# Closer To Truth: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, Closer To Truth has 881,000 subscribers, 113,914,915 total views, and 4,286 videos. It ranks #84,621 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Closer To Truth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/). 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 Closer To Truth is “God Is Not a Hypothesis \| Peter van Inwagen”, a long-form video published Oct 26, 2026.
- These are Closer To Truth’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 4, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 (43 long-form videos and 5 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 8,808. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Brahman Does Not Exist. Soul Is a Superstition. \| Acharya Prashant (Part 2)” (72,874 views, Oct 19, 2026). Least viewed: “God Is Not a Hypothesis \| Peter van Inwagen” (2,959 views, Oct 26, 2026).
- Median length: 10:46 for 43 long-form videos; 1:36 for 5 Shorts.
- In this sample, Closer To Truth’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 1 day).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 27, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [God Is Not a Hypothesis \| Peter van Inwagen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/onopYaRqkz4/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 2,959 | 10:08 | 1.62x |
| [Can Science Explain the Experiencer? \| Acharya Prashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/IQGBZ0_G99A/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 10,078 | 18:24 | 2.07x |
| [Why Do Humans Believe in Religion? \| Colin Blakemore](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/kwHyvEFdtmM/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 6,080 | 9:00 | 1.11x |
| [If Consciousness Survives Death, Would You Survive? \| Alex O'Connor (Part 14 of 19)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/jxsMo2sBV4o/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 13,085 | 10:46 | 2.6x |
| [Does Consciousness Point Beyond the Physical? \| Thomas Brophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/ifK-4la8um0/) | 2026-10-24 | Long-form | 8,732 | 9:10 | 1.56x |
| [Why do some people choose love, while others never do? AcharyaPrashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/J2Tk3hNFD0c/) | 2026-10-24 | Short | 3,191 | 1:52 | - |
| [Is There Scientific Evidence for ESP? \| Jeffrey Mishlove](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/HlZfZIDiZnU/) | 2026-10-24 | Long-form | 5,200 | 26:37 | - |
| [At What Level Does Natural Selection Work? \| Alex Rosenberg](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/w2kHgmxd9L4/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 6,747 | 7:04 | - |
| [Free Will Is Not an Illusion \| Blaise Agüera y Arcas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/QxEl6n0ZSrQ/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 8,421 | 12:53 | - |
| [Can Art Lead Us Back to Belief? \| Christopher Brewer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/4vkgYO_pxc8/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 5,212 | 5:12 | - |
| [If We Are Already Brahman, Why Do We Suffer? \| Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/UQ0D3wyBzCk/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 16,212 | 7:00 | 2.03x |
| [Why Divine Simplicity Gets Complicated \| Matthews Grant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/wut2SCcJYDk/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 5,982 | 9:48 | - |
| [Why Can't We Know What It's Like to Be a Bat? \| Thomas Nagel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/o1Hx-83AM9Y/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 4,921 | 17:05 | - |
| [What Can Ants Teach Us About Communication? \| Rachell Powell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/5ghpQ8OrUpw/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 5,413 | 8:48 | - |
| [From Physics to the Edges of Consciousness \| Alex Gómez-Marín](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/Wbbim0oqwIw/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 16,166 | 9:34 | 1.28x |
| [Can wisdom really be passed down through tradition? Acharya Prashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/YuOBRz0JF5A/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 11,553 | 1:28 | 1.01x |
| [Brahman Does Not Exist. Soul Is a Superstition. \| Acharya Prashant (Part 2)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/MeYEBKX2u1g/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 72,874 | 2:07:35 | 5.55x |
| [How Silent Prayer Led Me Back to the Trinity \| Sarah Coakley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/hs_PyCcAIbE/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 20,171 | 11:09 | 1.99x |
| [Can Humans Share in the Divine? \| Alex O'Connor (Part 13 of 19)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/_c2dIBEMNzs/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 12,332 | 12:45 | 1.23x |
| [Does Objective Morality Require God? \| Walter Sinnott-Armstrong](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/72tR9RY82Lk/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 7,361 | 13:00 | - |
| [Is Consciousness Overrated? \| Clément Vidal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/19s717DGYbE/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 14,045 | 14:13 | 1.23x |
