# Scientific American: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-26, Scientific American has 583,000 subscribers, 116,295,064 total views, and 1,277 videos. It ranks #130,389 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Scientific American](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/). 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 Scientific American is “Cartwheeling snakes, vocal vultures and a mysterious Martian moon \| Science Quickly Podcast”, a long-form video published Oct 26, 2026.
- These are Scientific American’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 23, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 (17 long-form videos and 31 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 5,713. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “What happened in science this week?” (179,501 views, Oct 2, 2026). Least viewed: “AI is making romance scams harder to spot” (662 views, Sep 30, 2026).
- Median length: 13:41 for 17 long-form videos; 1:41 for 31 Shorts.
- In this sample, Scientific American’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 3 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cartwheeling snakes, vocal vultures and a mysterious Martian moon \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/qSXPMOfcVtQ/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 1,318 | 10:03 | - |
| [What happened in science this week?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/4Y-7cM7noRU/) | 2026-10-24 | Short | 31,072 | 2:56 | 5.49x |
| [Why we probably live in a multiverse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/OhvK9kfj4vc/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 8,154 | 1:10 | 1.04x |
| [Neutrinos 101](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/NsEidll0ySo/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 5,297 | 2:30 | - |
| [Is your brain built for chaos? #podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/YTFjYe75c_8/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 2,252 | 1:26 | - |
| [Is your brain built for chaos? \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/6iYioN040-Q/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 3,101 | 21:31 | - |
| [Does being on social make you feel this way, too?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/7AoAZhF4mvM/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 5,214 | 2:59 | - |
| [A mind-blowing micro image from @macrofying (and more)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/P4jAKRq76KE/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 13,506 | 3:00 | 1.13x |
| [Slime molds, Pompeii and alien consciousness with Annalee Newitz \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/R9ZZRa9DMDk/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 2,789 | 19:21 | - |
| [Can you be "addicted" to scrolling? #podcastclips](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/IGXGGfefzhw/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 4,129 | 0:57 | - |
| [Bee stingers, plastic risks and ovarian surprises \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/xuXUiUVgJzk/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 3,985 | 8:44 | 1.08x |
| [What happened in science this week?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/yRhXawBWoF4/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 112,857 | 2:42 | 9.06x |
| [POV: You're a bumblebee](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/hk1ikE1KUzo/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 10,868 | 2:02 | - |
| [What science says about endless phone scrolling \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/zvU8P3hZUSg/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 6,290 | 22:21 | 1.67x |
| [Tasting America's forgotten native fruit](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/9P5E2JwxFIM/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 25,308 | 2:12 | 1.72x |
| [Are Blue Zones real? #podcast #bluezones](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/sGPK1mzQJeI/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 11,104 | 1:07 | - |
| [Are the world's oldest people lying? #podcast #podcastclips #aging](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/jfszddi_n2A/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 13,853 | 0:54 | - |
| [What the science really says about Blue Zones and living past 100 \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/2NxLemhnsS0/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 5,234 | 15:24 | 1.37x |
| [You like free food? @BlackForager has some tips for your fall foraging right here #podcastclips](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/YtsrADcj3rs/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 8,584 | 1:04 | - |
| [Nobel winners, neutrino detectors and nature’s longest-living tortoise \| Science Quickly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/RizoeM4Vaxk/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 3,863 | 9:48 | 1.01x |
| [The doctor fighting for pain-free IUDs \| Science Quickly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/O8OxpJduh3k/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 3,743 | 17:29 | - |
| [57 new species discovered](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/XseWRcOKsR0/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 17,720 | 0:38 | - |
| [Rogue AI or human error? #ai #podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/pUiIna0SGCs/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 3,775 | 1:09 | - |
| [The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to ... #breakingnews #nobelprize #chemistry](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/HANw50Xl5QQ/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 21,373 | 1:30 | 1.21x |
| [Who’s accountable when AI goes off the rails? #podcast #ai](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/bpUrIPGEEJg/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 5,404 | 1:09 | - |
| [Who’s accountable when AI goes wrong? \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/kUkfJ7is7eM/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 3,230 | 13:41 | - |
| [The 2026 Physics #Nobel goes to.... #breakingnews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/5M7aMs9p1YI/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 61,517 | 2:18 | 3.44x |
| [What you need to know about the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/gYyQ68OmAvM/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 28,505 | 1:37 | 2.32x |
| [#climatechange goes to the Supreme Court today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/BUEIrCw7yfU/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 5,581 | 2:07 | - |
| [Karl Deisseroth won the Nobel Prize TODAY. Here's his reaction.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/zmUrQIDNW0M/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 21,794 | 2:52 | 2.38x |
| [El Niño flood threats, measles risks and a risky viral trend \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/RinAkd6BLj4/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 3,685 | 13:21 | - |
| [What happened in science this week?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/O0V5q59UNB8/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 179,501 | 2:57 | 23.2x |
| [Meet Sarka. She's a snow leopard cub born at the Bronx Zoo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/Dyvzqxj0aDs/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 14,327 | 0:41 | 2.05x |
| [@BlackForager says you can live anywhere to become a forager #podcast #food](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/j4LGCVG3CS0/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 4,962 | 0:45 | - |
| [⁨@BlackForager⁩ reveals the wild foods hiding outside your door \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/LmJ00VHrZaU/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 4,112 | 17:15 | 1.04x |
| [Can AI decode elephant communication?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/FSGmKOFis3o/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 7,760 | 1:27 | 1.35x |
| [Can AI decode elephant communication?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/FSGmKOFis3o/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 10,474 | 1:27 | 1.35x |
| [These elephant rumbles have different meanings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/lw3FiM7c-1g/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 3,870 | 1:27 | - |
| [AI is making romance scams harder to spot #ai #love #romance #science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/TRdT7SgyFXQ/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 5,845 | 2:22 | - |
| [AI is making romance scams harder to spot](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/clZF8mJrzC4/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 662 | 2:22 | - |
| [Can you spot a romance scam? \| Science Quickly Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/uohJWlsc6Pc/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 3,887 | 16:59 | - |
| [Why is diesel suddenly so expensive?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/5oT6N9i_i-Y/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 23,167 | 1:54 | 2.82x |
| [Your underwear could be a tool for science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/IrGQUSqAKSk/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 7,582 | 2:59 | - |
| [AI energy demand grows, the search for subatomic particles and the hottest amoeba \| Science Quickly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/BEo6rkc0szU/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 4,067 | 9:38 | - |
| [Could 2026 be a turning point for climate action?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/HmnJWWQbFm0/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 7,977 | 2:12 | - |
| [How do magic mushrooms alter consciousness to create a sense of ‘oneness’?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/4O4PQyimjdk/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 6,442 | 1:41 | - |
| [Our Summer Reading Challenge is over. Here are the winners! #books #booktube #science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/iPEb6QHTuu8/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 3,187 | 1:08 | - |
| [Should you be ‘poop maxxing’? \| Scientific American](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@scientificamerican/videos/a136BkXAA6M/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 3,940 | 15:05 | - |

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