# The great explainer: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-29, The great explainer has 547,000 subscribers, 138,316,125 total views, and 129 videos. It ranks #139,554 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The great explainer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/). 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 explainer is “#bts”, a Short published Oct 26, 2026.
- These are The great explainer’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 19, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 (48 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 31,669. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “#7x7” (8,604,521 views, Sep 15, 2026). Least viewed: “#7x7” (1,594 views, Sep 12, 2026).
- Median length: 1:31 for 48 Shorts.
- In this sample, The great explainer’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 9 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [#bts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/P8y0AJnRBYA/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 10,480 | 1:13 | - |
| [#bts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/o4c2yVBfNRk/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 30,585 | 2:23 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/mzuwFEJ7DkE/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 7,044 | 1:47 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/JeZcGL45EOQ/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 18,161 | 1:17 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/pi4TaSE551I/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 126,549 | 2:40 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/payGi28c5rE/) | 2026-10-04 | Short | 95,056 | 2:05 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/mNCee-FTBG4/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 5,811 | 2:12 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/mdDo_cag6HA/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 15,630 | 0:59 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/jBmGVDlZ6Mk/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 26,720 | 1:53 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/zt9OqhVRYkE/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 11,809 | 1:45 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/0KNqquabITU/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 23,067 | 1:50 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/GvP1q4pgfvA/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 957,474 | 2:13 | 2.52x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/tpoitZcuQ2c/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 357,782 | 1:41 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/RnY9Yz57vwI/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 50,002 | 1:06 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/p46g5mkWF48/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 5,568 | 1:21 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/5LsFjeDAkgM/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 44,002 | 1:02 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/5rPDram0O74/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 216,896 | 1:44 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/ftUabC4XRjU/) | 2026-09-22 | Short | 32,752 | 1:30 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/7DK8OvH26QM/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 424,519 | 1:32 | 1.02x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/x-er8MuhHtQ/) | 2026-09-19 | Short | 7,018 | 2:04 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/zqbUVcJ4WGU/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 26,661 | 0:49 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/m3Jpn9UvmAA/) | 2026-09-16 | Short | 26,046 | 2:00 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/DBndx_FspeM/) | 2026-09-16 | Short | 724,051 | 1:36 | 1.65x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/XJVOB1y7b1w/) | 2026-09-15 | Short | 8,604,521 | 2:04 | 40.41x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/ZZl7_owG_i0/) | 2026-09-15 | Short | 26,898 | 1:09 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/n0gvCqS9HC8/) | 2026-09-14 | Short | 407,720 | 2:06 | 2.47x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/wcq1nraC4DQ/) | 2026-09-13 | Short | 55,184 | 2:58 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/R6Z254x9GGk/) | 2026-09-12 | Short | 1,594 | 1:20 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/sWIYspRbaP8/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 179,218 | 1:58 | 1.08x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/GJ-b0ai8nSg/) | 2026-09-10 | Short | 442,137 | 1:19 | 3.1x |
| [#hopecore](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/w92Y2kYAk6w/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 2,308 | 2:48 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/WjWBVUbUGiw/) | 2026-09-05 | Short | 14,898 | 1:06 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/ws4IsLjVFvI/) | 2026-09-04 | Short | 12,450 | 2:58 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/YzxvkUIFiJ4/) | 2026-09-03 | Short | 16,697 | 0:56 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/pPpSiCgzIII/) | 2026-09-02 | Short | 13,475 | 1:56 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/VGTOm1zisGk/) | 2026-09-01 | Short | 29,334 | 0:48 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/d73_jm3V9I8/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 541,007 | 1:52 | 3.74x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/MdCAJiQhcWo/) | 2026-08-30 | Short | 17,624 | 1:23 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/29Hf4bEBIQc/) | 2026-08-30 | Short | 21,055 | 1:11 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/OtiJMJuo0k4/) | 2026-08-27 | Short | 152,402 | 1:06 | 1.23x |
| [#diybuild](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/ZTkbnagq0W8/) | 2026-08-26 | Short | 134,795 | 1:22 | 1.19x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/wClEwWzGMtk/) | 2026-08-25 | Short | 90,073 | 2:46 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/rTT6O4h-sKE/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 43,510 | 0:55 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/aaaVIX7vQVE/) | 2026-08-23 | Short | 32,938 | 1:26 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/TzThy1gh6sw/) | 2026-08-22 | Short | 111,249 | 0:50 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/x4qSLsK5hUM/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 6,400 | 0:44 | - |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/yNghW3qmANE/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 386,672 | 0:49 | 2.3x |
| [#7x7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thegreatexplainer-/videos/y8PW59lw0mU/) | 2026-08-19 | Short | 5,478,344 | 0:50 | 29.07x |

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