Think Media · YouTube · Content Creation · Coaching · United States
Founder and CEO of Think Media, a Las Vegas-based YouTube education company. He sells the Video Ranking Academy course, group and one-on-one YouTube coaching, and co-wrote the book YouTube Secrets.
Sean Cannell is an American YouTube strategist and the founder and CEO of Think Media, a company that teaches people how to grow YouTube channels and earn income from online video. He is also listed as a co-founder of Video Influencers. In a December 2022 interview on the Smart Passive Income podcast he said he is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that Think Media started in 2010 as a side project while he worked at a church, and that he went full-time on it in 2015. Other interviews describe him leading the media department of a Las Vegas church before that. His year of birth does not appear in any source reviewed.
In the same 2022 interview he said Think Media had 22 employees plus contractors. These figures come from his own statements and have no independent source.
The main channel, Think Media (@ThinkMediaTV), showed 3.52 million subscribers and about 3,100 videos when read on September 13, 2026. A second channel for The Think Media Podcast showed 398,000 subscribers, and the TikTok account @thinkmediaofficial, linked from the main YouTube channel, showed 427,873 followers on the same date. His promotional bios give a combined figure of over 4.2 million subscribers and more than 500 million views, and say his students have generated over 25.6 billion views. Mentor Explorer has not found an independent source for those totals.
His paid products are sold at courses.seancannell.com and go.thinkmedia.com. The entry product is the YouTube Starter Kit, a bundle of templates and guides listed at $47 with no refunds. Video Ranking Academy Essentials, the core course, is listed at $3,997 and includes 7 modules with 45 videos, study guides, a private Facebook group and two group Q&A sessions with Cannell. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. VRA Elite is small-group coaching with weekly calls led by Think Media coaches, channel audits and office hours, listed at $497 per month. The coaching page does not give exact prices for the higher tiers. It describes VRA Elite annual as a "multiple 4-figure annual investment," VRA Accelerator one-on-one coaching as a "5-figure annual investment," and one-on-one coaching with Cannell himself as a "multiple 5-figure one-time investment." All coaching is application only. Think Media also runs a free YouTube web class that leads into these programs.
With Benji Travis he co-wrote YouTube Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Following and Making Money as a Video Influencer, published by Lioncrest Publishing in August 2018. A later expanded edition is promoted on the Think Media site. He has spoken at real estate and church-leadership events, including KW Events and the Modern Church Leader Conference 2024.
On his reputation: his speaker bios say he has been featured by Forbes, CNBC, Entrepreneur and SUCCESS, but the specific articles were not identified during this research. A web search on September 13, 2026 for his name alongside "FTC," "lawsuit" and "attorney general" turned up no enforcement action or court case involving him or Think Media. The FTC's own case database could not be queried directly, and OpenCorporates blocked automated access, so the company's state registration details are unconfirmed. Reviews of Video Ranking Academy on affiliate blogs are not summarized here because they are not independent sources.
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| Program | Type | Published price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video Ranking Academy Essentials Online YouTube strategy course with 7 modules, 45 videos, study guides, a private Facebook group and two group Q&A sessions with Sean Cannell. Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. | Course | $3,997 Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
| VRA Elite Small-group YouTube coaching with weekly calls led by Think Media coaches, channel audits every six months, thumbnail and tech office hours, and access to Video Ranking Academy. Monthly price shown; an annual option is described as a multiple four-figure investment. | Mentorship | $497 Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
| VRA Accelerator One-on-one coaching with a Think Media YouTube coach. Application only. The price is not published and is described as a five-figure annual investment. | Mentorship | Not published Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
| 1-1 Coaching with Sean Cannell One-on-one coaching with Sean Cannell himself. Application only. The price is not published and is described as a multiple five-figure one-time investment. | Mentorship | Not published Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
| YouTube Starter Kit Digital bundle of templates and guides: channel blueprint, title formulas, video idea lists, thumbnail templates and a description template. Lifetime access, no refunds. | Course | $47 Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
| YouTube Secrets Book co-written with Benji Travis on growing a YouTube following and earning money from it. Published by Lioncrest Publishing, 2018. | Book | Not published Checked Sep 13, 2026 | View |
Prices are those published by the mentor on the date checked and may change. “Not published” means we couldn't find a public price.
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Sean Cannell is the founder and CEO of Think Media, a Las Vegas-based company that teaches YouTube growth. He started it as a side project in 2010 while working in church media and went full-time in 2015. He co-wrote the book YouTube Secrets with Benji Travis.
When checked on September 13, 2026, the store page listed Video Ranking Academy Essentials at $3,997 with a 30-day money-back guarantee. VRA Elite group coaching was $497 per month. The YouTube Starter Kit was $47.
Think Media does not publish exact prices for its higher coaching tiers. Its coaching page calls VRA Accelerator one-on-one coaching a "5-figure annual investment" and one-on-one coaching with Sean Cannell a "multiple 5-figure one-time investment." Both require an application.
What can be checked: his main YouTube channel had 3.52 million subscribers on September 13, 2026, his book was published by Lioncrest Publishing in 2018, and his course prices and refund terms are public. A web search that day found no FTC or state attorney general action under his name. Figures about student results come from his own marketing and have no independent source.
Mentor Explorer shows user reviews on this profile and does not summarize third-party review sites or affiliate blogs. No independent press investigation or regulatory ruling about Sean Cannell or Think Media was found as of September 13, 2026.
YouTube Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Following and Making Money as a Video Influencer, co-written with Benji Travis and published by Lioncrest Publishing on August 16, 2018. An expanded edition is promoted on the Think Media site.
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