Engineering 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 180 most recent of 1K long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Engineering Explained on YouTube →
How does Engineering Explained perform on YouTube?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 36% of all views and its biggest is 13.6× the median, so the median upload (494K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Engineering Explained's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "How Lexus Fixed Tesla's Bad Idea: Steer-By-Wire Yoke" at 6.7M views - 13.6× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| How Lexus Fixed Tesla's Bad Idea: Steer-By-Wire Yoke | 6.7M |
| Will Thinner Oils Damage Your Engine? | 4.6M |
| No, Tesla Cybertruck Is *Not* Faster Than Porsche (While Towing) | 3.4M |
Which titles work best for Engineering 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 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.
Lean on short title (≤6 words) and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on best / top / worst / ultimate.
What keywords does Engineering Explained rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: tesla cybertruck, bad idea, was wrong, electric car, america was, hydrogen combustion, ruin electric, electric battery. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Engineering Explained post, and when?
Engineering Explained publishes about 0.6 videos a week, most often on Mon.
How long are Engineering Explained's videos?
Typical uploads run about 15 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (571K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Engineering Explained compare to other education channels?
At 494K median views, Engineering Explained runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
Engineering Explained'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, Engineering Explained pulls roughly 1.3M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $1,275-$5,098 a month in ad revenue (about $15,294-$61,177 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 Engineering Explained make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Mon. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 494K views.
Engineering Explained stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 4.2M |
| Total views | 1.1B |
| Videos published | 1K |
| Avg views (of 180 analyzed) | 729K |
| Uploads per week | 0.6 |
| Typical length | 15 min |
| On YouTube since | 2011 (15 yrs) |
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