Mechanical Skills YouTube Stats

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

Mechanical Skills channel overview

Mechanical Skills (@mechanicalskils) is a YouTube channel in the DIY, Home & Crafts niche created in 2021. It has 372K subscribers and 191M total views across 266 videos, an average of 720K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 102K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 18K views. Over the last 12 months, Mechanical Skills published 30 videos, and 7 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Mechanical Skills make?

Returbe estimates Mechanical Skills's YouTube ad revenue at $281 – $963 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.75 to $6, typically $3.25, 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 $3.3K.

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

Mechanical Skills publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (20% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 3, 2026.

Mechanical Skills's best outlier videos

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

• Amazing Factory Produces MILLIONS of Padlocks | Incredible Manufacturing Process971K views · Jun 10, 202653.9× typical views
• How Flat Steel Becomes Round Pipe | Inside a 5-Inch Pipe Production Line557K views · Oct 8, 202630.9× typical views
• How MILLIONS of Used Fruit Crates Are Turned Into PVC Water Pipes |Amazing Recycling FACTORY Process388K views · Jun 10, 202621.6× typical views
• Incredible Factory Process of Recycling Old Oil Drums Into New Black Pipes | Amazing Factory Process322K views · Aug 9, 202617.9× typical views
• Amazing Manufacturing PROCESS of Massive Gate Valve From SCRAP Metal | Incredible FACTORY Process260K views · Jul 10, 202614.4× typical views
• How Exhaust Silencers Are Made from Steel Sheets | Amazing Mass Production & Manufacturing Process111K views · Oct 24, 20266.2× typical views
• Building a Hydraulic Flatbed Trolley From Raw Iron | Using Red-Hot Rivets & Giant Hammers77K views · Sep 8, 20264.3× typical views
• How Raw Iron Turns Into Motorcycle Chains | Amazing Manufacturing Process | How It's Made39K views · Aug 9, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Mechanical Skills's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Unbelievable Recycling of Old Ship Steel Plates Into Red Hot Wire Coils | Mass Production in Factory8.1K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• How Old Tires Are Turned Into Oil & Giant Tires Are Repaired | 4 Amazing Tire Recycling Process2.8K views · Oct 30, 20260.2× typical views
• Amazing RESTORATION Process Of A Severely Bent & Wrecked Alloy Rim6.9K views · Oct 24, 20260.4× typical views
• How Exhaust Silencers Are Made from Steel Sheets | Amazing Mass Production & Manufacturing Process111K views · Oct 24, 20266.2× typical views
• EXTREME PRECISION of Pakistani Experts Turning RUSTY TRAIN WHEELS into a GIANT ROLLER SHAFT21K views · Oct 17, 20261.2× typical views
• Amazing Handmade Process of Building a Mobile Solar Trolley System for Water Pumps5.9K views · Oct 10, 20260.3× typical views
• How a Giant Ship Propeller Is Made & Installed Underwater | Amazing Manufacturing Process29K views · Oct 8, 20261.6× typical views
• Amazing Process of Recycling Giant Ship Hull Steel Into Heavy-Duty Harvester Cabins5.3K views · Oct 8, 20260.3× typical views
• How Flat Steel Becomes Round Pipe | Inside a 5-Inch Pipe Production Line557K views · Oct 8, 202630.9× typical views
• How It's Made: Giant Steel Coils Turned Into Shop Shutters | Incredible Factory & Mass Production12K views · Oct 8, 20260.7× typical views

The DIY, Home & Crafts niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5K videos from 535 channels in this niche. 14.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 10K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: LuxeRenaissance (37K subs, best video 33.5×), AstuceKing (32K subs, best video 35.1×), TechnoclipHd (255K subs, best video 23.3×), Hand Works (4.5K subs, best video 9.6×), The Weekend Builder (84K subs, best video 361.1×), Inventor Master (19K subs, best video 357.4×).

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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 Mechanical Skills or YouTube.