As of 2026-11-02, How Things Work has 1,450,000 subscribers, 6,011 total views, and 5 videos. Ranked #47,660 worldwide, #24 in New Zealand and #1,527 in Education by subscribers.
How Things Work’s most recent 5 uploads
- The latest upload vidIQ has for How Things Work is “Why Don't Birds Get Electrocuted on Wires?”, a long-form video published Jan 27, 2026.
- These are How Things Work’s 5 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jan 18, 2026 and Jan 27, 2026 (4 long-form videos and 1 Short).
- Median views across these 5 uploads: 634. 2 videos are above that median and 2 below, and 1 is equal to it.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How Trains Actually Work (Simple Version)” (2,345 views, Jan 18, 2026). Least viewed: “Where Does Toilet Water Go?” (551 views, Jan 24, 2026).
- Median length: 2:30 for 4 long-form videos.
- In this sample, How Things Work’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 4 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 3, 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.
| Video | Published (UTC) | Views | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why Don't Birds Get Electrocuted on Wires? | Long-form | 634 | 3:04 | |
| Where Does Toilet Water Go? | Long-form | 551 | 2:33 | |
| How Do Ships Float (Even Though They’re Heavy?) | Short | 568 | 1:12 | |
| How Do Ships Float (Even Though They’re Heavy?) | Long-form | 1,930 | 2:27 | |
| How Trains Actually Work (Simple Version) | Long-form | 2,345 | 2:20 |
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vidIQ. As of 2026-11-02, How Things Work has 1,450,000 subscribers, 6,011 total views, and 5 videos. It ranks #47,660 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@howthingswork2026/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/
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