MinuteEarth YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Science and stories about our awesome planet! Our staff: Lizah van der Aart, Sarah Berman, Cameron Duke, Arcadi Garcia, David Goldenberg, Melissa Hayes, Alex Reich, Henry Reich, Peter Reich, Ever Salazar, Leonardo Souza, Kate Yoshida and Jasper Palfree. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LL
| Subscribers | 3.3M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 655M |
| Videos | 527 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 327K |
| Country | - |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| You are not genetically related to all your ancestors. | 13× | 1.8M | 2025-08-31 |
| The Coyote Paradox | 12× | 1.6M | 2026-02-17 |
| Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets? | 11× | 3.1M | 2026-08-20 |
| ALL THE CATS, EXPLAINED | 7.7× | 2.6M | 2025-11-13 |
| ALL THE DOGS, EXPLAINED | 6.6× | 2.2M | 2025-07-10 |
| Why do humans stop growing? | 6.2× | 805K | 2026-06-26 |
| The North Star will not be in the North forever! | 6.1× | 826K | 2025-07-01 |
| Why Don't Blue Whales Eat Fish? | 5× | 658K | 2026-04-30 |
| Why Grass Grows Better Under Trampolines | 4.6× | 1.3M | 2025-09-04 |
| A Microbial Miracle! | 4.6× | 597K | 2026-02-04 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, mosquitoes ARE out to get you. | 0.4× | 49K | 2026-10-16 |
| Four Places We Might Find Aliens | 0.8× | 256K | 2026-10-15 |
| 10 things Kate learned on safari! | 0.1× | 20K | 2026-10-09 |
| The Sea Turtle Cheat Code | 1.4× | 407K | 2026-10-08 |
| You've never seen a beetle do THIS! | 0.3× | 40K | 2026-10-05 |
| What's The Fewest People That Could Repopulate Earth? | 1.5× | 197K | 2026-10-02 |
| The black death sucks for fleas, too #plague #fleas | 0.3× | 43K | 2026-09-25 |
| Why Don't Birds Cause MORE Crashes? | 3.3× | 433K | 2026-09-21 |
| Why The Black Plague Isn't Over | 0.9× | 285K | 2026-09-04 |
| How do volcanos die? | 1.6× | 203K | 2026-09-04 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of MinuteEarth, 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 | 68 | 138K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 31 | 335K | 1.1× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 1 | 144K | 0.4× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 5.2 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 MinuteEarth have?
MinuteEarth has about 3.3M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does MinuteEarth upload?
About 5.2 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from MinuteEarth?
"You are not genetically related to all your ancestors." reached 13× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the MinuteEarth 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 MinuteEarth on YouTube.