Catalog Analytics & Trends

8,284 Videos

Comprehensive visual analytics across 9+ years of Cracking the Cryptic history, tracking over 323,809,996 views, format breakdowns, publishing patterns, and duration sweet spots.

Most Viewed → Longest → Shortest →

Total Views

323,809,996

Median 22,324 views per video

Catalog Videos

8,284

6,226 standard • 1,997 shorts

Solve Footage

4,643 hrs

Equivalent to 193.5 days of continuous solves

Median Video Length

30m

Standard solves median 37m 40s

Release Volume & Viewership Trends Over Time

Explore aggregate view counts, release volume, and median viewership across channel history.

Historical Peak: 2020 was the breakthrough year with over 58.4 million views during the Miracle Sudoku boom.

Sustained Output: Since 2022, Cracking the Cryptic has consistently published over 1,100 videos annually (~3 videos/day).

Median Duration Growth: Video solve lengths expanded from ~17 mins in 2017 to a steady 30–35 minutes in modern uploads.

Video Format Breakdown

Standard • Shorts • Live

Proportion of catalog uploads and total views contributed by each video format.

Standard Solves 75.2% of catalog

Total Count: 6,226

Median Duration: 37m 40s

Total Views: 278,911,416

Median Views: 24,881

YouTube Shorts 24.1% of catalog

Total Count: 1,997

Median Duration: 59s

Total Views: 42,987,227

Median Views: 18,676

Live Streams 0.7% of catalog

Total Count: 61

Median Duration: 2h 16m

Total Views: 1,911,353

Median Views: 24,500

Observation: Standard solves generate 86.1% of total channel views, while Shorts provide rapid bite-sized puzzles (median 59s) capturing 13.3% of all views.

Duration Sweet Spot Analysis

Median Views by Length

How solve length influences typical viewership engagement across the catalog.

Shorts

1,997 videos (24.1%)

~18,676 median views

< 15 mins

475 videos (5.7%)

~8,095 median views

15 - 30 mins

1,671 videos (20.2%)

~21,720 median views

30 - 45 mins

1,774 videos (21.4%)

~24,220 median views

45 - 60 mins

1,077 videos (13%)

~37,265 median views

> 60 mins

1,290 videos (15.6%)

~36,318 median views

Engagement Takeaway: Videos in the 45 - 60 mins bracket achieve peak median viewership (37,265 views), followed closely by the > 60 mins bracket (36,318 views).

Total Uploads by Puzzle Category

Multi-puzzle videos count each attached puzzle individually as of that video's date. Videos pending puzzle indexing are grouped as Unclassified.

MinuteCryptic

52 uploads

52 videos

0.6%

~38.4k median

Video Game

40 uploads

40 videos

0.5%

~22.2k median

Wordle

17 uploads

17 videos

0.2%

~21.2k median

Variant Sudoku

15 uploads

14 videos

0.2%

~25.0k median

GAS

5 uploads

1 videos

0.1%

~20.1k median

Cryptic Crossword

4 uploads

4 videos

~20.4k median

Classic Sudoku

3 uploads

3 videos

~49.7k median

Unclassified

8,153 uploads

98.4%

~22.3k median

Variant Sudoku Constraints Breakdown

Frequency of rulesets and puzzle constraints (e.g., Kropki, German Whispers, Arrow, Thermo) featured across Variant Sudoku solves.

19 Unique Constraints 27 Tagged Rulesets

Multi-constraint puzzles count each applied rule individually

Kropki Dots

4 puzzles 14.8%

Anti-King

2 puzzles 7.4%

Anti-Knight

2 puzzles 7.4%

Arrow

2 puzzles 7.4%

German Whispers

2 puzzles 7.4%

Region Sum Lines

2 puzzles 7.4%

Anti-Consecutive

1 puzzle 3.7%

Diagonal

1 puzzle 3.7%

Digits 1-8

1 puzzle 3.7%

Fog of War

1 puzzle 3.7%

Killer

1 puzzle 3.7%

Liar Clues

1 puzzle 3.7%

Magic Square

1 puzzle 3.7%

Odd Line

1 puzzle 3.7%

Odd/Even

1 puzzle 3.7%

Renban Lines

1 puzzle 3.7%

Schrödinger Cells

1 puzzle 3.7%

Sums

1 puzzle 3.7%

Thermo

1 puzzle 3.7%

Observation: Kropki Dots, Anti-King, Anti-Knight, and Arrow represent the most prolific variant mechanics tagged across Variant Sudoku solves on the channel.

Publishing Cadence & Day-of-Week Performance

Upload frequency across the week compared with median views per video release.

Evaluated in UTC

Sunday

1,110 uploads

22,895 median

Monday

1,135 uploads

23,119 median

Tuesday

1,212 uploads

22,342 median

Wednesday

1,166 uploads

22,860 median

Thursday

1,189 uploads

22,226 median

Friday

1,363 uploads

20,861 median

Saturday

1,109 uploads

22,395 median

Hall of Fame & All-Time Channel Records

Notable high-water marks across views, marathon solves, and release records.