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Engineering Explained - what's actually working, and what isn't

Education · 15-min uploads · 4.2M subscribers · started 2011 · ~0.6/week
Est. ad revenue$2K–$8K/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 1K long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Engineering Explained on YouTube →

In Engineering Explained's own words
How do cars work? It's a simple question, without a simple answer. That's what this channel is for! You could search the web endlessly for consumable information, or you can watch my simple to understand videos. I'm a graduated mechanical engineer with a passion for cars, and my goal is to help...Based in US

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.

494K
median views
13.6×
top vs median
18%
hit rate (2×+)
36%
views from top 10%

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 titleViews
How Lexus Fixed Tesla's Bad Idea: Steer-By-Wire Yoke6.7M
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:

Video titleViews
How Lexus Fixed Tesla's Bad Idea: Steer-By-Wire Yoke6.7M
Will Thinner Oils Damage Your Engine?4.6M
No, Tesla Cybertruck Is *Not* Faster Than Porsche (While Towing)3.4M
Has Michelin Created The Best All Season Tire? Rain, Sun, or Snow!3.1M
America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows2.9M
Is Synthetic Motor Oil Bad For Old Cars?2.8M
Porsche's 6-Stroke Engine Is Genius!2.7M
It Turns Out, Hybrids Are Really Hard On Engines2.6M
Do Thin Oils Destroy Engines? Lessons From GM's Massive Recall2.5M
The Unfortunate Truth About Toyota's Hydrogen V8 Engine2.3M

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
2023 Nissan Z Review - Engine Swapped 370Z?288K
Toyota GR Corolla - The Greatest Hot Hatch In America?283K
Tesla Battery Damage? I Ran Over A Metal Bucket276K
I Was Wrong About The Lexus LC500 - The Numbers Don't Matter274K
What Happened To The BMW M2?!265K
The Gordon Murray T.50s Can Drive Upside Down264K
Corvette ZR1's Anti-Lag System - Massive Turbos, Minimal Lag262K
Can An Electric Car Travel 1,000 Miles In A Day?260K
Porsche Actually Solved Wireless Charging258K
Does Your Engine Have Hidden Damage? How To Know!255K

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 - Engineering Explained
Short title (≤6 words)7% of videos
+102%
Uses (brackets)5% of videos
+75%
Starts How / Why / What13% of videos
+36%
Includes a year7% of videos
+21%
Best / top / worst / ultimate7% of videos
-17%
Speaks to "you"11% of videos
-15%
The title formula for Engineering Explained

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.

Views by day of week
Sun
6
Mon
53
Tue
32
Wed
28
Thu
30
Fri
29
Sat
2

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.

Median views by video length
20 min+
571K
10-20 min
473K
5-10 min
422K

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

Subscribers4.2M
Total views1.1B
Videos published1K
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)729K
Uploads per week0.6
Typical length15 min
On YouTube since2011 (15 yrs)

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