OLDWAYS YouTube Stats

@joldways · DIY, Home & Crafts · Updated Nov 6, 2026

OLDWAYS channel overview

OLDWAYS (@joldways) is a YouTube channel in the DIY, Home & Crafts niche created in 2026. It has 2.7K subscribers and 2M total views across 133 videos, an average of 15K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 5.5K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 13K views. Over the last 12 months, OLDWAYS published 74 videos (99% Shorts), and 10 of them (14%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, OLDWAYS gained 880 subscribers and 715K views, about 42K views a day.

How much does OLDWAYS make?

Returbe doesn't have enough recent views to estimate OLDWAYS's monthly revenue. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.03 to $0.1, typically $0.06, 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 $60.

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Upload schedule

OLDWAYS publishes about 59.7 videos a month. Based on its last 74 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (19% of uploads), usually around 10:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

OLDWAYS's best outlier videos

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

• No Nails, No Screws: How a Traditional Chinese Mortise-and-Tenon Staircase Is Built762K views · Sep 20, 2026152.4× typical views
• Turning Winter Melon Into Candy?! 🍬 #Shorts434K views · Oct 20, 202686.7× typical views
• How This Chinese Wood Joint Fits Together | A Closer Look at the Jiatou Joint57K views · Oct 24, 202611.4× typical views
• From Raw Wood to a Beautiful Window Bench | Satisfying Woodworking31K views · Oct 18, 20266.2× typical views
• How Bamboo Becomes a Beautiful Handmade Lounge Chair23K views · Oct 2, 20264.5× typical views
• This Chinese Porcelain Glows With Light ✨ | Linglong Porcelain #shorts21K views · Oct 19, 20264.1× typical views
• From Cocoons to Lushan Silk: Watch Fine Threads Become Fabric on a Wooden Handloom19K views · Oct 26, 20263.7× typical views
• This Boba Starts With a Fresh Cassava Root18K views · Oct 8, 20263.7× typical views

Latest videos

3 of OLDWAYS's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• No Screws. No Nails. Just Brilliant Ancient Woodworking! 🤯 #shorts1.2K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• This Ancient Lipstick Was Made From INSECTS?! 😳🐞 #shorts1.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Why Does the Smoke Flow Down? Discover the Visual Appeal of Handmade Backflow Incense973 views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• How Layers of Cloth Become Shoe Soles Covered in Dense Rows of Hand Stitching1.9K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• The Beauty of Handmade Craftsmanship ❤️ | Every Detail Matters #shorts1.2K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• How Loose White Hairs Are Combed and Aligned for a Traditional Calligraphy Brush2.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• No Looks Needed When You Have Skills Like This! 🔥1.5K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• How Bamboo Strips and Colorful Fabric Come Together to Make a Distinctive Handbag3.5K views · Nov 4, 20260.7× typical views
• From Bamboo Strips to Black Chopsticks with Shimmering Shell and Colorful Patterns5.7K views · Nov 3, 20261.1× typical views
• This Bamboo Tea Table's Bird and Flower Design Is Made with Bone and Wood Inlay6.4K views · Nov 2, 20261.3× typical views

The DIY, Home & Crafts niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.4K videos from 273 channels in this niche. 12.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: LuxeRenaissance (35K subs, best video 33.1×), TechnoclipHd (255K subs, best video 23.8×), Hand Works (4.4K subs, best video 13.3×), The Weekend Builder (81K subs, best video 392.6×), france.bricolage (186K subs, best video 78×), Wood You Believe (58K subs, best video 66.7×).

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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 OLDWAYS or YouTube.