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Hank Green

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1392 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

There's not like that much content on Dropout.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

But but lots of people are signing up.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I don't know if you can tell me a number of the number of people who you have subscribed.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And they watch.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So there's people subscribe.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

They don't just like coast the way I do with Netflix where I'm like, well, maybe there's something I'm going to want to watch there sometime.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

They're there.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And I've, you know,

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

My Rocket Money situation isn't what it should be, and I haven't subscribed.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

But, you know, Dropout pops on my TV a fair amount.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So these people are subscribed and actively watching.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

What's your funnel?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

How do people come into the platform?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And you design shows to be good at being, well, I don't know if you design them that way, but you do now.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Game Changer is very good at this because it's just like it's like kind of got that whose line is it anyway vibe for people who have never heard of any of this where there's just like good clippable moments a lot.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Sometimes, yeah, they're just talented, funny people.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

I say as a person who was once on the show.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

And that didn't exist five years ago.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

Like when COVID happened, that was a very small ecosystem and now it is a huge part of online video and also very hard to turn into value.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy

So very few people are able to turn their reels and their shorts and their TikToks into any amount of money.