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Median views per long-form video
286,848
Uploads per week
0.4
Average long-form length
12:45
In the sample
39 long-form · 11 Shorts
Beat the channel median
- The "impossible" material iceberg EXPLAINED
1M views · 3.5x the median
- Tier List of Cosmic Threats
841.6K views · 2.9x the median
- What exactly are "Gray" Holes?
632.9K views · 2.2x the median
- What would it be like on an Eyeball Planet?
570K views · 2.0x the median
- Scariest Depictions of FTL Travel
486.6K views · 1.7x the median
Trailed the channel median
- How to go to space WITHOUT rockets
163.3K views · 0.6x the median
- The Trillions of Worlds Orbiting Black Holes
160K views · 0.6x the median
- Why Is Nanotechnology WAY Harder Than You Think?
143.6K views · 0.5x the median
- Ranking the technologies that will change the world (or won't)
134.7K views · 0.5x the median
- 1,000,000 subscriber special | Sciencephile the AI
111.7K views · 0.4x the median
Latest uploads
The 50 most recent uploads, newest first. Shorts are included; the badge marks them.
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- the first 30 seconds of a YouTube video
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- YouTube hook examples
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- YouTube audience retention guide
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- what a good YouTube retention rate is
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- how long a YouTube script should be
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- YouTube Shorts retention
What YouTube Help says about Shorts retention, and how to fix a low rate.
Where these numbers come from
Counts from the YouTube Data API, read Oct 25, 2026. Refreshed at least every 7 days. The sample covers uploads published Jan 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. A channel that would rather this page did not exist can ask for its removal through the contact page, and it is removed.