Akhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma (@akhilsharmatech), based in India, makes long-form system design and engineering deep dives, plus Go and Rust tutorials, for about 70,200 subscribers with median views near 5,300. Per his website, he is founder of Armur AI, an offensive security tooling company, and author of cybersecurity courses. He posts about 50 videos a year. Sponsored integrations run $150 to $250 per video.
Engaged developer audience watching long system design deep dives
- Median views of about 5,300 across the last 30 videos, with a 90th percentile near 53,800
- Roughly 50 uploads in the past year, with 10 in the last 90 days
- Deep dives average 25 to 50 minutes, suited to sustained product explanation
Brand fit report
Content
- Formats
- long-form explainer with diagrams, short explainer, tutorial series
- Tone
- analytical, technical
- Language
- English
- On camera
- No, voiceover and b-roll
- Production
- Clean, lightly edited
- Typical length
- 20 to 50 minutes, with some under 2 minutes
Audience
Commercial
- Brands seen
- None yet
- Categories promoted
- None yet
- Affiliate links
- No
No sponsorship disclosures found in the last 50 videos
Suitability GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability
Family friendly
Recent titles cover technical topics such as the CrowdStrike outage and Datadog outage with no flagged content; one title, 'We Need LESS AI Safety, Not More', takes a policy stance but is not inflammatory.
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Platforms
| Platform | Followers | Median views | Uploads, 90d |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 70k | 5.3k | 10 |
Benchmark score: 33 / 100
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Recent videos
▶PayPal Isn't a Payments Company. It's a Risk Engine. · 21k views
▶CockroachDB's Architecture Is Kind of Insane · 111k views
▶We Need LESS AI Safety, Not More ! · 5.6k viewsLast three uploads, latest 19 days ago.
► Founder at Armur AI (Offensive Security Tooling) backed by Techstars & Outlier Ventures. ► Offensive Security Researcher (maker and maintainer of pentest-swarm, open source) and author of multiple published books, Research Papers (on agentic memory poisoning) and cybersec courses (on Linkedin learning platform) ► 12+ Years building complex systems in Rust and GO. ► Get FREE resources (all the decks that I show in the videos) - www.algoroq.io ► Checkout my killer Golang + A.I course 👉 https://akhilsharmatech.gumroad.com/l/zgxqq ► Join the Discord community of this channel to chill with like
About Akhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma (@akhilsharmatech) is a technical creator based in India who publishes long-form engineering content on YouTube. His channel has about 70,200 subscribers and roughly 4.1 million lifetime views across 797 videos. Recent uploads include system design deep dives on companies such as Amazon, Slack and Stripe, along with Go and Rust tutorials and shorter explainers on concepts like rate limiting and caching. According to his website, he is founder of Armur AI, an offensive security tooling company, and author of cybersecurity courses.
The channel's audience appears to be software developers, backend engineers and students preparing for system design interviews. These are estimates based on video topics and titles, not verified analytics. Viewers tend to watch for depth rather than entertainment. The channel has no sponsorship history in its recent uploads.
Brands in developer tools, cloud infrastructure and technical education may find this channel a fit. Based on about 5,300 median views, a sponsored integration is estimated at $150 to $250 per video, which works out to a CPM of roughly $30 to $47 per 1,000 views, compared with $10 to $30 typical for paid ads.
Written from Akhil Sharma's public YouTube profile, platform data and web mentions. Numbers updated 2026-10-19. Akhil Sharma can edit or remove this page at any time.
Questions about Akhil
How much does Akhil Sharma charge for a sponsored video?
Based on a median of about 5,300 views on long-form videos, an estimated sponsored integration costs $150 to $250 per video. This is an estimate from the channel's public metrics, not a published rate card. Contact details unlock on Starbooked for $0.80.
What does Akhil Sharma post about on YouTube?
He posts long-form system design deep dives on companies and technologies such as Amazon, Slack, Stripe and CockroachDB. He also publishes Go and Rust tutorials and shorter explainers on concepts like rate limiting. His website describes him as a founder of Armur AI and author of cybersecurity courses.
How do I contact Akhil Sharma for a brand deal?
The channel lists a business inquiry email on its public description. Full contact details unlock on Starbooked for $0.80. Boosted creators can be booked through Starbooked directly.
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