The Rest Is Science YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Whether you’re a lifelong science fan or just naturally curious, join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the scientific questions that often go unexplored!
| Subscribers | 798K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 224M |
| Videos | 205 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 592K |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2025-08-22 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chernobyl’s Black Frogs 🐸 | 9.3× | 4.8M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-05-21 |
| Lugduname is TOO SWEET (and toxic) to eat | 4.5× | 2.3M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-08 |
| Should you stop using Face ID? | 4.2× | 2.1M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-06-10 |
| What's the smallest thing you can be? | 4× | 2M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-02 |
| Are we living in a simulation? | 3.9× | 2M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-03 |
| It Wasn't A Hoax After All | 3.4× | 1.8M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-07-26 |
| An introvert’s dream 😂 | 3.2× | 1.6M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-16 |
| Why don’t we dispose of radioactive waste in volcanoes? | 2.8× | 1.5M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-06-21 |
| The Importance Of "Soft Fascination" | 2.7× | 1.5M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-27 |
| Something Weird Is Going On With Placebos | 2.6× | 1.4M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-11 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Accidentally Creepy Sounds | 0.8× | 428K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-29 |
| Lāhainā Noon | 0.3× | 188K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-27 |
| Earth’s Tilt Makes Time Slippery | 0.8× | 463K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-25 |
| The History Of Chairs 🪑 | 0.9× | 461K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-22 |
| What Happened When We Stopped Squatting? | 0.9× | 511K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-21 |
| The universal peeing time | 0.9× | 512K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-21 |
| OpenAI vs Navier-Stokes | 1.8× | 930K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-20 |
| Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine | 1.9× | 1M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-18 |
| Real medicine can work better if people think it might be a placebo 🤯 | 2.3× | 1.2M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-17 |
| You’ve been tapping the wrong part of a shaken can to stop it fizzing | 2.3× | 1.2M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-16 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of The Rest Is Science, 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 | 53 | 572K | 1.1× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 43 | 470K | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 4 | 663K | 1.2× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 18.8 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 The Rest Is Science have?
The Rest Is Science has about 798K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does The Rest Is Science upload?
About 18.8 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from The Rest Is Science?
"Chernobyl’s Black Frogs 🐸" reached 9.3× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the The Rest Is Science 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 The Rest Is Science on YouTube.