Outlier data · updated September 21, 2026
Woodworking YouTube outliers
5,934 Woodworking videos from 31 channels are scored in this snapshot, and 230 of them cleared the leaderboard filter. These are the 10 that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin.
Channels scored
31
Videos scored
5,934
Reach 2x or more
29.8%
5x or more 12.7% · 10x or more 6.3%
Leaderboard pool
230
Videos clearing every eligibility floor
Woodworking splits between people who want to build the thing and people who want to watch it being built, and that difference decides everything about a channel's numbers. Instructional builds arrive from search for years and hold a steady median, while cinematic process videos reach a much wider audience with no intention of ever picking up a chisel. Outliers usually come from the second group, or from a project whose finished state photographs unusually well. Shop tours, tool comparisons and jig videos behave like their own small economy with reliable, unspectacular demand. Read the top rows for how the finished piece was shown and whether the project needs machinery most viewers do not own, because hand-tool builds travel further than their difficulty suggests.
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Channel median | Multiplier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIY Woodworking Projects | 345K | 3.9K | 97x | ||
| 2 | Jesper Makes | 7.5M | 93.8K | 80x | ||
| 3 | Totally Handy | 744K | 10.5K | 64x | ||
| 4 | Totally Handy | 597K | 10.5K | 52x | ||
| 5 | BeardedVikingWoodWorks | 756K | 27.5K | 50x | ||
| 6 | DIY Woodworking Projects | 139K | 3.9K | 39x | ||
| 7 | HoneyBadger WoodWorks | 322K | 8.3K | 39x | ||
| 8 | HoneyBadger WoodWorks | 239K | 8.3K | 29x | ||
| 9 | Spencley Design Co. | 1.6M | 61.3K | 28x | ||
| 10 | BeardedVikingWoodWorks | 834K | 27.5K | 27x |
Showing the top 10 of 230 outliers in Woodworking (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 Woodworking ranking is built
- Every Woodworking video is scored against its own channel: its views divided by the median views of that channel's other mature long-form uploads. 5,934 videos from 31 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. 230 Woodworking videos clear all four.
- At most 2 videos per channel appear, so one Woodworking channel having a remarkable year cannot take the whole table.
- 29.8% of scored Woodworking videos reach 2x or more, 12.7% reach 5x and 6.3% 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 process videos with no narration perform so well?
Because they need no prerequisites and no language. The audience is watching for the craft and the sound, which makes the video legible to anybody who scrolls past. Instructional builds serve a narrower group but keep earning from search, and they are what holds the median up.
Does expensive machinery help or hurt reach?
It helps the build and hurts the identification. A project requiring a well-equipped shop is impressive and distant, while a hand-tool build invites the viewer to imagine doing it. Constraint is a legitimate hook here, and the strongest small-channel rows usually say so in the title.
What counts as a strong multiplier for a woodworking channel?
Search-driven build channels hold firm medians, so clearing one by a wide margin usually means the video reached past the woodworking audience entirely. On a channel posting cinematic pieces irregularly the baseline is thinner, and the same number is much weaker evidence of anything.
How many Woodworking videos are behind this leaderboard?
5,934 scored Woodworking videos from 31 channels in the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. 230 of them clear the leaderboard filter, and this page publishes the strongest 10.
How often does this Woodworking 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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