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Surgical Tech Tips - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 11-min uploads · 176K subscribers · started 2011 · ~0.3/week
Est. ad revenue$64–$257/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 111 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Surgical Tech Tips on YouTube →

In Surgical Tech Tips's own words
WEEKLY VIDEOS! I have been a Certified Surgical Technologist for almost 10 years of my life, and am now a Certified Surgical First Assist. I have gained an immense amount of knowledge in the OR during that time, and I wish to share and impart some of this knowledge with my fellow OR communities...

Surgical Tech Tips's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 62% of all views and its biggest is 45.5× the median, so the median upload (33K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

33K
median views
45.5×
top vs median
31%
hit rate (2×+)
62%
views from top 10%

What is Surgical Tech Tips's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "General Minor Instrument Tray" at 1.5M views - 45.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
General Minor Instrument Tray1.5M
COMMON SUTURES IN SURGERY1.2M
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS FOR SURGERY!998K

Which titles work best for Surgical Tech Tips - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
General Minor Instrument Tray1.5M
COMMON SUTURES IN SURGERY1.2M
HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS FOR SURGERY!998K
STERILE GOWNING AND GLOVING *SURGERY*941K
Setting up for SURGERY561K
Surgical Tech Day in the Life485K
Davinci Xi Surgical Robot Overview421K
OPERATING ROOM TOUR384K
What is a SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST?356K
Major Abdominal Instrument Set332K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Q&A#2 & Update8K
Surgical Tech Tips Introduction8K
The Martin Arm Retractor *Sponsored*7K
SICK and WORKING7K
CST/CSFA CERTIFICATION EXPIRING???7K
Drones in healthcare???7K
Lighted Retractor7K
Thoughts on "The Bleeding Edge"6K
Q&A #1 and channel update5K
CST Job Opportunites5K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 111 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 - Surgical Tech Tips
Short title (≤6 words)91% of videos
-65%
Has a number14% of videos
-41%
Asks a question9% of videos
-35%
The title formula for Surgical Tech Tips

Its biggest drag is short title (≤6 words) - worth avoiding.

short title (≤6 words) drags views 65% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Surgical Tech Tips rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: operating room, travel job, job info, surgery, instrument, general, minor, tray. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Surgical Tech Tips post, and when?

Surgical Tech Tips publishes about 0.3 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
49
Mon
23
Tue
3
Wed
4
Thu
0
Fri
1
Sat
31

How long are Surgical Tech Tips's videos?

Typical uploads run about 11 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (44K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
44K
20 min+
33K
5-10 min
21K
under 5 min
8K

How does Surgical Tech Tips compare to other tech channels?

At 33K median views, Surgical Tech Tips runs above the typical tech channel we track (26K). It is outperforming its niche.

What is Surgical Tech Tips'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, Surgical Tech Tips pulls roughly 43K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $43-$170 a month in ad revenue (about $511-$2,043 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 Surgical Tech Tips make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Sun. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 33K views.

Surgical Tech Tips stats at a glance

Subscribers176K
Total views13M
Videos published120
Avg views (of 111 analyzed)114K
Uploads per week0.3
Typical length11 min
On YouTube since2011 (15 yrs)

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