Chef D Wainaina - what's actually working, and what isn't

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 the honest read, from 186 public uploads. One of the cooking youtube channels we track. Visit Chef D Wainaina on YouTube →

Chef D Wainaina's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 89% of all views, so the median upload (13K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

What is Chef D Wainaina's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "How to make Soft and Fluffy Chapati | Soft Layered Chapati | Paratha | Roti" at 10M views - 807.9× the channel median. The other top performers:

Which titles work best for Chef D Wainaina - and which flop?

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

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

The title patterns that win here

• Its winning titles run about 15 words; the ones that flop run 13. It gets away with longer, more descriptive titles.

What keywords does Chef D Wainaina rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: chapati, soft, paratha, layered, roti, fluffy, home, chef. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Chef D Wainaina post, and when?

Chef D Wainaina publishes about 0.9 videos a week. Its views concentrate on Tue, Fri, Wed, and thin out on Sat. The single best-performing slot is Tue around 14:00.

How long are Chef D Wainaina's videos?

Typical uploads run about 10 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (18K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

How does Chef D Wainaina compare to other cooking channels?

At 13K median views, Chef D Wainaina sits below the typical cooking channel we track (22K) - there is headroom.

What is Chef D Wainaina's net worth and estimated 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, Chef D Wainaina pulls roughly 50K long-form views a month, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $50-$200 a month in ad revenue (about $600-$2K a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly.

What should a channel like Chef D Wainaina make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Tue, and build titles around its proven words. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 13K views.

Chef D Wainaina stats at a glance

Public YouTube data for Chef D Wainaina, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.