# Yes Theory: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-11-01, Yes Theory has 10,200,000 subscribers, 1,352,232,594 total views, and 459 videos. It ranks #2,926 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Yes Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/). 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 Yes Theory is “"we have to leave" - 72 hours in the US town about to disappear”, a long-form video published Nov 1, 2026.
- These are Yes Theory’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Dec 8, 2024 and Nov 1, 2026 (44 long-form videos and 4 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 2,890,653. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Exploring the World's Largest $100 Billion Failed Ghost City (why did nobody move here?)” (10,671,846 views, Oct 19, 2025). Least viewed: “The Sound of Appalachia Will Give You Chills 😳” (119,959 views, Sep 10, 2025).
- Median length: 36:27 for 44 long-form videos; 0:51 for 4 Shorts.
- In this sample, Yes Theory’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 3 days, longest 49 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 1, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ["we have to leave" - 72 hours in the US town about to disappear](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/66BDqIsByUE/) | 2026-11-01 | Long-form | 187,209 | 36:52 | 2.08x |
| [50 hours in a Secret Russian town in America](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/TMQ31DQjjWg/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 8,926,071 | 37:28 | 4.98x |
| [our secret project is finally out](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/oKt2FWBFmik/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 518,627 | 5:48 | - |
| [Inside America's poorest region everyone forgot](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/Rtj5-iql5FE/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 3,399,412 | 35:24 | 1.07x |
| [Why is this piece of America still owned by France?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/W_s81Dn4uEI/) | 2026-08-16 | Long-form | 1,795,118 | 22:30 | 0.62x |
| [buying a 1 euro House in Italy - is it a scam?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/NbCf2La5SD8/) | 2026-07-26 | Long-form | 4,050,578 | 41:07 | 1.26x |
| [Europe's Most Remote Island Village (400 people live here)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/O021eXJ7qfE/) | 2026-06-28 | Long-form | 2,930,876 | 40:24 | 0.92x |
| ["he's crazy" - We Found a Man Living Alone in the Amazon (39 years isolated)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/dpHpKeXm-B0/) | 2026-06-21 | Long-form | 10,276,900 | 42:45 | 3.28x |
| [Why Does Nobody Travel to South America's Strangest Countries?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/LWiNBT22gOI/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 2,850,429 | 34:34 | 1.07x |
| [Exploring Japan's Remote Border with Russia (no one comes here)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/2PB1ti2hFTM/) | 2026-05-24 | Long-form | 2,472,465 | 25:22 | 0.84x |
| [Why Does Japan Have 9,000,000 Abandoned Homes?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/PApu9YFk1HI/) | 2026-05-03 | Long-form | 4,445,086 | 37:21 | 1.28x |
| [Abandoned in Germany with $0 for 24 Hours (Man vs. Woman)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/2Qrxj5N_eYE/) | 2026-04-26 | Long-form | 1,532,485 | 45:52 | 0.44x |
| [50 Hours on Europe's Most Dangerous Island](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/IEIBXM1YwO8/) | 2026-04-05 | Long-form | 3,964,552 | 31:24 | 1.13x |
| [We Took Our Food Delivery Man on His First Vacation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/w9oxLSRy-zc/) | 2026-03-22 | Long-form | 1,802,057 | 45:33 | 0.52x |
| [24 Hours in 2 Countries that Hate Each Other](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/8_wiuDd691s/) | 2026-03-01 | Long-form | 3,517,525 | 48:12 | 1x |
| [Inside Pakistan’s Most Dangerous City (surreal)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/C_2cE21MM7s/) | 2026-02-15 | Long-form | 3,411,970 | 37:48 | 0.99x |
| [Exploring Scotland's Forgotten Castles with Giants](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/_Ul2V3Dj2Mo/) | 2026-01-18 | Long-form | 1,532,744 | 31:54 | 0.37x |
| [Will Smith Surprising My Egyptian Dad!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/1AlPe9RAYwQ/) | 2026-01-15 | Short | 188,505 | 2:22 | 1x |
| [90 Days To Run NYC Marathon in under 4HRs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/JQzbgYNIq6M/) | 2025-12-28 | Long-form | 666,452 | 17:15 | - |
| [Inside Japan's Illegal Drifting Underworld - TOKYO DRIFT](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/qG0UwUeKhAg/) | 2025-12-14 | Long-form | 7,451,293 | 24:39 | 1.81x |
| [It’s never too late to follow your dreams ❤️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/1CnBM6_2T4Y/) | 2025-12-09 | Short | 156,851 | 0:46 | - |
