Chikin Chow, maker of highly produced and often-wordless comedy clips, has attracted over 25 million subscribers to his channel, earned millions and has become YouTube Shorts' top creator. This success is based on more than timing and luck—for Chow, mastering YouTube is more of a science than art.
Chow began his entertainment career as a Hollywood actor--with roles on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Hulu’s Into the Dark and CBS’s The Emperor of Malibu, but he never cracked the A-list. That’s one of the reasons he started studying YouTube before developing his own comedic digital content for the platform. Fast forward to today and his mix of long- and short-form family friendly content has garnered over 20 billion views and 30 million followers across platforms.
