YouTube retention teardowns — real videos, analysed frame by frame

294 teardowns of real YouTube videos: where the hook lands, where attention slips, and the moment-by-moment fixes any creator can steal. Every teardown is a predicted structural read — not the creator's private analytics.

Gaming (116)

• I Survived 100 Days in Skyblock — MrBeast Gaming, 58.4M views
• If You Build It, I'll Buy It! — MrBeast Gaming, 48.9M views
• 10 YouTubers vs 1 Secret Traitor — MrBeast Gaming, 45.7M views
• I Survived 100 Days in Skyblock — MrBeast Gaming, 24.7M views
• 4 Pros vs 1000 Players — MrBeast Gaming, 21.9M views
• I Survived 100 Days In Realistic Minecraft — MrBeast Gaming, 18.6M views
• Countries Decide Who Wins $25,000 — MrBeast Gaming, 16.2M views
• I Turned My Bedroom Into A Fish Tank! — Matthew Beem, 9.5M views
• I Played Every Rockstar Game EVER. — Zenkai Goose, 7.5M views
• I Built MrBeast and iShowSpeed Dream Gaming Rooms! — Matthew Beem, 6.4M views
• How Minecraft Was Made — neo, 5.8M views
• Path of Titans But I Can't Leave The Circle... — yellowtones, 5.7M views
• SIDEMEN AMONG US IRL BUT THE IMPOSTORS DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER — Sidemen, 5M views
• Jeffy Slides Down GIANT WATERSLIDE From SPACE In GTA 5! — Here's Marvin, 3.7M views
• I Spent 24 Hours In Steal A Brainrot — peachblox, 3.4M views
• I Spent 24 Hours In Steal A Brainrot — peachblox, 3.4M views
• 1000 Players Simulate THE PURGE in Minecraft — Wemmbu, 3.2M views
• How Long Can Sea Hand Monster Get? — EYstreem, 3.2M views
• Surviving 99 Nights But I Combined EVERY Class — peach plays, 2.8M views
• I trapped EVERY SCARY MYTH in Minecraft — PrestonPlayz, 2.5M views
• Can I Survive Inside a Mob's Body? — PrestonPlayz, 2.2M views
• 100 Days, But Plane Crash! — Maizen, 2.2M views
• Testing Insane Minecraft Things You CAN'T UNSEE — PrestonPlayz, 2.2M views
• ROBLOX WOULD YOU RATHER, But It ACTUALLY HAPPENS.. — Foltyn, 2.1M views
• 1 Minute vs 10 Year Build Challenge — MrBeast Gaming, 1.9M views
• Searching For a Player That Isn’t Real… — PrestonPlayz, 1.9M views
• I Turned MOBS Into FOODS In Minecraft! — PrestonPlayz, 1.7M views
• When two Pro Builders find the RAREST location in Rust... — Willjum, 1.6M views
• Minecraft, But Drops Are Guns! — PrestonPlayz, 1.5M views
• I trapped EVERY SCARY MYTH in Minecraft — PrestonPlayz, 1.4M views
• I Takeover Barcelona for 10 Seasons… — S2G, 1.4M views
• I Lived Solo in the mountains on official rust... — Willjum, 1.4M views
• How a Solo Spinosaurus Took Over the Map — yellowtones, 1.3M views
• 1000 players, 1 server; How we survive on official rust... — Willjum, 1.2M views
• I Transformed the Tallest mountain in Rust into a solo fortress... — Willjum, 1.2M views
• Surviving 99 Years as a WORM in Minecraft — Checkpoint, 1.2M views
• I Completed Palworld In 100 Days Without Dying *Full Movie* — Mr. Fruit, 1.2M views
• The Hunt for the Lost Communist Console — fern, 1.1M views
• I Takeover Coventry City for 10 Seasons… — S2G, 1.1M views
• Solo surviving in an arctic fallout shelter on official Rust... — Willjum, 1.1M views
• How I Accidentally Won a Rocket League Tournament — Ludwig, 1.1M views
• Upgrading PROTOTYPE Into a GOD in Minecraft — Checkpoint, 1M views
• I Built the fastest moving base in official Rust... — Willjum, 1M views
• I Lived Under a Clan in Official Rust... — Willjum, 993.9K views
• Resident Evil Requiem - Before You Buy — gameranx, 991.9K views
• Testing Clickbait Minecraft Traps That Actually Work… — PrestonPlayz, 961.8K views
• How we Built the first Naval stronghold in Vanilla Rust... — Willjum, 940K views
• Minecraft, But You Mine INFINITE Diamonds — Bionic, 934.2K views
• Stealing 1 Player from Every World Cup Nation… — S2G, 868.9K views
• I Built an UNDERCOVER loot Cartel in Rust.. — Willjum, 860.1K views
• Spying On My SISTER as a PET In Roblox!! — KAYE, 821.9K views
• I Tested Insane Secret Bases in Minecraft… — PrestonPlayz, 770.7K views
• I Survived 100 Hours as a cave dweller in Rust... — Willjum, 734.9K views
• Roblox Car Obby But The Driver Is BLIND.. — Foltyn, 730K views
• Roblox Car Obby, BUT The Driver Is BLIND! — Foltyn, 723.5K views
• Playing Steam Games No One Plays — Ludwig, 694.1K views
• I created the NEW Solo strategy on Vanilla Rust... — Willjum, 678.1K views
• BOYS vs GIRLS On 1 Minecraft Block… — PrestonPlayz, 583K views
• I Trapped Every POPPY PLAYTIME Monster in Minecraft — Checkpoint, 553.6K views
• Every Single Detail & Teaser You Missed in the 63 New GTA 6 Screenshots — TGG, 528.5K views

