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The Math Comes First
UGC gets described as a creative phenomenon — find the right format, make it feel authentic, post enough. That framing is wrong. UGC is a math phenomenon, and the math version is more useful because it tells you exactly which variable to fix when things stall. Dillion Verma reduced the whole model to two equations: revenue equals total views times conversion rate, and total views equals creators × videos per creator × posts per video × views per post. When he went from zero to $300K/month in 45 days, he wasn't doing something unrepeatable — he was maximizing every variable simultaneously.
Views decompose further: creators × videos each × platforms × views per post. Fix the broken factor, not the category.
- Every variable in the views equation is controllable: add creators, raise cadence, cross-post, improve the format.
- Conversion is set in the first three seconds — the hook decides which type of person is still watching.
- Low install rate after click usually means the wrong people clicked: the video performed, the targeting failed.
- The format isn't separate from the funnel. It is the first step of the funnel.