CrashCourse YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
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| Subscribers | 17M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 2.3B |
| Videos | 1.7K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 82K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2006-05-20 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Cognitive Bias: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #1 | 16× | 1.2M | 2026-01-20 |
| Crash Course Scientific Thinking Preview | 5.2× | 146K | 2026-01-13 |
| Let's talk about porn literacy: Sex Ed #12 | 4.3× | 341K | 2025-06-05 |
| Unpacking masturbation: Sex Ed #14 | 3.8× | 302K | 2025-06-19 |
| Statistical Thinking in Science: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #2 | 3.5× | 275K | 2026-01-27 |
| The Truth About Columbus’s “First Contact”: Ep 10 of Crash Course Native American History | 3.3× | 256K | 2025-07-29 |
| Crash Course Geology Preview | 3.1× | 88K | 2026-04-02 |
| Myths & Misconceptions About Native Americans: Ep 3 of Crash Course Native American History | 3× | 239K | 2025-05-27 |
| Crash Course Astronomy Marathon • Full Series | 2.9× | 232K | 2026-09-17 |
| Evaluating Sources & Fact Checking: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #6 | 2.6× | 205K | 2026-03-10 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Geologists Can Tell if the World is Warming : Crash Course Geology #23 | 0.9× | 72K | 2026-10-29 |
| How Big of a Problem is Voter Fraud?: Crash Course US Government #6 | 1× | 83K | 2026-10-27 |
| How do we Mine Minerals?: Crash Course Geology #22 | 1.1× | 90K | 2026-10-22 |
| Is the Electoral College Broken?: Crash Course US Government #5 | 1.7× | 132K | 2026-10-20 |
| What is Geothermal Energy?: Crash Course Geology #21 | 1.2× | 95K | 2026-10-15 |
| Why Don’t More People Vote?: Crash Course US Government #4 | 1.9× | 148K | 2026-10-13 |
| Where Does Campaign Money Really Come From?: Crash Course US Government #3 | 1.6× | 124K | 2026-10-06 |
| How Often do Asteroids Hit the Earth?: Crash Course Geology #20 | 1.3× | 105K | 2026-10-01 |
| Why Does the US Only Have Two Major Parties?: Crash Course US Government #2 | 2× | 158K | 2026-09-29 |
| The Future of Glaciers: Crash Course Geology #19 | 1.3× | 102K | 2026-09-24 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 98 uploads of CrashCourse, so results here rest more on the topic of each video.
Content map
What the last 98 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 14 | 29K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 83 | 75K | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 232K | 2.9× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 5.9 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 CrashCourse have?
CrashCourse has about 17M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does CrashCourse upload?
About 5.9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from CrashCourse?
"Introduction to Cognitive Bias: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #1" reached 16× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the CrashCourse 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 CrashCourse on YouTube.