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@veritasium21.4M subscribers
- Typical views
- 6.9M
- Uploads a week
- 1.6
- Typical length
- 33 min
- Outlier rate
- 13%
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Picked Oct 31, 2026
From the channels Veritasium mentions and the ones covering the same ground. Views, length and outlier rate are long-form only.
- 3
- Typical views
- 1.7M
- Uploads a week
- 0.5
- Typical length
- 34 min
- Outlier rate
- 20%
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- Uploads a week
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- Typical length
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- Outlier rate
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- 7.3M
- Uploads a week
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- Outlier rate
- 15%
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Vsauce
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- Typical views
- 2.3M
- Uploads a week
- 0.1
- Typical length
- 30 min
- Outlier rate
- 22%
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Real Engineering
@realengineering5.1M subscribers
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- Typical views
- 1.2M
- Uploads a week
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- Typical length
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- Outlier rate
- 22%
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- 2.2M
- Uploads a week
- 0.4
- Typical length
- 15 min
- Outlier rate
- 18%
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minutephysics
@minutephysics6M subscribers
Short physics explainers overlapping with Veritasium's physics videos and Shorts.
- Typical views
- 530.4K
- Uploads a week
- 0.4
- Typical length
- 5 min
- Outlier rate
- 26%
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