How Hayley Morris Built a 9 Million Strong Social Video Audience

This week on TellyCast, Justin Crosby is joined by social video sensation Hayley Morris. Known for her viral vertical comedies and brilliant multi-character sketches, Hayley shares her journey from early YouTube experiments to creating hit series like ‘The V Hotel’ and her growing portfolio of self-funded short films. She reveals how she built an audience of over nine million followers, the creative process behind her weekly videos, why she’s passionate about retaining creative control, and how she sees the future of social video evolving. Hayley also talks about her plans to develop longer form episodic content for YouTube and the importance of balancing creativity with social platform algorithms. If you’re interested in social video, digital-first production, or how to build an audience from scratch—this is essential listening.Sign up for The Drop newsletterEnrol on the TellyCast Digital BootcampBuy tickets for the Digital Content ForumSubscribe to the TellyCast YouTube channel for exclusive TV industry videosFollow us on LinkedInConnect with Justin on LinkedINTellyCast videos on YouTubeTellyCast websiteTellyCast instaTellyCast TwitterTellyCast TikTok