# Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has 538,000 subscribers, 42,308,499 total views, and 1,095 videos. It ranks #142,019 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/). 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 Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't is “Da Queen of the Andes Nice - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 5”, a long-form video published Oct 25, 2026.
- These are Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 3, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026 (18 long-form videos and 30 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 47,941. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Spiritually Depraved and Misery-Inducing Landscapes of North America - Miami (Episode 5)” (251,483 views, Sep 20, 2026). Least viewed: “Da Queen of the Andes Nice - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 5” (19,513 views, Oct 25, 2026).
- Median length: 29:59 for 18 long-form videos; 2:51 for 30 Shorts.
- In this sample, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 7 days).
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Da Queen of the Andes Nice - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/GWKlh2sdgm0/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 19,513 | 39:15 | - |
| [What Did Chicago Look Like 500 Years Ago?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/UygdlpBGuiM/) | 2026-10-24 | Short | 29,716 | 2:51 | 1.19x |
| [Explaining Cempasúchil Marigolds in Cicero, Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/-swQbL6z29Y/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 21,034 | 2:40 | - |
| [Get Your Ma Some Rocks from the Banded Iron Formation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/Zl60eTAEjlc/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 40,728 | 2:20 | 1.02x |
| [The Bolivian Trichocereus Dungeon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/a99Gx79-qms/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 22,076 | 2:54 | - |
| [Hypoxic Fun with Azorella compacta at 15,000' in Bolivia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/jxEmyy-iVZ0/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 97,790 | 2:54 | 2.38x |
| [The Resurrection Cactus - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/RFcX-snRfwo/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 33,435 | 34:07 | - |
| [Cactus Forests of Bolivia - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/YhHfZnnb7ts/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 46,414 | 38:12 | - |
| [Bolivian Botany Journal Day 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/VdmialskxCU/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 27,598 | 37:52 | - |
| [Bolivia Botany Journal Day 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/5hdUlO4puCY/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 53,806 | 20:08 | - |
| [I Came to Bolivia to See the Sister Species to My Favorite Texas Plant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/1gc5aIx8yO8/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 25,370 | 2:50 | - |
| [Bat-pollinated Tobacco in the Dry Forests](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/VqnZqQukiVo/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 50,354 | 2:44 | 1.02x |
| [A Tree Cactus with Leaves in the Inter-Andean Valleys of Bolivia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/335o6rr1bcE/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 50,200 | 2:59 | 1.1x |
| [The "Resurrection Plant" from Bolivia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/osaS-ST2JmM/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 33,562 | 2:57 | - |
| [Spiritually Depraved and Misery-Inducing Landscapes of North America - Miami (Episode 5)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/KAFzJ3r3xGY/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 251,483 | 18:53 | 4.78x |
| [Real Easy Compost Recipe](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/b6NxdXZYnak/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 76,929 | 2:46 | 1.76x |
| [The Native Seed Research Plot](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/vq4WYYPEiJQ/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 61,209 | 20:10 | 1.41x |
| [The Silverleaf Sunflower](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/oJgZgM0Nj9k/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 41,828 | 3:00 | - |
| [The Texas Zig-Zag Fern that Grows out of Hot Limestone Outcrops](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/AqsCkSfXxuk/) | 2026-09-08 | Short | 217,670 | 3:00 | 5.53x |
| [The Plant That Was Made by the Wind](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/s6KG-mwU6bI/) | 2026-09-06 | Long-form | 60,375 | 22:00 | 1.38x |
| [Botanizing the Alamo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/zdr4t8cgLYg/) | 2026-09-06 | Short | 34,267 | 2:00 | 1.07x |
