# What If YouTube Stats

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

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As of 2026-11-05, What If has 8,990,000 subscribers, 1,771,080,212 total views, and 1,705 videos. It ranks #3,598 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

Counts reflect public YouTube data and may be rounded. Earnings are modelled ad revenue estimates, not reported creator income; sponsorships, memberships and merchandise are excluded. [Data sources and earnings methodology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/#earnings).

## Key stats

- Subscribers: 8,990,000
- Total views: 1,771,080,212
- Videos: 1,705
- Estimated ad revenue (USD): $41,000
- Worldwide rank: #3,598
- Country: United States (rank #907)
- Category: Education (rank #77)
- Joined YouTube: 2018-07-18
- Statistics as of: 2026-11-05

The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

## Top videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [I Swam in a Pool of Liquid Mecury #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/AWTuvTJKtr0/) | Short | 2022-04-27 | 29,505,136 | 2 | - |
| [What If We Dug Tunnels Between Continents? #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/1k0L2Aby4zU/) | Short | 2021-09-21 | 19,596,903 | 1 | - |
| [Don't Do This if There Is a Spider Inside You #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/ZCppA7rh8Nc/) | Short | 2022-02-12 | 18,440,533 | 15 | - |
| [What If Your Skin was Bulletproof? #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/Kbeww4jwWdQ/) | Short | 2022-08-05 | 17,944,404 | 1 | - |
| [What If We Killed All Mosquitoes? #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/aFrb9UxUAMk/) | Short | 2022-09-05 | 17,339,273 | 11 | - |
| [What If You DIED on Every Planet in Our Solar System?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/AIlOpMfl6Wg/) | Long-form | 2024-12-25 | 16,960,793 | 140 | 11.49x |
| [What Was Earth Like Before the Dinosaurs?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/GxyjWhz5VT0/) | Long-form | 2023-04-26 | 7,761,790 | 251 | 17.7x |
| [What If a 10km Asteroid Was Just the Start of Earth's 4.5 Billion Year War?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/LinWJsangs4/) | Long-form | 2023-07-09 | 7,603,914 | 261 | 9.52x |
| [What If You Landed on Kepler-22 b?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/Nf-uqwm6-tY/) | Long-form | 2024-08-24 | 7,017,999 | 365 | 14.53x |
| [What If the Earth Stopped Spinning for 5 Seconds and Winds Hit 1,670 km/h?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/UJwkj82BJjo/) | Long-form | 2021-12-05 | 6,720,382 | 12 | - |

## Latest videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [What Every World in the Solar System Would Do to Your Body](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/iorGWqzRmBo/) | Long-form | 2026-11-03 | 83,124 | 654 | - |
| [Why Saudi Arabia's $8.8 Trillion Megacity Was Suspended \| The Line Failure #Shorts #SaudiArabia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/VI6yG1J7eCQ/) | Short | 2026-11-03 | 10,229 | 249 | - |
| [What Happens If You Jump In Ferrofluid? #Shorts #Ferrofluid #Science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/vKXG0q46-HA/) | Short | 2026-11-02 | 16,171 | 97 | - |
| [Growing 1cm Every Second: What Happens? #Shorts #Titan #Giant #Space](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/Qi7GHcaeMrM/) | Short | 2026-10-31 | 55,416 | 220 | 1.82x |
| [The Insane Megastructure We Could Build in 31 Years](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/videos/icYt2bWLYeU/) | Long-form | 2026-10-30 | 131,409 | 1,027 | 0.69x |

## Long-form vs. Shorts, last 28 days

| Format | Uploads | Views |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-form | 9 | 1,283,531 |
| Shorts | 14 | 831,293 |

## Daily performance

All recorded daily snapshots available for this channel. Dates are UTC. Missing days are not filled in; negative changes are retained. Earnings are estimates.

| Date | Subscribers | Subscribers change | Views | Views change | Estimated earnings (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-05 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,771,080,212 | +304,420 | $1,600 |
| 2026-11-04 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,770,949,764 | +281,626 | $1,500 |
| 2026-11-03 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,770,668,138 | +219,763 | $1,200 |
| 2026-11-02 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,770,448,375 | +254,127 | $1,300 |
| 2026-11-01 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,770,194,248 | +273,341 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-31 | 8,990,000 | 0 | 1,769,920,907 | +260,263 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-30 | 8,990,000 | +10,000 | 1,769,660,644 | +274,517 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-29 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,769,386,127 | +265,144 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-28 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,769,120,983 | +319,251 | $1,700 |
| 2026-10-27 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,768,801,732 | +257,424 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-26 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,768,544,308 | +285,132 | $1,500 |
| 2026-10-25 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,768,259,176 | -5,016,039 | $0 |
| 2026-10-24 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,773,275,215 | +118,218 | $620 |
| 2026-10-23 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,773,156,997 | +196,185 | $1,000 |
| 2026-10-22 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,772,960,812 | +526,450 | $2,800 |
| 2026-10-21 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,772,434,362 | +141,354 | $740 |
| 2026-10-20 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,772,293,008 | +120,725 | $640 |
| 2026-10-19 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,772,172,283 | +243,065 | $1,300 |
| 2026-10-18 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,771,929,218 | +266,664 | $1,400 |
| 2026-10-17 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,771,662,554 | +311,136 | $1,600 |
| 2026-10-16 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,771,351,418 | +336,112 | $1,800 |
| 2026-10-15 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,771,015,306 | +326,072 | $1,700 |
| 2026-10-14 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,770,689,234 | +86,061 | $450 |
| 2026-10-13 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,770,603,173 | +325,081 | $1,700 |
| 2026-10-12 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,770,278,092 | +228,969 | $1,200 |
| 2026-10-11 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,770,049,123 | +432,336 | $2,300 |
| 2026-10-10 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,769,616,787 | +440,097 | $2,300 |
| 2026-10-09 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,769,176,690 | +213,013 | $1,100 |
| 2026-10-08 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,768,963,677 | +392,395 | $2,100 |
| 2026-10-07 | 8,980,000 | 0 | 1,768,571,282 | +297,002 | $1,600 |

## Monthly history

In October 2026, What If gained 10,000 subscribers and got 4,087,769 views. Each month shows its net change and the totals at its end.

| Month | Subscribers gained | Views gained | Subscribers | Views |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2026 | +10,000 | +4,087,769 | 8,990,000 | 1,770,194,248 |
| September 2026 | +20,000 | +12,468,034 | 8,980,000 | 1,766,106,479 |
| August 2026 | +10,000 | +8,590,134 | 8,960,000 | 1,753,638,445 |
| July 2026 | +20,000 | +10,699,633 | 8,950,000 | 1,745,048,311 |
| June 2026 | +20,000 | +7,334,703 | 8,930,000 | 1,734,348,678 |
| May 2026 | +20,000 | +12,327,589 | 8,910,000 | 1,727,013,975 |
| April 2026 | +30,000 | +12,366,393 | 8,890,000 | 1,714,686,386 |
| March 2026 | +20,000 | +7,403,974 | 8,860,000 | 1,702,319,993 |
| February 2026 | +10,000 | +7,862,011 | 8,840,000 | 1,694,916,019 |
| January 2026 | +20,000 | +7,514,847 | 8,830,000 | 1,687,054,008 |
| December 2025 | +20,000 | +7,939,716 | 8,810,000 | 1,679,539,161 |
| November 2025 | +20,000 | +10,208,110 | 8,790,000 | 1,671,599,445 |
| October 2025 | +20,000 | +7,322,719 | 8,770,000 | 1,661,391,335 |
| September 2025 | +20,000 | +6,342,468 | 8,750,000 | 1,654,068,616 |
| August 2025 | +20,000 | +6,705,206 | 8,730,000 | 1,647,726,148 |
| July 2025 | +30,000 | +8,606,322 | 8,710,000 | 1,641,020,942 |
| June 2025 | +30,000 | +6,105,438 | 8,680,000 | 1,632,414,620 |
| May 2025 | +30,000 | +11,188,488 | 8,650,000 | 1,626,309,182 |
| April 2025 | +50,000 | +7,614,547 | 8,620,000 | 1,615,120,694 |
| March 2025 | +70,000 | +13,046,715 | 8,570,000 | 1,607,506,147 |
| February 2025 | +60,000 | +11,177,968 | 8,500,000 | 1,594,459,432 |
| January 2025 | +100,000 | +13,785,029 | 8,440,000 | 1,583,281,464 |
| December 2024 | +110,000 | +13,428,575 | 8,340,000 | 1,569,496,435 |
| November 2024 | +40,000 | +7,780,301 | 8,230,000 | 1,556,067,860 |
| October 2024 | +30,000 | +9,047,406 | 8,190,000 | 1,548,287,559 |
| September 2024 | +40,000 | +9,252,871 | 8,160,000 | 1,539,240,153 |
| August 2024 | +40,000 | +9,261,177 | 8,120,000 | 1,529,987,282 |
| July 2024 | +30,000 | +9,221,533 | 8,080,000 | 1,520,726,105 |
| June 2024 | +20,000 | +9,728,894 | 8,050,000 | 1,511,504,572 |
| May 2024 | +40,000 | +11,276,949 | 8,030,000 | 1,501,775,678 |
| April 2024 | +30,000 | +9,979,631 | 7,990,000 | 1,490,498,729 |
| March 2024 | +30,000 | +10,333,045 | 7,960,000 | 1,480,519,098 |
| February 2024 | +40,000 | +10,632,417 | 7,930,000 | 1,470,186,053 |
| January 2024 | +80,000 | +13,564,408 | 7,890,000 | 1,459,553,636 |
| December 2023 | +60,000 | +17,155,852 | 7,810,000 | 1,445,989,228 |
| November 2023 | +60,000 | +14,485,877 | 7,750,000 | 1,428,833,376 |

## Cite these statistics

vidIQ. As of 2026-11-05, What If has 8,990,000 subscribers, 1,771,080,212 total views, and 1,705 videos. It ranks #3,598 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

[Shareable recorded history chart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@whatifscienceshow/history.svg)

## Frequently asked questions

**How many subscribers does What If have?**

What If has 8,990,000 subscribers as of 2026-11-05.

**How many views does What If have?**

What If has 1,771,080,212 total video views as of 2026-11-05.

**How many videos has What If uploaded?**

What If has uploaded 1,705 videos as of 2026-11-05.

**What is What If's estimated YouTube ad revenue?**

vidIQ models about $41,000 USD in YouTube ad revenue for What If as of 2026-11-05. This is a modelled estimate, not income reported by the creator or YouTube. The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

**What is What If's subscriber rank?**

What If is ranked #3,598 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ as of 2026-11-05.

**How many subscribers did What If gain in the last 28 days?**

What If gained 10,000 subscribers between 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-05.

**How many views did What If get in the last 28 days?**

What If got 2,290,507 views between 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-05.

**How much did What If grow in October 2026?**

In October 2026, What If gained 10,000 subscribers and got 4,087,769 views.

**When did What If start their channel on YouTube?**

What If started their YouTube channel on July 18, 2018.

**What country is What If YouTube channel from?**

What If has its channel country set to United States on YouTube.

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