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The BBQ Bear - what's actually working, and what isn't

Cooking · 11-min uploads · 155K subscribers · started 2017 · ~3.4/week
Est. ad revenue$424–$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 the honest read, from 198 public uploads. One of the cooking youtube channels we track. Visit The BBQ Bear on YouTube →

In The BBQ Bear's own words
Hallo Grillfreunde da ich leidenschaftlich gerne Koche bzw. grille habe ich mir gedacht ich lasse die Welt dran teilhaben und werde dazu ein paar Videos machen die jeder nachmachen kann! Am Grill im Dutch Oven ,Pizza Ofen,Feuerplatte,Wursten und und und ....klassisches BBQ halt ! Zu 90% auf Kohle ...und für jedermanns Based in DE

How many views does The BBQ Bear actually get?

This channel is consistent: no single hit carries it (top 10% of videos = 33% of views), so the median upload of 19K views is the real story.

19K
median views
7.6×
top vs median
16%
hit rate (2×+)
33%
views from top 10%

What is The BBQ Bear's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Opas Nackensteaks wie sie besser nicht sein können saftig und zart | The BBQ BEAR" at 147K views - 7.6× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Opas Nackensteaks wie sie besser nicht sein können saftig und zart | The BBQ BEAR147K
Schweinebauchwürfel Knoblauch Kräuter Honig richtig Geil vom Gasgrill | The BBQ BEAR137K
Angeber Frikadellen mit nur 3 Zutaten | The BBQ BEAR111K

Which titles work best for The BBQ Bear - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Opas Nackensteaks wie sie besser nicht sein können saftig und zart | The BBQ BEAR147K
Schweinebauchwürfel Knoblauch Kräuter Honig richtig Geil vom Gasgrill | The BBQ BEAR137K
Angeber Frikadellen mit nur 3 Zutaten | The BBQ BEAR111K
Alpen Schichtfleisch - DAS beste Schichtfleisch, das ich je gemacht habe | The BBQ BEAR109K
Das einfachste Ost Rezept genial lecker | The BBQ BEAR107K
Frikadellen Wohlfühlpfanne - so cremig und würzig, ihr werdet süchtig! | THE BBQ BEAR105K
Alpen Schichtfleisch - DAS beste Schichtfleisch, das ich je gemacht habe The BBQ BEAR103K
MeatMeet S Pro DÜNNES Kabelloses Thermometer - @MeatMeet.official | The BBQ BEAR99K
89 Euro Smoker Air fryer von Lidl | Ninja Killer ? | The BBQ BEAR97K
Der legendäre Coleslaw ausm DINER so geht er !! #shorts86K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Sparerib Topf aus dem Dutch Oven der HAMMER ! | The BBQ BEAR12K
Mit diesem Rezept wird deine Wurst nie wieder langweilig! | The BBQ BEAR12K
Blumenkohl Hack Topf aus dem Kazan vom Keramikgrill - mega einfach und saulecker! | The BBQ BEAR12K
Deluxe Grill Sandwich so genial hast du es noch nie gemacht | The BBQ BEAR12K
OFENKARTOFFEL super einfach das BESTE REZEPT | Und so geht es weiter !! | The BBQ BEAR12K
Schnelle Räuber Brötchen vom Grill genial Lecker | The BBQ BEAR12K
Das ist ein Knaller Sandwich Rezept | The BBQ BEAR12K
Inoviva Slushie Maschine - ist das der Ninja Slush Killer ?? | The BBQ BEAR12K
Das knusprigste Chicken meines Lebens... | The BBQ BEAR11K
Fischburger Deluxe das beste Rezept auch für nicht Fischfans| The BBQ BEAR11K

The title patterns that win here

  • Its winning titles run about 14 words; the ones that flop run 13. It gets away with longer, more descriptive titles.

What keywords does The BBQ Bear rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: bbq, bear, das, und, der, beste, lecker, mit. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does The BBQ Bear post, and when?

The BBQ Bear publishes about 3.4 videos a week. Its views concentrate on Mon, Thu, Sun, and thin out on Sat. The single best-performing slot is Mon around 15:00.

Views by day of week
Sun
1.3M
Mon
1.8M
Tue
379K
Wed
181K
Thu
1.5M
Fri
157K
Sat
85K

How long are The BBQ Bear's videos?

Typical uploads run about 11 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (25K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5m
18K
5-10m
19K
10-20m
20K
20m+
25K

How does The BBQ Bear compare to other cooking channels?

At 19K median views, The BBQ Bear sits below the typical cooking channel we track (22K) - there is headroom.

How much does The BBQ Bear 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, The BBQ Bear pulls roughly 281K long-form views a month, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $281-$1K a month in ad revenue (about $3K-$13K a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly.

What should a channel like The BBQ Bear make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Mon, and build titles around its proven words. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 19K views.

The BBQ Bear stats at a glance

Subscribers155K
Total views47M
Videos published1K
Average views / video36K
Engagement rate6.3%
Uploads per week3.4
Typical length11 min
On YouTube since2017 (9 yrs)

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

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