# Big Think YouTube Stats

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

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As of 2026-11-05, Big Think has 9,060,000 subscribers, 1,102,918,816 total views, and 10,224 videos. It ranks #3,571 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

Counts reflect public YouTube data and may be rounded. Earnings are modelled ad revenue estimates, not reported creator income; sponsorships, memberships and merchandise are excluded. [Data sources and earnings methodology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/#earnings).

## Key stats

- Subscribers: 9,060,000
- Total views: 1,102,918,816
- Videos: 10,224
- Estimated ad revenue (USD): $69,000
- Worldwide rank: #3,571
- Country: United States (rank #902)
- Category: Education (rank #76)
- Joined YouTube: 2006-10-01
- Statistics as of: 2026-11-05

The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

## Top videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins \| Dr. Matthew Johnson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/HGqFxjQI3is/) | Long-form | 2022-12-21 | 9,901,132 | 292 | 5.15x |
| [Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile \| Tal Ben-Shahar \| Big Think](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/e-or_D-qNqM/) | Long-form | 2022-01-26 | 9,393,492 | 29 | - |
| [Harvard negotiator explains how to argue \| Dan Shapiro](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/IDj1OBG5Tpw/) | Long-form | 2022-10-21 | 8,847,564 | 106 | - |
| [Good sex explained in 9 minutes \| Dr. Emily Nagoski](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/eqX38J9ya1I/) | Long-form | 2023-03-24 | 7,729,751 | 244 | 13.46x |
| [Male inequality, explained by an expert \| Richard Reeves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/DBG1Wgg32Ok/) | Long-form | 2023-01-04 | 7,593,815 | 226 | 5.3x |
| [Before #Oppenheimer's A-bomb, there was napalm #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/Yw-YndOCxFQ/) | Short | 2023-08-02 | 11,822,877 | 1 | - |
| [Most psychopaths have these 3 characteristics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/vaAMksnT5CM/) | Short | 2024-06-09 | 7,936,784 | 377 | >100x |
| [When black holes disappear, what happens to the stuff that fell in?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/IY2nsiSurBo/) | Short | 2023-12-22 | 3,431,359 | 137 | 71.21x |
| [The Ecosystem Influence: How trees in the PNW rely on salmon to survive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/MfpBmAWZZCo/) | Short | 2024-06-06 | 2,202,732 | 104 | 55.08x |
| [The 'Sunk Cost Fallacy' with Julia Galef. #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/7JfCzzjCfUs/) | Short | 2023-02-07 | 1,825,882 | 6 | - |

## Latest videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [What is life? \| Paul Davies](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/j1ztlNlPnnk/) | Short | 2026-11-02 | 11,261 | 171 | - |
| [Your brain didn't invent reality — it inherited it \| Lisa Feldman Barrett](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/KLeOL1CFZVM/) | Long-form | 2026-11-02 | 65,033 | 263 | - |
| [How to change your toxic relationship \| Ramani Durvasula](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/do1Hkubz-Eo/) | Short | 2026-10-30 | 27,840 | 200 | - |
| [1 in 6 people are narcissists. Learn to spot them early \| Ramani Durvasula: Full Interview](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/XfxQL1LP2BM/) | Long-form | 2026-10-30 | 244,483 | 1,064 | 1.4x |
| [How did dinosaurs get so big? \| Steve Brusatte](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/videos/tHL__t1DiCI/) | Short | 2026-10-28 | 23,510 | 89 | - |

## Long-form vs. Shorts, last 28 days

| Format | Uploads | Views |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-form | 8 | 1,761,683 |
| Shorts | 13 | 744,466 |

## Daily performance

All recorded daily snapshots available for this channel. Dates are UTC. Missing days are not filled in; negative changes are retained. Earnings are estimates.

