Outlier data · updated September 21, 2026
Startups YouTube outliers
1,960 Startups videos from 17 channels are scored in this snapshot, and 402 of them cleared the leaderboard filter. These are the 10 that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin.
Channels scored
17
Videos scored
1,960
Reach 2x or more
29.7%
5x or more 14.1% · 10x or more 7.7%
Leaderboard pool
402
Videos clearing every eligibility floor
The audience for Startups is small and expensive to reach, and it behaves like a professional community rather than a general one. Founders, operators and investors watch for specific things — fundraising mechanics, a teardown of a business model, a failure post-mortem — and they will sit through an hour if the person speaking has actually done the thing. That gives channels modest view counts with unusually high value per viewer, which is why medians here look small beside entertainment niches. Outliers are typically disclosure: real numbers, a company that died, an interview where somebody said more than they meant to. Read the top rows for what was revealed rather than discussed, and treat any row without specifics as a study in packaging.
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Channel median | Multiplier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups | 995K | 3.7K | 283x | ||
| 2 | The Science of Scaling | 367K | 1.8K | 211x | ||
| 3 | The Science of Scaling | 312K | 1.8K | 179x | ||
| 4 | Relentless | 374K | 3.7K | 102x | ||
| 5 | CNBC International | 720K | 8.1K | 89x | ||
| 6 | ZAUEY (Claire Zau) | 754K | 10K | 85x | ||
| 7 | ZAUEY (Claire Zau) | 732K | 10K | 83x | ||
| 8 | CNBC International | 534K | 8.1K | 66x | ||
| 9 | Slidebean | 1.1M | 19.7K | 58x | ||
| 10 | Relentless | 191K | 3.7K | 52x |
Showing the top 10 of 402 outliers in Startups (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 Startups ranking is built
- Every Startups video is scored against its own channel: its views divided by the median views of that channel's other mature long-form uploads. 1,960 videos from 17 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. 402 Startups videos clear all four.
- At most 2 videos per channel appear, so one Startups channel having a remarkable year cannot take the whole table.
- 29.7% of scored Startups videos reach 2x or more, 14.1% reach 5x and 7.7% 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 are the view counts in this niche so modest?
Because the addressable audience is small. That is not a weakness of the channels; it is the shape of the market. Measuring each video against its own channel is the only fair way to read a niche like this, which is precisely what the multiplier does.
What kind of disclosure actually breaks out?
Numbers with context. Revenue alone is a hook, but revenue with costs, timelines, mistakes and the decision that followed is a story, and it is rare enough that the community passes it around. The same applies to failure: a post-mortem with specifics travels much further than a reflective one.
Is interviewing founders a viable format for a new channel?
It works, but guest access sets the ceiling and access is the hard part. Smaller channels usually do better covering the mechanics nobody explains publicly, such as term sheets, pricing decisions and hiring mistakes, which need research rather than a network and keep earning from search.
How many Startups videos are behind this leaderboard?
1,960 scored Startups videos from 17 channels in the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. 402 of them clear the leaderboard filter, and this page publishes the strongest 10.
How often does this Startups 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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