| [Can Biology Have Purpose Without Design? \| Peter Godfrey-Smith](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/I7I1fqrJCC0/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 6,677 | 9:41 | - |
| [Would Brain Emulations Be Conscious? \| Robin Hanson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/MYMvLuEf8nY/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 4,698 | 8:47 | - |
| [What If the Paranormal Is Real? \| Jeffrey Mishlove (Full Conversation)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/8hNOEZ6MjRc/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 29,777 | 1:55:35 | 3.03x |
| [Quantum Mechanics and the Future of Consciousness \| Thomas Brophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/uoBmxfx4ajg/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 7,803 | 7:39 | - |
| [What Is Ultimately Real in Hindu Philosophy? \| Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/4DabTmWJlfM/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 28,392 | 9:34 | 3.12x |
| [Where Philosophy Can Help Molecular Biology \| Nathan Lents](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/45-SkvZDIfw/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 7,735 | 6:11 | - |
| [Why Physics Cannot Be a Theory of Everything \| Thomas Nagel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/QrKCQ9bPJ8M/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 20,268 | 22:02 | 2.05x |
| [Why Are We Conscious but Rocks Aren't? \| Acharya Prashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/qMSMqfo1z6c/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 20,151 | 1:36 | 1.97x |
| [Can You Choose to Believe in God? \| Andrei Buckareff](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/1UWcGSgxTzk/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 8,884 | 7:42 | - |
| [‘Pure Consciousness’ Is a Myth. ‘The Witness’ Is Just a Smarter Ego. \| Acharya Prashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/ESvcJvqCKmY/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 30,177 | 18:23 | 3.31x |
| [Science and Theology Are Not Opposites \| Tom McLeish](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/r7dZ4gTUeD0/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 9,029 | 9:01 | 1.1x |
| [Science Has Little to Learn From Religion \| Alex O'Connor (Part 12 of 19)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/5mlqHkfNGhk/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 10,644 | 14:45 | 1.48x |
| [Is Consciousness Science Moving Beyond Materialism? \| Thomas Brophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/q-Hw3qZ5r8Y/) | 2026-10-10 | Long-form | 9,217 | 8:24 | 1.35x |
| [The Great Filter May Still Be Ahead of Us \| Robin Hanson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/Lggmjvje5mI/) | 2026-10-10 | Long-form | 6,637 | 11:22 | - |
| [Why Biology Needs Philosophy \| Joshua Swamidass](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/gSyBqElYz2o/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 5,115 | 4:50 | - |
| [How Karma Turns Suffering Into a Path to Freedom \| Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/aHc0lQ58qdI/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 48,928 | 7:15 | 6.79x |
| [Thomas Nagel: When Did Consciousness Turn On?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/zmtWpXo05_I/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 15,702 | 1:25 | 2.18x |
| [Thomas Nagel: What Is It Like to Be a Bat? (Full Conversation)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/nueiTsocExc/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 50,616 | 1:52:13 | 7.22x |
| [Can Quantum Computers Test Theories of Consciousness? \| Thomas Brophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/ljXBhew2Kjk/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 7,378 | 11:33 | 1.1x |
| [When Quantum Physics Meets Relativity \| Ivette Fuentes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/cUiz9Pef5Zw/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 6,187 | 12:41 | - |
| [Can Art Transform Religious Understanding? \| David Brown](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/U8quq_hPgn4/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 4,561 | 7:39 | - |
| [Free Will Is the Ability to Envision Futures \| Martin Seligman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/6yPfGksN_0c/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 7,047 | 33:34 | 1.05x |
| [Is the Brain Enough for Consciousness? \| Acharya Prashant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/085Ep-7zbto/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 14,690 | 2:35 | 2.03x |
| [Beyond the Conflict Between Science and Religion \| J. van Huyssteen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/h3x8Y2UYaxo/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 6,461 | 12:15 | - |
| [Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? \| Alex O'Connor (Part 11 of 19)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/Z5W3WGA0_B0/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 35,583 | 14:38 | 5.47x |
| [Was God in Time Before Creation? \| Dean Zimmerman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/15B_V_xX_vk/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 12,442 | 8:09 | 1.99x |
| [Can Science Give Life Meaning? \| Clément Vidal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@closertotruthtv/videos/eKLtO558zIg/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 6,972 | 12:43 | 1.12x |

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