i just fired my 5M subscriber team (so should you)

Your editor is ruining your videos.

Not because they're bad people. Because they're asking the wrong question.

After investigating MrBeast's $500M operation,

I found their leaked training documents.

Here's how they actually work:

They maintain databases of successful past-video’s retention graphs.

Every cut that works gets catalogued. Every sound effect. Every visual trigger.

They run this through their video’s transcript to predict drops before they happen.

90% of viewer drop-offs occur at transition points, silence gaps, or repetitive visuals.

They add sound effects 2 seconds BEFORE predicted drops.

Not after people leave.

Where to find them:

Don't look for "video editors."

Look for YouTube analytics nerds.

Data visualization geeks who want to learn.

The training process:

Hire technical editors from communities and especially, courses.

$100-$150 per video.

Put them through "Retention Bootcamp."

Two weeks analyzing nothing but retention graphs.

Until they can predict drops before they happen.

Three creators I tracked did this:

Creator #1: 2:14 average watch time → 4:32 average watch time

Creator #2: $3K monthly revenue → $21K monthly revenue

Creator #3: 180K views per video → 1.8M views per video

All in 60 days.

The algorithm rewards retention above everything else.

Every extra second of watch time = 3-5% more revenue.

Stop hiring editors who make pretty videos.

Start hiring Retention Architects who make addictive videos.

Daniel Faraday