# TED-Ed: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-11-05, TED-Ed has 23,000,000 subscribers, 4,773,896,460 total views, and 2,394 videos. It ranks #609 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [TED-Ed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/). 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 TED-Ed is “Can you solve the Billy Bonka riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer”, a long-form video published Nov 3, 2026.
- These are TED-Ed’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Apr 23, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026 (47 long-form videos and 1 Short).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 404,130. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “4 ways to fix your attention span - Shannon Odell” (4,564,471 views, Sep 22, 2026). Least viewed: “How can you overcome writer’s block?” (41,657 views, Apr 23, 2026).
- Median length: 5:51 for 47 long-form videos.
- In this sample, TED-Ed’s consecutive uploads were a median of 5 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 7 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 5, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Can you solve the Billy Bonka riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/8EtdC9Bjubk/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 324,990 | 6:13 | 1.34x |
| [What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? - Justin Merritt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/8RPK5KwYhgA/) | 2026-10-29 | Long-form | 1,162,769 | 5:30 | 3.04x |
| [Scary stories to watch in the dark (if you dare…)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/nXvKDYRvTno/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 410,703 | 34:20 | 1.01x |
| [5 sneaky ways stores get you to spend more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/a_4eFB8pPwI/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 467,805 | 6:22 | 1.02x |
| [Why does this animal never age? - Raymond Adkins](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/NPJ9KZqrl50/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 421,646 | 5:51 | 0.92x |
| [3 things to never do with a credit card](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/av3zdxYvCp8/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 1,123,905 | 5:58 | 2.1x |
| [How to present your ideas effectively](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/1uTRlM6MbMo/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 313,288 | 6:34 | 0.58x |
| [Which is better: Buying or renting a home? - Ella Feldman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/h6CmKF-mN2U/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 765,625 | 6:04 | 1.23x |
| [Why is Queen Victoria so controversial? - Carolyn Harris](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/JjhrN0FcHpM/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 485,764 | 6:20 | 0.75x |
| [6 ways to be more persuasive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/G3hXvByzLHs/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 309,860 | 6:03 | - |
| [Why are AI data centers using so much electricity? - Sajan Saini](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/z3Y-gsBKChc/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 642,833 | 6:37 | 0.99x |
| [Do we actually know how magnets work? - Rachel Yang](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/jG7ULeWUfDw/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 503,804 | 5:47 | - |
| [4 ways to fix your attention span - Shannon Odell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/N2uQWfV6Jr4/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 4,564,471 | 5:26 | 7.35x |
| [Why is it so easy for birds to spread illness? - Benjamin Anderson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/bHB5iiDDJ-s/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 480,919 | 6:30 | 0.83x |
| [How to explain something complicated](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/EMbZ72cCAzI/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 652,872 | 9:29 | 1.13x |
| [Why do some people have a better sense of direction than others? - Oliver Baumann](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/I8XaYkRW1tA/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 1,594,206 | 5:54 | 3.32x |
| [Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing? - Gabriel Radvansky](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/_gP3aXvNmv8/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 927,766 | 5:45 | 1.93x |
| [What are tariffs, and how do they work?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/BSdEiOYvKpE/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 783,534 | 5:40 | 1.9x |
| [4 ways to tell a great story](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/JOs-q7rXqdk/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 588,541 | 5:06 | 1.51x |
| [Plato’s infamous Ship of State thought experiment - Michael Vazquez](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/QyRqlTV60zM/) | 2026-08-25 | Long-form | 563,361 | 5:40 | 1.46x |