| ["He's not human" - The Most Isolated Man in the World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/o1WUlOXCiEE/) | 2025-11-30 | Long-form | 5,771,617 | 34:49 | 1.53x |
| [Actually Stranded on a Deserted Island for 42 Hours (real emergency)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/K-dqq7wbqNg/) | 2025-11-23 | Long-form | 3,488,328 | 36:03 | 0.92x |
| [Dark Secrets Hidden in America’s Most Isolated Islands (nobody comes here)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/woZH-pemN_o/) | 2025-11-16 | Long-form | 4,755,333 | 38:23 | 1.27x |
| [24 Hours Inside the World's Secret Gambling Capital (what happens here?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/1vifc1FRF5M/) | 2025-11-02 | Long-form | 2,225,784 | 37:52 | 0.74x |
| [Exploring the World's Largest $100 Billion Failed Ghost City (why did nobody move here?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/Y6ZGkjdFAZs/) | 2025-10-19 | Long-form | 10,671,846 | 25:27 | 3.34x |
| [72 Hours Lost in the World’s Richest Dictatorship (no hotel, no food, no transportation...)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/Gxtq88bCheg/) | 2025-10-12 | Long-form | 2,579,244 | 37:45 | 0.94x |
| [This Village Pays You $70,000 To Move There (is it a scam?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/S27fZ5rjOOI/) | 2025-10-05 | Long-form | 5,071,344 | 27:27 | 1.92x |
| [I hit rock bottom](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/0FVBN8afvHg/) | 2025-09-28 | Long-form | 586,139 | 16:39 | - |
| [hardest video I've ever had to make](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/fq5uGvkPJ14/) | 2025-09-14 | Long-form | 2,125,730 | 22:43 | 0.8x |
| [The Sound of Appalachia Will Give You Chills 😳](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/dEu5rNLYZko/) | 2025-09-10 | Short | 119,959 | 0:56 | - |
| [Abandoned Disposable Camera Photos Revealed..](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/rTsWFTGZZVQ/) | 2025-08-22 | Short | 217,870 | 0:34 | - |
| [144 Hours Stranded in the World's Most Unknown Country with No Phone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/vIBVbbYQzVQ/) | 2025-08-03 | Long-form | 4,060,541 | 46:20 | 1.53x |
| [Exploring the Paranoid Country with 374,142 Bunkers to Hide Everyone (how is this possible?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/KC-NOkm-dGs/) | 2025-07-27 | Long-form | 9,584,106 | 34:41 | 4.09x |
| [100 Hours in Europe's Most Corrupt Country](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/7w2MlJLi7us/) | 2025-07-13 | Long-form | 3,453,108 | 33:32 | 1.47x |
| [Exploring World's Strangest Border: A Country Inside a Country Inside a Country? Why?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/QrZVjp5IhR0/) | 2025-06-29 | Long-form | 2,360,047 | 29:48 | 1.01x |
| [Inside the Secret Country Erased from Maps (what are they hiding?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/TosLIg3o91k/) | 2025-06-15 | Long-form | 2,931,414 | 28:48 | 1.11x |
| [Giving Our Taxi Driver $200,000 To Free Him From Debt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/y_HAvNT_Nv4/) | 2025-05-25 | Long-form | 985,588 | 21:43 | - |
| [We Took Our Taxi Driver to His Dream Destination (Full Movie)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/44XdCRppvgE/) | 2025-05-18 | Long-form | 2,331,414 | 51:18 | 0.85x |
| [72 Hours To Race a Formula Car](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/nB3amaWZx4k/) | 2025-04-27 | Long-form | 792,785 | 40:02 | - |
| [Inside the "Illegal" Billionaire Paradise with its Own Laws](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/pdmVDO0a8dc/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 3,798,995 | 40:41 | 1.38x |
| [100 Hours Inside Syria's Failed Dictatorship (heartbreaking journey)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/iQ3Q2Yk1268/) | 2025-03-30 | Long-form | 919,125 | 44:32 | - |
| [Taking a Syrian Family Back Home After Dictatorship Fell (fled 14 years ago)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/M4gVwUQYjLE/) | 2025-03-23 | Long-form | 997,730 | 37:31 | - |
| [I Tried to Join Finland's Elite Arctic Military Unit (impossible)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/9HHI2EuZoWc/) | 2025-03-09 | Long-form | 4,859,927 | 1:07:15 | 1.47x |
| [Exploring the Super-Rich Arab Country Nobody Goes To](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/vllPi10jo6s/) | 2025-02-23 | Long-form | 4,251,080 | 39:16 | 1.37x |
| [Paradise Island in the World’s Most Dangerous Country](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/JqnxsNAUKx8/) | 2025-02-09 | Long-form | 2,990,381 | 39:45 | 1.03x |
| [Dark Secrets of America's Most Obese Town](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/AY-IDgLtYTw/) | 2024-12-22 | Long-form | 2,504,666 | 22:48 | 0.87x |
| [Exploring America’s Most Isolated Town (extreme conditions, eating whale..)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@yestheory/videos/iYDSlh8gkus/) | 2024-12-08 | Long-form | 4,148,987 | 32:38 | 1.34x |

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