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Median views per long-form video
223,551
Uploads per week
0.7
Average long-form length
19:15
In the sample
47 long-form · 3 Shorts
Beat the channel median
- Is This the Worst Time Ever to Buy a House in the UK?
1.1M views · 4.9x the median
- What's Going On With UK House Prices?
688.5K views · 3.1x the median
- Do You Get More From State Pension Than You Pay In?
640.5K views · 2.9x the median
- How Much House Can You Afford? (By Salary)
587.4K views · 2.6x the median
- If I Started Investing in 2026, This is What I Would Do
529.9K views · 2.4x the median
Trailed the channel median
- Is This The Wealth Tax We've Been Looking For?
113.1K views · 0.5x the median
- State Pension Needs to Change
95.8K views · 0.4x the median
- How Generous is the UK State Pension?
73.8K views · 0.3x the median
- These Books Will Change How You Think About Money
70.6K views · 0.3x the median
- The Best SIPP in 2026 (UK Personal Pensions Compared)
69.6K views · 0.3x the median
Latest uploads
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Transcripts on Prepublish
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- the first 30 seconds of a YouTube video
What the Intro metric measures, and how to build an opening that earns the next minute.
- YouTube hook examples
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- YouTube audience retention guide
What audience retention measures and how to read the graph in YouTube Studio.
- what a good YouTube retention rate is
The benchmark ranges for a good retention rate, by video length and format.
- how long a YouTube script should be
Word counts by video length, measured from the videos Prepublish has stored.
- YouTube Shorts retention
What YouTube Help says about Shorts retention, and how to fix a low rate.
Where these numbers come from
Counts from the YouTube Data API, read Nov 2, 2026. Refreshed at least every 7 days. The sample covers uploads published Jul 8, 2025 to Oct 25, 2026. A channel that would rather this page did not exist can ask for its removal through the contact page, and it is removed.