Stanford YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
From its founding in California in the late 19th century until today, Stanford has been infused with the American West’s spirit of openness and possibility. We believe strongly in the mission of higher education – to create and share knowledge and to prepare students to be curious, to think critical
| Subscribers | 2.2M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 315M |
| Videos | 4.2K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 123K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2006-09-19 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Deisseroth on winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine | 519× | 2.6M | 2026-10-06 |
| Sundar Pichai gives Stanford’s 2026 Commencement address | 186× | 591K | 2026-06-15 |
| The world's largest digital camera produces its first images | 25× | 98K | 2025-06-24 |
| Meet Samir Banerjee, '26 | 23× | 87K | 2026-06-22 |
| 2026 Stanford Nobel Prize Press Conference: Karl Deisseroth | 20× | 116K | 2026-10-05 |
| Introducing StanfordNext | 20× | 77K | 2026-09-09 |
| Keeping brains sharp into old age | 8.8× | 46K | 2025-12-05 |
| AI-powered dog robots, built by students | 7.1× | 28K | 2025-07-17 |
| The most important briefing of the day | 7× | 27K | 2026-10-05 |
| The Class of 2030 arrives on the Farm | 5.6× | 21K | 2026-09-16 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenes from Democracy Day | 1.5× | 5.6K | 2026-11-04 |
| Building predictive models of the human brain | 4.3× | 22K | 2026-11-02 |
| ‘We live in a chemical world’ | 1× | 3.8K | 2026-10-16 |
| ‘The work is not complete.’ | 0.9× | 3.6K | 2026-10-12 |
| Karl Deisseroth on winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine | 519× | 2.6M | 2026-10-06 |
| 2026 Stanford Nobel Prize Press Conference: Karl Deisseroth | 20× | 116K | 2026-10-05 |
| The most important briefing of the day | 7× | 27K | 2026-10-05 |
| Paul Milgrom on life after the Nobel | 1.3× | 5.1K | 2026-09-30 |
| President Levin in conversation with Jared Hammerstrom, ’27, and Celeste Vargas, ’27 | 3.6× | 11K | 2026-09-23 |
| President Levin’s remarks at Opening Convocation | 4.2× | 13K | 2026-09-16 |
Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 4 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 1.9× the channel's usual views. Example: "Too much homework?".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 73 | 4.7K | 1.2× |
| Under 20 minutes | 22 | 5.7K | 1.1× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 2 | 60K | 10× |
| Over 60 minutes | 3 | 6.4K | 1.1× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.9× the channel's usual views across 4 uploads, against 1.2× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 5.9 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does Stanford have?
Stanford has about 2.2M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Stanford upload?
About 5.9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Stanford?
"Karl Deisseroth on winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine" reached 519× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Stanford audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open Stanford on YouTube.