In March of 2023, my husband and I started a YouTube music reaction channel. I know, I know, reaction videos are very polarizing — some get it, some don’t. That’s a different article. Within two weeks of starting the music reaction channel, we hit the 1,000 subscriber / 4,000 watch-hour monetization requirements, and over the balance of 2023 gained over 18,000 new friends (subscribers) who watched nearly 200 thousand hours and amassed over 2.8 million views. Compared to our travel YouTube cha...