Looking Glass Universe YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
My name is Mithuna Yoganathan and I did my PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge. My channel is mostly about Physics but recently I’ve been focussing more on AI.
| Subscribers | 473K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 22M |
| Videos | 111 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 249K |
| Country | - |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2012-09-24 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| I did the double slit experiment at home | 46× | 3.3M (not yet checked) | 2022-11-11 |
| How to learn Quantum Mechanics on your own (a self-study guide) | 36× | 1.9M (not yet checked) | 2019-08-08 |
| What is Spin? | Quantum Mechanics | 24× | 1.2M (not yet checked) | 2015-07-31 |
| Why I Left Quantum Computing Research | 22× | 1.6M (not yet checked) | 2025-06-27 |
| The double slit experiment in a new light | 17× | 290K (not yet checked) | 2022-11-14 |
| I Unlocked ChatGPT’s Dark Side for $101.40 | 17× | 1.9M (not yet checked) | 2026-07-10 |
| The biggest lie about the double slit experiment | 14× | 1M (not yet checked) | 2025-05-10 |
| From being terrible at math to a quantum physicist - my journey | 12× | 760K (not yet checked) | 2019-03-05 |
| AI Made a Movie About Its Own Future | 10× | 727K (not yet checked) | 2025-07-27 |
| The most beautiful idea in physics - Noether's Theorem | 7.8× | 408K (not yet checked) | 2015-09-23 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The largest AI incident in history | 0.1× | 3K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-09 |
| The largest AI incident the world has ever seen | 0.2× | 5.3K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-09 |
| The Real Story Behind What Happened at OpenAI | 3.6× | 417K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-02 |
| an AI actually went rogue. | 0.7× | 58K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-09 |
| I Unlocked ChatGPT’s Dark Side for $101.40 | 17× | 1.9M (not yet checked) | 2026-07-10 |
| Why I'm Quitting Physics Youtube | 1.8× | 131K (not yet checked) | 2026-03-28 |
| The Embarrassingly Simple Reason AI Can't Cure Cancer | 1.2× | 90K (not yet checked) | 2026-03-24 |
| I measured Planck's constant at home | 1.9× | 139K (not yet checked) | 2025-10-18 |
| "Standard" quantum mechanics is obviously wrong | 2.5× | 178K (not yet checked) | 2025-10-10 |
| Why solar panels can't be more than 33.7% efficient | 1× | 76K (not yet checked) | 2025-09-13 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of Looking Glass Universe, 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 | 11 | 18K | 0.9× |
| Under 20 minutes | 70 | 58K | 0.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 19 | 133K | 1.2× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 1.1 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 Looking Glass Universe have?
Looking Glass Universe has about 473K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Looking Glass Universe upload?
About 1.1 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Looking Glass Universe?
"I did the double slit experiment at home" reached 46× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Looking Glass Universe 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 Looking Glass Universe on YouTube.