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Josh's Gaming Garden - what's actually working, and what isn't

Gaming · 17-min uploads · 79K subscribers · started 2020 · ~1.8/week
Est. ad revenue$292–$1K/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 190 most recent of 1K long-form uploads. One of the gaming YouTube channels we track. Visit Josh's Gaming Garden on YouTube →

In Josh's Gaming Garden's own words
Welcome to the Gaming Garden! My name is Josh, and I review, discuss, and play farming simulation games! My favorite series are Story of Seasons & Rune Factory. Business inquiries: Get merch:Based in CA

How does Josh's Gaming Garden perform on YouTube?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 35% of all views and its biggest is 8.3× the median, so the median upload (25K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

25K
median views
8.3×
top vs median
22%
hit rate (2×+)
35%
views from top 10%

What is Josh's Gaming Garden's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Is Fantasy Life truly worth all the hype? My thoughts after 40 hours." at 208K views - 8.3× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Is Fantasy Life truly worth all the hype? My thoughts after 40 hours.208K
I played Orange Season so you don't have to.189K
First Look at Tales of Seikyu! New Farming Life Sim with Yokai!188K

Which titles work best for Josh's Gaming Garden - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Is Fantasy Life truly worth all the hype? My thoughts after 40 hours.208K
I played Orange Season so you don't have to.189K
First Look at Tales of Seikyu! New Farming Life Sim with Yokai!188K
Is Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma worth it? My thoughts after 80 hours.183K
Avoid these 12 beginner mistakes in Pokopia! Useful tips I wish I knew earlier!151K
I played Pixelshire so you don't have to.140K
I played some of the WORST reviewed farming games on Steam!140K
A New Leaf Memories is a Huge Mess...137K
Is STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar worth it? My thoughts after 50 hours.124K
Is Luma Island Really Worth the Hype? My Thoughts After 20 Hours122K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Ranking All 17 FREE Cozy Games I Tried For #steamnextfest!9K
Why is NO ONE talking about this Upcoming City-Builder?!9K
There's Finally a Trailer! First Thoughts & Reaction to Tales of the Shire's First Trailer!9K
I tried surviving one year in Ratopia... It didn't go well.9K
What is Merchants of Rosewall? First look at this upcoming fantasy shopkeeping game!9K
A Perfect Game for Fall? Here's what to expect from REKA!9K
10 Tips & Tricks You Should Know Before Playing Ova Magica!8K
First look at Kynseed on the Switch! Is this port any good?8K
Tour of my Immortal Life House & Farm After 80 HOURS!8K
Useful Tips to Complete the Museum and Find Rare Fish/Critters in Moonlight Peaks!8K

The words that win for Josh's Gaming Garden

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: played.

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 190 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 - Josh's Gaming Garden
Best / top / worst / ultimate6% of videos
+100%
An ALL-CAPS word22% of videos
+46%
Asks a question20% of videos
-34%
Includes a year5% of videos
+28%
Has a number45% of videos
+21%
Speaks to "you"19% of videos
+21%
The title formula for Josh's Gaming Garden

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 34% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Josh's Gaming Garden rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: farming games, story seasons, grand bazaar, seasons grand, wish knew, rune factory, guardians azuma, factory guardians. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Josh's Gaming Garden post, and when?

Josh's Gaming Garden publishes about 1.8 videos a week, most often on Tue.

Views by day of week
Sun
4
Mon
57
Tue
98
Wed
8
Thu
13
Fri
2
Sat
8

How long are Josh's Gaming Garden's videos?

Typical uploads run about 17 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (26K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
26K
5-10 min
24K
20 min+
24K

How does Josh's Gaming Garden compare to other gaming channels?

At 25K median views, Josh's Gaming Garden sits below the typical gaming channel we track (76K) - there is headroom.

Josh's Gaming Garden's estimated YouTube 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, Josh's Gaming Garden pulls roughly 194K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $194-$774 a month in ad revenue (about $2,322-$9,288 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 Josh's Gaming Garden make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Tue, and build titles around its proven words (played). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 25K views.

Josh's Gaming Garden stats at a glance

Subscribers79K
Total views25M
Videos published1K
Avg views (of 190 analyzed)37K
Engagement rate4.3%
Uploads per week1.8
Typical length17 min
On YouTube since2020 (6 yrs)

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