Be Smart YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
We give you deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe. And also dad jokes. Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist Have ideas or questions? Visit our website to get in touch: https:
| Subscribers | 5.9M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 864M |
| Videos | 566 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 884K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2012-03-17 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Spaghetti Stumped Physicists For a Century | 45× | 14M | 2025-09-19 |
| You’re wrong about the world’s fastest animal | 22× | 6.9M | 2025-06-26 |
| What if Disney films were scientifically accurate? (YIKES) | 22× | 6.7M | 2025-09-09 |
| How to steer at 99.9999999% the speed of light? | 20× | 6.3M | 2025-07-08 |
| Can you guess the HEAVIEST living organism? | 20× | 6M | 2025-08-20 |
| What is the oldest living thing? | 17× | 5.3M | 2025-04-30 |
| Why do bugs always die on their backs? | 17× | 5.2M | 2025-04-04 |
| 100 Humans vs 1 Gorilla: The DEFINITIVE Scientific Take 🦍 | 15× | 4.7M | 2025-05-07 |
| Wait until you hear Earth's LOUDEST animal | 15× | 4.5M | 2025-08-28 |
| What’s the DEEPEST Living Thing? | 12× | 3.6M | 2025-06-03 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your mom's cells are still inside you | 3.1× | 956K | 2026-11-02 |
| Where have humans never been? | 2× | 603K | 2026-10-15 |
| Your blood is never blue? | 1.2× | 363K | 2026-10-08 |
| Why don’t you feel your clothes? | 1× | 306K | 2026-10-01 |
| Do you go blind every time you blink? | 0.9× | 291K | 2026-09-24 |
| This Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape Matter | 1.4× | 1.4M | 2026-09-15 |
| Why don’t humans have tails? | 8.9× | 2.7M | 2026-09-10 |
| Why don't you remember being a baby? | 2× | 590K | 2026-09-03 |
| You shrink every day | 0.5× | 156K | 2026-08-27 |
| The Very Weird Reason Hot Water Freezes Faster | 1.3× | 1.2M | 2026-08-18 |
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Repeatable pattern
How, why or what titles. 39 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 2.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "How Spaghetti Stumped Physicists For a Century".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 70 | 633K | 2.1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 19 | 818K | 0.8× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 11 | 1.4M | 1.4× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 2.3× the channel's usual views across 39 uploads, against 1.4× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Shorts did best here, at 2.1× against 0.8× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 4.5 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 Be Smart have?
Be Smart has about 5.9M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Be Smart upload?
About 4.5 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Be Smart?
"How Spaghetti Stumped Physicists For a Century" reached 45× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Be Smart 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 Be Smart on YouTube.