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Tristar Gym - what's actually working, and what isn't

Fitness · 9-min uploads · 330K subscribers · started 2012 · ~1.7/week
Est. ad revenue$132–$530/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 177 most recent of 1K long-form uploads. One of the fitness YouTube channels we track. Visit Tristar Gym on YouTube →

In Tristar Gym's own words
Coach Firas Zahabi a Black Belt under the legendary John Danaher and the coach behind Georges St-Pierre - one of the most dominant champions in UFC history - Coach Zahabi brings over 20 years of elite-level experience to every piece of content he creates. His YouTube channel is the perfect blend of...Based in CA

How many views does Tristar Gym actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 38% of all views and its biggest is 12.7× the median, so the median upload (12K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

12K
median views
12.7×
top vs median
28%
hit rate (2×+)
38%
views from top 10%

What is Tristar Gym's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Is this why Alex Pereira hits so hard?" at 152K views - 12.7× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Is this why Alex Pereira hits so hard?152K
GSP & Coach Zahabi Talk DDP vs Khamzat Chimaev96K
Georges St-Pierre and Coach Zahabi discuss Makhachev vs Poirier91K

Which titles work best for Tristar Gym - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Is this why Alex Pereira hits so hard?152K
GSP & Coach Zahabi Talk DDP vs Khamzat Chimaev96K
Georges St-Pierre and Coach Zahabi discuss Makhachev vs Poirier91K
This is why your personality affects the way you fight and learn martial arts88K
Why was this so easy for Islam?85K
How does Merab have unlimited cardio?85K
This is the best way to lose your testosterone84K
How was this fight so ONE SIDED?!79K
CJI is the best grappling show I've ever seen74K
Why does Judo has less MMA champions?67K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Jack Della Maddalena capitalized on this mistake for the KO6K
Getting to Octopus vs Half Guard Pressure - Coach Zahabi5K
BJJ - Omoplata Attack to Sweep to Triangle Finish - Coach Zahabi - www.jujiclub.com5K
BJJ Technique - Sneaky Mount Transition and Senkaku Mount Control - Coach Zahabi5K
Takedown for BJJ - Single Leg Attack - Elbow Post and Trip- Coach Zahabi5K
This will prevent you from getting injured5K
This is why everyone love Charles Oliveira5K
Anaconda Choke - Breaking them Down and Finishing Details - Coach Zahabi5K
T-Kimura to Hip Heist to Cowboy Armbar - Coach Zahabi5K
BJJ Technique - Ashi Garami vs Back-Step Pressure - Coach Zahabi (Pomo code in description)5K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 177 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 - Tristar Gym
Starts How / Why / What9% of videos
+125%
Asks a question33% of videos
+110%
Best / top / worst / ultimate6% of videos
+75%
Speaks to "you"11% of videos
+33%
An ALL-CAPS word44% of videos
-29%
Has a number18% of videos
-17%
The title formula for Tristar Gym

Lean on starts how / why / what and asks a question - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on an all-caps word.

an all-caps word drags views 29% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Tristar Gym rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: coach zahabi, alex pereira, islam makhachev, martial arts, khamzat chimaev, roll narration, bjj technique, zahabi ama. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Tristar Gym post, and when?

Tristar Gym publishes about 1.7 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
2
Mon
11
Tue
3
Wed
6
Thu
5
Fri
72
Sat
78

How long are Tristar Gym's videos?

Typical uploads run about 9 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (22K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
22K
10-20 min
13K
5-10 min
10K
under 5 min
8K

How does Tristar Gym compare to other fitness channels?

At 12K median views, Tristar Gym sits below the typical fitness channel we track (17K) - there is headroom.

How much does Tristar Gym 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, Tristar Gym pulls roughly 88K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $88-$351 a month in ad revenue (about $1,053-$4,211 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 Tristar Gym make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Sat. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 12K views.

Tristar Gym stats at a glance

Subscribers330K
Total views52M
Videos published1K
Avg views (of 177 analyzed)20K
Engagement rate2.8%
Uploads per week1.7
Typical length9 min
On YouTube since2012 (14 yrs)

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