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Investing Simplified - Professor G - what's actually working, and what isn't

Finance · 12-min uploads · 454K subscribers · started 2021 · ~3.4/week
Est. ad revenue$2K–$9K/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 181 most recent of 842 long-form uploads. One of the finance YouTube channels we track. Visit Investing Simplified - Professor G on YouTube →

In Investing Simplified - Professor G's own words
My goal is to set you up for success by making investing & personal finance much more simple! I was frustrated with my (lack of) financial education in high school and college, so I make it my duty to teach people what they desperately need to know in order to be successful. I discuss ETFs, stocks...Based in US

How many views does Investing Simplified - Professor G actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 28% of all views and its biggest is 7.5× the median, so the median upload (102K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

102K
median views
7.5×
top vs median
13%
hit rate (2×+)
28%
views from top 10%

What is Investing Simplified - Professor G's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "$500,000 is ALL YOU NEED to live off dividends FOREVER (Actual funds & amounts revealed!) " at 761K views - 7.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
$500,000 is ALL YOU NEED to live off dividends FOREVER (Actual funds & amounts revealed!) 761K
NEW (better) 4 ETF Portfolio beats everything! (BEST Simple Investing Guide 2026 📈)583K
Most people are not ready for what is about to happen..529K

Which titles work best for Investing Simplified - Professor G - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
$500,000 is ALL YOU NEED to live off dividends FOREVER (Actual funds & amounts revealed!) 761K
NEW (better) 4 ETF Portfolio beats everything! (BEST Simple Investing Guide 2026 📈)583K
Most people are not ready for what is about to happen..529K
$300,000 is ALL YOU NEED to live off dividends FOREVER (Actual funds & amounts revealed!)403K
This ETF just broke the stock market (Better than VOO!)364K
📈CONFIRMED: Best Monthly High Dividend ETF (OMAH vs SPYI vs QQQI)355K
🚨MAJOR BUY: Best Quantum Computing ETF on the Planet 📈350K
Best 5 ETFs to invest in ROTH IRA Forever (Updated for 2025)322K
SCHD is killing me.. Is it time to pull the plug?316K
🚨ALL IN! $100,000 in S&P 500 ETF VOO (Most simple way to invest! 📈💰)296K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
These Space ETFs Could 10x by 2030! (Better than SpaceX IPO)63K
I'm Adding this ONE Sector to 3 Fund Portfolio62K
Best Growth Stocks 2026 Flying Under the Radar!61K
AI Predicts Stockmarket for Trump's next 100 days61K
How to Invest in War time: Stockmarket risks from the Middle East conflict60K
This investing advice changed my life59K
How to Invest like the 1% in 2026 (Finance Professor Explains)58K
Stock Market Soars.. 🚨BEWARE Risk Remains HIGH58K
Greatest RISK to Your Retirement in 2026 (How to invest correctly NOW)57K
This Stock Market is Hanging on by a Thread57K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 181 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 - Investing Simplified - Professor G
An ALL-CAPS word65% of videos
+34%
Speaks to "you"17% of videos
-28%
Uses (brackets)52% of videos
+25%
Starts How / Why / What13% of videos
-24%
Includes a year33% of videos
+24%
The title formula for Investing Simplified - Professor G

Lean on an all-caps word and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on speaks to "you".

Surprise: speaks to "you" costs this channel 28% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Investing Simplified - Professor G rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: stock market, off dividends, dividends forever, all off, forever actual, actual funds, funds amounts, amounts revealed. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Investing Simplified - Professor G post, and when?

Investing Simplified - Professor G publishes about 3.4 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
20
Mon
9
Tue
21
Wed
9
Thu
16
Fri
87
Sat
19

How long are Investing Simplified - Professor G's videos?

Typical uploads run about 12 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (108K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
108K
20 min+
97K
5-10 min
75K

How does Investing Simplified - Professor G compare to other finance channels?

At 102K median views, Investing Simplified - Professor G runs above the typical finance channel we track (12K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does Investing Simplified - Professor G 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, Investing Simplified - Professor G pulls roughly 1.5M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $1,491-$5,965 a month in ad revenue (about $17,895-$71,580 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 Investing Simplified - Professor G make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 102K views.

Investing Simplified - Professor G stats at a glance

Subscribers454K
Total views75M
Videos published842
Avg views (of 181 analyzed)126K
Engagement rate6.7%
Uploads per week3.4
Typical length12 min
On YouTube since2021 (5 yrs)

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