Michal Kaszubskikaszub.ski

Work · Experiments · 07 / 07

One format, two languages, nearly 720,000 views

CleverFacts and OgarnikThe same short-form educational format adapted for English and Polish audiences with translation and expressive dubbing, and what the asymmetric results say about which concepts travel between markets.

In brief

CleverFacts (English) and Ogarnik (Polish) publish localised versions of the same underlying short-form educational concepts. The work is adaptation rather than literal translation: keeping expressive delivery across languages through translation and expressive dubbing, and testing whether formats transfer between markets, with topic selection, hooks, pacing and publishing cadence iterated against the observable audience response.

Combined, the two channels had nearly 720,000 views on 15 September 2026, with approximately 1,000 subscribers each. Views are not unique viewers, and this does not prove ML engineering; what it shows is a format built, adapted and measured across two audiences.

Vertical thumbnail of the English short 'These Things In Your House Can Hurt Your Cat'

EN These Things In Your House Can Hurt Your Cat8,265 views

Vertical thumbnail of the Polish short 'Te rzeczy w domu mogą zaszkodzić Twojemu kotu'

PL Te rzeczy w domu mogą zaszkodzić Twojemu kotu49,750 views

A matched pair, both published in March 2026: the English short had 8,265 views and the Polish adaptation 49,750 on 15 September 2026. Some concepts travelled, some did not, in both directions.Thumbnails self-hosted; figures from the channel pages, 15 September 2026
Thumbnail of the video "Leftovers That Can Make You Sick"Play on YouTube: "Leftovers That Can Make You Sick". Loads the youtube-nocookie.com player.

EN Leftovers That Can Make You Sick19,919 views

Thumbnail of the video "Resztki, po których możesz się rozchorować"Play on YouTube: "Resztki, po których możesz się rozchorować". Loads the youtube-nocookie.com player.

PL Resztki, po których możesz się rozchorować648 views

A second matched pair, the reverse case: the English short had 19,919 views and the Polish adaptation 648 on 15 September 2026. Players load from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play; the thumbnails are self-hosted.Published March 2026; figures from the channel pages, 15 September 2026

Evidence

Evidence, with context and dates
FigureContextAs of
480,283Total views on CleverFacts (English): 69 videos, 982 subscribers15 September 2026
239,174Total views on Ogarnik (Polish): 67 videos, about 1,010 subscribers15 September 2026
49,750 vs 8,265Views of the Polish and English versions of the same cat-safety short: one of the concepts that travelled better in Polish15 September 2026

The full case study, with the five matched English and Polish pairs, click-to-load players for two of them, and what I learned about format transfer, follows.