Hobby Explorer YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Hobby Explorer: AI, Tech and Startups is hosted by Magesh Vadivelu, a former Amazon, Salesforce and Nextdoor engineer, TEDx speaker and founder who grew this channel to over 1 million subscribers. Episodes cover AI tools, tech news, startups and building in public, plus live Founders Debates recorde
| Subscribers | 1.1M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 601M |
| Videos | 497 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 83K |
| Country | US |
| Language | TA (est.) |
| Created | 2023-01-09 |
Niches: Podcast.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Robo Human Taxi | 141× | 8.9M | 2026-03-28 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai Route Closed. Return to US via Hong Kong 🇭🇰 | 68× | 4.3M | 2026-03-11 |
| Peaceful Transition of Power | 35× | 2.2M | 2026-05-06 |
| Anirudh concert la naanum oru light ah irundhen 😌 | 33× | 2.1M | 2026-05-04 |
| Laptop Tour | 30× | 1.9M | 2026-03-23 |
| Jet Lag | 26× | 1.6M | 2026-03-14 |
| My Silicon Valley Office | 25× | 1.6M | 2026-03-15 |
| Elevating my commute on the Hong Kong escalators... | 22× | 1.4M | 2026-03-13 |
| Standing Desk | 21× | 1.3M | 2026-03-26 |
| Friday Smoothie | 20× | 1.2M | 2026-04-10 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Security Walked Me to the Restroom | - | 186 | 2026-11-14 |
| OpenAI Invited Me In to Try dots, Their Always-On AI Agent | 0.1× | 509 | 2026-11-13 |
| Patreon Co-Founder is Now building Dots at OpenAI | 0× | 256 | 2026-11-13 |
| AI agent நமக்காக shopping பண்ணலாமா? | 0.6× | 37K | 2026-11-13 |
| Would You Let an AI Agent Spend Your Money? | 0.4× | 2.6K | 2026-11-12 |
| I Let a DJ Talk and Claude Code Built His Website | 0.3× | 4.3K | 2026-11-03 |
| TikTok, But for Games? A Founder Pitched Me on the Street | 0.3× | 20K | 2026-10-29 |
| Should AI Agents Shop for Us? (Live Debate in SF) | 0.3× | 21K | 2026-10-28 |
| Waymo Showed Up in few minutes. Zoox Never Came. | 2.3× | 20K | 2026-10-26 |
| Founders Pitch Their AI Startups in 10 Seconds (Outside Anthropic's Claude Event) | 0.2× | 16K | 2026-10-25 |
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Repeatable pattern
How, why or what titles. 4 of the last 97 uploads use it, with a median of 5.4× the channel's usual views. Example: "How to Write a Book: Secrets from a 3x Published Author".
Content map
What the last 97 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 83 | 179K | 2.8× |
| Under 20 minutes | 9 | 8.8K | 0.6× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 4 | 40K | 11× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 83K | 9.4× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 5.4× the channel's usual views across 4 uploads, against 2.6× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 11× against 0.6× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 5.4 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 Hobby Explorer have?
Hobby Explorer has about 1.1M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Hobby Explorer upload?
About 5.4 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Hobby Explorer?
"Tesla Robo Human Taxi" reached 141× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Hobby Explorer 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 Hobby Explorer on YouTube.