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Median views per long-form video
17,532
Uploads per week
2.5
Average long-form length
41:36
In the sample
46 long-form · 4 Shorts
Beat the channel median
- Everything I Self Host in 2026: The Full List
211.9K views · 12.1x the median
- Full Lab Tour 2026: Firewalls, Switches, NAS, and More
125.3K views · 7.1x the median
- Catching Windows in the Act with Proxmox Packet Capture
114.2K views · 6.5x the median
- MikroTik RouterOS: Enterprise Features, Beginner Price, One Real Catch
97.7K views · 5.6x the median
- The State of pfSense in 2026
91.7K views · 5.2x the median
Trailed the channel median
- VLOG Thursday 495: FreshRSS, DNS, Firewalls, Security, Virtualization & Homelab Q&A
4.5K views · 0.3x the median
- VLOG Thursday 493: NAS, Firewalls, Security, Virtualization & Homelab Q&A
4.5K views · 0.3x the median
- VLOG Thursday 492: Content Changes, Firewalls, Security, Virtualization & Homelab Q&A
4.3K views · 0.2x the median
- VLOG Thursday 494: TrueNAS 26 Beta 2, Firewalls, Security, Virtualization & Homelab Q&A
4.2K views · 0.2x the median
- VLOG Thursday 498: Tom and Huntress Travel
3.1K views · 0.2x the median
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- the first 30 seconds of a YouTube video
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- 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
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- how long a YouTube script should be
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- 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 Oct 29, 2026. Refreshed at least every 7 days. The sample covers uploads published Jun 7, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026. A channel that would rather this page did not exist can ask for its removal through the contact page, and it is removed.