Motherboard YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
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| Subscribers | 1.6M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 212M |
| Videos | 425 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 16K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2009-11-09 |
Niches: Technology.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where Are the Earliest Bitcoin Investors Now? | CRYPTOLAND Episode 1 | 97× | 753K | 2022-03-10 |
| How Technology Is Reshaping Every Aspect of Daily Life | 23× | 178K | 2021-10-07 |
| The Future of Medicine: CRISPR, Drug Prices & Gene Therapy | 21× | 161K | 2021-10-22 |
| How Bitcoin Mines Were Airlifted From China to the US | CRYPTOLAND Episode 7 | 19× | 175K | 2022-04-21 |
| Driverless Cars, Synthetic Meat & Warped Reality | What Happens Next | 19× | 143K | 2021-10-14 |
| Scientists Are Developing Injectable Microchips... But Not For Vaccines | TechnoLogic | 18× | 494K | 2021-08-11 |
| Inside a Carbon Negative Power Station | 14× | 378K | 2021-10-01 |
| DeFi and Memecoins: The Fastest, Riskiest Way to Get Rich in Crypto | CRYPTOLAND Episode 3 | 9.9× | 86K | 2022-03-24 |
| This Company Is Keeping Electric Cars Running | 7.4× | 228K | 2022-10-12 |
| The Family Business That Recovers Millions in Lost Bitcoin | CRYPTOLAND Episode 4 | 7.1× | 61K | 2022-03-31 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fans Who Love Rollercoasters Too Much | VICE On Twitch | 0.1× | 12K | 2023-10-03 |
| Crime and Crypto with Cory Doctorow | CYBER | 0.6× | 4.9K | 2023-05-19 |
| Cyber: Inside the Italian Mafia’s Encrypted Phone of Choice | 1.3× | 9.6K | 2023-05-12 |
| Cyber: Apple II and How the Computer Became Personal | 0.4× | 3.4K | 2023-05-05 |
| CYBER: Car Thieves Use Tech Disguised Inside Old Nokia Phones and Bluetooth Speakers | 1.7× | 13K | 2023-04-21 |
| CYBER: A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America | 1.4× | 10K | 2023-04-15 |
| CYBER: What We Know about the Pentagon Leaks | 1× | 7.6K | 2023-04-11 |
| CYBER: Uber's April Fools Glitch | 0.5× | 4.1K | 2023-04-07 |
| CYBER: The DEA Is Skipping Warrants and Buying Data from Employees | 1× | 7.6K | 2023-03-29 |
| Why Does Congress Want to Ban TikTok? | Cyber | 0.4× | 3.1K | 2023-03-24 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 9 of the last 67 uploads use it, with a median of 6.9× the channel's usual views. Example: "Where Are the Earliest Bitcoin Investors Now? | CRYPTOLAND Episode 1".
Content map
What the last 67 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 1 | 30K | - |
| Under 20 minutes | 34 | 31K | 1.2× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 24 | 17K | 1.7× |
| Over 60 minutes | 8 | 30K | 3.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 6.9× the channel's usual views across 9 uploads, against 1.7× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Over 60 minutes did best here, at 3.9× against 1.2× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 0.6 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does Motherboard have?
Motherboard has about 1.6M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Motherboard upload?
About 0.6 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Motherboard?
"Where Are the Earliest Bitcoin Investors Now? | CRYPTOLAND Episode 1" reached 97× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Motherboard audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open Motherboard on YouTube.