| Date | Subscribers | Subscribers change | Views | Views change | Estimated earnings (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-05 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,102,918,816 | +327,829 | $1,800 |
| 2026-11-04 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,102,759,639 | +531,438 | $2,900 |
| 2026-11-03 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,102,228,201 | +204,372 | $1,100 |
| 2026-11-02 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,102,023,829 | +345,764 | $1,900 |
| 2026-11-01 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,101,678,065 | +330,614 | $1,800 |
| 2026-10-31 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,101,347,451 | +421,002 | $2,300 |
| 2026-10-30 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,100,926,449 | +407,554 | $2,200 |
| 2026-10-29 | 9,060,000 | 0 | 1,100,518,895 | +408,159 | $2,200 |
| 2026-10-28 | 9,060,000 | +10,000 | 1,100,110,736 | +423,024 | $2,300 |
| 2026-10-27 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,099,687,712 | +473,824 | $2,500 |
| 2026-10-26 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,099,213,888 | +379,457 | $2,000 |
| 2026-10-25 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,098,834,431 | +367,752 | $2,000 |
| 2026-10-24 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,098,466,679 | +463,436 | $2,500 |
| 2026-10-23 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,098,003,243 | +394,739 | $2,100 |
| 2026-10-22 | 9,050,000 | 0 | 1,097,608,504 | +1,018,386 | $5,500 |
| 2026-10-21 | 9,050,000 | +10,000 | 1,096,590,118 | +357,880 | $1,900 |
| 2026-10-20 | 9,040,000 | 0 | 1,096,232,238 | +270,589 | $1,500 |
| 2026-10-19 | 9,040,000 | 0 | 1,095,961,649 | +472,726 | $2,500 |
| 2026-10-18 | 9,040,000 | 0 | 1,095,488,923 | +429,252 | $2,300 |
| 2026-10-17 | 9,040,000 | 0 | 1,095,059,671 | +484,246 | $2,600 |
| 2026-10-16 | 9,040,000 | +10,000 | 1,094,575,425 | +487,360 | $2,600 |
| 2026-10-15 | 9,030,000 | 0 | 1,094,088,065 | +543,941 | $2,900 |
| 2026-10-14 | 9,030,000 | 0 | 1,093,544,124 | +167,593 | $900 |
| 2026-10-13 | 9,030,000 | 0 | 1,093,376,531 | +526,993 | $2,800 |
| 2026-10-12 | 9,030,000 | 0 | 1,092,849,538 | +282,104 | $1,500 |
| 2026-10-11 | 9,030,000 | 0 | 1,092,567,434 | +501,753 | $2,700 |
| 2026-10-10 | 9,030,000 | +10,000 | 1,092,065,681 | +485,599 | $2,600 |
| 2026-10-09 | 9,020,000 | 0 | 1,091,580,082 | +338,646 | $1,800 |
| 2026-10-08 | 9,020,000 | 0 | 1,091,241,436 | +477,074 | $2,600 |
| 2026-10-07 | 9,020,000 | 0 | 1,090,764,362 | +513,233 | $2,800 |

## Monthly history

In October 2026, Big Think gained 50,000 subscribers and got 13,696,463 views. Each month shows its net change and the totals at its end.

