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Basement Bodybuilding - what's actually working, and what isn't

Fitness · 19-min uploads · 53K subscribers · started 2017 · ~1.1/week
Est. ad revenue$157–$629/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 180 most recent of 358 long-form uploads. One of the fitness YouTube channels we track. Visit Basement Bodybuilding on YouTube →

In Basement Bodybuilding's own words
This channel exists to challenge the consensus of bodybuilding methods, while establishing a better fundamental philosophy of training for natural bodybuilding. For coaching applications/inquiries: For the occasional low quality post check out my Instagram: Basement.bodybuilding

What are Basement Bodybuilding's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 28% of all views and its biggest is 7× the median, so the median upload (22K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

22K
median views
top vs median
14%
hit rate (2×+)
28%
views from top 10%

What is Basement Bodybuilding's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Progressive overload standards are out of control" at 153K views - 7× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Progressive overload standards are out of control153K
Don't get stuck in the intermediate plateau99K
How I FINALLY Got 18" Arms!99K

Which titles work best for Basement Bodybuilding - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Progressive overload standards are out of control153K
Don't get stuck in the intermediate plateau99K
How I FINALLY Got 18" Arms!99K
Somebody had to say it92K
"Anything over 8 reps is stupid"92K
I'd hate to start lifting in 2025...91K
How The Fitness Industry Makes You Dumb78K
My Honest Experience with the Upper Lower Split75K
The 10 things keeping beginners small71K
The ULTIMATE Guide to Rowing for Hypertrophy61K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
A guide on basic measurement ratios for tracking progress12K
The noob gain fallacy...12K
How I Grew My Quads!12K
6 mistakes every lifter makes 11K
What's next after I get 18" arms? (Road To 18" Arms Ep. 24)11K
Nobody understands progressive overload potential11K
The Problem With YouTube Fitness (Road To 18" Arms Ep. 12)11K
The actual #1 thing killing your gains (Road To 18" Arms Ep. 11)11K
Road To 18" Arms Ep. 22: Answering more questions10K
Can you get 18" arms with BAD genetics? (Road To 18" Arms Ep. 19)10K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 180 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 - Basement Bodybuilding
Has a number28% of videos
-42%
Uses (brackets)23% of videos
-42%
Asks a question16% of videos
-26%
Speaks to "you"14% of videos
-26%
Starts How / Why / What12% of videos
+19%
Short title (≤6 words)44% of videos
+15%
The title formula for Basement Bodybuilding

Lean on starts how / why / what and short title (≤6 words) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on has a number.

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 42% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Basement Bodybuilding rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: progressive overload, road arms, tier list, fitness industry, reacting jeff, finally arms, jacked getting, ultimate guide. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Basement Bodybuilding post, and when?

Basement Bodybuilding publishes about 1.1 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
5
Mon
3
Tue
7
Wed
5
Thu
19
Fri
90
Sat
51

How long are Basement Bodybuilding's videos?

Typical uploads run about 19 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (26K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
26K
10-20 min
19K
5-10 min
11K

How does Basement Bodybuilding compare to other fitness channels?

At 22K median views, Basement Bodybuilding runs above the typical fitness channel we track (17K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much money does Basement Bodybuilding make on YouTube?

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, Basement Bodybuilding pulls roughly 104K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $104-$416 a month in ad revenue (about $1,249-$4,995 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 Basement Bodybuilding make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 22K views.

Basement Bodybuilding stats at a glance

Subscribers53K
Total views7.6M
Videos published358
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)27K
Engagement rate11%
Uploads per week1.1
Typical length19 min
On YouTube since2017 (9 yrs)

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