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Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy - what's actually working, and what isn't

Marketing · 15-min uploads · 133K subscribers · started 2014 · ~3.5/week
Est. ad revenue$77–$309/morough estimate from recent upload pace at $1.5-6 RPM

Most stats sites hand you a subscriber count and an earnings guess. Neither answers the question that matters: which titles win on this channel, which flop, and what a creator should copy. Here is that read, from its 181 most recent of 707 long-form uploads. One of the marketing YouTube channels we track. Visit Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy on YouTube →

In Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy's own words
My name is Aaron Young and I am a self confessed Google Ads Nerd! I have been creating and managing Google Ads campaigns since 2010 to build my own successful business and countless campaigns to build businesses for my clients. My channel is focussed on 1 thing .... Google Ads. While I am a big...

How does Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy perform on YouTube?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 60% of all views and its biggest is 93.2× the median, so the median upload (3K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

3K
median views
93.2×
top vs median
28%
hit rate (2×+)
60%
views from top 10%

What is Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Google Ads Tutorial for Beginners [Updated for 2025]" at 317K views - 93.2× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Google Ads Tutorial for Beginners [Updated for 2025]317K
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Google Ads 2025138K
Google Ads Search Campaign Set Up in 2025 | Step by Step Tutorial90K

Which titles work best for Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy - and which flop?

Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:

Video titleViews
Google Ads Tutorial for Beginners [Updated for 2025]317K
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Google Ads 2025138K
Google Ads Search Campaign Set Up in 2025 | Step by Step Tutorial90K
How to do Google Ads Keyword Research in 202562K
How I Use Claude with Google Ads42K
Google Ads for Local Service Based Businesses [Updated for 2025]41K
How Google Ads Works in 202541K
Google Ads Shopping Campaign Set Up in 2025 | Step by Step Tutorial36K
How Performance Max Campaigns Work in 202535K
Performance Max Campaign Set Up in 2025 | Step by Step Tutorial35K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
PMAX, AI MAX & The Future of Google Ads2K
Should you use PMax or Shopping Campaigns [Updated for 2026]2K
Get More Quality Leads with Google Ads Search & PMAX2K
The Biggest Mistakes I see with Demand Gen Campaigns2K
Starting with Performance Max for eCom2K
Scaling Your Business with Google Ads2K
Why Your Google Ads CPCs Keep Increasing (It's Not What You Think)1K
My $10M Google Ads Optimization Framework [Copy & Paste It]1K
The Risks of Smart Bidding in Google Ads1K
Google Ads & Black Friday Last Minute Guide [Updated for 2025]1K

The words that win for Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: tutorial set campaign step.

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 181 uploads: median views with it versus without. This isolates the title from the topic, so you copy what works here and skip what does not - something no other tracker breaks down per channel.

View lift by title pattern - Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy
Includes a year33% of videos
+185%
Has a number39% of videos
+114%
Short title (≤6 words)12% of videos
+94%
Best / top / worst / ultimate6% of videos
+44%
Uses (brackets)26% of videos
-42%
Asks a question7% of videos
-25%
The title formula for Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy

Lean on includes a year and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on uses (brackets).

uses (brackets) drags views 42% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: ads tutorial, tutorial beginners, campaign set, step tutorial, set step, performance max, ads search, search campaign. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy post, and when?

Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy publishes about 3.5 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
10
Mon
18
Tue
10
Wed
17
Thu
9
Fri
18
Sat
99

How long are Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy's videos?

Typical uploads run about 15 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (5K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
5K
10-20 min
4K
20 min+
3K

How does Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy compare to other marketing channels?

At 3K median views, Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy sits below the typical marketing channel we track (7K) - there is headroom.

Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy's estimated YouTube earnings

Nobody outside the channel sees the real figure, and ad revenue is only part of it - sponsorships and merch often dwarf it. But from public view counts, Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy pulls roughly 51K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $51-$205 a month in ad revenue (about $614-$2,456 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly, and this ignores the back catalogue.

What should a channel like Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Sat, and build titles around its proven words (tutorial, set, campaign). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 3K views.

Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy stats at a glance

Subscribers133K
Total views8.1M
Videos published707
Avg views (of 181 analyzed)9K
Engagement rate0%
Uploads per week3.5
Typical length15 min
On YouTube since2014 (12 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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