SciShow YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
SciShow explores the unexpected. We delve into the scientific subjects that defy our expectations and make us even more curious! For more from SciShow, check out SciShow Kids and SciShow Tangents, along with SciShow Space and Psych.
| Subscribers | 8.4M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 2.3B |
| Videos | 4.2K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 394K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2011-10-20 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientists Can't Agree On The First Ancient City | 8× | 2.6M (not yet checked) | 2026-09-17 |
| Why Don’t We Use Mothballs Anymore? | 6.4× | 1.7M (not yet checked) | 2026-09-07 |
| The Science That Finally Explains the Dyatlov Pass Incident | 3.4× | 1.5M (not yet checked) | 2026-10-09 |
| Those Ancient Giant Fungi Weren’t Fungi After All | 3.3× | 1M (not yet checked) | 2026-08-27 |
| Ancient Octopuses Were MUCH Bigger Than We Thought | 2.8× | 759K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-01 |
| AI Psychosis Is Killing People. It’s Time to Talk About It | 2.7× | 819K | 2026-10-28 |
| Why Doesn't Gold Tarnish? | 2.3× | 632K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-15 |
| Why Weed Doesn't Work on Everyone | 2.3× | 630K | 2026-10-21 |
| You're Washing Your Dishes Wrong | 2.1× | 572K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-21 |
| The Bizarre Case of the Tully Monster | 2.1× | 560K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-13 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| What Was the First Alcohol? | 0.3× | 103K | 2026-11-03 |
| This Rock Was Supposed to Be from Space | 0.4× | 120K | 2026-11-02 |
| 5 Maps That Changed History | 0.5× | 157K | 2026-10-30 |
| Two Different Things Are Killing Sharks | 0.9× | 254K | 2026-10-29 |
| AI Psychosis Is Killing People. It’s Time to Talk About It | 2.7× | 819K | 2026-10-28 |
| How To Hold Something That's 10,000,000 Degrees | 0.8× | 242K | 2026-10-27 |
| How Many Times Can You Clone Your Clone? | 0.6× | 178K | 2026-10-26 |
| The Plane Crash That Gave Us Cataract Surgery | 0.6× | 184K | 2026-10-23 |
| Why Can't Every Shot Be a Pill? | 0.5× | 161K | 2026-10-22 |
| Why Weed Doesn't Work on Everyone | 2.3× | 630K | 2026-10-21 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of SciShow, 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 | 1 | 12K | - |
| Under 20 minutes | 91 | 209K | 0.7× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 8 | 454K | 1.6× |
Levers to test
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 1.6× against 0.7× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 21 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 SciShow have?
SciShow has about 8.4M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does SciShow upload?
About 21 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from SciShow?
"Scientists Can't Agree On The First Ancient City" reached 8× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the SciShow 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 SciShow on YouTube.