Japan by Food - 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 the honest read, from 100 public uploads. One of the cooking youtube channels we track. Visit Japan by Food on YouTube →
Japan by Food's YouTube stats: views and performance
This channel is consistent: no single hit carries it (top 10% of videos = 33% of views), so the median upload of 49K views is the real story.
What is Japan by Food's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "First Time in Osaka? | 4 Things to Add to your Travel Itinerary for the Japanese City" at 347K views - 7.1× the channel median. The other top performers:
Which titles work best for Japan by Food - 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:
The title patterns that win here
- Numbers pull the click here: 45% of its winners use one ("3-ingredient", "in 10 minutes") vs 15% of its flops.
- Questions work: 30% of its winners are phrased as a question.
What keywords does Japan by Food rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: tokyo, japan, japanese, travel, byfood, eating, most, hours. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Japan by Food post, and when?
Japan by Food publishes about 1.2 videos a week. Its views concentrate on Mon, Thu, Fri, and thin out on Tue. The single best-performing slot is Mon around 1:00.
How long are Japan by Food's videos?
Typical uploads run about 18 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (73K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Japan by Food compare to other cooking channels?
At 49K median views, Japan by Food runs above the typical cooking channel we track (22K). It is outperforming its niche.
What is Japan by Food's net worth and estimated 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, Japan by Food pulls roughly 254K long-form views a month, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $254-$1K a month in ad revenue (about $3K-$12K a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly.
What should a channel like Japan by Food make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Mon, and build titles around its proven words. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 49K views.
Japan by Food stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 248K |
| Total views | 28M |
| Videos published | 595 |
| Average views / video | 47K |
| Engagement rate | 3.5% |
| Uploads per week | 1.2 |
| Typical length | 18 min |
| On YouTube since | 2017 (9 yrs) |
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