Fitness · channel analysis

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

Fitness · 18-min uploads · 557K subscribers · started 2014 · ~0.4/week
Est. ad revenue$265–$1K/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 180 most recent of 306 long-form uploads. One of the fitness YouTube channels we track. Visit VitruvianPhysique on YouTube →

In VitruvianPhysique's own words
The official channel for Igor Opeshansky AKA Vitruvian Physique. This channel takes a scientific approach to all things bodybuilding and health, while introducing the topics in simple and most importantly; FUN ways which you can practically apply to your life. Qualifications: BSc Human Physiology...Based in CA

What are VitruvianPhysique's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 54% of all views and its biggest is 60.8× the median, so the median upload (102K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

102K
median views
60.8×
top vs median
22%
hit rate (2×+)
54%
views from top 10%

What is VitruvianPhysique's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "How Long Will It Take To See Your Six Pack? | Body Fat % Calculation" at 6.2M views - 60.8× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
How Long Will It Take To See Your Six Pack? | Body Fat % Calculation6.2M
10,000 CALORIE CHALLENGE!!! | EPIC Cheat Day | This Almost KILLED Me3.4M
How Good are your MUSCLE INSERTIONS | Vitruvian Model of Genetics2.5M

Which titles work best for VitruvianPhysique - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
How Long Will It Take To See Your Six Pack? | Body Fat % Calculation6.2M
10,000 CALORIE CHALLENGE!!! | EPIC Cheat Day | This Almost KILLED Me3.4M
How Good are your MUSCLE INSERTIONS | Vitruvian Model of Genetics2.5M
13 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Lifting | Fitness MISTAKES!1.7M
How Do You Compare to the AVERAGE Man?1.2M
How Much Muscle Do Women ACTUALLY Like? | What the Science Says1.2M
How Good is your BONE STRUCTURE | Vitruvian Model of Genetics1.1M
Why You're Losing Weight But Don't Look Leaner946K
How To Estimate YOUR BODY FAT % | Body Fat % 101 Part 2!868K
What is the Optimal Body Fat % to Remain At673K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Squat 1RM Attempt & The Problem with Natty Or Not Videos61K
The Battle Plan | Ascension Ep. 961K
NO MORE HYPOCRISY | Ascension Season 3 Ep. 161K
HE'S HERE! | Ascension Ep. 561K
How I Eat to Build Muscle & Strength | The Experiment Day 4060K
Advice for Young People | Starting a Business? Investing? Getting RICH?! | Money 10158K
2020 FITNESS HEPTATHLON | Max Pull-Ups, 100m Sprint, 135 OHP MAX REPS, 275 Bench, 5km Run, etc.57K
Time to Get Serious | New Program Round 157K
I Tried to Climb an 8500 Foot Mountain Without Practice56K
FUCK NORMAL | Goodbye Canada!56K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 180 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 - VitruvianPhysique
Starts How / Why / What23% of videos
+75%
Speaks to "you"22% of videos
+75%
Has a number63% of videos
-39%
Best / top / worst / ultimate6% of videos
+29%
Asks a question21% of videos
+28%
An ALL-CAPS word67% of videos
+25%
The title formula for VitruvianPhysique

Lean on starts how / why / what and speaks to "you" - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on has a number.

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 39% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does VitruvianPhysique rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: body fat, model genetics, calorie challenge, good are, out ascension, look leaner, build muscle, losing weight. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does VitruvianPhysique post, and when?

VitruvianPhysique publishes about 0.4 videos a week, most often on Thu.

Views by day of week
Sun
21
Mon
21
Tue
26
Wed
9
Thu
43
Fri
38
Sat
22

How long are VitruvianPhysique's videos?

Typical uploads run about 18 minutes. Broken down by length, its under 5 min videos perform best (167K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5 min
167K
20 min+
126K
10-20 min
88K
5-10 min
82K

How does VitruvianPhysique compare to other fitness channels?

At 102K median views, VitruvianPhysique runs above the typical fitness channel we track (17K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much money does VitruvianPhysique 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, VitruvianPhysique pulls roughly 175K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $175-$702 a month in ad revenue (about $2,105-$8,421 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 VitruvianPhysique make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the under 5 min format, ship on Thu. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 102K views.

VitruvianPhysique stats at a glance

Subscribers557K
Total views73M
Videos published306
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)250K
Uploads per week0.4
Typical length18 min
On YouTube since2014 (12 yrs)

Want this read on your own channel?

See which of your titles win, which topics are rising in your niche, and whether an idea will beat your own median - free.

Analyze your channel - free →

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

↓ Keep scrolling - more channels load automatically