Ali Abdaal YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
I'm Ali - doctor turned entrepreneur, YouTuber, and author of the New York Times bestseller Feel-Good Productivity. On this channel, we explore the skills that school didn't teach you - productivity, personal development, how to become financially free, how to build your own independent business.
| Subscribers | 6.7M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 572M |
| Videos | 1.5K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 72K |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2007-11-20 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How much money do you need to feel financially free? | 5.9× | 114K | 2026-10-08 |
| If you’re ambitious but inconsistent, please watch this | 5.6× | 852K | 2026-09-10 |
| I asked Hormozi how to make $100k a year | 5× | 95K | 2026-08-04 |
| Start with the lifestyle you want - from Professor @CalNewportMedia | 4× | 78K | 2026-06-08 |
| Ranking AI tools | 3.8× | 73K | 2026-05-26 |
| i am begging you to try harry potter fan fiction | 3.6× | 532K | 2026-07-10 |
| One of the most underrated skills: knowing when to ignore advice | 3.2× | 61K | 2026-10-11 |
| Freedom is your new currency | 3.2× | 61K | 2026-05-30 |
| The Odyssey Plan: Stanford's best hack | 3.1× | 60K | 2026-06-01 |
| AI tools to use | 3× | 58K | 2026-06-28 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The holy trinity of business | 0.9× | 17K | 2026-10-29 |
| The $2,000 question that changed everything | 1.4× | 28K | 2026-10-28 |
| Making money is just a video game | 0.7× | 13K | 2026-10-27 |
| I Tried Fully Automating My Video Editing With AI (RAW RESULTS) | 2.1× | 566K | 2026-10-26 |
| "I'm not an expert at anything" | 1.1× | 21K | 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an audience to make money online? | 0.7× | 14K | 2026-10-25 |
| Overthinking your niche? Do this | 0.9× | 18K | 2026-10-24 |
| My slightly weird hobby... | 0.7× | 13K | 2026-10-23 |
| Financial freedom vs financial independence | 0.8× | 15K | 2026-10-23 |
| Why your real screen time is higher than you think | 0.8× | 15K | 2026-10-22 |
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Repeatable pattern
A series or topic prefix before a colon. 6 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 2× the channel's usual views. Example: "One of the most underrated skills: knowing when to ignore advice".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 82 | 24K | 1.2× |
| Under 20 minutes | 5 | 114K | 0.6× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 10 | 341K | 2.3× |
| Over 60 minutes | 3 | 152K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 2× the channel's usual views across 6 uploads, against 1.2× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 2.3× against 0.6× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 22.5 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 Ali Abdaal have?
Ali Abdaal has about 6.7M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Ali Abdaal upload?
About 22.5 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Ali Abdaal?
"How much money do you need to feel financially free?" reached 5.9× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Ali Abdaal 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 Ali Abdaal on YouTube.