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Techno Tim - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 17-min uploads · 333K subscribers · started 2018 · ~0.6/week
Est. ad revenue$522–$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 176 most recent of 308 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit Techno Tim on YouTube →

In Techno Tim's own words
I make videos that help people do awesome things with technology.Based in US

How many views does Techno Tim actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 31% of all views and its biggest is 8.2× the median, so the median upload (134K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

134K
median views
8.2×
top vs median
18%
hit rate (2×+)
31%
views from top 10%

What is Techno Tim's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Before I do anything on Proxmox, I do this first..." at 1.1M views - 8.2× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Before I do anything on Proxmox, I do this first...1.1M
Meet netboot.xyz - Network Boot Any Operating System908K
Self-Hosting Security Guide for your HomeLab685K

Which titles work best for Techno Tim - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Before I do anything on Proxmox, I do this first...1.1M
Meet netboot.xyz - Network Boot Any Operating System908K
Self-Hosting Security Guide for your HomeLab685K
Put Wildcard Certificates and SSL on EVERYTHING - Traefik + Portainer Tutorial637K
HomeLab Services Tour 2024 - What Am I Self Hosting?592K
What is a HomeLab and How Do I Get Started?592K
The Best Way to Dual Boot Windows and Ubuntu564K
Meet Scrypted - Stream ANY Camera to ANY Home Hub502K
What's Actually Running in My Homelab? (50+ Self-Hosted Services)435K
I Built the PERFECT Game Server with Pterodactyl and Docker435K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Encrypt Your Sensitive Information Before Storing It - Encrypting with Mozilla SOPS and AGE55K
Build Enterprise-Grade UniFi Monitoring with Unpoller, Prometheus & Grafana54K
NEW SERVER! Deploying 100 TB of Storage to my HomeLab!54K
GPU Passthrough on Linux and Docker for AI, ML, and Plex54K
NEW 45 HomeLab HL15 at the Creator Storage Summit51K
Meet Gatus - An Advanced Uptime Health Dashboard49K
Is this the future of x86 Single Board Computers? - ZimaBlade48K
Run AI Models with Docker - No Setup, No Headaches47K
How to Build a Slack Bot47K
Home Assistant on Docker and Kubernetes (Open Source Home Automation)46K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 176 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 - Techno Tim
Includes a year7% of videos
+69%
Starts How / Why / What6% of videos
-65%
Uses (brackets)16% of videos
+46%
Has a number26% of videos
+38%
Asks a question12% of videos
+23%
Short title (≤6 words)16% of videos
+23%
The title formula for Techno Tim

Lean on includes a year and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on starts how / why / what.

starts how / why / what drags views 65% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Techno Tim rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: homelab services, services tour, tour late, wildcard certificates, low power, tim homelab, high availability, running homelab. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Techno Tim post, and when?

Techno Tim publishes about 0.6 videos a week, most often on Tue.

Views by day of week
Sun
2
Mon
26
Tue
39
Wed
32
Thu
23
Fri
29
Sat
25

How long are Techno Tim's videos?

Typical uploads run about 17 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (144K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
144K
20 min+
143K
10-20 min
117K
under 5 min
37K

How does Techno Tim compare to other tech channels?

At 134K median views, Techno Tim runs above the typical tech channel we track (26K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does Techno Tim make? (estimated)

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, Techno Tim pulls roughly 346K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $346-$1,383 a month in ad revenue (about $4,149-$16,595 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 Techno Tim make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Tue. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 134K views.

Techno Tim stats at a glance

Subscribers333K
Total views41M
Videos published308
Avg views (of 176 analyzed)173K
Uploads per week0.6
Typical length17 min
On YouTube since2018 (8 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Techno Tim, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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