CGP Grey YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
| Subscribers | 7M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 1.3B |
| Videos | 195 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 5.1M |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2010-08-12 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem. | 11× | 45M (not yet checked) | 2016-08-31 |
| The Fastest Way to Board a Plane Feels Like the Slowest | 7.3× | 37M (not yet checked) | 2019-02-04 |
| Zebras Look Like Horses. Inside, They're Nothing Alike. | 6.2× | 27M (not yet checked) | 2016-02-29 |
| Watching This Video Disqualifies You From Jury Duty for Life | 5.4× | 21M (not yet checked) | 2014-02-12 |
| You Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Stranger | 5.1× | 20M (not yet checked) | 2016-05-31 |
| The Royal Family Runs on Rules You've Never Heard Of | 4.2× | 21M (not yet checked) | 2015-09-09 |
| A Third of America Belongs to America | 4.1× | 19M (not yet checked) | 2018-11-26 |
| Puerto Rico Is Bigger Than 21 States and Still Can't Vote | 4× | 17M (not yet checked) | 2014-07-03 |
| Two Is the Wrong Number of Days Off | 3.9× | 14M (not yet checked) | 2020-08-25 |
| Try to Rule Fairly and You'll Be Overthrown | 3.8× | 26M (not yet checked) | 2016-10-24 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Runways Have to Be Repainted | 0.5× | 4.1M (not yet checked) | 2025-04-14 |
| America Forgot It's Allowed to Stop Making Coins | 0.7× | 3.4M (not yet checked) | 2025-04-13 |
| Zero Is Technically an Amount | 0.7× | 2.9M (not yet checked) | 2025-02-17 |
| Your Post Code Is the Directions, Not the Destination | 0.8× | 3.9M (not yet checked) | 2025-01-28 |
| Which Sidekick Notepad Is For You? | 0.1× | 428K (not yet checked) | 2025-01-28 |
| BREAKING NEWS! The Election's Most Difficult Decision… | 0.6× | 2.3M (not yet checked) | 2024-10-29 |
| Every Canadian Provincial Flag Ranked | 0.9× | 4.4M (not yet checked) | 2023-12-23 |
| Minnesota Fixed the Flag I Called the Worst | 0.8× | 3.7M (not yet checked) | 2023-12-14 |
| Why I Still Use Paper | 0.3× | 983K (not yet checked) | 2023-12-05 |
| The Rock Paper Scissors Game Explained | 0.4× | 983K (not yet checked) | 2023-10-22 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 71 uploads of CGP Grey, so results here rest more on the topic of each video.
Content map
What the last 71 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 2 | 2.8M | 1.2× |
| Under 20 minutes | 65 | 7.3M | 1.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 2 | 2.7M | 0.7× |
| Over 60 minutes | 2 | 1M | 0.3× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 0.4 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 CGP Grey have?
CGP Grey has about 7M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does CGP Grey upload?
About 0.4 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from CGP Grey?
"Traffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem." reached 11× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the CGP Grey 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 CGP Grey on YouTube.