Hank Green YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
| Subscribers | 3.2M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 1.5B |
| Videos | 1.3K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 953K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2009-11-07 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| You might be swearing wrong | 44× | 4.7M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-05-11 |
| Can we travel faster than the speed of light? | 39× | 4.2M | 2026-05-04 |
| Why is cheddar cheese orange? | 28× | 2.9M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-03 |
| Why do all the continents point south? | 28× | 2.8M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-26 |
| How do our bodies know to stop touching something hot? | 18× | 1.9M | 2026-04-23 |
| This climate graph is weird on purpose | 18× | 1.8M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-04-29 |
| This video is for you… maybe | 17× | 1.7M | 2026-05-18 |
| How to fuel pumps know when your tank is full? | 16× | 1.7M | 2026-05-14 |
| The worst thing a pilot can say | 14× | 1.5M | 2026-05-18 |
| I caused the final change to Project Hail Mary | 12× | 1.3M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-07-16 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Theranos Trap | 3.4× | 4.5M | 2026-10-17 |
| Why is fixing Social Security so hard? | 0.7× | 74K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-10-15 |
| We shouldn’t call cancer a disease | 2.4× | 242K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-10-09 |
| Making people laugh despite themselves | 2× | 201K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-10-07 |
| The Plague: 5 Things to Know | 2.5× | 1.3M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-10-06 |
| The Deep Lore | 0.7× | 453K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-10-04 |
| Worrying doesn’t actually keep us safe | 0.8× | 90K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-27 |
| Most of the Earth is Covered in Glass | 0.6× | 509K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-27 |
| Why do all the continents point south? | 28× | 2.8M (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-26 |
| How can we get kids interested in learning? | 0.5× | 54K (as of 2026-11-08) | 2026-09-22 |
Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of Hank Green, 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 | 56 | 243K | 2.4× |
| Under 20 minutes | 19 | 471K | 0.7× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 24 | 1.1M | 1.2× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 4.5M | 3.4× |
Levers to test
- Shorts did best here, at 2.4× against 0.7× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 8.2 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 Hank Green have?
Hank Green has about 3.2M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Hank Green upload?
About 8.2 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Hank Green?
"You might be swearing wrong" reached 44× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Hank Green 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 Hank Green on YouTube.