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

Tech · 7-min uploads · 455K subscribers · started 2009 · ~3.1/week
Est. ad revenue$127–$507/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 165 most recent of 3K long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit TechRadar on YouTube →

In TechRadar's own words
The latest technology news and reviews, covering phones, computing, home entertainment systems, gadgets, cameras, video games and more.Based in US

What are TechRadar's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 52% of all views and its biggest is 23.3× the median, so the median upload (6K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

6K
median views
23.3×
top vs median
36%
hit rate (2×+)
52%
views from top 10%

What is TechRadar's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "ChatGPT vs. Claude: in the wake of QuitGPT, which is best?" at 147K views - 23.3× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
ChatGPT vs. Claude: in the wake of QuitGPT, which is best?147K
I let ChatGPT instruct my first ever PC build - will it run?146K
Dyson V16 Piston Animal review: powerful vacuum let down by a poorly designed floorhead140K

Which titles work best for TechRadar - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
ChatGPT vs. Claude: in the wake of QuitGPT, which is best?147K
I let ChatGPT instruct my first ever PC build - will it run?146K
Dyson V16 Piston Animal review: powerful vacuum let down by a poorly designed floorhead140K
We let ChatGPT and Gemini plan our vacation - but which did best?121K
Apple's Joz & John on iPhone 17 Pro: "You want a fun color? How about Cosmic Orange, baby!"115K
Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable: a 16-inch Laptop that Expands to 23.8 inches of Screen Space, and more114K
We booked our vacation itinerary using AI travel agents - here's where it sent us98K
Apple Watch Series 11 review: Finally, a mainline Apple Watch that can go the distance97K
The best flagship phones 2025 to buy right now97K
Gemini vs ChatGPT vs Expert: who can build the best PC?95K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
'It's astonishing to watch the usage patterns" on Alexa+ | Exclusive with Amazon's Panos Panay3K
HUGE Amazon news | Fire Stick overhaul, new Ember Artline TV and Alexa+ takes on ChatGPT2K
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge review: a little bit less and never the most2K
"We don't want to take you away from the real world": Snap's Qi Pan talks AR glasses in 20262K
Google Pixel 10 lineup: 5 things you need to know - new AI camera tricks, chipset, and more2K
What's the deal with Liquid Glass, iOS 26 first impressions and iPadOS gets its biggest overhaul2K
"It's just more delightful" - Amazon's VP of Alexa and Echo on what's next for Alexa+2K
We built the new LEGO Smart Brick Darth Vader TIE Fighter set2K
iPhone 17 first look, Meta's smarter Ray-Bans, and why Apple's Joz threw an iPhone Air at Lance2K
Why iPhone 18 won't come until 2027, Samsung's Trifold disappoints & OpenAI might lose the AI race2K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 165 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 - TechRadar
Best / top / worst / ultimate28% of videos
+165%
Speaks to "you"11% of videos
-60%
Includes a year21% of videos
+52%
Asks a question20% of videos
+48%
An ALL-CAPS word25% of videos
+47%
The title formula for TechRadar

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and includes a year - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on speaks to "you".

Surprise: speaks to "you" costs this channel 60% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does TechRadar rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: iphone pro, buy right, flagship phones, phones buy, review powerful, samsung galaxy, galaxy apple, galaxy ultra. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does TechRadar post, and when?

TechRadar publishes about 3.1 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
23
Mon
23
Tue
12
Wed
24
Thu
9
Fri
23
Sat
51

How long are TechRadar's videos?

Typical uploads run about 7 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
7K
20 min+
3K

How does TechRadar compare to other tech channels?

At 6K median views, TechRadar sits below the typical tech channel we track (26K) - there is headroom.

How much money does TechRadar 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, TechRadar pulls roughly 84K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $84-$336 a month in ad revenue (about $1,008-$4,031 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 TechRadar 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 6K views.

TechRadar stats at a glance

Subscribers455K
Total views158M
Videos published3K
Avg views (of 165 analyzed)19K
Engagement rate3.3%
Uploads per week3.1
Typical length7 min
On YouTube since2009 (17 yrs)

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