Leon van Zyl✓

YouTube @leonvanzyl Lifestyle (sociology) 📍 South Africa

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Subscribers

102K

🔥 Buzz rank

#114,878 ▼2

Total Views

8.63M

Videos

380

Channel age

16 yrs

Est. monthly earnings

$293 – $565

🧰 Free analysis for Leon van Zyl

🕵️ Fake follower check 📊 Engagement rate 💰 What they charge

📊 Content format · share of recent views

▶️ 96%

⚡ Shorts 4% · ▶️ Long-form 96% — brands place & price integrations differently across the two.

How we estimate

~175.9K recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of $1.74–$3.35 per 1,000 views — adjusted for Lifestyle (sociology) content and a ZA audience. About 4% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $3.5K – $6.8K. Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →

Known for

114.3K views OpenCode Tutorial for Beginners: Setup, Agents, Skills & MCP

98K views Claude Code Desktop App: Replace VS Code & Your Terminal

47.4K views OpenCode + Ollama: I Replaced Claude Code With This (Full Setup)

24.9K views Claude Design + Claude Code = No Designer Needed

▶️ Featured Video

114.3K views

🎯 Reach quality

Subscriber activation · Strong

14.5%

Share of subscribers who watch a typical recent video (avg views ÷ subscribers) — the real reach behind the subscriber count, and a quick check on whether those subscribers are still active rather than a vanity number.

Recent vs all-time

-35%

Recent videos average 14.8K vs an all-time 22.7K/video — recent uploads run below the all-time norm — much of the lifetime views sit in an older catalogue.

📈 Performance

Typical video

5.3K–15.4K views

Median 9.1K — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.

Upload rhythm

2.8× / week

Most active on Tuesdays — consistent output keeps an engaged, sponsor-ready audience.

14.8K

Avg views / video

310

Avg likes

Avg comments

2.34%

Engagement rate

2.8

Uploads / week

22.7K

Lifetime avg / video

Views / subscriber

Shorts (recent views)

Engagement rate = (likes + comments) ÷ views across recent videos.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined YouTube in 2010 — 16 years ago.

🏆Ranked #9,984 among all influencers on SocialDB.

🎯Top Lifestyle (sociology) influencer — #1,965 in the niche.

👁️Averages 14.8K views per video.

📤Posts about 2.8× per week.

💬2.34% engagement rate.

📱4% of recent uploads are Shorts.

🏅Earned the Silver Play Button for passing 100K subscribers.

👥 Audience demographics

Estimated

Modeled from this creator's niche, platform & region — a planning estimate, not connected analytics.

Gender split

Male 25% Female 75%

Age · peak 25-34

13-179%

18-2428%

25-3432%

35-4417%

45+14%

Top geographies

South Africa52%
United States14%
United Kingdom6%
India5%

Likely interests

EntertainmentLifestyleTrending

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

87/100

Excellent Credibility score

92%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.1× of subscribers watch each video) is around typical for YouTube.
Verified account.
Established account (16+ years old).
2.34% engagement — around average for this size on YouTube.
Growing — gained 2K followers in the last 30 days.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands Leon van Zyl's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

Keeps

Shopify

Epidemic Sound

BetterHelp

Incogni

Surfshark

Saily

Nebula

Genshin Impact

Audible

About

Welcome to my YouTube channel! Here, you'll find step-by-step tutorials on building real-world solutions with AI. From AI agents and automation workflows to vibe coding and agentic coding, I cover it all - using both code and no-code tools like n8n, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and more. Whether you're a vibe coder building your first app with AI, or a developer integrating agents into your workflow, there's something here for you. I focus on practical, hands-on tutorials that you can follow along with and implement right away. New videos every week - thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy the content! Let’s work together! - For brand, sponsorship, and business inquiries: