6000.
Sweet lord. Thanks, everyone!
My posts from a couple weeks ago look downright stupid, now.
The experiment appears to have validated the idea of a raised floor - for content that aligns with my new VPN video audience, anyway.
500 views in 5 hours. Over 70 watch hours. High AVD, and decent CTR. And net +6 subscribers, bringing me over 6000.
So, basically the same as before, except scaled up by the same multiple as my increased subscriber base. Neat!