thebrainscoop YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
I'm Emily, science writer and curiosity correspondent, here to bring you along on all of my natural history adventures!
| Subscribers | 605K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 38M |
| Videos | 241 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 40K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2012-12-17 |
Niches: Space & Science.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why did King Tut have a flat head? | 99× | 5.2M (not yet checked) | 2016-10-19 |
| Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, nor Spiders | 32× | 1.5M (not yet checked) | 2017-08-16 |
| Meteorite or MeteorWRONG? | 11× | 526K (not yet checked) | 2018-06-28 |
| Mammoths vs. Mastodons: Can we 'de-extinct' them both? | 8.4× | 489K (not yet checked) | 2016-12-02 |
| The Human Biology Collection | 7.9× | 404K (not yet checked) | 2017-07-19 |
| I waited 4+ years for this: the World Taxidermy Championships! | 6.7× | 353K (not yet checked) | 2017-06-14 |
| Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats? | 6.3× | 311K (not yet checked) | 2024-05-21 |
| Inside America's Whale Warehouse | 5.3× | 249K (not yet checked) | 2018-12-05 |
| The Wonderful World of Worms | 5.2× | 253K (not yet checked) | 2018-11-21 |
| The Evolution of Human Birth | 4.3× | 206K (not yet checked) | 2017-02-14 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Searching for secretive marsh birds 🔎🐦⬛ [w/ the Audubon Society!] - Pt. 3 | 0.4× | 4.9K (not yet checked) | 2026-02-17 |
| Birding adventures w/ the Audubon Society [Part 2]! | 0.6× | 7.8K (not yet checked) | 2026-02-09 |
| Birding Fun [w/ the Audubon Society!] | 0.8× | 9.5K (not yet checked) | 2026-02-02 |
| The true crime history of solar energy | 1× | 51K (not yet checked) | 2025-09-17 |
| Visiting Hell's Aquarium | 1.1× | 14K (not yet checked) | 2025-08-15 |
| Coolest Unknown Museums in Montana | 1.2× | 15K (not yet checked) | 2025-08-14 |
| Bad Lands, Great Fossils | 1.2× | 15K (not yet checked) | 2025-08-13 |
| Montana's First Dinosaur | 1.1× | 14K (not yet checked) | 2025-08-12 |
| Paleontology summer camps! 🦕 | 0.8× | 9.5K (not yet checked) | 2025-03-19 |
| How I turn my paintings into prints | 2.2× | 27K (not yet checked) | 2024-12-12 |
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Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 7 of the last 97 uploads use it, with a median of 6.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "Why did King Tut have a flat head?".
Content map
What the last 97 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 16 | 12K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 76 | 57K | 1.2× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 5 | 52K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 6.3× the channel's usual views across 7 uploads, against 1.1× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 0.4 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 thebrainscoop have?
thebrainscoop has about 605K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does thebrainscoop upload?
About 0.4 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from thebrainscoop?
"Why did King Tut have a flat head?" reached 99× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the thebrainscoop 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 thebrainscoop on YouTube.