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SilkRoadDiaries

SilkRoadDiaries

@silkroaddiaries25
22.2K subscribers207 videos4.6M viewsUSen15mo old
AI imagery · confirmed$Likely monetizedHistory & culture
Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly
Subscribers
22.2K
0 · 1d
Views / hour
234
recent uploads · 1K in 24 h
Views 7d
1K
over 1 day so far
Total views
4.6M
207 videos
Uploads / week
3.7
22 min median
Median views
3K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
0.4×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$372–836
see how we estimated it

Growth

Subscribers and views as FameX records them

Subscribers

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Monetization

YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months

$Likely monetized
Subscribers22.2K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)385K / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

Ancient Chinese Engineering & History

Content pillar

Ancient Chinese engineering breakthroughs

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

See the full formula

Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style and why it works.

See plans

Why it's faceless

AI imagery · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence
  • 1The about text explicitly states 'We use AI technology solely as a visual lens to recreate environments and engineering concepts'. Thumbnails feature detailed AI-generated historical imagery such as identical bearded old men cooking or standing in front of palaces.

Videos

23:21
How Ancient China Weaponized 4 Opposite Climates Into an Empire
532 views · 11h ago
20:28
How Ancient China Built a Desert Outpost That Survived a 130°C Temp Swing
3.8K views · 2d ago
18:02
How Ancient China Firewood Shortage Built the World’s First Megacity
1.5K views · 5d ago
19:21
The Incredible Engineering of the Meng Huo You Che - Ancient China's Naval Flamethrower
1.1K views · 1w ago
19:47
How Did Imperial Eunuchs Live in the Forbidden City?
828 views · 1w ago
23:42
Why Ancient Chinese Woks Cooked Meals in 60 Seconds on Brushwood
3.5K views · 1w ago
24:56
How Ancient Chinese Outposts Baked Rations Without Producing Smoke - Diti Zao
5.6K views · 1w ago
18:50
Why Ancient Chinese Clay Pots Soften Tough Meat 5x Faster Than Cast Iron
5.3K views · 2w ago
22:55
Why Chinese Cuisine Is Actually a 4,000-Year-Old Survival Engine
3.5K views · 2w ago
20:36
Why China's Yellow River Has NOT Dried Up in 4,000 Years
2.5K views · 2w ago
7.3×32:14
Why Ancient China Was Sitting on the Most Valuable Land in Ancient History
21.9K views · 2w ago
23:08
How Ancient China Turned Dead Deserts Into a Green Paradise
2.2K views · 3w ago
3.3×20:40
The Incredible Engineering of The Junk: Ancient China's Unsinkable Ship
9.8K views · 3w ago
2.8×23:16
The Ancient Chinese Earth Fortress That Survived -40°C Winters Without Modern Technology
8.3K views · 3w ago
24:47
7 Ancient Chinese Fortresses That Should Have Been IMPOSSIBLE to Build — How Did They Do It?
5.2K views · 3w ago
22:26
The Rise of Zhu Yuanzhang: How a Beggar Built a Floating War Engine to Rule Ancient China
1.7K views · 4w ago
19:59
How Ancient Chinese Homes Survived Magnitude 8.0 Earthquakes Without Nails
761 views · 4w ago
24:20
How Ancient China Built the Impossible 1,100 Mile Canal that You've Never Heard Of
2K views · 4w ago
22:26
How Ancient Chinese Built Their Ships to Survived 100mph Typhoons
2.6K views · 4w ago
3.9×18:03
How Ancient Chinese Built a HEATING SYSTEM in -30°C Winters With NO Electricity
11.6K views · 5w ago

How it makes money

Ad revenue estimate, products and where the channel sends viewers

How we estimated ad revenue

Last 30 days

Estimated total$372–$836

See every step: niche RPM, audience and length adjustments, long-form and Shorts.

What they sell

No product found yet.

Channels like SilkRoadDiaries

Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.

Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.

About SilkRoadDiaries

Is SilkRoadDiaries a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies SilkRoadDiaries as a ai imagery channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The about text explicitly states 'We use AI technology solely as a visual lens to recreate environments and engineering concepts'. Thumbnails feature detailed AI-generated historical imagery such as identical bearded old men cooking or standing in front of palaces.

Is SilkRoadDiaries monetized?

Probably. With 22,200 subscribers and an estimated 385,423 watch hours in the last 12 months, SilkRoadDiaries appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.

How much does SilkRoadDiaries make?

FameX estimates SilkRoadDiaries earns about $372–$836 a month from YouTube ads, based on 77.4K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is SilkRoadDiaries growing?

In the last 1 days, SilkRoadDiaries gained 0 subscribers and got 1,039 channel views. It has 22,200 subscribers and 4,589,402 total views.

What kind of videos does SilkRoadDiaries post?

SilkRoadDiaries makes ancient Chinese Engineering & History; it uploads about 3.7 videos a week; typical videos run 22 minutes.

Data updated 23 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More history & culture channels