Simply Explained - 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 125 most recent of 178 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Simply Explained on YouTube →
Simply Explained's YouTube stats: views and performance
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 71% of all views and its biggest is 158.7× the median, so the median upload (63K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Simply Explained's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "How does a blockchain work - Simply Explained" at 10M views - 158.7× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| How does a blockchain work - Simply Explained | 10M |
| Smart contracts - Simply Explained | 1.9M |
| Asymmetric Encryption - Simply explained | 1.6M |
Which titles work best for Simply Explained - 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:
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 125 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 starts how / why / what and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on has a number.
What keywords does Simply Explained rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: smart contracts, blockchain javascript, javascript blockchain, mrna vaccines, getting started, started aws, aws lambda, esp arduino. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Simply Explained post, and when?
Simply Explained publishes about 0.3 videos a week, most often on Fri.
How long are Simply Explained's videos?
Typical uploads run about 7 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (109K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Simply Explained compare to other education channels?
At 63K median views, Simply Explained runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
What is Simply Explained'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, Simply Explained pulls roughly 81K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $81-$325 a month in ad revenue (about $975-$3,901 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 Simply Explained make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 63K views.
Simply Explained stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 488K |
| Total views | 37M |
| Videos published | 178 |
| Avg views (of 125 analyzed) | 273K |
| Uploads per week | 0.3 |
| Typical length | 7 min |
| On YouTube since | 2016 (10 yrs) |
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