# Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-01, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell has 25,800,000 subscribers, 3,993,432,523 total views, and 397 videos. It ranks #469 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/). 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 Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell is “How Does Ketamine Work?”, a Short published Oct 29, 2026.
- These are Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 23, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026 (13 long-form videos and 35 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 2,017,893. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What?” (23,263,792 views, Oct 5, 2026). Least viewed: “Your Skeleton Is Electric” (535,149 views, Sep 24, 2026).
- Median length: 14:12 for 13 long-form videos; 1:12 for 35 Shorts.
- In this sample, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 17 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 2, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [How Does Ketamine Work?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/KBfIo9sZbC4/) | 2026-10-29 | Short | 742,951 | 1:12 | - |
| [How I Survived Late-Stage Cancer (A Fun Story)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/5_Fayfx2NUM/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 6,447,846 | 14:54 | 1.18x |
| [What If We Cool Down the Sun?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/35No369rmq0/) | 2026-10-24 | Short | 948,568 | 1:19 | - |
| [You Will Only Like Half of This Video](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/PXbVn-f_wuM/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 5,582,739 | 3:34 | 1.01x |
| [We Finally Know More About Humanity’s First Civilization](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/_y9JuojAIg0/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 11,572,290 | 17:31 | 1.97x |
| [AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/ujkD4SxPKOI/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 23,263,792 | 21:44 | 4.52x |
| [Your Brain on Magic Mushrooms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/b1EMX3wyqCY/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 1,305,041 | 1:11 | - |
| [Humans Can Regrow an Organ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/oNTaHYXQ4MM/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 1,533,479 | 1:14 | 1.06x |
| [Your Skeleton Is Electric](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/RQprZZJIb6Y/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 535,149 | 1:12 | - |
| [This Is What a Godlike Civilization Would Look Like](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/QW_jlUn4gA8/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 9,400,519 | 14:12 | 1.27x |
| [This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/0NY2gAftzJE/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 21,354,469 | 15:14 | 3.5x |
| [How ADHD Medication Works](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/NIifnIP_NnQ/) | 2026-09-05 | Short | 981,341 | 1:11 | - |
| [What If You Never Slept?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/hiIIGMeMEuE/) | 2026-09-03 | Short | 2,956,892 | 1:11 | 1.81x |
| [Can Earth Run Out of Water?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/tZ8i1RxGSYM/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 4,095,481 | 1:19 | 3.13x |
| [What If Gravity Was 10% Stronger?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/EqkRVbaBxtg/) | 2026-08-29 | Short | 1,471,119 | 1:10 | 1.09x |
| [Dust Is Not What You Think](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/YqAI0oqtt7w/) | 2026-08-27 | Short | 3,003,347 | 1:11 | 1.94x |
| [Why Ebola Keeps Coming Back](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/OKsWuqNjomQ/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 968,556 | 1:12 | - |
| [How Stress Changes Your Brain](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/IvtsVHzMLwY/) | 2026-08-22 | Short | 2,032,085 | 1:11 | 1.23x |
| [How Antidepressants Work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/w5RZfxQHxyY/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 1,353,760 | 1:18 | - |
| [What the Flu Does to Your Body](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/U5-dE2nCzjM/) | 2026-08-17 | Short | 754,177 | 1:14 | - |
| [Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar System](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/Cyl3X88KEgg/) | 2026-08-04 | Long-form | 10,806,285 | 12:44 | 2.09x |
| [Building a Secret Moon Base](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/AWUYE6eJO3k/) | 2026-07-27 | Short | 692,209 | 1:08 | - |
| [The Deadliest Thing in Your Kitchen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/2cK8l5Yg5w8/) | 2026-07-23 | Short | 5,203,004 | 1:08 | 3.33x |
| [The True Cost of War](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/uVlMWVP5GJk/) | 2026-07-06 | Short | 1,021,033 | 1:12 | - |
| [What is El Niño?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/N2FOxjtv5ns/) | 2026-07-01 | Short | 2,132,177 | 1:01 | 1.42x |
| [The World’s Most Average Person](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/Gn-KqiRv0XI/) | 2026-06-29 | Short | 3,590,785 | 1:11 | 2.38x |
| [Processed Food Won’t Kill You](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/bo7QgxhrGnw/) | 2026-06-22 | Short | 3,241,136 | 1:08 | 2.28x |
| [How Are Memories Stored Inside Your Brain?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/PqtggjVAi8M/) | 2026-06-16 | Long-form | 3,535,145 | 13:56 | 0.8x |
| [The Power of 1%](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/XUStGNx45wQ/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 2,003,701 | 1:18 | 1.37x |
| [Let’s Steal a New Moon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/2acc7oyXIZI/) | 2026-06-10 | Short | 1,299,776 | 1:11 | 1.02x |
| [Your Brain Peaked at Birth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/xfyKqOmr7Wk/) | 2026-06-04 | Short | 1,736,340 | 1:13 | 1.1x |
| [The Deadliest Year of Your Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/EIJhxr2wl64/) | 2026-06-01 | Short | 2,099,219 | 1:15 | 1.12x |
| [Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/8qQW4LTWgtc/) | 2026-05-26 | Long-form | 7,802,227 | 14:53 | 1.6x |
| [The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic (Updated Version)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/TYhNHX372ek/) | 2026-05-19 | Long-form | 6,959,219 | 15:53 | 1.63x |
| [Where Did the Antimatter Go?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/DfB2qYJqAkA/) | 2026-05-18 | Short | 1,386,113 | 1:16 | 1.02x |
| [Could Humans Evolve Flight?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/6Dj5ufzrZ78/) | 2026-05-14 | Short | 3,142,799 | 1:13 | 2.36x |
| [Why Malaria is Winning (For Now)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/dl4Dw-RlPv4/) | 2026-05-11 | Short | 1,217,849 | 1:08 | - |
| [This Parasite Suffocates You](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/MK36lyttVLU/) | 2026-05-08 | Short | 1,091,456 | 1:18 | - |
| [GERMANY IS OVER](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/n-gYFcVx-8Y/) | 2026-05-05 | Long-form | 5,230,906 | 14:05 | 1.22x |
| [Pigeons Are GPS Drones](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/RniYUmKs93U/) | 2026-04-30 | Short | 773,781 | 1:07 | - |
| [Laughing Gas Is Not So Funny](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/z7Qp9Q_Br88/) | 2026-04-27 | Short | 1,319,438 | 1:15 | 1.09x |
| [Fast-Forward Your Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/FZbMPtLRr00/) | 2026-04-23 | Short | 870,452 | 1:05 | - |
| [Our Minds Are Weirder than You Think](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/dl0-TveDDGA/) | 2026-04-21 | Long-form | 3,004,731 | 12:22 | 0.7x |
| [Why Being Poor Is Expensive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/VYhUa3WC4nU/) | 2026-04-16 | Short | 3,807,651 | 1:13 | 2.04x |
| [How Caffeine Works](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/lRvN5SJR2LQ/) | 2026-04-13 | Short | 1,351,462 | 1:12 | - |
| [The World’s Deadliest Diseases](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/onFj_RD75nA/) | 2026-04-09 | Short | 1,344,105 | 1:12 | - |
| [The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/h3DCdWyb0cc/) | 2026-03-30 | Long-form | 3,748,823 | 13:06 | 0.8x |
| [Spaceships Powered by Nukes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@kurzgesagt/videos/MX_r0KsMpho/) | 2026-03-23 | Short | 1,373,765 | 1:09 | - |

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