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

Tech · 9-min uploads · 53K subscribers · started 2014 · ~0.3/week
Est. ad revenue$21–$86/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 79 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Technicality on YouTube →

In Technicality's own words
Technicality takes a closer look at our awesome universe! I upload videos about science, humanities, and everything I find fascinating. Prepare to have your mind blown. Created/Scripted/Hosted/Edited/Run by Alex Nickel. MY BOOK: beholdthiscompost.com MY WEBSITE: technicalitystudios.com PATREON...Based in US

Technicality's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 70% of all views and its biggest is 109.1× the median, so the median upload (11K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

11K
median views
109.1×
top vs median
23%
hit rate (2×+)
70%
views from top 10%

What is Technicality's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Top 10 Things HAMILTON Got WRONG!" at 1.2M views - 109.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Top 10 Things HAMILTON Got WRONG!1.2M
10 MORE Things HAMILTON Got WRONG! feat. Anthony Rosenthal170K
All "Finding Dory" Easter Eggs REVEALED!86K

Which titles work best for Technicality - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Top 10 Things HAMILTON Got WRONG!1.2M
10 MORE Things HAMILTON Got WRONG! feat. Anthony Rosenthal170K
All "Finding Dory" Easter Eggs REVEALED!86K
The Truth About Zero Calorie Foods77K
Agriculture: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race51K
You Don't Know How Toilets Work - The Illusion Of Explanatory Depth50K
Why These Balls Become Invisible Under Water44K
3 Spooky DIY Halloween Science Experiments feat. Physics Girl!41K
Gyroscopic Precession Explained Using Fidget Spinners!37K
The Most Important Apple You've Never Heard Of (feat. @TierZoo)31K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Rote vs. Blended: The Battle of Learning1K
10 Little Known Facts about Thanksgiving!1K
15 Facts About Taxes1K
Emotions1K
Thoughts After The Fault in Our Stars996
The CRAZY Reasons We CRAVE Horror Movies!907
10 AWESOME Nerdy Online Shops! - Geeky Gifts Episode 1874
PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2015: Treasures 4 Teens868
10 EPIC Nerdy Subscription Boxes! - Geeky Gifts Episode 2817
FREAKING OUT - A Genuine Response To President Obama & Astronaut Kelly817

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 79 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 - Technicality
Speaks to "you"6% of videos
+182%
Includes a year8% of videos
-90%
Uses (brackets)6% of videos
+80%
Has a number33% of videos
-46%
Asks a question20% of videos
+43%
Starts How / Why / What24% of videos
+30%
The title formula for Technicality

Lean on speaks to "you" and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on includes a year.

includes a year drags views 90% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Technicality rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: hamilton wrong, standardized testing, breakthrough junior, junior challenge, project awesome, awesome treasures, treasures teens, geeky gifts. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Technicality post, and when?

Technicality publishes about 0.3 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
16
Mon
6
Tue
4
Wed
7
Thu
9
Fri
14
Sat
23

How long are Technicality's videos?

Typical uploads run about 9 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (16K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
16K
5-10 min
8K
under 5 min
4K

How does Technicality compare to other tech channels?

At 11K median views, Technicality sits below the typical tech channel we track (26K) - there is headroom.

What is Technicality'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, Technicality pulls roughly 14K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $14-$57 a month in ad revenue (about $170-$681 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 Technicality 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 11K views.

Technicality stats at a glance

Subscribers53K
Total views2.6M
Videos published86
Avg views (of 79 analyzed)31K
Uploads per week0.3
Typical length9 min
On YouTube since2014 (12 yrs)

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