# The Great Courses: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, The Great Courses has 663,000 subscribers, 51,843,080 total views, and 189 videos. It ranks #114,269 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Great Courses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/). 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 The Great Courses is “Seeking Rome's Lost 9th Legion \| Archaeological Mysteries of Europe and the Mediterranean”, a long-form video published Oct 23, 2026.
- These are The Great Courses’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 23, 2023 and Oct 23, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 4,133. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Uncovering the History of the Banjo with Rhiannon Giddens: From African Roots to American Music” (278,330 views, Mar 23, 2023). Least viewed: “Standoff in Boston \| The American Revolution” (999 views, Jul 1, 2026).
- Median length: 28:34 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, The Great Courses’s consecutive uploads were a median of 6 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 1,076 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Seeking Rome's Lost 9th Legion \| Archaeological Mysteries of Europe and the Mediterranean](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/XDpxBbWYFyw/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 3,259 | 28:42 | 1.26x |
| [Earth's Structure: Journey to Earth's Center \| How the Earth Works](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/Zwzqf-jU4kY/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 3,642 | 31:21 | 1.3x |
| [The Birth and Rise of Paris \| The Great Tours: France through the Ages](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/Df35hDwLR54/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 5,430 | 31:01 | 1.88x |
| [Discovering Ephesus \| TGC Journeys Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/X65GVYgS3Wo/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 3,044 | 56:24 | 1.05x |
| [New Course Spotlight: The World's Most Fascinating Geologic Events \| TGC Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/V4nmXVwiTZ0/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 2,769 | 57:19 | - |
| [The Remarkable World of Leafcutter Ants \| TGC Journeys Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/GTsZBbO3090/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 2,474 | 59:50 | - |
| [Professors at the Movies: The Odyssey \| Live Event](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/dWAyqeApiis/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 2,348 | 1:00:57 | - |
| [The Making of Early Medieval Morocco \| TGC Journeys Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/Fll3oiCVAag/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 2,781 | 1:00:11 | - |
| [The Declaration of Independence \| TGC Journeys Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/BItMfPxRWzY/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 1,883 | 1:01:09 | - |
| [How to Live Like a Stoic Sage \| Think Like a Stoic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/FCNTG5W8wcU/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 3,828 | 28:26 | - |
| [Key Birds of Africa \| The Great Tours: African Safari](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/Q2DVx3Us20w/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 4,101 | 40:06 | 1.02x |
| [How Scholars Study Psalms \| Understanding the Old Testament](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/OJldmd-eKps/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 4,079 | 29:37 | 1.22x |
| [Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 \| How to Listen to and Understand Great Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/7XfOsl5VKdU/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 4,428 | 45:25 | 1.87x |
| [The Very Human History of AI \| Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/o1tQJMjA7YQ/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 9,376 | 33:00 | 3.25x |
| [What is Enlightenment? Kant on Freedom \| The Great Ideas of Philosophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/gx6w_ax8PHc/) | 2026-08-21 | Long-form | 6,103 | 30:18 | 2.93x |
| [Railways Go to War \| How Railways Transformed the World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/8Tthrirbrks/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 1,624 | 29:37 | 1.05x |
| [Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain \| CBT Foundations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/Zz_ZPw6Rk-U/) | 2026-08-07 | Long-form | 2,520 | 31:10 | 1.77x |
| [Who Defines Crimes, and How? \| Law School for Everyone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/GAe40YfRrh4/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 1,352 | 34:21 | - |
| [The Black Death's Ports of Entry \| The World's Most Devastating Plague](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/clsSyCB4xKA/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 1,767 | 30:54 | 1.04x |
| [Egyptian Influences on Ancient Religion \| The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/z8fiXm9o0iA/) | 2026-07-17 | Long-form | 3,426 | 27:38 | 2.41x |
