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Z1 Gaming - what's actually working, and what isn't

Gaming · 51-min uploads · 636K subscribers · started 2016 · ~10.7/week
Est. ad revenue$2K–$6K/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 189 most recent of 5K long-form uploads. One of the gaming YouTube channels we track. Visit Z1 Gaming on YouTube →

In Z1 Gaming's own words
Hey everyone I'm Z and welcome to my channel, Z1 Gaming!! I post Lets Plays, gaming videos and how to's. I enjoy all types of games and love trying new alpha and pre-alpha games. I am a full time creator and love what I do. I keep everything energetic, positive and outgoing! If I can put YOU in a...Based in US

What are Z1 Gaming's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 30% of all views and its biggest is 7.4× the median, so the median upload (23K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

23K
median views
7.4×
top vs median
19%
hit rate (2×+)
30%
views from top 10%

What is Z1 Gaming's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Building The Biggest Boat In Windrose, The Frigate!" at 171K views - 7.4× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Building The Biggest Boat In Windrose, The Frigate!171K
Diving in And Exploring The Unknown World Of Subnautica 2 !133K
This $2 Mining Game Is BEYOND Addicting!118K

Which titles work best for Z1 Gaming - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Building The Biggest Boat In Windrose, The Frigate!171K
Diving in And Exploring The Unknown World Of Subnautica 2 !133K
This $2 Mining Game Is BEYOND Addicting!118K
New Open World Survival Has Us Farming And EXPLORING Sky Islands In Our Airship! Solarpunk115K
This Farming Automation Game Is WILD And An Absolute BLAST!113K
Exploring And Building An EPIC Camper In Outbound!107K
Building The Perfect PIRATE Base In Windrose On The BEST Island! Windrose107K
Upgrading To A BIGGER SHIP, The BRIG! Windrose107K
Let's SMASH Some Robots And Build Our First Vehicle! Scrap Mechanic 1.0 Drilling Thunder Update [E1]101K
Starting FRESH! New Pals, New Base, New EVERYTHING! Palworld 1.0 [E1]100K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
These ALIEN Mines Hold The Resources To Our Survival! AETHUS13K
Catching Jormuntide To Take on Marcus & Faleris! PALWORLD 1.0 [E8]12K
MAXIMUM Efficiency With An ENTIRELY NEW BASE! Vanilla Ark Survival - The Island [E11]12K
I Created The PERFECT CHICKENS For Profit In Space Chickens...12K
Securing The LAUNCH PLATFORM! The Last Caretaker12K
Rebuilding My Factory Into A Monster Machine! Belts Of Iron12K
NEW Mega Miner And Tier 2 Rover! Blossom The Seed Of Life [E7]12K
Every Drop Of Water Can Make Us RICH, Keep Watering!11K
Tadpoles Are Fun Together! Subnautica 2 Multiplayer Series [E2]11K
Questing And Crafting In Starseeker ! Open Beta11K

The words that win for Z1 Gaming

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

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 189 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 - Z1 Gaming
Best / top / worst / ultimate5% of videos
+43%
Asks a question8% of videos
+26%
The title formula for Z1 Gaming

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate and asks a question - they lift views the most on this channel.

What keywords does Z1 Gaming rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: scrap mechanic, drilling thunder, mechanic drilling, vanilla ark, ark survival, base building, open world, bigger ship. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Z1 Gaming post, and when?

Z1 Gaming publishes about 10.7 videos a week, most often on Thu.

Views by day of week
Sun
40
Mon
3
Tue
35
Wed
6
Thu
41
Fri
36
Sat
28

How long are Z1 Gaming's videos?

Typical uploads run about 51 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (43K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
43K
10-20 min
23K
20 min+
23K

How does Z1 Gaming compare to other gaming channels?

At 23K median views, Z1 Gaming sits below the typical gaming channel we track (76K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Z1 Gaming 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, Z1 Gaming pulls roughly 1.1M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $1,058-$4,233 a month in ad revenue (about $12,699-$50,795 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 Z1 Gaming make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Thu, and build titles around its proven words (building). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 23K views.

Z1 Gaming stats at a glance

Subscribers636K
Total views200M
Videos published5K
Avg views (of 189 analyzed)32K
Engagement rate7.2%
Uploads per week10.7
Typical length51 min
On YouTube since2016 (10 yrs)

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