TechRadar - what's actually working, and what isn't
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 →
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.
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:
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:
And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:
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.
Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and includes a year - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on speaks to "you".
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.
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.
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
| Subscribers | 455K |
| Total views | 158M |
| Videos published | 3K |
| Avg views (of 165 analyzed) | 19K |
| Engagement rate | 3.3% |
| Uploads per week | 3.1 |
| Typical length | 7 min |
| On YouTube since | 2009 (17 yrs) |
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