Economics Explained - 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 that read, from its 179 most recent of 441 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Economics Explained on YouTube →
What are Economics Explained's average views?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 29% of all views and its biggest is 8.5× the median, so the median upload (611K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Economics Explained's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "How the World's Richest Country Lost 90% of its GDP" at 5.2M views - 8.5× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| How the World's Richest Country Lost 90% of its GDP | 5.2M |
| Why Everyone is Leaving New Zealand | 3.5M |
| Something Terrible Is Happening in Italy | 3.2M |
Which titles work best for Economics Explained - 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:
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 179 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.
Lean on has a number and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel.
What keywords does Economics Explained rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: lost its, its gdp, richest country, something terrible, terrible happening, nobel prize, problem nobody, failing economy. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Economics Explained post, and when?
Economics Explained publishes about 1.1 videos a week, most often on Thu.
How long are Economics Explained's videos?
Typical uploads run about 16 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (741K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Economics Explained compare to other education channels?
At 611K median views, Economics Explained runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
How much money does Economics Explained 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, Economics Explained pulls roughly 2.9M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $2,890-$11,560 a month in ad revenue (about $34,680-$138,721 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 Economics Explained make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Thu. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 611K views.
Economics Explained stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 2.9M |
| Total views | 368M |
| Videos published | 441 |
| Avg views (of 179 analyzed) | 799K |
| Engagement rate | 7.4% |
| Uploads per week | 1.1 |
| Typical length | 16 min |
| On YouTube since | 2012 (14 yrs) |
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