vlogbrothers YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Raising nerdy to the power of awesome.
| Subscribers | 4.1M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 1.1B |
| Videos | 2.5K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 376K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2007-01-02 |
Niches: Motivation & Stoicism.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die | 5.9× | 1.5M | 2026-09-08 |
| The Productivity Lie | 4.1× | 1.1M | 2026-10-09 |
| Why Are We So Bad at Executing People? | 3.8× | 992K | 2026-10-05 |
| My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun | 3.5× | 944K | 2025-12-19 |
| Make Your Art. | 3.1× | 659K | 2026-10-06 |
| What is "Slop" (and why it gives me hope) | 2.7× | 704K | 2026-03-27 |
| YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 | 2.6× | 692K | 2026-09-15 |
| Why I Didn't Buy TED | 2.5× | 661K | 2026-07-03 |
| Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup | 2.4× | 641K | 2026-06-09 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is Happiness the Goal? | 1.3× | 279K | 2026-10-16 |
| My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body | 1.3× | 350K | 2026-10-13 |
| The Productivity Lie | 4.1× | 1.1M | 2026-10-09 |
| The Test of a First Rate Intelligence | 0.8× | 185K | 2026-10-08 |
| The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species | 1.5× | 388K | 2026-10-07 |
| Make Your Art. | 3.1× | 659K | 2026-10-06 |
| Why Are We So Bad at Executing People? | 3.8× | 992K | 2026-10-05 |
| the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world | 1.1× | 220K | 2026-10-02 |
| Are We Still YouTubers? | 0.8× | 201K | 2026-10-01 |
| The Point of Life | 0.8× | 202K | 2026-09-30 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 8 of the last 98 uploads use it, with a median of 1.6× the channel's usual views. Example: "My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun".
Content map
What the last 98 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 1 | 239K | - |
| Under 20 minutes | 97 | 217K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.6× the channel's usual views across 8 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 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 vlogbrothers have?
vlogbrothers has about 4.1M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does vlogbrothers upload?
About 9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from vlogbrothers?
"The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die" reached 5.9× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the vlogbrothers 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 vlogbrothers on YouTube.