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The Edge of Tech - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 11-min uploads · 146K subscribers · started 2019 · ~0.7/week
Est. ad revenue$40–$162/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 615 long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit The Edge of Tech on YouTube →

In The Edge of Tech's own words
I created this channel to talk tech and help new 3D Printing users get started. We will go through everything from unboxing your first 3D Printer, your first print, modifications an more! Even if it's the most basic step, we will cover it. We will be starting this channel with videos to go with...Based in US

The Edge of Tech's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 68% of all views and its biggest is 213.5× the median, so the median upload (9K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

9K
median views
213.5×
top vs median
40%
hit rate (2×+)
68%
views from top 10%

What is The Edge of Tech's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Beginners Guide To 3D Printers In 2023" at 1.9M views - 213.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Beginners Guide To 3D Printers In 20231.9M
10 Amazing Bambu Lab 3D Printed Upgrades You've GOT To See!528K
10 Bambu Lab Maintenance Steps You MUST Do!425K

Which titles work best for The Edge of Tech - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Beginners Guide To 3D Printers In 20231.9M
10 Amazing Bambu Lab 3D Printed Upgrades You've GOT To See!528K
10 Bambu Lab Maintenance Steps You MUST Do!425K
Ender 3 V2 Bed Leveling : Quick Look at How to Level a 3D Printer Bed413K
Do This Before Laser Engraving an Image To GET THE BEST RESULTS!382K
How To Make Easy Money With A Laser Engraver - Acrylic Edge Lit Signs!319K
How To Refill Bambu Lab Filament Spools AND Save A TON of Money Doing It!314K
How To Clear Broken Filament Jam From A Bambu Lab AMS (It's Easy!)250K
How To Make Amazing Color Lithophanes Using The Bambu Lab CMYK Bundle!238K
Get Started FAST With The Bambu Lab X1 And X1 Carbon!!210K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Death Racers, Community, Crazy Claw Machine And A Chance To Win $500!3K
Is It Teeth - ProtoPasta PLA Made With Teeth?!2K
3D Scanning Expert Shares Shocking Ease of Getting Scanned!2K
The Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival Was CRAZY!2K
Large Custom 3D Printer with Premium Parts! Daedalus is Awesome!!2K
The Raise3D DF2+ Is the Closest Thing To Automatic Resin 3D Printing Yet!2K
I Try to Ride My Flexispot E7 Standing Desk All The Way UP! 😳2K
Check Out My 3D Printed Bridge Test! SCX24 Course2K
A Raw First Look At the Eibos Oceanus Automatic Resin Post Processing System!2K
I 3D Printed Your Ideas... and Made the Ultimate RC Playground!2K

The words that win for The Edge of Tech

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: bambu lab.

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 - The Edge of Tech
Best / top / worst / ultimate8% of videos
+208%
Starts How / Why / What18% of videos
+195%
Speaks to "you"14% of videos
+100%
Asks a question15% of videos
-55%
Short title (≤6 words)5% of videos
-55%
An ALL-CAPS word35% of videos
-40%
The title formula for The Edge of Tech

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and starts how / why / what - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 55% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does The Edge of Tech rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: bambu lab, beginners guide, guide printers, lab maintenance, maintenance steps, laser engraver, laser engraving, ender bed. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does The Edge of Tech post, and when?

The Edge of Tech publishes about 0.7 videos a week, most often on Wed.

Views by day of week
Sun
3
Mon
3
Tue
31
Wed
42
Thu
42
Fri
23
Sat
32

How long are The Edge of Tech's videos?

Typical uploads run about 11 minutes. Broken down by length, its under 5 min videos perform best (19K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5 min
19K
20 min+
10K
10-20 min
9K
5-10 min
8K

How does The Edge of Tech compare to other tech channels?

At 9K median views, The Edge of Tech sits below the typical tech channel we track (26K) - there is headroom.

What is The Edge of Tech'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, The Edge of Tech pulls roughly 27K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $27-$107 a month in ad revenue (about $321-$1,286 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 The Edge of Tech make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the under 5 min format, ship on Wed, and build titles around its proven words (bambu, lab). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 9K views.

The Edge of Tech stats at a glance

Subscribers146K
Total views17M
Videos published615
Avg views (of 176 analyzed)54K
Uploads per week0.7
Typical length11 min
On YouTube since2019 (7 yrs)

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