Road to 80K
PBS Wisconsin on YouTube — 2007 to Today
80K
Subscribers
4,612
Videos
17.9M
Total Views
266
Shows
2007
Channel Created
Jeff & Mister Rogers — the very first upload, still getting 32 views/day
10K views in year one
· 220K to date
Year of release: 5%Years since: 95%
2008
Wisconsin PBS Kids Open House 2008
7.9K views to date
Year of release: 8%Years since: 92%
2009
That 1 Guy | 30-Minute Music Hour — 9 new shows launched
7.6K views in year one
· 193K to date
Year of release: 4%Years since: 96%
2010
Video #100
Frank Lloyd Wright House Tour
1.2K views in year one
· 20K to date
Year of release: 6%Years since: 94%
2011
Aronia - A Hardy Superfruit | The Wisconsin Gardener
68K views to date
Year of release: 15%Years since: 85%
2012
The Art of Quilting - Part 8 — 22 new shows launched
429 views in year one
· 137K to date
Year of release: <1%Years since: 99%+
2013
Mr. Steve Sings "The Pirate Song"
2.6K views in year one
· 49K to date
Year of release: 5%Years since: 95%
2014
Charlie Parr | 30-Minute Music Hour
24K views in year one
· 70K to date
Year of release: 34%Years since: 66%
2015
First 1M+ Video
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories: Mike Allen — the channel's all-time #1
2.2K views in year one
· 1.4M to date
Year of release: <1%Years since: 99%+
2016
Ethiopia's Grand Dam Plan | University Place
9.7K views in year one
· 880K to date
Year of release: 1%Years since: 99%
2017
Wisconsin Life | Turf Man
107K views in year one
· 305K to date
Year of release: 35%Years since: 65%
2018
The Great Sphinx | University Place
55 views in year one
· 104K to date
Year of release: <1%Years since: 99%+
2019
Approaching 1,000 Videos
Removed From Home — 23 new shows launched
678 views in year one
· 10K to date
Year of release: 7%Years since: 93%
2020
Video #1,000
What Are Vocal Ranges? | Acapocalypse! — 35 new shows launched
7.3K views in year one
· 205K to date
Year of release: 4%Years since: 96%
2021
A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps
2.3K views in year one
· 222K to date
Year of release: 1%Years since: 99%
2022
How Homo Naledi is Changing Human Origins
294K views in year one
· 338K to date
Year of release: 87%Years since: 13%
2023
947 Videos in One Year
Serger Workshop | Sewing With Nancy — highest-production year ever
15K views in year one
· 117K to date
Year of release: 13%Years since: 87%
2024
Quilts for Scrap Lovers | Great WI Quilt Show
122K views in year one
· 171K to date
Year of release: 72%Years since: 28%
2025
80,000 Subscribers
Bottoms Up: Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries
337K views in 5 months
· and still climbing
Still in first year
Milestones Along the Way
#1
Upload
First Upload
Jeff & Mister Rogers — June 2007. Still earning views daily, 19 years later.
100K
Views
First 100K Video
Also Jeff & Mister Rogers — the very first video crossed 100K.
100
Videos
Video #100
Crossed in 2010 — three years in.
1M
Views
First 1M Video
WI Vietnam War Stories: Mike Allen — started with 2.2K in year one. Now at 1.4M.
1K
Videos
Video #1,000
Crossed in 2020 — took 13 years.
3K
Videos
Video #3,000
Crossed in 2023 — just 3 years after #1,000.
3.0M
In One Year
Most Views in a Year
2023 — 3.0M views from 947 videos.
53
Days
Total Content Duration
If you watched every video back-to-back: 1,273 hours.
25
Videos
The 100K Club
25 videos have crossed 100,000 views.
190
Shows
The Full Range
From quilting to war stories to polka — 190 shows, the full range of Wisconsin.