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@veritasium547 videos16 yrs

Veritasium's Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Subs21.4M

100Kin 28d

Views4.72B

74.8Min 28d

Est. revenue$360K

Down 23%vs prior 14d

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As of 2026-11-05, Veritasium has 21,400,000 subscribers, 4,717,989,518 total views, and 547 videos. Ranked #692 worldwide, #189 in United States and #15 in Education by subscribers.

Veritasium’s most recent 48 uploads

  • The latest upload vidIQ has for Veritasium is “The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Matter”, a long-form video published Nov 4, 2026.
  • These are Veritasium’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Apr 29, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026 (15 long-form videos and 33 Shorts).
  • Median views across these 48 uploads: 2,977,532. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
  • Most viewed in the sample: “The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine” (21,484,248 views, Sep 21, 2026). Least viewed: “How many batteries would it take to power a human?” (392,207 views, May 20, 2026).
  • Median length: 34:17 for 15 long-form videos; 1:16 for 33 Shorts.
  • In this sample, Veritasium’s consecutive uploads were a median of 4 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 11 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.
Veritasium’s most recent uploads, newest first, with publication date (UTC), format, lifetime views and length
VideoPublished (UTC)ViewsLength
The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Matter1,368,2581:05:56
These ponds help support half the people on Earth423,6481:53
What happens if I lower this weight into the water?2,868,8221:14
Why doesn't your heart get tired like other muscles do?1,414,9331:13
No device could prove Einstein wrong... until now7,535,13434:28
Is there something faster than light?1,303,4710:58
When you lose weight where does it go?1,365,3371:10
Fiber Optics are so much cooler than I thought14,940,00834:32
What is edge dislocation?4,388,0551:11
How Dangerous Are Non-Stick Pans?1,701,4581:41
We're trying something new...1,439,1015:08
What happens to these balloons when you open the valve?1,644,7811:34
The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine21,484,24847:42
Heating A Ball Just By Squeezing It969,7651:06
The Scariest Chart In Engineering1,601,4741:11
The Most Dangerous Escalator In Europe7,935,1881:17
A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong...3,086,2411:31
We Took $10,000 From @mkbhd's Locked iPhone6,241,2410:49
It's impossible to choose a number at random1,998,8301:41
Could identical twins commit the perfect crime?950,5701:08

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vidIQ. As of 2026-11-05, Veritasium has 21,400,000 subscribers, 4,717,989,518 total views, and 547 videos. It ranks #692 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@veritasium/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

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