| [I Did NOT Get Kicked Out of Denver Botanic Garden](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/XK83HUkr5eQ/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 175,199 | 46:19 | 3.71x |
| [De-indoctrinating from the Aristocratic Neurosis Garden](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/nkQv9aFItTI/) | 2026-08-23 | Long-form | 89,317 | 27:28 | 2.1x |
| [A Plant That Was Bred by the Wind](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/Z0hB-ZttBas/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 58,385 | 2:59 | 1.39x |
| [Exploiting a New Kink Market for Repressed Megachurch Preachers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/2RDHOVGdv9Q/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 64,038 | 0:54 | 1.86x |
| [Testing Native Species Denver Botanical Gardens](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/rmEgPczviMk/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 43,043 | 3:00 | 1.3x |
| [Growing Texas Madrone in Denver, Colorado](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/sk1FqSvCCd0/) | 2026-08-18 | Short | 30,097 | 2:47 | - |
| [The Rare Plant Community of Heggies Rock, Georgia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/UpRc5n8sxj8/) | 2026-08-16 | Long-form | 32,809 | 25:24 | - |
| [Rare Plants of Shale Buttes in Pueblo County Colorado](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/H9uYjnwWOxA/) | 2026-08-15 | Short | 35,718 | 3:00 | - |
| [Destroying Part of a National Park for a Performative Border Wall](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/cKLgeZ1c07o/) | 2026-08-11 | Long-form | 28,407 | 3:39 | - |
| [Cumberland Rosemary and Flood Scoured Habitat in Tennessee](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/Rg-bSAkQGJM/) | 2026-08-10 | Short | 24,470 | 2:47 | - |
| [An Unsuspecting Carnivorous Plant from Appalachia - Triantha glutinosa](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/aBxvI9iDIlA/) | 2026-08-08 | Short | 51,983 | 2:58 | - |
| [How Prairie Fires Restore Water to Soil & Why Prairies Need to Burn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/HDVcfSYcxc0/) | 2026-08-02 | Long-form | 44,857 | 1:11:09 | - |
| [Limestone Glades of Nashville](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/jpjBJSXcqCA/) | 2026-07-30 | Long-form | 25,136 | 27:47 | - |
| [Incredible Native Plant Public Garden in Atlanta, Georgia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/FZBX3qu1Vp8/) | 2026-07-28 | Short | 30,632 | 2:37 | - |
| [The Plant That Only Grows in Central Tennessee](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/bGvJJ2o10wU/) | 2026-07-26 | Short | 30,818 | 2:56 | - |
| [Mowed Turfgrass Along the Interstate is Killing Us](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/DojdhQynGzg/) | 2026-07-24 | Short | 116,478 | 2:27 | 1.63x |
| [Granite "Balds" and Pitcher Plants in the Southeast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/XC9C8v4OVHg/) | 2026-07-22 | Short | 36,884 | 3:00 | - |
| [One of the most ecologically important plants in Southern appalachee...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/oM4nidBFNSo/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 97,580 | 2:52 | 1.53x |
| [Setting Fire to the Suburbs (for the sake of habitat)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/tvjzE3Szi0g/) | 2026-07-17 | Long-form | 40,299 | 17:04 | - |
| [Using Fire to Restore Water to Land in the Midwest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/poyp6-UN7G8/) | 2026-07-16 | Short | 70,672 | 2:59 | 1.1x |
| [How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Chicago River](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/SRRbspvheRc/) | 2026-07-13 | Long-form | 55,020 | 35:18 | - |
| [Native Prairie Plants as Infrastructure in Rich Chicago Suburbs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/uNmT4ISIRA8/) | 2026-07-12 | Short | 135,890 | 3:00 | 2.02x |
| [Return to Wolf Road Prairie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/CqdlNsG8nww/) | 2026-07-11 | Long-form | 57,884 | 32:11 | 1.1x |
| [Black-crowned Night Heron Eating a Rat on the Chicago River](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/KCfw00C0Vuw/) | 2026-07-10 | Short | 76,984 | 1:02 | 1.38x |
| [The Perfect Prairie Plant for Hot Spaces in the Midwest - Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/kSUgQZCsiKU/) | 2026-07-08 | Short | 62,808 | 2:11 | 1.08x |
| [The Extinction of the Ft Worth Prairie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/rD9fwlF2CX4/) | 2026-07-04 | Long-form | 49,468 | 53:34 | 1.03x |
| [Spiritually Depraved Developments in Ft. Worth : This Could Be Anywhere](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/ivI2jK9tix8/) | 2026-07-03 | Short | 72,562 | 2:41 | 1.15x |

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