| [The Knights Templar Are Formed! \| The Knights Templar: A History Strange and True](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/LQkPBMySUcY/) | 2026-07-10 | Long-form | 3,241 | 28:57 | 1.6x |
| [Why 1776 Matters \| Years That Changed History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/JGRPi-mWRxY/) | 2026-07-04 | Long-form | 3,230 | 34:06 | 2.56x |
| [Let a Committee Be Appointed \| The Declaration of Independence: America's Birth Certificate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/VCTzdkeLteI/) | 2026-07-03 | Long-form | 1,320 | 26:15 | - |
| [The American Revolution—Politics and People \| A History of the United States, 2nd Edition](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/mQiM-Nv5T38/) | 2026-07-02 | Long-form | 1,337 | 30:01 | - |
| [Standoff in Boston \| The American Revolution](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/xyhcJCaJKWA/) | 2026-07-01 | Long-form | 999 | 30:05 | - |
| [George Hewes: Tea Party Captain \| Ordinary Americans in the Revolution](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/xyTUCP34Jlc/) | 2026-06-30 | Long-form | 1,837 | 24:36 | - |
| [The Power of Mind over Body \| Lecture One](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/LtIlraE274E/) | 2023-07-20 | Long-form | 33,026 | 28:58 | 4.26x |
| [This is How You Stop a Vampire! \| The History of Dracula](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/THj_astCv2E/) | 2023-06-21 | Long-form | 4,800 | 25:17 | - |
| [What Are Birds Actually Saying? \| A Nature Lover's Guide](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/O2QpblYu6jg/) | 2023-06-21 | Long-form | 5,507 | 10:03 | - |
| [This is How the Pyramids Were Built \| Secrets of Ancient Egypt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/dUlAgYNt614/) | 2023-06-21 | Long-form | 12,926 | 30:30 | - |
| [There's No Such Thing as Cavemen? \| Early Human History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/aiMr2VWs6BI/) | 2023-06-21 | Long-form | 10,369 | 23:26 | - |
| [What Happened in the First Punic War? \| Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/wjPIyyHRFS8/) | 2023-05-15 | Long-form | 4,164 | 24:14 | - |
| [What Caused the First Punic War? \| Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/USI_flNJHJ0/) | 2023-05-15 | Long-form | 4,482 | 10:55 | - |
| [What Is Post-Impressionism? \| Post-Impressionism: The Beginnings of Modern Art](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/N-Mg-cxEJqc/) | 2023-05-08 | Long-form | 30,019 | 10:19 | - |
| [What Led to Post-Impressionism? \| Post-Impressionism: The Beginnings of Modern Art](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/CZnFccuaHzA/) | 2023-05-08 | Long-form | 20,048 | 17:36 | - |
| [Should Currency Be Centralized? \| Macroeconomics Made Clear](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/-2ffoQTPGl0/) | 2023-05-01 | Long-form | 4,753 | 18:18 | - |
| [How Is Money Created? \| Understanding Fiat Currency](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/f46XaBNjYsc/) | 2023-05-01 | Long-form | 18,569 | 12:25 | - |
| [Is Light a Particle or a Wave? \| The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/fQotWRsA3Nw/) | 2023-04-24 | Long-form | 28,510 | 10:19 | 2.58x |
| [What Is the Quantum Theory of Matter? \| The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/okyF5f-_EpM/) | 2023-04-24 | Long-form | 108,825 | 21:24 | 9.74x |
| [Who Were Ancient Egypt's Tomb Robbers? \| The Real Ancient Egypt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/44rMH655n54/) | 2023-04-17 | Long-form | 20,468 | 8:26 | 2.87x |
| [What Did King Tut's Tomb Teach Us? \| The Real Ancient Egypt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/3phf6eHvYCY/) | 2023-04-17 | Long-form | 4,596 | 15:53 | - |
| [Where Did the Biblical Creation Story Come From? \| Creation Stories of the Ancient World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/qxikyJp-dfY/) | 2023-04-10 | Long-form | 77,909 | 11:28 | 11.04x |
| [What Does the Bible Say about Creating Humans? \| Creation Stories of the Ancient World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/UouSERsJ_ns/) | 2023-04-10 | Long-form | 13,322 | 16:13 | 3.1x |
| [Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Work \| Anne Carroll Moore](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/K0riEAY3Hlc/) | 2023-04-03 | Long-form | 3,368 | 7:32 | - |
| [Which Children's Classics Have Been Banned? \| Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/16GV9KhQWl4/) | 2023-04-03 | Long-form | 3,650 | 24:47 | - |
| [How Do Con Artists Trick People? \| Understanding Cognitive Biases](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/uWvA7pxtqhA/) | 2023-03-27 | Long-form | 5,060 | 11:49 | - |
| [How Did P.T. Barnum Trick Millions of People? \| Understanding Cognitive Biases](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/J3ZSaz2JZZY/) | 2023-03-27 | Long-form | 9,067 | 12:32 | - |
| [Uncovering the History of the Banjo with Rhiannon Giddens: From African Roots to American Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatcourses/videos/RiP8Tfa8bB8/) | 2023-03-23 | Long-form | 278,330 | 21:28 | 20.84x |

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