# Backstory Box: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-28, Backstory Box has 167,000 subscribers, 410,855,691 total views, and 1,223 videos. It ranks #437,003 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Backstory Box](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Backstory Box is “These sound like somebody made them up—but they're real.”, a Short published Aug 9, 2026.
- These are Backstory Box’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 12, 2026 and Aug 9, 2026 (48 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 23,643. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “You use salt every day—but most people don't know these secrets.” (70,069 views, Jul 22, 2026). Least viewed: “These ants are so tiny they can secretly build colonies inside your home without you noticing.” (9,382 views, Aug 9, 2026).
- Median length: 0:06 for 48 Shorts.
- In this sample, Backstory Box’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 6 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [These sound like somebody made them up—but they're real.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/IGGzg6tL_1w/) | 2026-08-09 | Short | 36,140 | 0:06 | 1.57x |
| [That spoonful of sugar begins as a giant grass—and its story is surprisingly strange.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/0BJFqbLsRyk/) | 2026-08-09 | Short | 28,185 | 0:06 | 1.22x |
| [These ants are so tiny they can secretly build colonies inside your home without you noticing.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/MPAjT5KYF3U/) | 2026-08-09 | Short | 9,382 | 0:06 | - |
| [Ever opened a bag of rice and found tiny bugs inside?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/UEkteckSLLI/) | 2026-08-08 | Short | 17,085 | 0:06 | - |
| [Even most Americans have never heard these.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/ki98f_qvYnc/) | 2026-08-04 | Short | 42,742 | 0:06 | 1.39x |
| [Some U.S. presidents had lives stranger than fiction.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/tWIMRTfy_GY/) | 2026-08-04 | Short | 15,817 | 0:06 | - |
| [They're tiny—but mosquitoes have some of the strangest abilities in the animal kingdom.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/lfe3yUsIKcQ/) | 2026-08-04 | Short | 40,631 | 0:06 | 1.43x |
| [Ticks don't jump or fly—but they're among nature's most patient hunters.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/L2q1_T1W4Vs/) | 2026-08-03 | Short | 13,496 | 0:06 | - |
| [The more you learn about food, the stranger it gets.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/Dvh_7jVV4Ko/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 22,892 | 0:06 | - |
| [These food facts are so strange, most people refuse to believe them.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/PibCqYZneBc/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 17,903 | 0:06 | - |
| [The B-2 Spirit is one of the most advanced aircraft ever built.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/s5v2cxhl5fc/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 24,808 | 0:06 | 1x |
| [Toyota is full of incredible secrets that most drivers have never heard.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/4TKv--9VIOk/) | 2026-08-01 | Short | 23,817 | 0:06 | 1.09x |
| [Your skeleton is far more incredible than most people realize.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/ZeAG1kmAjDg/) | 2026-07-26 | Short | 30,784 | 0:06 | 1.57x |
| [Your teeth have some unbelievable secrets most people never learn.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/1QsLwsH34B0/) | 2026-07-26 | Short | 19,377 | 0:06 | 1.02x |
| [Your eyes are doing incredible things every second—and you never notice.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/VaSfj-JR4RA/) | 2026-07-26 | Short | 19,669 | 0:06 | - |
| [Your heart has been working nonstop since before you were born.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/ww0uqczzom4/) | 2026-07-25 | Short | 24,773 | 0:06 | - |
| [Your brain is doing incredible things right now—and you don't even notice.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/83zluPT-qKQ/) | 2026-07-22 | Short | 13,789 | 0:06 | - |
| [You use salt every day—but most people don't know these secrets.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/WnZxGDnRSj4/) | 2026-07-22 | Short | 70,069 | 0:06 | 2.32x |
| [Your chair may be doing more damage than you think.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/aInQMtEotXA/) | 2026-07-20 | Short | 30,787 | 0:06 | 1.04x |
| [You don't have to feel thirsty to already be dehydrated.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/pE0MPFbdNGw/) | 2026-07-20 | Short | 17,621 | 0:06 | - |
| [You've probably never heard most of these.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/2bpaJr7ahwU/) | 2026-07-20 | Short | 16,760 | 0:06 | - |
| [Your daily cup of tea has some incredible secrets hiding inside it.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/UdZ-FZR3Lro/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 17,915 | 0:06 | - |
| [Potatoes seem ordinary—until you learn what they're actually capable of.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/_uUejRGWiRk/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 47,640 | 0:06 | 1.56x |
| [Watermelon facts that will make you see it differently.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/xjK52rddTPE/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 29,193 | 0:06 | 1.11x |
| [Cats seem mysterious for a reason—some of their abilities are almost unbelievable.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/3RX4KASoTgg/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 36,514 | 0:06 | 1.56x |
| [Secrets your dogs have you never knew.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/f1cCHRQH4Rk/) | 2026-07-18 | Short | 23,408 | 0:06 | 1.09x |
| [🐋 Animal Families That Break Expectations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/OdiBs2qattU/) | 2026-07-18 | Short | 30,198 | 0:06 | 1.41x |
| [💔 Animal Facts That Feel Almost Unfair](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/gK9yQQMmSLU/) | 2026-07-18 | Short | 38,073 | 0:06 | 1.74x |
| [🐧 Animals With Incredible Parenting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/yN62YWWzU8w/) | 2026-07-18 | Short | 15,626 | 0:06 | - |
| [🥚 Foods That Fool Almost Everyone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/TmDjJqQQd7Y/) | 2026-07-17 | Short | 16,674 | 0:06 | - |
| [🐦 Animals With Bizarre Survival Tricks](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/R-bsqAYpz6Q/) | 2026-07-17 | Short | 15,344 | 0:06 | - |
| [🍍 Foods That Took Humans Centuries To Understand](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/t0sZeLmIIDo/) | 2026-07-17 | Short | 20,507 | 0:06 | - |
| [Why Pill Bottles Look Like This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/l86BsXKLCig/) | 2026-07-16 | Short | 32,257 | 0:06 | 1.29x |
| [Hidden Secrets Inside Your House Keys](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/KDpEGYzCxrE/) | 2026-07-16 | Short | 20,803 | 0:06 | - |
| [Toothbrush Facts Dentists Rarely Mention](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/qWI47xh11g0/) | 2026-07-16 | Short | 22,232 | 0:06 | - |
| [Food Facts That Sound Completely Fake](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/M29FUTHig5k/) | 2026-07-15 | Short | 63,487 | 0:06 | 2.53x |
| [Drink Facts That Sound Impossible](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/6YzXiKX8J6o/) | 2026-07-15 | Short | 38,445 | 0:06 | 1.47x |
| [Light Bulb Facts Almost Nobody Knows](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/sNLI3Gjq-lo/) | 2026-07-15 | Short | 19,104 | 0:06 | - |
| [Hidden Packaging Secrets Almost Nobody Notices](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/JsFu2PgbtQo/) | 2026-07-15 | Short | 23,469 | 0:06 | - |
| [Airport Facts Airlines Never Mention](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/jtuCKLmSG-Y/) | 2026-07-14 | Short | 24,849 | 0:06 | 1.01x |
| [These supermarket facts will shock you](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/dvhGIGH6HKk/) | 2026-07-14 | Short | 25,261 | 0:06 | - |
| [You would not believe these companies secrets](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/lBMqCZokccU/) | 2026-07-14 | Short | 43,813 | 0:06 | 1.23x |
| [How was penicilin actually Discovered?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/XeDXjlIU-EM/) | 2026-07-14 | Short | 13,883 | 0:06 | - |
| [Who is the CEO of IKEA?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/IHqHkfC7LKQ/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 23,340 | 0:06 | - |
| [Is Fresh Turmeric Actually a Root?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/aekfdU35qkY/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 41,821 | 0:06 | 1.19x |
| [What is Okra?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/4KhFPW6mijs/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 28,986 | 0:06 | 1.06x |
| [Is Bitter Gourd a Fruit or a Vegetable?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/vW607t0DURw/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 16,987 | 0:06 | - |
| [How Do Submarines Make Oxygen Underwater?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@backstorybox/videos/STE8e3_1WpM/) | 2026-07-12 | Short | 51,422 | 0:06 | 2.12x |

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