| Month | Subscribers gained | Views gained | Subscribers | Views |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2026 | +50,000 | +13,696,463 | 9,060,000 | 1,101,678,065 |
| September 2026 | +80,000 | +14,471,080 | 9,010,000 | 1,087,981,602 |
| August 2026 | +80,000 | +16,702,317 | 8,930,000 | 1,073,510,522 |
| July 2026 | +50,000 | +14,632,139 | 8,850,000 | 1,056,808,205 |
| June 2026 | +50,000 | +8,514,904 | 8,800,000 | 1,042,176,066 |
| May 2026 | +50,000 | +9,637,156 | 8,750,000 | 1,033,661,162 |
| April 2026 | +50,000 | +9,005,917 | 8,700,000 | 1,024,024,006 |
| March 2026 | +90,000 | +10,307,100 | 8,650,000 | 1,015,018,089 |
| February 2026 | +40,000 | +7,104,312 | 8,560,000 | 1,004,710,989 |
| January 2026 | +50,000 | +9,096,173 | 8,520,000 | 997,606,677 |
| December 2025 | +50,000 | +10,260,526 | 8,470,000 | 988,510,504 |
| November 2025 | +60,000 | +16,644,659 | 8,420,000 | 978,249,978 |
| October 2025 | +90,000 | +14,796,525 | 8,360,000 | 961,605,319 |
| September 2025 | +70,000 | +12,675,434 | 8,270,000 | 946,808,794 |
| August 2025 | +100,000 | +12,711,496 | 8,200,000 | 934,133,360 |
| July 2025 | +110,000 | +11,479,005 | 8,100,000 | 921,421,864 |
| June 2025 | +80,000 | +10,272,767 | 7,990,000 | 909,942,859 |
| May 2025 | +80,000 | +10,532,350 | 7,910,000 | 899,670,092 |
| April 2025 | +60,000 | +8,781,808 | 7,830,000 | 889,137,742 |
| March 2025 | +70,000 | +10,064,385 | 7,770,000 | 880,355,934 |
| February 2025 | +80,000 | +9,604,974 | 7,700,000 | 870,291,549 |
| January 2025 | +80,000 | +9,322,082 | 7,620,000 | 860,686,575 |
| December 2024 | +80,000 | +8,901,760 | 7,540,000 | 851,364,493 |
| November 2024 | +80,000 | +10,747,034 | 7,460,000 | 842,462,733 |
| October 2024 | +90,000 | +16,007,411 | 7,380,000 | 831,715,699 |
| September 2024 | +80,000 | +8,689,201 | 7,290,000 | 815,708,288 |
| August 2024 | +160,000 | +9,493,511 | 7,210,000 | 807,019,087 |
| July 2024 | +80,000 | +10,897,999 | 7,050,000 | 797,525,576 |
| June 2024 | +80,000 | +12,882,909 | 6,970,000 | 786,627,577 |
| May 2024 | +80,000 | +9,936,486 | 6,890,000 | 773,744,668 |
| April 2024 | +90,000 | +10,685,878 | 6,810,000 | 763,808,182 |
| March 2024 | +80,000 | +10,792,850 | 6,720,000 | 753,122,304 |
| February 2024 | +110,000 | +14,735,779 | 6,640,000 | 742,329,454 |
| January 2024 | +120,000 | +18,457,633 | 6,530,000 | 727,593,675 |
| December 2023 | +110,000 | +16,315,297 | 6,410,000 | 709,136,042 |
| November 2023 | +120,000 | +11,998,091 | 6,300,000 | 692,820,745 |

## Cite these statistics

vidIQ. As of 2026-11-05, Big Think has 9,060,000 subscribers, 1,102,918,816 total views, and 10,224 videos. It ranks #3,571 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

[Shareable recorded history chart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bigthink/history.svg)

## Frequently asked questions

**How many subscribers does Big Think have?**

Big Think has 9,060,000 subscribers as of 2026-11-05.

**How many views does Big Think have?**

Big Think has 1,102,918,816 total video views as of 2026-11-05.

**How many videos has Big Think uploaded?**

Big Think has uploaded 10,224 videos as of 2026-11-05.

**What is Big Think's estimated YouTube ad revenue?**

vidIQ models about $69,000 USD in YouTube ad revenue for Big Think as of 2026-11-05. This is a modelled estimate, not income reported by the creator or YouTube. The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

**What is Big Think's subscriber rank?**

Big Think is ranked #3,571 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ as of 2026-11-05.

**How many subscribers did Big Think gain in the last 28 days?**

Big Think gained 40,000 subscribers between 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-05.

**How many views did Big Think get in the last 28 days?**

Big Think got 11,846,032 views between 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-05.

**How much did Big Think grow in October 2026?**

In October 2026, Big Think gained 50,000 subscribers and got 13,696,463 views.

**When did Big Think start their channel on YouTube?**

Big Think started their YouTube channel on October 1, 2006.

**What country is Big Think YouTube channel from?**

Big Think has its channel country set to United States on YouTube.

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