Exploring Alternatives YouTube Stats

@exploringalternatives · DIY, Home & Crafts · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Exploring Alternatives channel overview

Exploring Alternatives (@exploringalternatives) is a YouTube channel in the DIY, Home & Crafts niche created in 2014. It has 2.7M subscribers and 423M total views across 471 videos, an average of 897K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 175K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 198K views. Over the last 12 months, Exploring Alternatives published 15 videos (53% Shorts), and 2 of them (13%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Exploring Alternatives make?

Returbe estimates Exploring Alternatives's YouTube ad revenue at $5.4K – $19K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.29 to $11.29, typically $6.12, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $6.1K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

Exploring Alternatives publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (27% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 25, 2026.

Exploring Alternatives's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Exploring Alternatives's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Couple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Island1.5M views · Oct 25, 20267.5× typical views
• Brilliant Tiny House Lowered Bedroom Design! #tinyhouse #loft #bedroom #interiordesign #tinyhome51K views · Sep 26, 20263.3× typical views
• Man Builds His Own Affordable Off-Grid Tiny House343K views · Aug 14, 20261.7× typical views
• Brilliant Tiny House Loft Design! #tinyhouse #loft #interiordesign #shorts20K views · Aug 8, 20261.3× typical views
• Smart Solar Water Heater for Free Hot Water Off-Grid! #solar #solarpower #offgrid #energy #water19K views · Aug 26, 20261.2× typical views
• Couple's Incredible Off-Grid Truck Camper & Tiny Home on Wheels – FULL TOUR223K views · Sep 7, 20261.1× typical views
• Clever Rotating Fireplace! #short #fireplace #offgrid17K views · Jun 14, 20261.1× typical views
• 3 Generations Living in a Self-Built Straw Bale Home – FULL TOUR198K views · Jul 27, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

3 of Exploring Alternatives's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Couple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Island1.5M views · Oct 25, 20267.5× typical views
• Smart & Easy Electric In-Floor Heating! #shorts #heating #tinyhouse11K views · Oct 11, 20260.7× typical views
• *State of the Art* Off-Grid Tiny House Packed with Unique Design Features! FULL TOUR72K views · Oct 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Brilliant Tiny House Lowered Bedroom Design! #tinyhouse #loft #bedroom #interiordesign #tinyhome51K views · Sep 26, 20263.3× typical views
• How to Build a Passive Solar Home That Actually Works - Energy Modelling11K views · Sep 14, 20260.7× typical views
• Couple's Incredible Off-Grid Truck Camper & Tiny Home on Wheels – FULL TOUR223K views · Sep 7, 20261.1× typical views
• Smart Solar Water Heater for Free Hot Water Off-Grid! #solar #solarpower #offgrid #energy #water19K views · Aug 26, 20261.2× typical views
• Man Builds His Own Affordable Off-Grid Tiny House343K views · Aug 14, 20261.7× typical views
• Brilliant Tiny House Loft Design! #tinyhouse #loft #interiordesign #shorts20K views · Aug 8, 20261.3× typical views
• 3 Generations Living in a Self-Built Straw Bale Home – FULL TOUR198K views · Jul 27, 20261× typical views

The DIY, Home & Crafts niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.4K videos from 386 channels in this niche. 14.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: LuxeRenaissance (36K subs, best video 37.4×), Hand Works (4.5K subs, best video 11.4×), TechnoclipHd (255K subs, best video 21.5×), The Weekend Builder (82K subs, best video 403×), Wood You Believe (58K subs, best video 73.6×), Inventor Master (19K subs, best video 352.8×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with Exploring Alternatives or YouTube.