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Ali Abdaal

Doctor-turned-YouTuber, author of Feel-Good Productivity and Part-Time YouTuber Academy

@AliAbdaal United Kingdom356K followers$4M+ in 2022Creators & WritersEducators & Course CreatorsProductivity Tools

About Ali Abdaal

Ali Abdaal is a British former doctor who became one of the best-known productivity creators on the internet. While studying medicine at Cambridge he co-founded 6med, a business helping students get into medical school, and started a YouTube channel about studying, productivity and tech.

He worked as a junior doctor in the UK's National Health Service while the channel grew, then left medicine to run his online business full time. His channel now has millions of subscribers, and he has built a creator-led education company around it, with courses such as Part-Time YouTuber Academy, a large email newsletter and a podcast.

His book Feel-Good Productivity, published in 2023, became a New York Times bestseller. Abdaal is unusually open about the economics of being a creator and has shared multi-million-dollar annual revenue figures for his business in his yearly reviews. More recently he has been building Superfocus, a goal-setting and focus app.

Products by Ali Abdaal

Superfocus logo

Superfocus

superfocus.me

App combining goals, calendar, focus sessions and coaching into a weekly planning system.

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6med

6med.co.uk

Medical school admissions courses he co-founded while at Cambridge.

Revenue

Ali Abdaal has publicly reported $4M+ in 2022 (as of 2022). Source

Ali Abdaal's journey, 2017–20232 milestones · self-reported
  • Revenue (monthly, log scale)
  • Launch / milestone
  • Started 2017
  1. 2022Revenue: Revenue ≈ $340K/month (self-reported)≈ $340K/mo thehustlers.substack.com
  2. 2023Launch: Published Feel-Good Productivity, a New York Times bestseller

Timeline

  1. 2023 — Published Feel-Good Productivity, a New York Times bestseller.

How Ali builds

  • Productivity should feel good, not grim
  • Start a creative side project alongside your job before going all in
  • Share the real numbers behind a creator business

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Ali Abdaal FAQ

Who is Ali Abdaal?

Ali Abdaal is a former NHS doctor turned YouTuber, entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity.

How much does Ali Abdaal make?

Coverage of his annual business reviews reports his company earned over $4 million in 2022; more recent exact figures are not consistently published.

What is Superfocus?

Superfocus is Ali Abdaal's productivity app that ties goals, calendar planning and focus sessions together.

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