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VeganBlackMetalChef - what's actually working, and what isn't

Cooking · 7-min uploads · 95K subscribers · started 2011 · ~0.1/week
Est. ad revenue$10–$40/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 63 public uploads. One of the recipe youtube channels we track. Visit VeganBlackMetalChef on YouTube →

In VeganBlackMetalChef's own words
The Vegan Black Metal Chef is a vegan cooking show like no other. There is no talking, it is set in a dungeon like kitchen, with a self written black metal sound track. the lyrics of the songs guide you through making high quality, delicious vegan meals. The Vegan Black Metal Chef cooking show guides you through a vari

How does VeganBlackMetalChef perform on YouTube?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 79% of all views, so the median upload (15K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

15K
median views
223.3×
top vs median
38%
hit rate (2×+)
79%
views from top 10%

What is VeganBlackMetalChef's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 1 Pad Thai" at 3.4M views - 223.3× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 1 Pad Thai3.4M
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 2 - Easy Meal Ideas of The Ages637K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 4 - Hail Seitan538K

Which titles work best for VeganBlackMetalChef - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 1 Pad Thai3.4M
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 2 - Easy Meal Ideas of The Ages637K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 4 - Hail Seitan538K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 13 - Vegan Lasagna315K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 3: Tempura Asparagus Sushi282K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 12 - Ultimate Nachos and Tacos219K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 5 - Smoothie Alchemy141K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 6: Holliday Hell Roast129K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 9 - Blackest Of The Black Beans117K
Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 7- Indian Feast Of The Gods113K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Soda Can Brownies, Kraft Vegan Mac review, and chatting to catch up1K
Making Some Pizza1K
Fun With Dried Fungi From The Asian Store. Lions Mane, Black Fungus, White Fungus etc1K
Making an Epic Vegan Lasagna1K
Summon The Seitan!1K
Making Vegan Jambalaya918
Jerk Stew Experiment911
Making Japanese Curry897
Vegan Shrimp Scampi And Talk About Road Trip843
Trinidadian Doubles Experiment821

The title patterns that win here

  • Words that show up in winners, not flops: metal chef episode black vegan.
  • Numbers pull the click here: 100% of its winners use one ("3-ingredient", "in 10 minutes") vs 0% of its flops.
  • Its winning titles run about 9 words; the ones that flop run 3. It gets away with longer, more descriptive titles.

What keywords does VeganBlackMetalChef rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: vegan, metal, black, chef, episode, pad, thai, meal. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does VeganBlackMetalChef post, and when?

VeganBlackMetalChef publishes about 0.1 videos a week. Its views concentrate on Mon, Fri, Wed, and thin out on Sun. The single best-performing slot is Mon around 20:00.

Views by day of week
Sun
37K
Mon
4.0M
Tue
458K
Wed
998K
Thu
342K
Fri
1.1M
Sat
103K

How long are VeganBlackMetalChef's videos?

Typical uploads run about 7 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (69K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5m
17K
5-10m
69K
10-20m
38K
20m+
1K

How does VeganBlackMetalChef compare to other cooking channels?

At 15K median views, VeganBlackMetalChef sits below the typical cooking channel we track (22K) - there is headroom.

VeganBlackMetalChef's estimated YouTube 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, VeganBlackMetalChef pulls roughly 7K long-form views a month, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $7-$26 a month in ad revenue (about $84-$312 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly.

What should a channel like VeganBlackMetalChef make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Mon, and build titles around its proven words (metal, chef, episode). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 15K views.

VeganBlackMetalChef stats at a glance

Subscribers95K
Total views7.0M
Videos published63
Average views / video111K
Engagement rate5.6%
Uploads per week0.1
Typical length7 min
On YouTube since2011 (15 yrs)

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