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Jon Gadget - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 19-min uploads · 248K subscribers · started 2020 · ~0.7/week
Est. ad revenue$555–$2K/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 224 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Jon Gadget on YouTube →

In Jon Gadget's own words
Hi 👋 my name is Jonathan and this channel is all about helping you find the right everyday carry and travel gear to reduce friction in everyday life, and on your travels. Before YouTube I spent many years sourcing, testing and reviewing products from around the world for my retail chains The...Based in GB

Jon Gadget's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 35% of all views and its biggest is 9× the median, so the median upload (122K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

122K
median views
top vs median
22%
hit rate (2×+)
35%
views from top 10%

What is Jon Gadget's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "My 2023 Altoids EDC Essentials Kit (Everyday Carry)" at 1.1M views - 9× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
My 2023 Altoids EDC Essentials Kit (Everyday Carry)1.1M
Is this pocket floodlight Nitecore's best flashlight? 20,000LM TM20K1.1M
This incredible 25,000 lumen flashlight from Imalent turns night into day - the MS06826K

Which titles work best for Jon Gadget - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
My 2023 Altoids EDC Essentials Kit (Everyday Carry)1.1M
Is this pocket floodlight Nitecore's best flashlight? 20,000LM TM20K1.1M
This incredible 25,000 lumen flashlight from Imalent turns night into day - the MS06826K
Best Budget EDC on Amazon (Everyday Carry)765K
My 2022 EDC micro urban essentials kit740K
Best Victorinox Swiss Army Knives?723K
My 2022 EDC Travel Essentials Kit700K
My New 2025 EDC Travel Essentials Kit611K
My 2024 COMPACT TOOLKIT with NO Compromises575K
My Gentleman's Everyday Carry Essentials (EDC)564K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Are these NEW EDC FLASHLIGHTS the Future?58K
Victorinox Huntsman vs Huntsman Lite - is bigger better?57K
Why I got a NEW WATCH55K
Whiteout EDC (Everyday Carry)53K
Olight Baton 3 Plus Charging Case - Full Review52K
The Latest Gadgets, Home Tech and Everyday Carry (EDC)51K
OrbitKey Nest - Tech Gear Organiser full review51K
Nitecore BP18 EDC Backpack Reviewed44K
My Top 5 Best Everyday Carry Gear Reviewed in 202143K
Best Travel Backpack 2022 - Able Carry Max42K

The words that win for Jon Gadget

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: kit essentials edc everyday.

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 - Jon Gadget
Includes a year28% of videos
+112%
Uses (brackets)31% of videos
+58%
Best / top / worst / ultimate23% of videos
+48%
Short title (≤6 words)19% of videos
+42%
Has a number58% of videos
+36%
An ALL-CAPS word63% of videos
+33%
The title formula for Jon Gadget

Lean on includes a year and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel.

What keywords does Jon Gadget rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: everyday carry, essentials kit, kit everyday, edc gear, budget edc, edc travel, edc essentials, edc items. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Jon Gadget post, and when?

Jon Gadget publishes about 0.7 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
35
Mon
28
Tue
2
Wed
4
Thu
8
Fri
59
Sat
44

How long are Jon Gadget's videos?

Typical uploads run about 19 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (144K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
144K
10-20 min
130K
5-10 min
25K

How does Jon Gadget compare to other tech channels?

At 122K median views, Jon Gadget runs above the typical tech channel we track (26K). It is outperforming its niche.

What is Jon Gadget'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, Jon Gadget pulls roughly 367K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $367-$1,469 a month in ad revenue (about $4,407-$17,627 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 Jon Gadget make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri, and build titles around its proven words (kit, essentials, edc). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 122K views.

Jon Gadget stats at a glance

Subscribers248K
Total views37M
Videos published224
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)185K
Uploads per week0.7
Typical length19 min
On YouTube since2020 (6 yrs)

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