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Learn Japanese with Tanaka san - what's actually working, and what isn't

Education · 6-min uploads · 705K subscribers · started 2020 · ~0.7/week
Est. ad revenue$95–$382/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 109 most recent of 296 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Learn Japanese with Tanaka san on YouTube →

In Learn Japanese with Tanaka san's own words
I'm Tanaka, a tiny sushi teaching Japanese. 🍣 Character Profile Tanaka-san: Tuna sushi nigiri. Likes coffee. Egg-san: Egg sushi nigiri who's learning Japanese from Tanaka-san. A bit lazy.Based in JP

What are Learn Japanese with Tanaka san's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 37% of all views and its biggest is 12× the median, so the median upload (21K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

21K
median views
12×
top vs median
24%
hit rate (2×+)
37%
views from top 10%

What is Learn Japanese with Tanaka san's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "A Guide to Self-Introduction in Japanese (+ Free PDF!)" at 251K views - 12× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
A Guide to Self-Introduction in Japanese (+ Free PDF!)251K
7 Japanese Phrases That Might Sound Rude (Be Careful!)148K
How to Start Learning Japanese from Zero: Roadmap for Beginners127K

Which titles work best for Learn Japanese with Tanaka san - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
A Guide to Self-Introduction in Japanese (+ Free PDF!)251K
7 Japanese Phrases That Might Sound Rude (Be Careful!)148K
How to Start Learning Japanese from Zero: Roadmap for Beginners127K
40 Basic Japanese Adjectives & Example Phrases | Part 1: I-Adjectives122K
Small Talk Practice in Japanese115K
うん・ううん | Listen, Dictate, Shadow! #1 (Japanese Mini Conversation)95K
How to Study Japanese with YouTube videos, Anime, or Any Materials | Step by Step Tutorial95K
40 House Vocabulary & Phrases in Japanese91K
Ordering at a Cafe in Japanese | Conversation Practice87K
Informal Japanese Conversation Practice | Let's Take a Short Break from Studying and Chat with Me87K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
ちょっと...。 | Listen, Dictate, Shadow! #3 (Japanese Mini Conversation)8K
Bedtime Tanaka Radio | Ep.1: My Tiny Adventure to a Local Tofu Shop [Japanese ASMR]7K
Snail-san's Weekend | Japanese Adjectives (I & NA)7K
Study with Us for 30 minutes | Lofi Study Timer in a Café7K
Kanji Flashcards|Kanji Camp 1 (Day 8-14)7K
Kanji Flashcards|Kanji Camp 1 (Day 1-7)6K
5 Common Japanese Mistakes Beginners Make! Can You Spot Them All?6K
Kanji Reading Challenge | Ep.5: Tofu-san's Life Abroad (N4)6K
Learn Kanji the Fun Way: New Kanji Camp is Here!6K
おすすめは何ですか?| Listen, Dictate, Shadow! #4 (Japanese Mini Conversation)6K

The words that win for Learn Japanese with Tanaka san

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

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 109 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 - Learn Japanese with Tanaka san
Starts How / Why / What5% of videos
+200%
Short title (≤6 words)7% of videos
-53%
Has a number59% of videos
-38%
The title formula for Learn Japanese with Tanaka san

Lean on starts how / why / what - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on short title (≤6 words).

short title (≤6 words) drags views 53% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Learn Japanese with Tanaka san rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: conversation practice, free pdf, example phrases, basic adjectives, adjectives example, vocabulary phrases, small talk, listening challenge. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Learn Japanese with Tanaka san post, and when?

Learn Japanese with Tanaka san publishes about 0.7 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
5
Mon
4
Tue
5
Wed
12
Thu
39
Fri
40
Sat
4

How long are Learn Japanese with Tanaka san's videos?

Typical uploads run about 6 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (56K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
56K
5-10 min
26K
under 5 min
14K

How does Learn Japanese with Tanaka san compare to other education channels?

At 21K median views, Learn Japanese with Tanaka san sits below the typical education channel we track (23K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Learn Japanese with Tanaka san make on YouTube?

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, Learn Japanese with Tanaka san pulls roughly 63K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $63-$253 a month in ad revenue (about $759-$3,034 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 Learn Japanese with Tanaka san make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Fri, and build titles around its proven words (practice, phrases). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 21K views.

Learn Japanese with Tanaka san stats at a glance

Subscribers705K
Total views23M
Videos published296
Avg views (of 109 analyzed)32K
Uploads per week0.7
Typical length6 min
On YouTube since2020 (6 yrs)

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