The Truth About Going Viral: Ryan Burton on Success, Anxiety & Growth
1/6/20261 hr 8 min
In this episode of We’re Out Of Time, Richard Taite sits down with viral creator Ryan Burton to unpack the real story behind online success, mental health, and personal growth in your 20s. Ryan opens up about building a YouTube career from the ground up—going from 13,000 subscribers to over 5 million, eventually reaching 10 million subscribers across platforms and 50M+ likes through relentless experimentation, consistency, and creative risk-taking.
Ryan shares how he began earning $4,000 a month at just 18–19 years old, and why early success didn’t protect him from anxiety, panic attacks, burnout, and depressive waves. The conversa...
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First 90 secondsRyan Burton· Guest0:00
Four years of going to Drexel University, Noah and I just were going in the libraries, filming those videos, doing skits, experimenting with all different types of concepts, and we went from about 13,000 subscribers our freshman year to about five million by the time we graduated.
Speaker 10:16
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Richard Taite· Host0:52
Today, I have guest Ryan Burton on the show. Man, thank you so much for coming on We're Outta Time.
Ryan Burton· Guest1:00
Thank you for having me.
Richard Taite· Host1:01
Dude, I saw the funniest video that you did where you're in a college library with your earphones on.
Ryan Burton· Guest1:13
Mm-hmm.
Richard Taite· Host1:13
Right? But it isn't plugged into the computer, and you're blasting the gnarliest song in front of women.
Speaker 3· Soundbite1:21
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