Sports (36)

• Can I Break 50 With Stephen Curry? (Electric) — Bryson DeChambeau, 8.2M views
• GUESS THE CRICKETER (Ft. Shubman Gill & Deji) — KSI, 6.5M views
• The World’s Strongest University! ($1 Billion Campus) — Jesse James West, 5.9M views
• 1 Pro vs 5 Average Golfers (Not Even Close) — Bryson DeChambeau, 5.7M views
• Can I Break a Public Course Record in One Try? (I Lost My Mind) — Bryson DeChambeau, 5.3M views
• Every Time I Score, The Defender Gets Heavier! — Jesser, 3.8M views
• Every Time I Score, The Defender Gets Stronger! — Jesser, 2.6M views
• Scoring 1 AMAZING Goal From Every xG — ChrisMD, 1.7M views
• I Illegally Cheated In Sports! — 4fun, 1.3M views
• Hoopers vs. Footballers - Who are Better Athletes? — Jesser, 1.3M views
• Last to Miss Penalty Wins World Cup Final Ticket — ChrisMD, 1.1M views
• I Asked Every Football Team For Illegal Shirts — SIM2, 1M views
• 1 Fan From Every Champions League Club Competes For $10,000 — ChrisMD, 987.9K views
• INSANE $50,000 FOOTBALL CHALLENGES — KSI, 922.7K views
• 1 Pro Golfer vs 5 Kids (They Were So Good) — Bryson DeChambeau, 813.2K views
• Can I Break a Public COURSE RECORD in One Try? — Bryson DeChambeau, 772K views
• I Snuck A Olympian Into A High School Track Meet — Tibz, 760.4K views
• I Legally Cheated a Marathon — Chris Howett, 702.4K views
• Can I Break a Public COURSE RECORD in One Try? — Bryson DeChambeau, 702K views
• $1 vs $100,000,000 Football Field! — Jesser, 488.8K views
• Break 80 or I SHAVE My Beard! (AMERICA'S VERY HARD COURSE) — Rick Shiels Golf, 414.7K views
• I Pranked Golf Coaches Into Believing I’m a Beginner — Grant Horvat Golf, 242.8K views
• The Rise, Fall And Rise Again of Rory McIlroy — Final Putt, 234.9K views
• I Blew Up A High School Basketball Player To Prove It’s Not Luck… — All Hail Cullen, 221.9K views
• I Tested Bryson DeChambeau's Unique Golf Clubs — Luke Eckholm , 195.4K views
• How Good Was Jack Nicklaus Actually? — Final Putt, 150.4K views
• I Surprised A Football Team With 1,000 Fans! — AwayDays, 104.6K views
• How Good Was Wesley Bryan Actually? — Final Putt, 94K views
• Carragher Ranks His Greatest Liverpool Players Of All Time — Liverpool FC, 79.3K views
• I Found Out Why LIV Golf Failed — Final Putt, 69.1K views
• I Hit 10,000 Golf Balls in 30 Days and My 20.8 HCP Dropped By _ — Cheeky Golf Club, 59.6K views
• The Worst Refereeing Mistakes In Football History — Top Bins, 50.5K views
• I Tested 100 Years of World Cup Footballs — SIM2, 17.8K views
• The Tragic Fall And Rise Again Of Gary Woodland — Final Putt, 1K views
• The Golf Star Who Had Brain Surgery Then Won Again — Final Putt, 261 views
• YouTube l_amqvG6hQI — Final Putt

