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The Gadget Show - what's actually working, and what isn't

Tech · 21-min uploads · 214K subscribers · started 2007 · ~1.7/week
Est. ad revenue$59–$234/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 179 most recent of 2K long-form uploads. One of the tech YouTube channels we track. Visit The Gadget Show on YouTube →

In The Gadget Show's own words
The official home of The Gadget Show TV Show and Podcast. Listen to the podcast on all podcasting platforms and watch on YouTube. Sponsored by Cex For business enquiries, please email:Based in GB

What are The Gadget Show's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 46% of all views and its biggest is 25.1× the median, so the median upload (5K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

5K
median views
25.1×
top vs median
30%
hit rate (2×+)
46%
views from top 10%

What is The Gadget Show's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Heat Pump Dryers Tested: £549 Bosch vs £349 Hoover - Worth the Upgrade? | The Gadget Show" at 133K views - 25.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Heat Pump Dryers Tested: £549 Bosch vs £349 Hoover - Worth the Upgrade? | The Gadget Show133K
Do Weeders Clean Better Than a Pressure Washer? Jon Bentley Puts Them to the Test!122K
Inflatable Tents Tested: £740 Vango vs £229 Eurohike - Which Is Best Value? | The Gadget Show77K

Which titles work best for The Gadget Show - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Heat Pump Dryers Tested: £549 Bosch vs £349 Hoover - Worth the Upgrade? | The Gadget Show133K
Do Weeders Clean Better Than a Pressure Washer? Jon Bentley Puts Them to the Test!122K
Inflatable Tents Tested: £740 Vango vs £229 Eurohike - Which Is Best Value? | The Gadget Show77K
🚗 £420 vs £690 Tyre Test! Are Budget Tyres Safe Enough?57K
The Retro Tech that is worth a small fortune | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips52K
🔔 £199 Ring vs £49 Tapo Video Doorbell - Best Value for Home Security? | The Gadget Show50K
Heated Clothes Airers vs Tumble Dryer: Jon Bentley Tests Cheap vs Expensive!48K
The Next Xbox Could Change Gaming Forever | The Gadget Show Podcast45K
Our Biggest Future Tech Predictions...Were They Right?38K
Xbox 360 at 20: The Christmas Morning That Changed Gaming Forever | The Gadget Show38K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra: The Best Tablet Money Can Buy? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips2K
GoPro 13: The Best Action Camera Yet? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips2K
LG StanByMe Go Portable TV - The next generation of TVs? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips2K
Switch 2: Will it be a Nintendo Classic? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips2K
Panasonic Sound Slayer Tested | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips2K
What Movies Got Tech Right? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips1K
The Future of Wearable Tech | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips1K
Interviewing Chat GPT: Can it keep up a full conversation? | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips1K
This New LEGO Tech Makes You Feel Like a Kid Again | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips1K
T3's Rik Henderson Talks Tech & Gaming | The Gadget Show Podcast Clips1K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 179 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 Gadget Show
Has a number53% of videos
+44%
Includes a year12% of videos
+43%
Starts How / Why / What7% of videos
-42%
Asks a question46% of videos
+16%
The title formula for The Gadget Show

Lean on has a number and includes a year - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on starts how / why / what.

starts how / why / what drags views 42% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does The Gadget Show rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: jon bentley, podcast clips, them test, cheap expensive, put them, dead podcast, gaming forever, retro tech. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does The Gadget Show post, and when?

The Gadget Show publishes about 1.7 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
81
Mon
5
Tue
10
Wed
3
Thu
17
Fri
6
Sat
57

How long are The Gadget Show's videos?

Typical uploads run about 21 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (9K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
9K
20 min+
7K
under 5 min
2K
10-20 min
1K

How does The Gadget Show compare to other tech channels?

At 5K median views, The Gadget Show sits below the typical tech channel we track (26K) - there is headroom.

How much money does The Gadget Show 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, The Gadget Show pulls roughly 39K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $39-$155 a month in ad revenue (about $465-$1,860 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 Gadget Show make next?

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

The Gadget Show stats at a glance

Subscribers214K
Total views55M
Videos published2K
Avg views (of 179 analyzed)11K
Uploads per week1.7
Typical length21 min
On YouTube since2007 (19 yrs)

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

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