| [The Greek myth of Apollo's curse - Iseult Gillespie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/l29K-ZkARmE/) | 2026-08-18 | Long-form | 253,250 | 4:40 | 0.69x |
| [How do Maglev trains work? - Ning Zhao](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/2A1IEBFt6Xg/) | 2026-08-11 | Long-form | 352,008 | 6:28 | 0.96x |
| [The fastest way to board a plane, according to mathematics - Rachel Yang](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/-61qDRPG3to/) | 2026-08-04 | Long-form | 397,556 | 5:58 | 1.12x |
| [Red gold: The world's most expensive spice - Carolyn Beans](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/krNP8RlDsbw/) | 2026-07-28 | Long-form | 327,061 | 6:41 | 1.01x |
| [The magical forest realm hiding at the bottom of the ocean - Luka Seamus Wright and Salomé Buglass](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/5jPCAlE0z7I/) | 2026-07-21 | Long-form | 149,670 | 5:51 | - |
| [When did we start using passports? - Kristin Surak](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/JhxuP0AuRPA/) | 2026-07-14 | Long-form | 575,790 | 6:09 | 1.66x |
| [How does the space station never run out of oxygen? - Alvaro Romero-Calvo and Theo St Francis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/5ljV0Vxu00M/) | 2026-07-07 | Long-form | 427,625 | 6:11 | 1.23x |
| [Psychedelics, mind control, radiation-eating: The secret superpowers of fungi - Max G. Levy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/QIqKGMM8ivM/) | 2026-06-30 | Long-form | 380,848 | 6:13 | 1.2x |
| [How a broken heart affects your body](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/DbEZmLoGDbk/) | 2026-06-25 | Long-form | 393,514 | 5:18 | 1.24x |
| [Why avalanches are most deadly when they stop - Simon Trautman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/6hCo4S_1Fhw/) | 2026-06-23 | Long-form | 233,706 | 5:34 | 0.81x |
| [Should you rinse your dishes before placing them in the dishwasher? - Rachel Yang](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/FBpBUwlDId0/) | 2026-06-18 | Long-form | 314,686 | 5:05 | 0.99x |
| [How to attack (and defend) a medieval castle - Connor C. Wilson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/eR5blcjll8o/) | 2026-06-16 | Long-form | 320,559 | 5:34 | 1.1x |
| [Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence - Stephanie A. Poindexter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/JDqpcHGfJ2I/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 263,131 | 6:00 | 0.83x |
| [What is sumo, and why is it so popular? - Lee Thompson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/Q9Vt6NGBVBc/) | 2026-06-09 | Long-form | 178,998 | 5:38 | 0.64x |
| [Why does catnip make cats go crazy? - Jaap de Roode](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/HDt_rTPPh70/) | 2026-06-04 | Long-form | 373,021 | 5:00 | 1.29x |
| [The dark origins of Disney fairy tales - Claudia Schwabe](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/pyDZpDkU46Y/) | 2026-06-02 | Long-form | 602,141 | 5:31 | 1.49x |
| [Why your best ideas usually start as bad ones \| Think Like A Musician](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/BlK23YzqXOM/) | 2026-05-28 | Long-form | 86,140 | 4:53 | - |
| [What toys have kids played with throughout history?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/aob7rM5PV5A/) | 2026-05-26 | Long-form | 3,471,635 | 5:22 | 17.77x |
| [The incredible engineering of Venice - Stephanie H. Smith](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/uBwkMc1llmM/) | 2026-05-21 | Long-form | 186,273 | 6:50 | 0.96x |
| [Why is getting bitten by a rabid animal so dangerous? - Charles Rupprecht](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/gePOX4nbMU4/) | 2026-05-19 | Long-form | 1,079,977 | 6:04 | 5.33x |
| [Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death - Iseult Gillespie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/HdieAFhQtPo/) | 2026-05-14 | Long-form | 167,228 | 7:06 | 0.85x |
| [The missing ingredient in how we learn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/mA1lnxfqHk8/) | 2026-05-12 | Long-form | 1,090,386 | 5:50 | 5.38x |
| [What to do if you live in the path of a volcano - Arianna Soldati](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/8H--GLt3h8I/) | 2026-05-07 | Long-form | 155,262 | 5:16 | 0.77x |
| [How to find hidden clues at crime scenes - Theodore E. Yeshion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/P8OEz3PvWZQ/) | 2026-05-05 | Long-form | 204,485 | 5:34 | 0.65x |
| [The fascinating reason you loved peek-a-boo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/qKM4JzToM-A/) | 2026-04-30 | Long-form | 1,406,766 | 5:29 | 3.15x |
| [Why do we use "they" as a singular pronoun? - Arika Okrent](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/65I_1sgTMLE/) | 2026-04-28 | Long-form | 163,034 | 5:34 | 0.52x |
| [How can you overcome writer’s block?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/QRA1-6imP3s/) | 2026-04-23 | Short | 41,657 | 0:44 | - |
| [Write every day, even if it’s terrible \| Think Like A Musician](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@teded/videos/2x3rJMBVB28/) | 2026-04-23 | Long-form | 76,533 | 6:01 | - |

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