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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Phan: YouTube will acquire TikTok and IPO at $500B within 12 months
“I'm making a prediction. YouTube is going to buy TikTok. They're going to spin out YouTube. It's going to go public, five hundred billion dollar company. Done. Clip this. Editor, clip this for when this happens in the next 12 months.”
Trung Phan Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 1:01:41 Trung Phan on The Hustle, ChatGPT, and TikTok
Assertion Contradicted
YouTube's Algorithm Does Not Weight Comments for Video Performance
“Comments have no algorithmic waiting. Like YouTube don't look at comments for video performance, but it's a great indication of, Hey, like, especially with an audience like you have here that is Quite like a tribe of people into similar things.”
Paddy Galloway Jan 15, 2025 ▶ 12:51 I Asked MrBeast’s Ex-Strategist How to Hit 100k on YouTube
Assertion Contradicted
Lemko claims his content projects have generated over one billion views
“Over a billion views for sure on, on all the things I've made.”
Dr. Tyler Lemko Jan 7, 2025 ▶ 17:36 Q&A: How to get 100,000 followers in 2025
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