Speedrun Fails - 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 179 most recent of 408 long-form uploads. One of the gaming YouTube channels we track. Visit Speedrun Fails on YouTube →
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.
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 title | Views |
|---|---|
| Crashes In Speedrunning #10 | 728K |
| Luck In Speedrunning #9 | 642K |
| An unlucky way to lose a run - Bad Luck In Speedrunning! #6 | 537K |
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:
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 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.
Lean on short title (≤6 words) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on best / top / worst / ultimate.
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.
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.
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
| Subscribers | 97K |
| Total views | 31M |
| Videos published | 408 |
| Avg views (of 179 analyzed) | 36K |
| Uploads per week | 0.5 |
| Typical length | 9 min |
| On YouTube since | 2016 (10 yrs) |
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