Outlier data · updated September 21, 2026
Film & Animation YouTube outliers
3,244 Film & Animation videos from 91 channels are scored in this snapshot, and 153 of them cleared the leaderboard filter. These are the 10 that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin.
Channels scored
91
Videos scored
3,244
Reach 2x or more
26.0%
5x or more 9.5% · 10x or more 3.9%
Leaderboard pool
153
Videos clearing every eligibility floor
Ambition is the risk in Film & Animation. Original shorts, animation projects and scene breakdowns take months, so channels publish rarely and their medians rest on very few videos, which makes any multiplier here a small-sample number. Two distinct economies sit under the label. Commentary and analysis behave like essays: they can be produced steadily and they build a baseline. Original production behaves like a release: nothing for a long stretch, then a video that either finds an audience or does not. The leaderboard mixes both, so check a channel's cadence before reading its numbers. Outliers in the commentary column usually come from a strong argument about a widely seen work, while outliers in the production column come from a premise that reads in one image.
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Channel median | Multiplier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scene Hour | 8.4M | 49.5K | 226x | ||
| 2 | Scene Hour | 7.8M | 49.5K | 171x | ||
| 3 | ZaneAnimations | 3.8M | 40.3K | 123x | ||
| 4 | Jackie Droujko | 2.3M | 29K | 79x | ||
| 5 | Still Watching Netflix | 1.2M | 31.2K | 68x | ||
| 6 | Still Watching Netflix | 1.9M | 31.2K | 55x | ||
| 7 | XrayAlphaCharlie | 22.3M | 592K | 48x | ||
| 8 | ZaneAnimations | 1.1M | 40.3K | 37x | ||
| 9 | Jackie Droujko | 1M | 29K | 36x | ||
| 10 | GOBELINS Paris | 1.8M | 44.6K | 35x |
Showing the top 10 of 153 outliers in Film & Animation (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 Film & Animation ranking is built
- Every Film & Animation video is scored against its own channel: its views divided by the median views of that channel's other mature long-form uploads. 3,244 videos from 91 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. 153 Film & Animation videos clear all four.
- At most 2 videos per channel appear, so one Film & Animation channel having a remarkable year cannot take the whole table.
- 26.0% of scored Film & Animation videos reach 2x or more, 9.5% reach 5x and 3.9% 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 breakdowns outperform original animation so often?
Because they inherit an audience. A scene everybody has seen brings its own demand, while an original piece must build interest from nothing inside a thumbnail. That is not an argument against original work; it is a reason to give it the packaging care a breakdown gets, which is the part most original projects skip.
Does publishing rarely make my multiplier unreliable?
It makes it noisier. A median built from a few uploads can be beaten without much changing, and it can also be dragged upward by one success so the next release looks like a failure. Watch the trend across several videos rather than reading a single number as a verdict.
What can a solo animator take from this list?
The premises that survive compression. Look for top rows whose entire idea fits into one sentence and one frame, because those are the projects that can be sold before the audience knows the creator. Scope your next piece to a premise that does that and the months of work stand a better chance.
How many Film & Animation videos are behind this leaderboard?
3,244 scored Film & Animation videos from 91 channels in the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. 153 of them clear the leaderboard filter, and this page publishes the strongest 10.
How often does this Film & Animation 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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