For media companies & publishers

Reach.

We help organizations turn YouTube into a sustainable growth engine.

You've mastered publishing. We've mastered YouTube. Reach pairs the two — no in-house expertise required.

Trusted by leading publishers and digital brands

  • OCAD U
  • New Scientist
  • iPaper
  • Google News Initiative
The YouTube opportunity

Great editorial isn't enough. YouTube is a different distribution game.

On YouTube, an algorithm — not a homepage — decides who sees your work. Winning it takes a clear strategy, smarter production, and sustainable output. That's the expertise we bring.

a clear strategy new audiences new revenue streams sustainable output sustained growth
Our secret sauce

People, proof, and machine intelligence.

Human Expertise

A century of combined experience growing high-performance YouTube channels.

Business Success

A 10-year track record of turning audiences into sustainable businesses.

Machine Intelligence

Proprietary AI tools that supercharge our strategy and decision-making.

Our playbook is your playbook

A proven system to scale YouTube channels. Now offered as a service.

STEP 1

Assess & Target

Unlocking the hidden value in large video archives, original footage, and premium content.

STEP 2

Scale & Optimize

  • Channel audit & content strategy
  • Video packaging — titles & thumbnails that earn the click
  • Workflow efficiencies & episode ideation
  • Community building & short-form recipes
STEP 3

Maximize Monetization

  • New distribution: MSN, Facebook, Snapchat, Spotify, X
  • Localization: FR, ES, DE
  • Brand deals & FAST channels
  • AI licensing of archive
  • Tax credits & grants (Canada)
Our services

We scale with you as your YouTube business grows.

Deep Data Analysis

AI-assisted audits that turn performance data into actionable next steps.

Channel Strategy

A budget-aligned roadmap: what to produce, when to publish, how to scale.

Production Support

Creative resources that improve output without ballooning your overhead.

Scaling Revenue

Guidance to build and diversify revenue as your channel grows.

Results

Real channels, real turnarounds.

Watch hours — total viewer time on a channel — are YouTube's core currency.

New Scientist

A legacy science publication, rebuilt as a YouTube-native content engine.

Within three months: breakout videos at 250K–750K views, watch hours up 10×, and in-video brand integrations unlocked.

2,500 225,000
Average views per video
Aperture

A declining channel, turned around on consistency and revenue.

A weekly cadence plus monetization optimization unlocked up to four brand deals per month.

~$8K ~$40K
Monthly revenue
Animalogic

A channel in decline, put back in the algorithm's good graces.

Narrowed focus, better packaging, and longer-form content restored growth.

~2K 12K+
Watch hours per month
What partners say

Collaborative by design.

Our collaboration with Underknown has helped accelerate the growth of New Scientist's YouTube channel. … a highly collaborative partnership that combines New Scientist's editorial expertise with Underknown's understanding of YouTube.
Catherine de Lange Editor, New Scientist
Underknown's team excelled at translating audience data into practical growth strategies for journalists.
Philip Smith Journalism Growth Lab
About Underknown

A decade building some of YouTube's most-watched factual content.

60M+
Monthly viewers
2×
Webby Award winners

With Reach, we apply those same battle-tested systems to your channels.

Engagement options

Start small. Scale when the results speak for themselves.

Channel Strategy

$18K USD / month

Aligns your YouTube presence with your business objectives — and delivers the roadmap.

  • Discovery & goals alignment
  • Competitive & market research
  • Channel data analysis (audit scope included)
  • Strategy, execution roadmap & stakeholder presentation

Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks · Multi-channel discounts available

Production Services

Cost-plus negotiated margin

Hands-on production and monetization support.

  • Channel management & format prototyping
  • Packaging, workflow efficiencies, episode ideation
  • YouTube-first writing, editing, motion graphics
  • Monetization: brand deals, AI licensing, multi-platform distribution, localization
Come explore

Ready to turn your content into a sustainable growth engine?

Let's talk strategy