Beauty · head-to-head
NikkieTutorials VS 
SCP Explained - Story & Animation
Two beauty channels, compared on the numbers that actually move a video rather than subscriber vanity. NikkieTutorials sits at 15M subscribers with a typical 1.8M views per upload; SCP Explained - Story & Animation at 2.5M with about 26K. Below is the full head-to-head plus the titles that win for each.
On this data NikkieTutorials is the stronger performer of the two - it wins on both consistency (a 23% hit-rate, i.e. how often an upload beats 2x its own median) and reach (1.8M median views). The other channel isn't behind on size so much as on how reliably its uploads land.
| Metric | NikkieTutorials | SCP Explained - Story & Animation |
|---|---|---|
| Subscribers | 15M | 2.5M |
| Median views / video | 1.8M | 26K |
| Hit-rate (beats 2x median) | 23% | 18% |
| Top-video share | 37% | 36% |
| Est. ad revenue / mo | $7K–$28K | $709–$3K |
| Uploads / week | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| Typical length | 19 min | 119 min |
| Started | 2008 | 2020 |
The words that keep showing up in each channel's winning titles differ too: NikkieTutorials leans on coming out, makeup challenge, jeffree star, power makeup, while SCP Explained - Story & Animation leans on scp files, scp foundation, explaining every, every scp. Open either channel for the full breakdown of what wins versus flops.