Went viral36:1825 Lost African American Recipes Your Grandparents Knew | Tasting History
1.7M viewsfrom a 100K subscriber channel
100K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$12.3Kest.$5.5K to $19.1K
YouTube niche
How much do Soul Food Heritage Recipes YouTube channels make?
Small Soul Food Heritage Recipes channels are getting videos with 14.1M views and earning real money from YouTube ads.
Channels in this niche typically earn $1.2K to $4.2K total from all their videos, based on 433 videos and 7 channels we analyzed.
Part of Health & Wellness
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Channels studied
7
433 videos tracked
Highest earner (all time)
~$85.1K est.
$37.8K to $132.3K total
Best single video earned
~$108K est.
$48K to $168.1K per video
Most-viewed video
14.1M views
from a 81.8K subscriber channel
Earnings breakdown
Distribution stats from 433 videos and 7 channels analyzed.
Average channel total
$1.2K to $4.2K
Estimated all-time total per channel
Top 25% of channels earn
$1.1K to $3.8K
Better-performing channels (all time)
Top 10% of channels earn
$3.1K to $10.9K
Highest-performing channels (all time)
Average per video
$286 to $1K
Typical single-video earnings
Average views per video
71.4K
May be higher due to viral hits
Top 25% of videos get
24.5K
Views on better-performing videos
Top 10% of videos get
94.6K
Views on the biggest videos
If you post 22 videos a month
$6.3K to $22K
At this niche's typical per-video earnings
How often creators post
new video every 1 day
Average for channels in this niche
Is this niche growing?
Views are declining
Based on recent videos in this niche
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Breakout videos
Videos that pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers.
Went viral36:18
Went viral10:39How Fried Chicken Became a Black Stereotype
1.5M viewsfrom a 260K subscriber channel
260K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$13.1Kest.$5.8K to $20.4K
Went viral45:5430 CHEAP Dishes Black Mothers Made That 1960s Kids BEGGED For
503.3K viewsfrom a 81.8K subscriber channel
Went viral31:3925 Lost African American Recipes Your Grandparents Once Knew
450.6K viewsfrom a 8.4K subscriber channel
8.4K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$4.3Kest.$1.9K to $6.6K
Went viral29:58Why Black Families Had NO Debt in the 1960s? (The Forgotten Money Code)
382.7K viewsfrom a 28.3K subscriber channel
Went viral45:1830 Cheap Meals That Black Mothers Cooked in the 1960s
379.1K viewsfrom a 81.8K subscriber channel
Went viral45:5130 Black Church Potluck Dishes That Disappeared After the 1980s
355.1K viewsfrom a 81.8K subscriber channel
Went viral33:4425 Forgotten Soul Foods That Fueled the Civil Rights Era
322.4K viewsfrom a 100K subscriber channel
100K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$2.3Kest.$1K to $3.6K
Went viral46:5530 African American Breakfasts Only Your Grandparents Knew
281.3K viewsfrom a 81.8K subscriber channel
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Make a similar videoWhy this niche works
Top Soul Food Heritage Recipes videos usually run about 24 to 40 minutes and earn an estimated $286 to $1K per video, which works out to $6.3K to $22K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 22 videos a month. The best ones below pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers, the clearest sign a brand new channel can still land a hit here.
The strongest recent example is “25 Lost African American Recipes Your Grandparents Knew | Tasting History”, which reached 1.7M views from a 100K subscriber channel. Channels in Health & Wellness often post about new video every 1 day, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.
Videos are usually 24 to 40 minBased on 7 channels
Typical Soul Food Heritage Recipes video: 32 min · ~71.4K views per upload (niche average).
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Topics with overlapping audience and content patterns.
| Niche | Category | Avg. channel total (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| This niche | Current page | $1.2K to $4.2K est. |
| Forgotten Grandma Recipes | Health & Wellness | $31 to $107 est. |
| Depression Era Recipes | Health & Wellness | $702 to $2.5K est. |
| Forgotten Immigrant and Survival Meals | Health & Wellness | $351 to $1.2K est. |
| Forgotten Vintage Foods and Desserts | Health & Wellness | $417 to $1.5K est. |
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Compared with adjacent niches
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|---|---|---|
| This niche | Current page | $1.2K to $4.2K est. |
| Soul and R&B Legends Behind the Scenes | Celebrity Gossip | $138 to $415 est. |
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| Budget Vegetable and Potato Recipes | Crafts & Recipes | $162 to $582 est. |
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| Black Biblical Identity | Spirituality & Religion | $720 to $1.9K est. |
| Healthy No-Sugar Baking and Weight Loss Recipes | Crafts & Recipes | $188 to $657 est. |
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How the numbers work
How earnings are estimated, what is public, and when this page was last updated.
- Last updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Data source
- Public YouTube discovery
- Built from publicly available channels and videos matched to this niche.
- Confidence
- Confidence is highest when a niche has many long-form breakout videos with known subscriber counts. Percentile ranges are precomputed from the analyzed sample; thin niches may show wider ranges or missing percentiles.
- We take a video's public view count and estimate how much ad revenue it earned, using a typical pay-per-view rate for this niche. The result is a range (low to high).
- A channel's total estimated earnings are the sum of all its individual video estimates, across the channel's entire history.
- These estimates assume all views earned ad revenue. In reality many channels have not turned on ads, so real earnings are usually lower.
- Actual earnings depend on the creator's monetization status, audience location, ad formats, sponsorships, and more.
- Verified data comes from visible YouTube channel pages and video listings. Estimated data is filled in from related channels when direct info was not available.
- Data is independently sourced from public information. NoodleTomato is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.
Read the full methodology on the Niche Finder methodology page.
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