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Skip the Tutorial - what's actually working, and what isn't

Gaming · 20-min uploads · 11M subscribers · started 2017 · ~1.7/week
Est. ad revenue$17K–$66K/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 180 most recent of 1K long-form uploads. One of the gaming YouTube channels we track. Visit Skip the Tutorial on YouTube →

In Skip the Tutorial's own words
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How many views does Skip the Tutorial actually get?

This channel is steady: no single video runs away with it (top 10% of videos = 26% of views, biggest is 5.1× median), so the median upload of 1.5M views is the real story.

1.5M
median views
5.1×
top vs median
18%
hit rate (2×+)
26%
views from top 10%

What is Skip the Tutorial's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Every Structure Mojang Removed From Minecraft (And Why)" at 7.6M views - 5.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Every Structure Mojang Removed From Minecraft (And Why)7.6M
Minecraft things but it gets increasingly more annoying7.4M
Satisfying Minecraft Experiments7.0M

Which titles work best for Skip the Tutorial - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Every Structure Mojang Removed From Minecraft (And Why)7.6M
Minecraft things but it gets increasingly more annoying7.4M
Satisfying Minecraft Experiments7.0M
Everything You Need To Know For 2025 in Minecraft5.3M
What If Minecraft Looked Like A Cartoon?5.2M
A Mod That Lets You Do Surgery in Minecraft4.9M
if you can't build THESE, you're not a pro4.9M
Busting Myths With Realistic Physics In Minecraft4.3M
The First Copper Golem4.3M
a mod with the cutest mobs you've never seen before4.3M

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
50 TNT Experiments That Shouldn't Be Possible568K
Everything Mojang Added To Crafting (And Removed...)544K
Most Popular Minecraft Prank Each Year533K
Minecraft builds but it gets more expensive512K
EVERY Nintendo Mod Added To Minecraft In One Video505K
A Mod That Adds ANY Weapons Mojang Rejected460K
I Tested My Own Clickbait Minecraft Hacks453K
The Mod That Transforms Villagers Into An Army422K
a mod with rare items minecraft would never add!389K
Playing 1 by 1 Minecraft... (#29)363K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 180 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 - Skip the Tutorial
Uses (brackets)18% of videos
-85%
Has a number43% of videos
-37%
Short title (≤6 words)28% of videos
+29%
The title formula for Skip the Tutorial

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

uses (brackets) drags views 85% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Skip the Tutorial rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: busting myths, every minecraft, removed minecraft, mojang removed, minecraft mob, mod adds, myths believe, know minecraft. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Skip the Tutorial post, and when?

Skip the Tutorial publishes about 1.7 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
11
Mon
5
Tue
8
Wed
4
Thu
34
Fri
110
Sat
8

How long are Skip the Tutorial's videos?

Typical uploads run about 20 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (1.7M median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
1.7M
10-20 min
1.5M
20 min+
1.5M

How does Skip the Tutorial compare to other gaming channels?

At 1.5M median views, Skip the Tutorial runs above the typical gaming channel we track (76K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does Skip the Tutorial make? (estimated)

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, Skip the Tutorial pulls roughly 11M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $10,965-$43,860 a month in ad revenue (about $131,580-$526,320 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 Skip the Tutorial 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 1.5M views.

Skip the Tutorial stats at a glance

Subscribers11M
Total views3.2B
Videos published1K
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)1.8M
Uploads per week1.7
Typical length20 min
On YouTube since2017 (9 yrs)

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