# Zach Highley: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Zach Highley has 523,000 subscribers, 39,406,108 total views, and 189 videos. It ranks #146,196 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Zach Highley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Zach Highley is “Why I’m Able To Focus 70+ Hours Per Week (stay efficient and productive)”, a long-form video published Jun 19, 2026.
- These are Zach Highley’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 29, 2024 and Jun 19, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 13,894. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “8 Habits That (quickly) Changed My Life” (1,101,531 views, Feb 21, 2025). Least viewed: “8 YouTube Beginner Tips to Jump Start a New Channel” (2,863 views, May 1, 2026).
- Median length: 14:40 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Zach Highley’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 56 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Why I’m Able To Focus 70+ Hours Per Week (stay efficient and productive)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/aU16k6kM_dE/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 10,345 | 12:01 | - |
| [7 Tips for (naturally) Higher Daily Energy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/RzzVGtSHiwM/) | 2026-05-29 | Long-form | 8,152 | 21:56 | - |
| [8 YouTube Beginner Tips to Jump Start a New Channel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/QmIpjE3mR24/) | 2026-05-01 | Long-form | 2,863 | 18:04 | - |
| [How I Upgraded My Brain in One Month (forever)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/RI-gUelXpqg/) | 2026-04-10 | Long-form | 24,241 | 21:56 | 1.86x |
| [11 (advanced) Lucid Dreaming Secrets That Transformed My Dreams Forever](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Yu1TESxFWRw/) | 2026-02-13 | Long-form | 34,117 | 24:29 | 2.15x |
| [How to Add 2 Hours To Your Day Every Day (Without Sleeping Less)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/JpCsY15b82c/) | 2026-01-23 | Long-form | 9,082 | 6:18 | - |
| [14 Evidence-Based Micro-Habits for 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/BDhbMCsgwkw/) | 2026-01-02 | Long-form | 28,180 | 25:20 | 2.84x |
| [I Tried Skincare for 30 Days and I Was Surprised at The Results](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/y6kplq1WZg4/) | 2025-12-19 | Long-form | 5,332 | 19:57 | - |
| [Why I Quit Medicine and Became a Consultant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/A-_hSnUb-_0/) | 2025-12-05 | Long-form | 20,311 | 29:29 | 2.44x |
| [How "Eat The Frog" Destroys Productivity](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/l1swhqXTCBA/) | 2025-11-21 | Long-form | 8,287 | 17:27 | 1.43x |
| [I Wasted 5 Years Overthinking - Here's What Finally Made Me Just Start](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/MVdVNwiVbTI/) | 2025-11-07 | Long-form | 11,464 | 8:11 | 1.73x |
| [The One Notebook System That Changed My Life \| The Chronological Notebook](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/NwC7f8Prpno/) | 2025-10-24 | Long-form | 140,180 | 13:27 | 22.05x |
| [You're Not Dumb, Your Study System Is](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/ChCj1axcIqc/) | 2025-10-10 | Long-form | 101,678 | 21:36 | 16.42x |
| [7 Supplements I Actually Take as an MD (+ 3 That Are Total Scams)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/ArusZqmAC1g/) | 2025-09-26 | Long-form | 8,350 | 18:15 | 1.82x |
| [Building my first PC!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/ur1UcZ7aADw/) | 2025-09-16 | Long-form | 4,860 | 6:15 | 1.06x |
| [The Pros and Cons of Living in NYC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Zz5EhArHGhc/) | 2025-09-15 | Long-form | 7,017 | 6:03 | 1.46x |
| [Starting My HomeLab + Electrical Engineering Workstation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/h9BOyOeNNgk/) | 2025-09-14 | Long-form | 5,299 | 6:55 | - |
| [Turning My NYC Balcony into a Home Gym](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/U5y56Fr0qG8/) | 2025-09-13 | Long-form | 6,365 | 4:52 | - |
| [Building My Dream Bookshelf in One Day (and my favorite books)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Cdp2RJXwDb0/) | 2025-09-12 | Long-form | 5,544 | 4:46 | - |
| [I Have TOO MANY Boxes - Moving into my NYC APT Diaries](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/ajmuoLOh_Rw/) | 2025-09-11 | Long-form | 3,746 | 5:04 | - |
| [STOPPED BY THE POLICE](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/3p3XV7nS9hM/) | 2025-09-10 | Long-form | 6,349 | 8:20 | - |
| [Turning My Apartment into a HOMELAB](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/DkpQZMslG_k/) | 2025-09-09 | Long-form | 6,035 | 7:49 | - |
