Outlier data · updated September 21, 2026
Automotive YouTube outliers
12,027 Automotive videos from 71 channels are scored in this snapshot, and 371 of them cleared the leaderboard filter. These are the 10 that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin.
Channels scored
71
Videos scored
12,027
Reach 2x or more
23.4%
5x or more 6.2% · 10x or more 2.3%
Leaderboard pool
371
Videos clearing every eligibility floor
Money is visible in Automotive, and that shapes what breaks out. Builds, restorations, repairs and buying advice all carry an implied cost, and the audience sorts itself by which end of that range it can reach. A channel doing budget repairs has a baseline built from viewers who will never own a supercar; a channel reviewing exotics has one built from people watching aspirationally. Outliers usually come from a collision between those worlds: a cheap fix applied to an expensive car, a catastrophic failure, an honest purchase regret. Long-form does the heavy lifting because the work takes time to show, while Shorts carry the satisfying moment out to a much wider audience. When you read a multiplier here, check the upload against the channel's usual price bracket. A breakout that required a rare car is a spectacle, not a strategy.
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Channel median | Multiplier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ypcyoungboy | 3.7M | 58.5K | 82x | ||
| 2 | MattsRadShow | 409K | 7.8K | 53x | ||
| 3 | The Iced Coffee Hour Clips | 354K | 16.4K | 50x | ||
| 4 | The Iced Coffee Hour Clips | 664K | 16.4K | 42x | ||
| 5 | Hagerty | 5.2M | 155K | 34x | ||
| 6 | Hagerty | 4.3M | 155K | 28x | ||
| 7 | Dave's Auto Center | 5.9M | 328K | 19x | ||
| 8 | Dave's Auto Center | 5.9M | 328K | 18x | ||
| 9 | MattsRadShow | 137K | 7.8K | 18x | ||
| 10 | Smpl Builds | 609K | 34.5K | 17x |
Showing the top 10 of 371 outliers in Automotive (at least 2x, uploaded in the past 12 months, at most 2 per channel). The full list, every filter, and daily refreshes are in the free Outlier Database.
Open the free Outlier DatabaseHow the Automotive ranking is built
- Every Automotive video is scored against its own channel: its views divided by the median views of that channel's other mature long-form uploads. 12,027 videos from 71 channels are scored in this snapshot.
- A row reaches this table only when it clears four floors — a multiplier of at least 2x, uploaded within the past 365 days, at least 10,000 views, and a channel median of at least 1,000 views. 371 Automotive videos clear all four.
- At most 2 videos per channel appear, so one Automotive channel having a remarkable year cannot take the whole table.
- 23.4% of scored Automotive videos reach 2x or more, 6.2% reach 5x and 2.3% reach 10x — which is what a large multiplier is worth in this niche specifically.
Read the full methodology on the outliers hub, including why the baseline is a median, why Shorts are pooled separately, and which channels are excluded.
Common questions
Why do repair and failure videos outperform builds?
A build asks for patience and rewards people already invested in the project. A failure or a repair promises an answer inside one video, and it gives the thumbnail a question it can pose without spoiling it. That is why broken parts appear near the top so often, even on channels whose main work is the build itself.
Does the car matter more than the packaging?
The car sets the ceiling and the packaging decides whether anybody arrives. Rare and expensive vehicles carry their own demand, which is why they cluster high on the list. Within a single price bracket, though, the gap between an ordinary result and an outlier is almost always the title promise and the moment chosen for the thumbnail.
How should a small channel read the automotive leaderboard?
Filter for videos whose result depends on labor rather than on inventory. Diagnosing a fault, comparing two common parts or documenting a purchase decision cost nothing but time, and those ideas transfer cleanly. Anything that needs a car you cannot borrow belongs in the inspiration column rather than the production plan.
How many Automotive videos are behind this leaderboard?
12,027 scored Automotive videos from 71 channels in the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. 371 of them clear the leaderboard filter, and this page publishes the strongest 10.
How often does this Automotive leaderboard change?
It is rebuilt from each dataset publish and the page revalidates hourly, so the ranking you are reading belongs to the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. Ranks move between refreshes as views accumulate and as videos age past the 12-month eligibility window.
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Public YouTube statistics, snapshot September 21, 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or the channels shown.
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