musclemonsters - what's actually working, and what isn't
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 1K long-form uploads. One of the fitness YouTube channels we track. Visit musclemonsters on YouTube →
What are musclemonsters's average views?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 61% of all views and its biggest is 40.5× the median, so the median upload (42K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is musclemonsters's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "The ONLY 3 Dumbbell Glute Exercises You Need (Bigger Butt)" at 1.7M views - 40.5× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| The ONLY 3 Dumbbell Glute Exercises You Need (Bigger Butt) | 1.7M |
| 13 Things No One Tells You About Creatine | 1.6M |
| 10 Worst Testosterone Killers (avoid at all costs!) | 1.4M |
Which titles work best for musclemonsters - and which flop?
Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:
And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:
The words that win for musclemonsters
These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: exercises.
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.
Lean on has a number and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.
What keywords does musclemonsters rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: only dumbbell, exercises bigger, exercises men, chest exercises, only exercises, avoid all, all costs, glute exercises. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does musclemonsters post, and when?
musclemonsters publishes about 1.2 videos a week, most often on Thu.
How long are musclemonsters's videos?
Typical uploads run about 11 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (50K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does musclemonsters compare to other fitness channels?
At 42K median views, musclemonsters runs above the typical fitness channel we track (17K). It is outperforming its niche.
How much money does musclemonsters 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, musclemonsters pulls roughly 217K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $217-$867 a month in ad revenue (about $2,601-$10,403 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 musclemonsters make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Thu, and build titles around its proven words (exercises). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 42K views.
musclemonsters stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 1.0M |
| Total views | 162M |
| Videos published | 1K |
| Avg views (of 181 analyzed) | 125K |
| Engagement rate | 5.4% |
| Uploads per week | 1.2 |
| Typical length | 11 min |
| On YouTube since | 2008 (18 yrs) |
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