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Speedrun Fails - what's actually working, and what isn't

Gaming · 9-min uploads · 97K subscribers · started 2016 · ~0.5/week
Est. ad revenue$52–$208/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 179 most recent of 408 long-form uploads. One of the gaming YouTube channels we track. Visit Speedrun Fails on YouTube →

In Speedrun Fails's own words
Hi! Welcome to Speedrun Fails! Here we offer compilation videos of speedrunners, depending on the video category! We might also dabble in some memes. Enjoy. ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶G̶l̶a̶d̶J̶o̶n̶a̶s̶ ̶o̶k̶.̶Based in US

How does Speedrun Fails perform on YouTube?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 53% of all views and its biggest is 45.5× the median, so the median upload (16K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

16K
median views
45.5×
top vs median
23%
hit rate (2×+)
53%
views from top 10%

What is Speedrun Fails's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Crashes In Speedrunning #10" at 728K views - 45.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Crashes In Speedrunning #10728K
Luck In Speedrunning #9642K
An unlucky way to lose a run - Bad Luck In Speedrunning! #6537K

Which titles work best for Speedrun Fails - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Crashes In Speedrunning #10728K
Luck In Speedrunning #9642K
An unlucky way to lose a run - Bad Luck In Speedrunning! #6537K
Luck In Speedrunning #10138K
Fails In Speedrunning #144127K
Crashes In Speedrunning #6126K
Bad Luck In Speedrunning #7119K
Fails In Speedrunning #151117K
Fails In Speedrunning #162111K
Fails In Speedrunning #165109K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
NOOO MY POINTS!!!! | Fails In Speedrunning #2209K
WTF In Speedrunning #359K
BEST FAILS In Speedrunning #1999K
BEST FAILS In Speedrunning #1969K
BEST FAILS In Speedrunning #1989K
ONLY TRASH?! | BAD LUCK In Speedrunning #189K
Fails In Speedrunning #1949K
Fails In Speedrunning #2259K
Fails In Speedrunning #2239K
WTF In Speedrunning #389K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 179 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 - Speedrun Fails
Short title (≤6 words)85% of videos
+83%
Best / top / worst / ultimate9% of videos
-47%
An ALL-CAPS word32% of videos
-45%
The title formula for Speedrun Fails

Lean on short title (≤6 words) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on best / top / worst / ultimate.

best / top / worst / ultimate drags views 47% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Speedrun Fails rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: luck speedrunning, crashes speedrunning, bad luck, run bad, wtf speedrunning, moments speedrunning, saves speedrunning, instant karma. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Speedrun Fails post, and when?

Speedrun Fails publishes about 0.5 videos a week, most often on Thu.

Views by day of week
Sun
10
Mon
19
Tue
14
Wed
23
Thu
54
Fri
38
Sat
21

How long are Speedrun Fails's videos?

Typical uploads run about 9 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (29K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
29K
5-10 min
11K

How does Speedrun Fails compare to other gaming channels?

At 16K median views, Speedrun Fails sits below the typical gaming channel we track (76K) - there is headroom.

Speedrun Fails's estimated YouTube 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, Speedrun Fails pulls roughly 34K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $34-$138 a month in ad revenue (about $413-$1,651 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 Speedrun Fails make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Thu. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 16K views.

Speedrun Fails stats at a glance

Subscribers97K
Total views31M
Videos published408
Avg views (of 179 analyzed)36K
Uploads per week0.5
Typical length9 min
On YouTube since2016 (10 yrs)

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