Real Engineering YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
The home of innovation
| Subscribers | 5.1M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 733M |
| Videos | 297 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 873K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2013-09-12 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The F-35s Secret Weapon is Incredible | 32× | 15M | 2024-04-04 |
| The Wildest Take-off of my Life | 23× | 11M | 2024-10-02 |
| The P-38 Solved an Annoying Problem | 19× | 8.8M | 2025-08-27 |
| Why Jet Engines have a Speed Limit | 11× | 5.3M | 2024-12-05 |
| The Problem with Geothermal Energy | 9.4× | 4.4M | 2025-09-07 |
| The Forbidden Alloy of WW2 | 8.1× | 3.8M | 2026-07-02 |
| Space Shuttle Astronaut Describes the Sound of Launch | 7.2× | 3.4M | 2024-06-12 |
| The F-14’s worst feature | 6.7× | 3.2M | 2025-02-17 |
| F-35 vertical take off is incredible | 6.7× | 3.1M | 2024-04-01 |
| The World’s First Intercity Maglev Train | 4.8× | 2.3M | 2024-04-22 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rise and Fall of the Concorde | 0.3× | 495K | 2026-10-30 |
| The Plane That's 38% Nose | 1.5× | 2.6M | 2026-09-26 |
| NASA’s Next Monster Telescope | 0.4× | 736K | 2026-08-29 |
| How We Could Reach Proxima Centauri B in 20 Years | 0.3× | 644K | 2026-08-22 |
| Sagrada Familia - Full Documentary | 0.3× | 457K | 2026-08-02 |
| The Kurzgesagt Situation is Insane | 0.4× | 661K | 2026-08-01 |
| The Forbidden Alloy of WW2 | 8.1× | 3.8M | 2026-07-02 |
| This isn’t the original Statue of Liberty | 0.2× | 103K | 2026-07-01 |
| Reading StarCloud’s Whitepaper So You Don’t Have To | 0.4× | 735K | 2026-06-27 |
| $1 vs $50 Phone Charger. What’s the difference? | 0.3× | 170K | 2026-06-23 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 28 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 1.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "The P-38 Solved an Annoying Problem".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 61 | 453K | 0.9× |
| Under 20 minutes | 12 | 1M | 0.6× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 25 | 1.6M | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 2 | 3.7M | 2.4× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.3× the channel's usual views across 28 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Shorts did best here, at 0.9× against 0.6× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 2.1 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 Real Engineering have?
Real Engineering has about 5.1M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Real Engineering upload?
About 2.1 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Real Engineering?
"The F-35s Secret Weapon is Incredible" reached 32× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Real Engineering 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 Real Engineering on YouTube.