Entertainment (30)

• Last To Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It — MrBeast, 296.9M views
• 100 Kids Vs World's Strongest Man! — MrBeast, 157.8M views
• 100 Pilots Fight For A Private Jet — MrBeast, 132.9M views
• 30 Celebrities Fight For $1,000,000! — MrBeast, 108.3M views
• 100 People Vs World’s Biggest Trap! — MrBeast, 105.3M views
• World's Strongest Man Vs Robot — MrBeast, 103.8M views
• Ages 1 - 100 Race For $250,000! — MrBeast, 71.1M views
• Last To Leave Grocery Store, Wins $250,000 — MrBeast, 45M views
• 10 YouTubers vs 2 Secret Traitors — MrBeast Gaming, 17M views
• Press This Button To Win $250,000 — MrBeast Gaming, 16.2M views
• How Many Days Can I Secretly Live In a Grocery Store? — Airrack, 14.6M views
• I Met 7 People Who Shouldn't Exist! — Matthew Beem, 12.7M views
• I Built a Secret Room to Hide From MrBeast! — Matthew Beem, 12.5M views
• I Secretly Lived in iShowSpeed's Tour Bus! — Matthew Beem, 10.9M views
• I Secretly Hid In Beast Games! — Airrack, 8.5M views
• I Faked Being Ronaldo In Public — Airrack, 7.9M views
• I Secretly Lived In MrBeast's Theme Park — Airrack, 7M views
• I Paid the Military to Get Revenge on Bullies! — Airrack, 6.6M views
• Try Not To Laugh In Public — Airrack, 5.8M views
• I Secretly Lived In Ryan Trahan's House — Airrack, 5.2M views
• Alien Invasion Prank — Airrack, 4.6M views
• I Built a SECRET Pool in My Room! — Matthew Beem, 3.8M views
• Living With Logan Paul For 24 Hours! ($145,000 Daily Routine) — Jesse James West, 3.5M views
• I Gave Real Cheaters INSTANT Karma — Airrack, 3.3M views
• I Tested 1-Star vs 5-Star Waterparks — Hangtime, 2.7M views
• CORE HIDE AND SEEK IN OUR NEW HOUSE — CORE, 2.2M views
• CORE HIDE AND SEEK IN OUR NEW HOUSE — CORE, 2.2M views
• I Bought a $10,000 Abandoned Storage Unit! — Matthew Beem, 2M views
• I Pranked Famous YouTubers! — Matthew Beem, 1.7M views
• I CHALLENGED 10 CREATORS FOR $30,000 — KSI, 1.6M views

Business (27)

• I Opened A FAKE McDonalds Drive Thru — Niko Omilana, 7.9M views
• The $1 Billion Coca-Cola Machine — fern, 3.1M views
• Disneyland’s Most Preventable Tragedy — fern, 2.1M views
• How Private Equity Turns Your Favorite Channels Into Slop — GEN, 1.6M views
• The 5 Levels of Making Money — Mark Tilbury, 1.3M views
• 7 Things I Learned From Making $15 Million as a Day Trader — Umar Ashraf, 1.1M views
• I Tried AI Dropshipping For a Week (RAW RESULTS) — Mark Tilbury, 647.6K views
• How to Win With AI in 2026 — Alex Hormozi, 487.8K views
• Every Financial Trap You'll Face As Your Net Worth Grows — Humphrey Yang, 403.4K views
• Why Nobody Can Fix Amsterdam — Hoog, 227.4K views
• The Money Formula I Used To Actually Get Rich — Alex Hormozi, 161.4K views
• How I Work: $77K/Month Solopreneur — Starter Story, 156.2K views
• How I Work: $77K/Month Solopreneur — Starter Story, 155.8K views
• How to make progress faster than everyone — Alex Hormozi, 125.8K views
• I Spent 24 Hours With A SaaS Millionaire — Starter Story, 83.7K views
• I Spent 24 Hours With A SaaS Millionaire — Starter Story, 83.6K views
• I Bought a Dead Channel & Revived It — yikes, 78.3K views
• How to Get Your Customers to Stay FOREVER — Alex Hormozi, 75.2K views
• I Made $1.5M From An App You’ve Never Heard Of — Starter Story, 73.1K views
• Helping E-Commerce Business Owners Scale — Alex Hormozi, 48.5K views
• Helping 4 Educational Business Owners Build a $1M Business in 25 Minutes — Alex Hormozi, 36.2K views
• I Built a $20K/Month App in 83 Days — Starter Story, 31.4K views
• Building a $12,000,000 Business for a Stranger in 25 Minutes — Alex Hormozi, 21.6K views
• From DoorDash to $1M/year With Apps (the UGC playbook) — Rob Hallam, 4.1K views
• What is SIF? Complete Analysis, SIP Comparison & Which is Better for You — The Mutual Fund Talk, 3.3K views
• I Made $44K From an App That Moans When You Slap It — Rob Hallam, 2K views
• I Challenged 3 Strangers to Make $1 With AI — Rob Hallam, 1.7K views

Crime (15)

• I Hunted Down Real Scammers! — Airrack, 7.5M views
• Why Otto Warmbier Didn't Survive North Korea — fern, 4.8M views
• HUNTING DOWN A CRIMINAL CHOP SHOP — Mark McCann, 2M views
• How Cocaine Is Destroying Europe — fern, 1.8M views
• The World's Deadliest Company — fern, 1.7M views
• The Biggest Art Scam in History — neo, 1.4M views
• The LONGEST Hijacking In History — Cipher, 528.5K views
• The Hijacking That Inspired 9/11 — Cipher, 430.8K views
• Americas Deadliest Mass Shooting — Cipher, 295.3K views
• The Norco Shootout, 46 Years Later... — Cipher, 191.4K views
• The Hunt For The Worlds Deadliest Hackers — Cipher, 135.7K views
• The Hunt for America's Weirdest Killer — fern, 115K views
• The ONLY Hacker the FBI Gave Up Trying to Catch — Blackfiles, 76.9K views
• The Most Audacious Robbery EVER — Blackfiles, 39.9K views
• The Spy Who Watched Bin Laden Order the 9/11 — Blackfiles, 38.7K views

Fitness (12)

• I Worked Out Like David Goggins for 100 Days — find404, 15M views
• I Tried EVERY Legal Performance Enhancer — Will Tennyson, 10M views
• Prisoners vs. Cops - (Who’s Stronger?) — Jesse James West, 9.9M views
• Female Giants vs. Strongest Dwarfs - (Who's Stronger?) — Jesse James West, 9.6M views
• Living With Worlds Healthiest Family For 24 Hours — Jesse James West, 6.4M views
• I Investigated The Country That LEGALIZED Steroids — Jesse James West, 6.3M views
• Asking Celebrity Billionaires to Workout in THEIR Home Gyms — Jesse James West, 6.2M views
• I Tried Boxing For 30 Days, This is What it Did to My Body — Jesse James West, 5.1M views
• Training at the World’s Most Dangerous Gym (Diamond Gym) — Jesse James West, 5M views
• The World's Rarest Genetics (0.00001%) — Jesse James West, 1.7M views
• I Tested Fitness Products With No Reviews — Will Tennyson, 1.3M views
• How Long Can I Lead an Elite Marathon? — Tyler Speers, 88.8K views

History (10)

• How the U.S. Found Saddam Hussein — neo, 14.5M views
• Why This Japanese Island is Abandoned — neo, 4.5M views
• We Investigated China's Secret Highway — fern, 3.4M views
• Why the U.S. President Is Almost Impossible to Kill — fern, 2.9M views
• The Only Nazi Hitler Feared — fern, 2.7M views
• Why Gaddafi Hated Switzerland — neo, 405.9K views
• Why Nobody Can Fix LA — Hoog, 274.1K views
• The Man the CIA Tried to Kill 638 Times — Blackfiles, 93.7K views
• How a SINGLE Spy Made America Lose the Vietnam War — Blackfiles, 65.9K views
• The Hardest Soviet Mission in History — Hoog, 40.3K views

Travel (6)

