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Channel snapshot

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We don't publish anyone's private channel data — watch time and revenue are estimates from public signals and stay blurred.

Rich | Online Fitness Coach channel has gotten 75,009,059 views so far

Views 75.0M
Watch time (hours) 3.7M
Subscribers 93.9K
Estimated revenue $76,509.24
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What the numbers show

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based on public channel data
  • Publishing at roughly 67.8 videos/year since joining in Mar 21, 2016
  • Averaging about 105,793 views per video against a 93,900-subscriber base — a views-to-subscriber ratio of 112.7%
  • Fitness Coaching is a competitive US niche — upload consistency and repurposing across platforms usually move the needle most here

Opportunity & fit

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what the recent-upload data actually shows
  • Opportunity size: 1 — long-form video visible in the recent window — the channel has shifted almost entirely to Shorts
  • Recent performance: Shorts (1,200–32,000 views) are carrying the channel now; the only long-form video in the sample is roughly 2 years old. This is a deliberate or accidental full pivot to short-form.
  • Market demand: Fitness/lifestyle short-form content has strong discovery potential — the pivot to Shorts specifically isn't a bad instinct.
  • What's being missed: If the pivot to Shorts-only was intentional, it's working reasonably. If not, there's an open question about whether long-form is worth reviving alongside it.

How we'd approach it

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what SM Growth Agency would do
  • Content research & strategy — start with your goal, then map the niche: multiple creators across the country, thousands of comments read across their videos to see what audiences actually want (and don't), upload patterns, market patterns, which hooks are working right now, and who's the fastest-growing creator in the niche and why
  • Content repurposing — cut long-form into short-form for Shorts/Reels/TikTok
  • Content packaging — titles and thumbnails built around what this audience actually clicks
  • Distribution — push repurposed content across additional platforms beyond YouTube
  • Clippings — pull the strongest moments from long-form uploads into standalone clips

This audit is based on public channel data — we don't make our clients' sensitive data public. If this is useful or you'd like to talk, get in touch.