Hank Bricklin
@hankbricklin
Language: EnglishCountry not available4 months old
- Persona: Hank Bricklin · Retired professional · Senior
- Home security
- Locksmith tips
- Burglary prevention
- Senior safety
- DIY fixes
- Door locks
- Window security
- Subscribers
- 388
- Total views
- 50.6K
- Videos
- 22
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Growth
Subscribers · daily totals we stored, UTC days
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| Day (UTC) | Subscribers |
|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | 388 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 388 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 387 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 386 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 384 |
Top videos
Most viewed
Length 15:255 Ways Burglars Pick Your Lock in Under 10 Seconds (And How to Stop Them)
14.7K views
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Length 16:4910 Home Security Hacks Proven to Stop Break Ins
13K views
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Length 13:11The $12 Lock Upgrade That Stops 90% of Home Break-Ins
13K views
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Length 18:1615 Home Defense Tips a Locksmith Would Actually Use
2.42K views
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Length 19:1725 Lock Tricks a Locksmith Recommends for Seniors Living Alone (Most Cost Under $10)
1.65K views
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Length 17:30The $7 Window Fix That Stops the #1 Way Burglars Get In
1.13K views
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Latest videos
Newest first
Length 23:4720 Things That Tell Burglars a Senior Lives Alone (And the $2 Fixes for Each)
177 views
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Length 19:5625 Things a Locksmith Would Never Let a Senior Living Alone Overlook
304 views
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Length 17:5525 Penny-Cheap Lock Fixes This Locksmith Installs for Seniors Living Alone
225 views
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Length 16:5120 Things Burglars Check Before Robbing a House Where Someone Lives Alone (A Locksmith Explains)
134 views
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Length 19:1725 Lock Tricks a Locksmith Recommends for Seniors Living Alone (Most Cost Under $10)
1.65K views
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Length 13:15If Someone Knocks Saying They're From the Gas Company — Do THIS Before You Open the Door
151 views
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How they sell it
- 1Video
- 2Descriptionstore link in the first line
- 3Landing pageGumroad · hankbricklin.com
- 4CheckoutGumroad
- 5Upsellbundle offered
- Store link in 64% of recent descriptions
- Link in descriptions since Sep 4, 2026
- Entry points: the About page, the first line of descriptions
Analysis
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Persona
Hank Bricklin
Retired professional · Senior · Male · Locksmith workshop with keys and locks on the wall, or a front door
- Niche
Cheap DIY home security fixes from a veteran locksmith, aimed at seniors
- Audience
Homeowners worried about break-ins, especially older adults living alone and their family members; inferred from titles, descriptions and the about text.
- Avatar
- Realistic avatar
- A photorealistic older man with gray hair and a short gray beard, in a dark work shirt or black tee, often holding a lock, key or screw in a workshop full of locks.
- Format
A first-person locksmith talks to camera about one security weakness or a numbered list of 10 to 25 cheap fixes, each with its cost, ending with a tonight action and a link to a paid manual.
- Typical length
13–20 min; list videos run 17–24 min
- Content pillars
- Door and strike plate fixes
- Window and sliding door security
- Senior-living-alone safety lists
- Why alarms and deadbolts fall short
- Door-knock scam responses
- Title patterns
- [N] Things [a Locksmith] Would Never Let a Senior Living Alone Overlook
- The $[X] Fix for [Burglary Weak Point]
- Why [Common Security Item] Won't Stop a Break-In
- [N] Lock Tricks a Locksmith Recommends for Seniors Living Alone (Most Cost Under $[X])
- Thumbnails
Close-up of the gray-bearded man looking serious, with big white or yellow all-caps text (STOP THEM!, $12 FIX), a red arrow or X, and a lock, screw or door prop.
Their thumbnails, most viewed first
- Why it works
- Three early videos with price-and-fix titles hold 12.7k–13.6k views each, versus under 700 for most others
- A consistent persona: a 40-year locksmith, stated in the about text, titles and the video openings
- Cheap-fix framing ($2, $7, $12) in many titles gives a concrete promise
- 14 of 22 descriptions open with a link to a $47 manual, so each video feeds one product
- The senior-focused list titles after Sep 22 got 1,578 views once, then 129–286
Where the channel points
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