• I Took the Longest Bus Ride in America — Ryan Trahan, 19.1M views
• I Took the Longest Bus Ride in America — Ryan Trahan, 2.9M views
• Secretly Riding Trains Across America — Airrack, 2.1M views
• Amsterdam's Tourism Problem, Explained — Hoog, 133.6K views
• I'm leaving Cyprus | Brutally Honest Review — Rob Hallam, 16.2K views
• My LAST DAY IN KOREA — Ryan Horton, 33 views

Food (6)

• I Tested Every Level of Airplane Food — Ryan Trahan, 13.5M views
• I Tested Free Hotel Breakfasts — Ryan Trahan, 8.2M views
• $1 vs. $1,000,000 Diet! — Jesse James West, 2.9M views
• Every Shot You Miss, The Food Gets Spicier! — Jesser, 1.8M views
• I Tested Every Level of Airplane Food — Ryan Trahan, 1.2M views
• I Ate The Most Unhealthy Item At EVERY Fast Food Chain — MattDoesFitness, 278K views

Lifestyle (5)

• I Tried Every Room on the Most Expensive Cruise — Ryan Trahan, 20.7M views
• Our New $20,000,000 House Tour! — CORE, 2.3M views
• Our New $20,000,000 House Tour! — CORE, 2.3M views
• 10 Things That Are No Longer Worth Your Money — Humphrey Yang, 703.8K views
• OVERHYPED? I Bought EVERY Viral TikTok Mini Appliance — NerdECrafter, 57.4K views

Survival (4)

• Survive 30 Days Trapped In The Sky, Win $250,000 — MrBeast, 151.9M views
• Trapped On An Island Until I Build A Boat — MrBeast, 99.9M views
• I Stranded 100 People In The Wilderness For $250,000 — MrBeast, 92M views
• I Stranded 100 People In The Wilderness For $250,000 — MrBeast, 75.9M views

Tech (4)

• $1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech! — MrBeast, 110.1M views
• I Investigated IKEA’s Suspiciously Cheap Tech — Mrwhosetheboss, 5.9M views
• Can Tech Transform my Body in 1 Month? — Mrwhosetheboss, 1.8M views
• ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude Make Rocket League — Minimunch, 199.8K views

Other (4)

• Lose a hole, you get punished... (brutal) — Bryson DeChambeau, 1.3M views
• Break 80 or I SHAVE My Beard! (AMERICA'S VERY HARD COURSE) — Rick Shiels Golf, 415.1K views
• I Catch a Fish, the Water Gets Deeper! — Nev Hayes, 136.5K views
• How Good Is Grant Horvat Actually? — Final Putt, 12.8K views

Diy (3)

• I Built a Transparent Katana — Mike Shake, 25.8M views
• I Built A $100,000 EXTREME Yacht! — Matthew Beem, 3.9M views
• Asking Strangers to Transform Their Houses... — Matthew Beem, 1.5M views

Science (3)

• How Dangerous is a Supersonic Nerf Dart? — Mike Shake, 17M views
• The Most Mysterious Drug in the World — fern, 1.2M views
• The Probe That Entered Jupiter — Hoog, 782.6K views

Military (3)

• How Iran’s Leader Was Killed — fern, 3.6M views
• Why China Is Building Ships in the Desert — neo, 2.7M views
• The Real Reason Fighter Jets Keep Fuel in Their Wings — Military air, 262 views

Education (2)

• I Built 10 Schools Around The World — MrBeast, 44M views
• How to make good videos (I lost a year learning this) — Rob Hallam, 862 views

Disasters (2)

• The Deepwater Horizon Disaster — neo, 5M views
• The Impossible Landing — neo, 1.6M views

Psychology (1)

• I Investigated The Country Where it's Illegal To Be Fat — Will Tennyson, 8.2M views

Relationships (1)

• CHEATERS VS FAITHFUL — KSI, 1.1M views

Horror (1)

• DO NOT GO TO TARGET AT 3 AM... — The Besties , 502.5K views

Cars (1)

• Whatever LEGO Car Jeffy Draws Comes To Life! — Here's Marvin, 25.3K views

Animals (1)

• I Flipped 100 Rocks in the Arctic Circle, Here's What I Found... — BioLife, 6.5K views

Art (1)

• I Tried Redesigning My Subscribers' Sports Posters (Good or Bad?) — Seso, 2.6K views