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Rob Braxman Tech - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 22-min uploads · 744K subscribers · started 2015 · ~1.2/week
Est. ad revenue$468–$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 181 most recent of 824 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Rob Braxman Tech on YouTube →

In Rob Braxman Tech's own words
Alt-Tech. The Internet Privacy Guy. Public interest hacker and technologist. I use my extensive knowledge of cybersecurity and tech to serve the public good. I care about privacy. I warn you of digital manipulation, disinformation, mass surveillance. I also discuss alternative communication modes...Based in US

Rob Braxman Tech's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 49% of all views and its biggest is 25× the median, so the median upload (60K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

60K
median views
25×
top vs median
33%
hit rate (2×+)
49%
views from top 10%

What is Rob Braxman Tech's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Why the iPhone 16 Should Scare You Shitless!" at 1.5M views - 25× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Why the iPhone 16 Should Scare You Shitless!1.5M
Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause. Truly Destined for the Garbage. Don't Upgrade from 101.3M
Password Complexity is a Lie - Here's What Actually Keeps You Safe1.2M

Which titles work best for Rob Braxman Tech - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Why the iPhone 16 Should Scare You Shitless!1.5M
Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause. Truly Destined for the Garbage. Don't Upgrade from 101.3M
Password Complexity is a Lie - Here's What Actually Keeps You Safe1.2M
Counter-Surveillance Using Bluetooth!932K
You Do Not Want to Be on This List! 4 Tips to Remember885K
End-to-End Encryption Now a Historical Footnote. They Won.669K
Open Source Phones :The Only Safe Smartphones, Very Little Sacrifices to Convenience Today653K
Problems You will Encounter on Linux (and How to Solve Them)605K
The Real Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's Not Just the UI-It's the End of Personal Computing601K
Your Windows 11 Computer's Hidden Spy: The Dark Truth About TPM Chips586K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Can I Use These? Peer Pressure. Practical Privacy Techniques for Using Whatsapp, Instagram24K
Let's Test a Mr Robot Attack on the New Thunderbird for Mobile22K
A Pseudonym Will Not Protect You - Without a Plan. Privacy Masterclass Series #222K
AI Used to Manipulate People? But Some of us are Immune!22K
XMPP: A Forgotten King of Privacy in Messaging21K
Intelligence and Military Uses of Anonymous Phone Location Data21K
Black Friday Shopping Guide for the Privacy Geek20K
Snowden 10 Years Later - Was His Sacrifice Wasted?20K
I Built Client Side Scanning Using My Local AI - Demonstrating Windows Recall/Apple CSAM Scanning19K
Misconceptions about IMEI and IMSI. Are these Phone Identifiers Destroying Our Privacy?19K

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 - Rob Braxman Tech
Includes a year5% of videos
+200%
Has a number22% of videos
+144%
An ALL-CAPS word20% of videos
+66%
Short title (≤6 words)8% of videos
+61%
Uses (brackets)14% of videos
+60%
Asks a question23% of videos
-47%
The title formula for Rob Braxman Tech

Lean on includes a year and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 47% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Rob Braxman Tech rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: only safe, encryption historical, historical footnote, personal computing, open source, microsoft account, client side, side scanning. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Rob Braxman Tech post, and when?

Rob Braxman Tech publishes about 1.2 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
10
Mon
7
Tue
9
Wed
17
Thu
63
Fri
67
Sat
8

How long are Rob Braxman Tech's videos?

Typical uploads run about 22 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (69K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
69K
10-20 min
49K
5-10 min
15K

How does Rob Braxman Tech compare to other tech channels?

At 60K median views, Rob Braxman Tech runs above the typical tech channel we track (26K). It is outperforming its niche.

What is Rob Braxman Tech'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, Rob Braxman Tech pulls roughly 310K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $310-$1,238 a month in ad revenue (about $3,715-$14,861 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 Rob Braxman Tech make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 60K views.

Rob Braxman Tech stats at a glance

Subscribers744K
Total views50M
Videos published824
Avg views (of 181 analyzed)148K
Engagement rate22%
Uploads per week1.2
Typical length22 min
On YouTube since2015 (11 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Rob Braxman Tech, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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