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

Tech · 16-min uploads · 314K subscribers · started 2012 · ~3.5/week
Est. ad revenue$523–$2K/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 184 most recent of 669 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Techlore on YouTube →

In Techlore's own words
Someone's making decisions about your digital life without asking. Techlore helps you take them back: privacy, security, and digital rights, made simple enough for anyone. Hosted by Henry Fisher.Based in US

What are Techlore's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 48% of all views and its biggest is 31.1× the median, so the median upload (23K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

23K
median views
31.1×
top vs median
28%
hit rate (2×+)
48%
views from top 10%

What is Techlore's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "America's First VPN Ban: What Comes Next?" at 716K views - 31.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
America's First VPN Ban: What Comes Next?716K
Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back.447K
Debloat Brave Browser Now! | Minimal Brave Tutorial358K

Which titles work best for Techlore - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
America's First VPN Ban: What Comes Next?716K
Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back.447K
Debloat Brave Browser Now! | Minimal Brave Tutorial358K
Microsoft BANNED WireGuard, VeraCrypt & Windscribe With Zero Warning313K
The End of Android Freedom: Google's 2026 Plan281K
Complete Privacy Setup for $0, $5, or $13/Month (You Choose)258K
Use These Before They're Banned: 7 Encrypted Services226K
The 2025 Linux Tier List219K
Texas Age Verification Starts Jan 1: ID Required for ALL Apps213K
The Open Source App that Exposes App Spying (With No Permissions)185K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
2026: The Playbook Gets Worse (What 2025 Taught Us)10K
Your ChatGPT Answers Are About to Get Sponsored10K
We Lose 73% of Revenue to Ad Blocking (AFDS 2025 Presentation)10K
Dumb Phones, Privacy, & Digital Minimalism (Jose Briones Interview)10K
Breaking the Silence on Logs, Audits, & Affiliate Scams (IVPN Interview)10K
Data Removal Services: A Costly Myth? (Henry & Jonah, Techlore Talks)10K
The Future of Notes is Private! (Notesnook Interview)10K
If Android Locks Down Like iPhone, What's the Point? | TL Responds10K
Is Firefox's Free VPN Actually Private? (Head of Firefox Interview)9K
From Coreboot to Qubes: Secure Hardware Deep Dive (NovaCustom Interview)9K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 184 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 - Techlore
Includes a year5% of videos
+205%
Has a number24% of videos
+76%
An ALL-CAPS word16% of videos
+71%
Best / top / worst / ultimate5% of videos
+57%
Speaks to "you"29% of videos
+52%
Starts How / Why / What11% of videos
-46%
The title formula for Techlore

Lean on includes a year and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on starts how / why / what.

starts how / why / what drags views 46% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Techlore rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: tier list, age verification, android freedom, texas age, privacy tools, attacking encryption, password manager, privacy security. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Techlore post, and when?

Techlore publishes about 3.5 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
24
Mon
20
Tue
16
Wed
28
Thu
9
Fri
24
Sat
63

How long are Techlore's videos?

Typical uploads run about 16 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (60K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
60K
5-10 min
25K
20 min+
17K
under 5 min
8K

How does Techlore compare to other tech channels?

At 23K median views, Techlore sits below the typical tech channel we track (26K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Techlore make on YouTube?

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, Techlore pulls roughly 346K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $346-$1,385 a month in ad revenue (about $4,154-$16,615 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 Techlore make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Sat. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 23K views.

Techlore stats at a glance

Subscribers314K
Total views34M
Videos published669
Avg views (of 184 analyzed)50K
Engagement rate4.3%
Uploads per week3.5
Typical length16 min
On YouTube since2012 (14 yrs)

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