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John's Money Adventures - what's actually working, and what isn't

Finance · 18-min uploads · 286K subscribers · started 2022 · ~3.5/week
Est. ad revenue$796–$3K/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 300 long-form uploads. One of the finance YouTube channels we track. Visit John's Money Adventures on YouTube →

In John's Money Adventures's own words
In this channel, John explores a wide variety of money topics. Join the journey and experience the different money and investment aspects. Let's go 🏁💯Based in US

How many views does John's Money Adventures actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 54% of all views and its biggest is 26.8× the median, so the median upload (35K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

35K
median views
26.8×
top vs median
30%
hit rate (2×+)
54%
views from top 10%

What is John's Money Adventures's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "The Lowest Amount You NEED TO Live off Fidelity Index Funds ($5000 / month)" at 937K views - 26.8× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
The Lowest Amount You NEED TO Live off Fidelity Index Funds ($5000 / month)937K
What If You Invest 100k in the BEST 3 Index Funds851K
What If YOU Invest $10,000 In The 3 Best Fidelity Index Funds822K

Which titles work best for John's Money Adventures - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
The Lowest Amount You NEED TO Live off Fidelity Index Funds ($5000 / month)937K
What If You Invest 100k in the BEST 3 Index Funds851K
What If YOU Invest $10,000 In The 3 Best Fidelity Index Funds822K
What If YOU Invest $10k In The 3 Best Fidelity Index Funds698K
How To Make $4000/month with Only $12/week681K
How To Make $6000/month with Only $20/week478K
Fidelity Index Fund Returns from $100,000 (Not What You'd Think)473K
Dividend Income From $1,000,000 (Not What You Think)439K
How To Invest in ETFs for Beginners (starting with $5,000)420K
Fidelity Index Funds vs Vanguard Index Funds: 100k in → Which Fund Is Better?388K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
IVV vs SCHD $100k in → Which ETF Is better?14K
What If You Invest $10k in Treasury Bonds14K
If I Had to Build a Portfolio for 2026 with $5,00013K
What If You Invest 100k in the BEST 5 BlackRock Index Funds13K
VOO vs JEPI: $100k IN → Which ETF Is better?13K
How To Build A Monster Dividend Portfolio ($5000 /month)12K
I Analyzed ALL 34 Charles Schwab ETFs! Here is the winner!12K
Index Funds vs ETFs: $100k IN → Which Is Better?12K
What If YOU Invest $100,000 In The 5 Best REITs11K
Dividend Investing for Beginners - Free Course11K

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 - John's Money Adventures
Best / top / worst / ultimate25% of videos
+63%
Includes a year10% of videos
+51%
Asks a question20% of videos
-44%
Uses (brackets)28% of videos
+42%
Starts How / Why / What39% of videos
+24%
Speaks to "you"39% of videos
+21%
The title formula for John's Money Adventures

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and includes a year - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 44% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does John's Money Adventures rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: index funds, fidelity index, invest fidelity, dividend stocks, month only, lowest amount, not think, amount off. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does John's Money Adventures post, and when?

John's Money Adventures publishes about 3.5 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
15
Mon
17
Tue
10
Wed
22
Thu
9
Fri
18
Sat
90

How long are John's Money Adventures's videos?

Typical uploads run about 18 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (53K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
53K
10-20 min
31K

How does John's Money Adventures compare to other finance channels?

At 35K median views, John's Money Adventures runs above the typical finance channel we track (12K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does John's Money Adventures 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, John's Money Adventures pulls roughly 527K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $527-$2,107 a month in ad revenue (about $6,321-$25,284 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 John's Money Adventures make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Sat. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 35K views.

John's Money Adventures stats at a glance

Subscribers286K
Total views31M
Videos published300
Avg views (of 181 analyzed)88K
Engagement rate3%
Uploads per week3.5
Typical length18 min
On YouTube since2022 (4 yrs)

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