Smart Nonsense YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Smart Nonsense is where your astrophysicist friend (Henry 👋) explains complex technology in a simple way. Each video starts with something that seems obvious -- your phone, the internet, an airplane -- and asks a few more questions: how does this actually work? why is it that way? Okay, but WHO de
| Subscribers | 3.5M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 2.7B |
| Videos | 868 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 340K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2011-09-23 |
Niches: AI Tools & News.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The PHYSICS of a knuckleball.. | 60× | 9.4M | 2026-07-03 |
| How ChatGPT WASTES water.. | 49× | 7.6M | 2026-06-24 |
| The TRUTH about Dyson’s bladeless fan.. | 43× | 6.7M | 2026-06-19 |
| How does calling 911 ALWAYS work?? | 32× | 4.9M | 2026-07-16 |
| How blood tests ACTUALLY work.. | 24× | 3.7M | 2026-07-15 |
| How the NFL's magic yellow line works.. | 17× | 2.6M | 2026-09-04 |
| IKEA furniture is made of PAPER.. | 16× | 2.5M | 2026-06-23 |
| How elevators know which floor to STOP on.. | 15× | 2.4M | 2026-09-10 |
| Why are plane windows ROUND?? | 11× | 1.8M | 2026-06-20 |
| How night vision goggles see in the DARK.. | 9.7× | 1.5M | 2026-07-08 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Planes Survive LIGHTNING.. | 0.2× | 26K | 2026-11-03 |
| The STRONGEST Animal on Earth.. | 0.3× | 34K | 2026-11-02 |
| This Telescope Is BURIED Under Antarctic Ice.. | 0.2× | 31K | 2026-10-30 |
| This freezes EVERYTHING it touches.. | 0.5× | 59K | 2026-10-29 |
| The Crazy Science BENEATH Ice Rinks.. | 0.5× | 63K | 2026-10-28 |
| The FASTEST object we’ve sent to space.. | 6.9× | 878K | 2026-10-27 |
| This thing SMASHES particles together.. | 0.3× | 38K | 2026-10-26 |
| The ant death spiral EXPLAINED.. | 5× | 646K | 2026-10-22 |
| Why does it SOUND like that?? | 0.3× | 45K | 2026-10-21 |
| Why you gotta SMACK it?? | 0.7× | 111K | 2026-10-20 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of Smart Nonsense, so results here rest more on the topic of each video.
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 100 | 302K | 1.9× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 15.9 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 Smart Nonsense have?
Smart Nonsense has about 3.5M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Smart Nonsense upload?
About 15.9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Smart Nonsense?
"The PHYSICS of a knuckleball.." reached 60× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Smart Nonsense 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 Smart Nonsense on YouTube.