Sylvie Mercer YouTube Stats

@sylviemercer · Rural survival and money-saving tips · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Sylvie Mercer channel overview

Sylvie Mercer (@sylviemercer) is a YouTube channel in the Rural survival and money-saving tips niche created in 2019. It has 12K subscribers and 1.3M total views across 139 videos, an average of 9.7K views per video over its lifetime.

What the channel makes: Practical, low-cost, and often traditional methods for surviving and thriving in rural or off-grid environments, with a focus on winter preparedness, home insulation, and everyday hacks.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 7K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 3.7K views. Over the last 12 months, Sylvie Mercer published 139 videos, and 20 of them (14%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Sylvie Mercer make?

Returbe estimates Sylvie Mercer's YouTube ad revenue at $4.5K – $15K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.5 to $12, typically $6.5, 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 $6.5K.

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

Sylvie Mercer publishes about 60.8 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (16% of uploads), usually around 01:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Sylvie Mercer's best outlier videos

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

• 20 Things to Do Around the House Before the First FROST (Most People Forget #12)144K views · Sep 17, 202639.1× typical views
• Can a $10 Bucket of Salt Really Heat a Room All Winter? So I Actually Tried It109K views · Oct 18, 202629.6× typical views
• Why Installing Bubble Wrap on Windows is Genius105K views · Sep 1, 202628.7× typical views
• The $0 Appalachian Bed Trick That Kept Mountain Families Warm All Night97K views · Oct 31, 202626.3× typical views
• Unlimited Flour Without a Single Grain. Free From the Pond, Bakes Like Wheat, Never Runs Out76K views · Sep 19, 202620.6× typical views
• Stop Buying Bread — This 2-Ingredient Loaf Takes 7 Minutes56K views · Oct 10, 202615.3× typical views
• 9 Ways I Keep My Bed Warm With No Heat (The Cold Comes From Underneath)53K views · Oct 21, 202614.3× typical views
• I Powered My Whole Cabin All Winter With a $60 Car Alternator (No Generator, No Grid)48K views · Oct 6, 202613× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Sylvie Mercer's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• 5 Appalachian Blackout Shelters You Can Build in Your Living Room (Stay Warm for Days With No Power)20 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• 13 Appalachian Ways to Cut Your Heating Bill With Shower Curtains This Winter1.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• When the Clocks Fall Back, Appalachian Grandmas Did These 8 Things (They Still Work Today)904 views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• 30 Appalachian Kitchen Tricks That Cost $0 (Quick & Easy for Seniors Living Alone)2.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• The $0 Appalachian Bed-Warming Trick Every Senior Living Alone Should Know866 views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• The $0 Appalachian Window Trick That Kept Mountain Cabins Warm All Winter984 views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• 30 Cheap Tractor Supply Items You Should Stockpile Before a Winter Blackout14K views · Nov 3, 20263.9× typical views
• How to Keep Warm This Winter Without Raising the Thermostat (I Keep Mine at 60°)1.2K views · Nov 3, 20260.3× typical views
• I Put This $8 Walmart Pad Under My Sheet — Now I Sleep Warm With the Heat Off4K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• I Tested 6 Ways to Heat a Room With No Power — Only One Lasted All Night4K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views

The DIY, Home & Crafts niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.4K videos from 271 channels in this niche. 12.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K 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 397.6×), 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 Sylvie Mercer or YouTube.