Inventor 101 is an Ireland-based YouTube creator who built a multi-million subscriber following almost entirely on short, punchy DIY experiment and lifehack…
Total Followers +0.1%
6.4M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
6M followers · 94% of audience
Engagement
1.6%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $6K–$14K / IG post
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 |
| Last 30 days | +10K +0.2% | -1647 -0.4% | +0 +0.0% | +9K |
| Last 90 days | +30K +0.5% | -4016 -1.0% | +0 +0.0% | +26K |
| Last 365 days | +30K +0.5% | -4016 -1.0% | +0 +0.0% | +26K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Inventor 101 is an Ireland-based YouTube creator who built a multi-million subscriber following almost entirely on short, punchy DIY experiment and lifehack videos. The channel launched in early 2019 and grew with notable speed through its first year, anchored by a simple, repeatable format: a single trick or experiment — soldering wire techniques, fire-starting methods, balloon hacks, rudimentary science demonstrations — filmed in a direct step-by-step style with minimal production overhead. The YouTube bio's own subscriber milestone log, starting from just one hundred subscribers in April 2019, reflects a grassroots build that compounded through algorithmic reach rather than platform crossover. Topics cluster around hands-on crafts, electronics, and practical outdoor skills, with hashtags like welding, soldering, and bushcraft pointing to a workshop-and-outdoors sensibility.
The audience profile is notably male-skewed and skews older than many YouTube DIY peers, with the 35-and-above cohort making up the clear majority of viewers — a demographic that broadly indexes toward home improvement, practical skills, and weekend workshop projects. The United States accounts for roughly a quarter of viewership, with meaningful reach into the UK, India, and Canada, suggesting the English-language content travels well across anglophone markets. Instagram activity has gone largely dormant, reinforcing Inventor 101's identity as a YouTube-native channel. No major brand partnerships appear in the current data, which leaves open positioning for tool, hardware, electronics, or outdoor gear sponsors — categories that align naturally with the content and the older, project-oriented male audience. As short-form experiment content continues to perform well in algorithm-driven discovery, a creator with this established subscriber base and a consistent upload cadence is reasonably positioned to attract category-relevant brand integrations.
Inventor 101 reaches an audience concentrated in IRL primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. As a diy creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Engagement on YouTube runs around 1.6%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Inventor 101's tier (Mega, 6.4M combined followers, IRL). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Yes, Inventor 101 is based in Ireland, making it one of the few large DIY and science experiment channels on YouTube to come out of the country. Despite its Irish roots, the channel pulls a genuinely global audience, with viewers concentrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and beyond.
Inventor 101 launched their YouTube channel in early 2019, hitting their first 100 subscribers in April of that year. From those early milestones the channel grew steadily into a Mega-tier creator with well over six million subscribers.
Inventor 101 posts DIY builds, science experiments, and life hack tricks covering things like fire starter techniques, soldering tips, electronics gadgets, and everyday physics demos using household materials. Videos are presented in a concise, step-by-step format designed to be easy to follow at home.
The egg tornado is one of Inventor 101's popular science experiment clips, using an egg to create a striking visual vortex effect — the kind of simple, classroom-friendly demo that travels well on social media. It fits the channel's broader style of turning ordinary objects into eye-catching science moments with minimal equipment.
Yes, soldering is a recurring topic on the channel, with videos covering soldering iron tricks and wire-joining tips aimed at beginners and hobbyists. It sits alongside the channel's wider focus on electronics and gadget builds, making it a useful reference for people picking up basic hands-on skills.
Inventor 101's channel bio includes an explicit safety warning stating that anything viewers attempt is entirely at their own risk. The channel covers open-flame techniques, soldering, and other hands-on experiments, so caution and supervision are consistently recommended before replicating anything shown.
No — Inventor 101's channel bio explicitly states that re-uploading their videos in any form is strictly forbidden and that they will report violations to YouTube without notice. This is one of the few creator-specific policies they call out directly in their public profile.
Inventor 101's Instagram account has been largely inactive, with no new posts for over a year as of mid-2026. YouTube remains their active home base, where they continue to upload DIY and science content on a regular schedule.
Plastic is one of the most prominent materials across the channel, featuring heavily in fabrication and heat-welding style projects. Inventor 101 also works with electronics components, wire, and common household items to put together the gadgets and invention demos they publish.
Inventor 101's audience skews strongly male and trends older than most YouTube channels in the DIY space, with a large share of viewers aged 35 and above. The United States makes up the biggest single chunk of their viewership, followed by the United Kingdom and India.
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