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Food Network UK - what's actually working, and what isn't

Cooking · 9-min uploads · 646K subscribers · started 2019 · ~4.8/week
Est. ad revenue$150–$601/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 the honest read, from 70 public uploads. One of the cooking youtube channels we track. Visit Food Network UK on YouTube →

In Food Network UK's own words
Welcome to the official Food Network UK YouTube channel. Here you will find all the best recipes, how to videos and clips from some of the best food-related shows such as Man v Food, Buddy v Duff and much more! We'll make sure to keep you up to date with all the latest clips and food trends. Subscribe for all the excluBased in GB

How many views does Food Network UK actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 97% of all views, so the median upload (5K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

5K
median views
1832.7×
top vs median
34%
hit rate (2×+)
97%
views from top 10%

What is Food Network UK's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Indian Guru Tries To Convince Gordon Ramsay To Be Vegetarian | Gordon's Great Escape" at 8.8M views - 1832.7× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Indian Guru Tries To Convince Gordon Ramsay To Be Vegetarian | Gordon's Great Escape8.8M
Michelin Star Indian Chef Reveals How To Make The Perfect Dal | My Greatest Dishes5.8M
Guy Fieri Tries Brazilian Food Truck Recommended By Matthew McConaughey | Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives2.5M

Which titles work best for Food Network UK - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Indian Guru Tries To Convince Gordon Ramsay To Be Vegetarian | Gordon's Great Escape8.8M
Michelin Star Indian Chef Reveals How To Make The Perfect Dal | My Greatest Dishes5.8M
Guy Fieri Tries Brazilian Food Truck Recommended By Matthew McConaughey | Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives2.5M
Guy Fieri Can't Handle This Delicious Jamaican Food! | Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives582K
Guy Fieri Blown Away By Halal Mexican Barbacoa Brisket | Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives121K
Guy Fieri Samples Authentic Indian Flavors | Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives110K
Traditional Filipino Chicken Adobo With A Smoked Twist | Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives101K
Guy Fieri Tries The Nashville Hot Chicken Bun | Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives68K
Guy Fieri Tries Cambodian Food Made By A Jet Fighter Engineer | Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives57K
Adam Richman Tries Lancashire Hotpot & Black Pudding | Adam Richman Eats Britain40K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Robert SHOCKED Over Restaurant $600,000 IN DEBT! | Restaurant Impossible1K
FULL EPISODE | Undercover Cameras Catch Manager Drinking On Shift! | Mystery Diners737
Robert Irvine Uncovers A Mistake That's Ruining This Barbecue Restaurant | Restaurant Impossible547
Six Hundred Thousand Dollars In Debt Can This Family Restaurant Be Saved | Restaurant Impossible352
Robert Irvine Transforms A Dated Eatery Into A Holiday Haven | Restaurant Impossible306
A Former CIA Officer Competes In A Massive $100K Cooking Tournament! | 100 Cooks168
Navajo Restaurant Owner Risks Everything To Save Business | Restaurant Impossible66
Mystery Diners Catch Rogue Manager HAZING Restaurant Staff?! | Mystery Diners25
Adam Tries GIANT Pittsburgh Sandwiches Stuffed With French Fries | Man V Food With Adam Richman24
Adam Richman Tries The Biggest Off Menu Burger In Ohio! | Man V Food With Adam Richman22

The title patterns that win here

  • Words that show up in winners, not flops: guy fieri drive-ins dives tries indian.

What keywords does Food Network UK rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: indian, tries, guru, convince, gordon, ramsay, vegetarian, gordon's. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Food Network UK post, and when?

Food Network UK publishes about 4.8 videos a week. Its views concentrate on Wed, Sun, Mon, and thin out on Sat. The single best-performing slot is Wed around 17:00.

Views by day of week
Sun
134K
Mon
108K
Tue
68K
Wed
162K
Thu
71K
Fri
17K
Sat
3K

How long are Food Network UK's videos?

Typical uploads run about 9 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (6K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5m
1K
5-10m
6K
10-20m
737
20m+
3K

How does Food Network UK compare to other cooking channels?

At 5K median views, Food Network UK sits below the typical cooking channel we track (22K) - there is headroom.

How much does Food Network UK make? (estimated)

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, Food Network UK pulls roughly 99K long-form views a month, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $99-$398 a month in ad revenue (about $1K-$5K a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly.

What should a channel like Food Network UK make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Wed, and build titles around its proven words (guy, fieri, drive-ins). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 5K views.

Food Network UK stats at a glance

Subscribers646K
Total views257M
Videos published2K
Average views / video168K
Engagement rate2.5%
Uploads per week4.8
Typical length9 min
On YouTube since2019 (7 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Food Network UK, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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