| [Moving into my new NYC Apartment](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/B938cEqVAYc/) | 2025-09-08 | Long-form | 6,127 | 5:52 | - |
| [BIG LIFE UPDATE](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Cvzdh0Bw5D0/) | 2025-09-07 | Long-form | 18,174 | 6:26 | 1.31x |
| [How I (quickly) Replaced My Bad Habits with Reading](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/xDqZXB-fB8I/) | 2025-08-22 | Long-form | 12,022 | 17:20 | - |
| [26 (life-changing) Ways To Use AI for Beginners](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/RCVGyXuxG2o/) | 2025-08-15 | Long-form | 11,468 | 36:50 | - |
| [How 2 Years of Advanced Lucid Dreaming Changed My Life (forever)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/i9HIWfKWGcU/) | 2025-08-01 | Long-form | 192,052 | 14:22 | 8.92x |
| [I Tried Waking up at 4 AM for 30 Days and Decided It’s Not Worth It](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/kc7oG-O7EDs/) | 2025-07-18 | Long-form | 23,468 | 16:45 | 1.92x |
| [Why Boredom is Good For Your](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/yli0uAOxBKI/) | 2025-07-04 | Long-form | 23,934 | 16:54 | 1.93x |
| [How I Turned my YouTube Channel Into a $100k Business (Without Going Viral)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Qn8tthLwy3Y/) | 2025-06-20 | Long-form | 25,585 | 25:38 | 1.99x |
| [Watch This if You Don’t Know What to Do With Your Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/yhEFP6AVE9g/) | 2025-06-06 | Long-form | 14,634 | 14:54 | 1.14x |
| [How to Calculate Your “Financial Freedom” Number (and how to hit it)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/-GnHU5SxrTQ/) | 2025-05-23 | Long-form | 8,238 | 37:33 | - |
| [How I stopped being the “nice guy” and changed my life (forever)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/HwAw2apoKqI/) | 2025-05-16 | Long-form | 19,599 | 14:20 | 1.2x |
| [How I Went From 0 to 100k Subs in 3 Months (My Complete Blueprint)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/xfQPuW-mHrk/) | 2025-05-09 | Long-form | 4,851 | 31:43 | - |
| [The Danger of Never Taking Time Off](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/Ff0HEo0hEWQ/) | 2025-04-25 | Long-form | 7,305 | 5:13 | - |
| [19 Non-Clinical Career Options for Med Students, Residents, and Doctors (with salaries and hours)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/_E2IPGSqeyk/) | 2025-04-11 | Long-form | 29,294 | 1:05:21 | 1.65x |
| [A Day in My Life After Quitting Medicine - Designing a Life I Don't Want to Escape From](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/1p3uZR8eNdM/) | 2025-04-04 | Long-form | 15,651 | 12:50 | - |
| [How I Organized My Entire Life Using Just Apple Notes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/IMJSkU3rVNg/) | 2025-03-21 | Long-form | 718,569 | 14:26 | 23.74x |
| [How I Transformed My Life in 6 Months (vision → 12 wk segments → 85% rule)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/5SPjd9Zu4-w/) | 2025-03-14 | Long-form | 30,290 | 19:08 | 1.59x |
| [How I Feel 6 Months After Leaving Medicine - reacting to internet hate and what’s next](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/eabiyC9U9Js/) | 2025-02-28 | Long-form | 32,206 | 35:43 | 1.79x |
| [8 Habits That (quickly) Changed My Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/yrZIt3aOmXY/) | 2025-02-21 | Long-form | 1,101,531 | 19:05 | 41.21x |
| [8 (hidden) Reasons You’re Always Tired](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/4bFlEkRdCrE/) | 2025-02-07 | Long-form | 22,795 | 18:27 | 1.37x |
| [Give me 11 minutes and I"ll save 11 years of your life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/dmw87UH5Qdc/) | 2025-01-24 | Long-form | 30,214 | 11:19 | 1.82x |
| [Why America is Fat \| Part 2: Lifestyle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/pR5k1TY24tI/) | 2025-01-17 | Long-form | 12,173 | 12:53 | - |
| [My (ridiculous) life redesign that’s actually working](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/66aeinJJktU/) | 2025-01-11 | Long-form | 23,231 | 29:05 | 1.08x |
| [How to (quickly) Get Ahead of 99% of People](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/hoVIvmm4--4/) | 2024-12-20 | Long-form | 39,015 | 9:58 | - |
| [Why America is Fat \| Part 1: Food](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/nX1-03BBzTk/) | 2024-12-13 | Long-form | 13,154 | 10:13 | - |
| [If You're 18-30 Years Old, Watch This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@zachhighley/videos/3-yJUfmDeXs/) | 2024-11-29 | Long-form | 31,909 | 13:27 | - |

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