Michael Lydick YouTube Stats

@hey_its_me.michael · Travel & Outdoors · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Michael Lydick channel overview

Michael Lydick (@hey_its_me.michael) is a YouTube channel in the Travel & Outdoors niche created in 2006. It has 29K subscribers and 3.4M total views across 152 videos, an average of 22K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 92K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 4.5K views. Over the last 12 months, Michael Lydick published 36 videos (47% Shorts), and 8 of them (22%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Michael Lydick make?

Returbe estimates Michael Lydick's YouTube ad revenue at $8.9K – $30K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.92 to $9.73, typically $5.35, 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 $5.3K.

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

Michael Lydick publishes about 23.9 videos a month. Based on its last 47 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (30% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 14, 2026.

Michael Lydick's best outlier videos

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

• I'm an Engineer. This ChatGPT Test Scared Me.2.3M views · Nov 2, 2026508.8× typical views
• Before You Buy the Bambu Lab H3C, Watch This.175K views · Nov 4, 202639× typical views
• 3D Printers Have A COPY Button now!? CREALITY PIKA SCANNER50K views · Oct 11, 202611.1× typical views
• This E-Bike Claims 80 Miles. So I Tried to Kill the Battery.43K views · Sep 11, 20269.6× typical views
• I'm an Engineer. One ChatGPT Test Wasn't Enough.40K views · Nov 8, 20268.8× typical views
• Bambu Lab H3C Unboxing: 9 Tools in One Printer35K views · Nov 3, 20267× typical views
• Formlabs Form Studio 1: I Brought Prints. This Might Take a While.28K views · Oct 20, 20266.2× typical views
• I Turned My Land Cruiser Into a SPACE STATION 28K views · Oct 11, 20266.2× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Michael Lydick's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Better Detail Than My H2D? Bambu Lab H3C843 views · Nov 14, 20260.2× typical views
• Nine Toolheads. Not Eight. Bambu Lab H3C1.7K views · Nov 13, 20260.3× typical views
• Measure First: The H3C Needs More Than Floor Space1.1K views · Nov 12, 20260.2× typical views
• The Bambu Lab H3C Printed This in Soft TPU?!5.5K views · Nov 11, 20261.1× typical views
• Multicolor With No Poop?! Bambu Lab H3C3.1K views · Nov 10, 20260.6× typical views
• Don't Buy the H3C If You're Locked Into One Brand4.5K views · Nov 10, 20260.9× typical views
• Creality Falcon T1: Unboxed. First Engrave.704 views · Nov 9, 20260.1× typical views
• I'm an Engineer. One ChatGPT Test Wasn't Enough.40K views · Nov 8, 20268.8× typical views
• I Made This Without CAD. Engineers, You've Been Warned.3.9K views · Nov 7, 20260.8× typical views
• It Read My 2 cm Grid Paper to Help Recreate a Part1K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views

The Travel & Outdoors niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.3K videos from 1.1K channels in this niche. 13.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: France 3 Bretagne (141K subs, best video 83.1×), Ngoc Linh (337K subs, best video 160.4×), Crusty Face (76K subs, best video 44.7×), Greenbrier Bushcraft (41K subs, best video 122.3×), Sharon Dawson (11K subs, best video 114.8×), kohstan kal (6.2K subs, best video 139.6×).

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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 Michael Lydick or YouTube.