I have some free time after having been laid off, and one of the things I’ve though about is a video series where I go around the towns that Amtrak stops in between the big cities. The two goals would be to have it make money, and the long term goal being to increase rail interest in the US especially on tracks that already exist. I worry no one would watch it and I’m wasting my time.
The waste of time part would be filming and producing the video.
I will enjoy the travel and activities, at least I think I will. Riding trains and walking around towns, what’s not to like. But it would also get expensive quickly so if it doesn’t pay for itself I wouldn’t be able to justify doing it more than for a few locations.
Unless you already have a channel with high viewership, you’re very unlikely to suddenly start earning money off a brand new video series that nobody’s heard about.
It can take a long time to build up viewership unless your content is exceptionally compelling. Don’t expect it to pay for itself right out the gate. It could take months or years before you even see a penny, or it could never happen.