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Minus The Gym - what's actually working, and what isn't

Fitness · 8-min uploads · 615K subscribers · started 2018 · ~0.6/week
Est. ad revenue$125–$499/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 283 long-form uploads. One of the fitness YouTube channels we track. Visit Minus The Gym on YouTube →

In Minus The Gym's own words
Hey there and welcome to Minus The Gym! This channel is dedicated to TRUE health and fitness, meaning exercise and nutrition practices that are designed to heal the body internally, promote better movement, improve looks, reduce pain and promote longevity. My name is Ryan Sadilek. I have 20 years...Based in US

What are Minus The Gym's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 67% of all views and its biggest is 106.3× the median, so the median upload (32K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

32K
median views
106.3×
top vs median
34%
hit rate (2×+)
67%
views from top 10%

What is Minus The Gym's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "How Do Prisoners Get So Big And Muscular? (The SCIENCE Explained)" at 3.4M views - 106.3× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
How Do Prisoners Get So Big And Muscular? (The SCIENCE Explained)3.4M
20 Isometric Exercises Anyone Can Do (With No Equipment)2.7M
5 Neck Exercises At Home (No Weights Or Machines)849K

Which titles work best for Minus The Gym - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
How Do Prisoners Get So Big And Muscular? (The SCIENCE Explained)3.4M
20 Isometric Exercises Anyone Can Do (With No Equipment)2.7M
5 Neck Exercises At Home (No Weights Or Machines)849K
Young Muscular People Are Dying (NOT STEROIDS)771K
9 Calisthenics Beginner Mistakes That KILLED My Progress769K
Stop Counting Reps (Try THIS Instead)731K
12 Grip Strength Exercises At Home (With Progressions)613K
My Calisthenics Beginner Routine With NO EQUIPMENT595K
Primal Movement Beginner Flow Tutorial (Follow Along)560K
Pike Push Up Beginner Tutorial (With Progressions!)556K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
3 Turmeric Milk Benefits That Boost Recovery (And A Recipe!)12K
15 Minute Daily Stretch Routine for Desk Workers (Undo the Effects of Sitting!)11K
How To Make Calisthenics MORE Functional11K
Dragon Flag Air Walk Tutorial (FUN Calisthenics Move!)11K
Spot Reduction: Fat Loss For Specific Areas | Fact or Fiction?11K
LADDERS: My Favorite Way to Hit 100 Reps with Calisthenics11K
Are Mike Tyson Push Ups Overrated?10K
3 Tips For Eating Plant Based Day-to-Day10K
The BEST STRETCH For People With Desk Jobs10K
WHY I Ate Only Bananas For A Week10K

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 - Minus The Gym
Uses (brackets)32% of videos
+113%
Has a number41% of videos
-41%
Speaks to "you"17% of videos
-39%
An ALL-CAPS word51% of videos
-31%
Starts How / Why / What10% of videos
-21%
The title formula for Minus The Gym

Lean on uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on has a number.

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 41% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Minus The Gym rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: exercises anyone, exercises home, calisthenics beginner, mistakes killed, push ups, ups tutorial, follow along, pull bar. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Minus The Gym post, and when?

Minus The Gym publishes about 0.6 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
50
Mon
50
Tue
32
Wed
17
Thu
12
Fri
12
Sat
0

How long are Minus The Gym's videos?

Typical uploads run about 8 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (35K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
35K
10-20 min
32K
under 5 min
24K

How does Minus The Gym compare to other fitness channels?

At 32K median views, Minus The Gym runs above the typical fitness channel we track (17K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much money does Minus The Gym 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, Minus The Gym pulls roughly 83K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $83-$330 a month in ad revenue (about $991-$3,963 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 Minus The Gym make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Sun. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 32K views.

Minus The Gym stats at a glance

Subscribers615K
Total views45M
Videos published283
Avg views (of 181 analyzed)123K
Engagement rate7.9%
Uploads per week0.6
Typical length8 min
On YouTube since2018 (8 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Minus The Gym, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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