YouTube Video Outlier Score Checker
Did a video really take off — or does that channel get those views every time? Paste a link and see.
How to check a YouTube video’s outlier score
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Paste a video link
Any public YouTube video — a watch link, a youtu.be short link or a Shorts link.
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See its outlier score
TubeGrade divides the video’s current views by its channel’s average views. 1× is a normal video for that channel; 3× and up is an outlier.
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Decide whether it’s worth studying
A high score means the topic, title or thumbnail pulled in far more viewers than the channel’s audience alone explains — that is the video to learn from.
Why compare a video with its own channel?
Raw views mislead. A channel with ten million subscribers gets a million views on an ordinary upload, while a 200,000-view video from a channel that normally gets 5,000 is a huge success. The outlier score — views divided by the channel’s average views — puts both on the same scale.
High scores point to topics, titles and thumbnails that pulled in viewers far beyond the channel’s usual audience. Those are the videos worth studying. How TubeGrade calculates outlier scores.
Find outliers instead of checking one video
This checker answers one question about one video. To discover breakout videos on a topic, use the YouTube Outlier Finder; to see scores on every video while you browse YouTube, add the TubeGrade browser extension.
Frequently asked questions
What is a video outlier score?
A video’s views divided by its channel’s average views. A score of 5× means the video got five times what that channel usually gets. It measures how a video did against its own channel, so a small channel’s breakout counts as much as a big channel’s.
What is a good outlier score?
Around 1× is a normal video for that channel. 1.5× to 3× is above usual. 3× and up is a clear outlier, and 10× or more is a breakout — the videos most worth studying for ideas.
What does “average views” mean here?
What a typical recent upload of the channel gets — the same baseline TubeGrade uses everywhere. The full method is on the how TubeGrade calculates stats page.
Why is the score of a new video low?
Because it is still collecting views. A video a few days old is compared with older videos that had months to grow, so its score usually keeps rising. Check again after a week or two.
Why is there no score for some videos?
When we don’t have a reliable average for the channel — for example a brand-new channel, or one with hidden or very few videos — we show no score rather than guess.
Is the Video Outlier Score Checker free?
Yes — free, no account. Fair-use limits apply. To find outliers on a topic instead of checking one video, use the Outlier Finder.