Productivity

7 Ways YouTube Premium Boosted My Productivity

What started as an experimental entertainment subscription ended up being an insane productivity booster.

Irtiza Hafiz
5 min readFeb 3, 2023

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When I subscribed to YouTube Premium, I was worried that it would become a productivity killer.

Instead, it has become a great productivity booster.

If you have been reading what I write, you must know that I am very cautious about apps and services that follow a subscription model. Yet, after a lot of pondering, I finally pulled the trigger on a YouTube Premium subscription.

My goal with the subscription was the immense time it would save me by not having to watch advertisements.

To my pleasant surprise, however, the benefits of the subscription far exceeded the mere joy of not needing to sit through another 30 seconds Clash of Clans commercial.

Let me explain how this entertainment subscription helped boost my productivity.

Obvious time saved by not watching Ads

To no one’s surprise, the most obvious benefit of YouTube Premium is the countless hours you save over the week by not watching commercials.

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Irtiza Hafiz

Engineering manager who writes about software development and productivity https://irtizahafiz.com