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SingingHandsUK - what's actually working, and what isn't

Music · 4-min uploads · 254K subscribers · started 2009 · ~0.4/week
Est. ad revenue$197–$790/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 84 most recent of 668 long-form uploads. One of the music YouTube channels we track. Visit SingingHandsUK on YouTube →

In SingingHandsUK's own words
Let's learn Makaton together through rhymes, games, stories, pop songs, topic videos and much more! We have nearly 25 years' experience teaching Makaton and using music, songs and other child-centred activities to engage and support babies, toddlers, children and young adults with their language...Based in GB

SingingHandsUK's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 41% of all views and its biggest is 11× the median, so the median upload (76K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

76K
median views
11×
top vs median
20%
hit rate (2×+)
41%
views from top 10%

What is SingingHandsUK's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Makaton - FIREWORK - Singing Hands" at 836K views - 11× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Makaton - FIREWORK - Singing Hands836K
Makaton - IT'S SIGNING TIME 1 - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Singing Hands - ON SALE NOW!612K
Makaton - ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - Singing Hands462K

Which titles work best for SingingHandsUK - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Makaton - FIREWORK - Singing Hands836K
Makaton - IT'S SIGNING TIME 1 - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Singing Hands - ON SALE NOW!612K
Makaton - ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - Singing Hands462K
Makaton - COUNTRY ROADS - Singing Hands371K
Makaton - TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC - Singing Hands364K
Makaton - IN A STABLE - Singing Hands362K
Makaton - (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO - Singing Hands340K
Makaton - GOOD TIME - Singing Hands329K
Makaton - DO-RE-MI - Singing Hands320K
Makaton - PROUD - Singing Hands298K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Makaton - SHOTGUN - Singing Hands38K
Makaton - CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER - Singing Hands36K
Makaton - TIMES LIKE THESE (ACOUSTIC) - Makaton Tutor Signing Choir36K
Makaton - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - Singing Hands & the Makaton Tutor Choir35K
Makaton - TRICK OR TREAT SONG - ITS Music Kids32K
Makaton - DIE WITH A SMILE - Singing Hands29K
Makaton - ONE CALL AWAY - Singing Hands26K
Makaton - HAPPY NEW YEAR - Singing Hands25K
Makaton - THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC - Singing Hands24K
Makaton - GETTING TO KNOW YOU (from the King and I) - Singing Hands #WDSD2624K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 84 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 - SingingHandsUK
Short title (≤6 words)13% of videos
+57%
Uses (brackets)13% of videos
-44%
Has a number7% of videos
-41%
Speaks to "you"13% of videos
-41%
An ALL-CAPS word93% of videos
+16%
The title formula for SingingHandsUK

Lean on short title (≤6 words) and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on uses (brackets).

uses (brackets) drags views 44% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does SingingHandsUK rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: makaton firework, makaton signing, makaton tutor, tutor choir, makaton any, any dream, makaton love, makaton see. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does SingingHandsUK post, and when?

SingingHandsUK publishes about 0.4 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
3
Mon
4
Tue
3
Wed
12
Thu
19
Fri
23
Sat
20

How long are SingingHandsUK's videos?

Typical uploads run about 4 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (173K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
173K
under 5 min
76K

How does SingingHandsUK compare to other music channels?

At 76K median views, SingingHandsUK runs above the typical music channel we track (19K). It is outperforming its niche.

What is SingingHandsUK'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, SingingHandsUK pulls roughly 131K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $131-$523 a month in ad revenue (about $1,569-$6,275 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 SingingHandsUK make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 76K views.

SingingHandsUK stats at a glance

Subscribers254K
Total views257M
Videos published668
Avg views (of 84 analyzed)117K
Uploads per week0.4
Typical length4 min
On YouTube since2009 (17 yrs)

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

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