# New Scientist: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-29, New Scientist has 637,000 subscribers, 241,613,617 total views, and 5,062 videos. It ranks #119,052 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [New Scientist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/). 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 New Scientist is “Inside AI's Brutal Race to Solve a Famous Math Problem \| Terence Tao”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are New Scientist’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 21, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (7 long-form videos and 41 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 18,491. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “This Fossil Is Forcing A Rewrite Of Human History” (1,403,478 views, Sep 23, 2026). Least viewed: “Emily St. John Mandel interview on Exit Party” (1,402 views, Oct 25, 2026).
- Median length: 40:57 for 7 long-form videos; 1:59 for 41 Shorts.
- In this sample, New Scientist’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 2 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Inside AI's Brutal Race to Solve a Famous Math Problem \| Terence Tao](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/EYrlyxuyFbs/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 20,300 | 40:57 | 1.12x |
| [Emily St. John Mandel discusses Exit Party](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/9Y-dCG3ErTY/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 1,746 | 1:19 | - |
| [Did humans self-domesticate? 🐶](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/HuJ1cIFVVRQ/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 19,290 | 2:17 | 3.41x |
| [Personalised cancer vaccine expected to be approved next year](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/0ROgtAQRoj8/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 1,821 | 2:18 | - |
| [How our brain shape gave Homo sapiens an edge 🧠](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/urYn4pxRe7I/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 6,885 | 1:23 | 1.17x |
| [Emily St. John Mandel interview on Exit Party](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/aCb-fGcHW2o/) | 2026-10-25 | Short | 1,402 | 1:31 | - |
| [What if one of humanity’s greatest inventions started as a child’s toy? 🛞🧸](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/hPdfhgVsYjI/) | 2026-10-24 | Short | 6,504 | 1:59 | - |
| [UN says 1.5°C is over](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/buN84f3elMg/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 36,500 | 2:28 | 2.33x |
| [What if Neanderthals were far more intelligent than we ever imagined? 🧠](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/8uNeeJw85ng/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 40,297 | 1:56 | 2.66x |
| [Should we keep children away from sugar?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/4KSkzR09JDs/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 6,901 | 1:37 | - |
| [Does space really exist?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/GvRjRUcxiy8/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 18,625 | 2:02 | 1.21x |
| [The Collapse of Every Other Human Species](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/-DC6QdEK-e4/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 250,431 | 30:17 | 1.14x |
| [Could we connect our brains to a quantum computer? 🧠💻](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/bcIf2wJlrwI/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 93,700 | 2:31 | 5.97x |
| [Your soul is the same as atoms, says Carlo Rovelli](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/CSSwb332NQk/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 13,375 | 1:02 | - |
| [Rising water is creating inland ghost forests in the US](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/O7ddT4h7kak/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 18,357 | 1:40 | 1.15x |
| [Carlo Rovelli on how reality is more complex than it seems](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/bEgN4bWW2Yk/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 5,993 | 2:15 | - |
| [What if consciousness plays a role in creating reality? 🧠🌌](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/B6Ts8s-UR2Q/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 13,436 | 2:10 | 1.15x |
| [Why giving up can be a wise step in science 🤷](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/0GoSsS53At8/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 7,490 | 1:30 | - |
| [Nothing About Reality is Normal… Here’s Why](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/HpZujqjtlTk/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 241,848 | 48:52 | 1.15x |
| [How do you test consciousness? 💭](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/G7jxMds5_Yg/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 19,144 | 2:01 | 1.85x |
| [Can Robots Solve Our Food Crisis?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/F9X9F7nv3mQ/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 5,365 | 1:24 | - |
| [Why are our hearts so complicated?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/Oqd7c4YbV18/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 131,635 | 2:31 | 8.56x |
| [Why is this El Niño so strong?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/HkZTfR-Hn58/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 89,269 | 1:51 | 6.35x |
| [What trees will thrive in the future?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/-gQfLVuzGQI/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 9,887 | 1:37 | - |
| [What can Hitler’s DNA actually tell us?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/Rxi3qq9fkcA/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 897,551 | 2:05 | 57.81x |
| [Iodine has a huge impact on the brain 🧠](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/o-Lxzrn1kSg/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 4,843 | 2:09 | - |
| [DNA doesn’t always tell the whole story 🧬](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/vjpdYievRVw/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 7,221 | 1:45 | - |
| [Could your DNA help solve a crime committed decades ago? 🧬](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/qTlKhiSwYS4/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 10,843 | 2:29 | - |
| [Saving this tiny endangered mouse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/OWpihpAbrK0/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 4,663 | 0:39 | - |
| [Could consciousness be quantum? 🧠](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/6B_rcnXtcA0/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 406,827 | 2:16 | 17.6x |
| [The Experiment That Could Explain Consciousness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/VjlX7w_CjqQ/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 853,851 | 25:44 | 3.77x |
| [Lab worker in Russia died of plague](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/L1IPUTrMSsE/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 20,119 | 1:48 | 1.07x |
| [A digger moved 50cm and uncovered a king 👑](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/Hp8RJGOuk7g/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 17,314 | 2:38 | 1.11x |
| [What actually is El Niño?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/Hk86HvUWYGA/) | 2026-10-03 | Short | 13,840 | 2:05 | - |
| [We Might Be Wrong About Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/wK8QpPXkGZI/) | 2026-10-03 | Long-form | 43,528 | 3:10:39 | - |
| [The Out of Africa story 🌍](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/zdRQHK2aM1g/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 35,208 | 2:38 | 1.58x |
| [The origins of modern human behaviour 😎](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/hbmDYxeRKuo/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 27,328 | 2:39 | 1.23x |
| [Where did Homo sapiens evolve from? 🌍](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/kuyJryAZOnU/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 156,420 | 2:53 | 7.88x |
| [The Scientist Behind Two of History's Biggest Genetic Mysteries](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/8elyBweGdTc/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 109,833 | 56:09 | 0.52x |
| [What does the next 70 years look like in science?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/MhBb1hLgBaw/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 6,212 | 2:02 | - |
| [The fossil casting doubt on Out of Africa 💀](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/Tt9yYLcGRTI/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 316,765 | 2:45 | 20.67x |
| [Is Benedict Cumberbatch’s nature show just another documentary?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/y952-OFGoxA/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 3,513 | 1:29 | - |
| [How do we fix our relationship with nature?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/AkEaXIU5jTE/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 8,039 | 1:16 | - |
| [How do we connect with nature?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/fGj2UqKWLnk/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 6,242 | 0:47 | - |
| [Should we eat like our Stone Age ancestors?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/3GFc9MsOda0/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 17,355 | 1:22 | - |
| [Will the AMOC collapse?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/8Wq1NiFB3ag/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 27,167 | 1:41 | 1.1x |
| [This Fossil Is Forcing A Rewrite Of Human History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/54AK8kIGkms/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 1,403,478 | 27:24 | 4.33x |
| [Humans may have evolved to store fat for good reason 🍔](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@newscientist/videos/iQ2cELNjYEo/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 36,261 | 1:41 | 1.65x |

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