Runic

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Median views per long-form video

5,366

Uploads per week

6.3

Average long-form length

21:12

In the sample

50 long-form · 0 Shorts

Beat the channel median

Why Inuit Igloos Stayed Warm in –50°C Brutal Arctic Winters
673K views · 125.4x the median
How Did Humans Survive −40° Nights Inside a Massive Medieval Castle?
374.7K views · 69.8x the median
Why Mongol Shelters Never Froze: Surviving in –49°C Brutal Winter
86K views · 16.0x the median
How Do Mongols Sleep In Yurts Without Freezing Dead?
37.4K views · 7.0x the median
Why Did Ancient Humans Build Villages on Deadly Cliffs?
24.8K views · 4.6x the median

Trailed the channel median

How Can Humans Live at 16,700 Feet With Half the Oxygen?
838 views · 0.2x the median
How Did Humans Invent Electricity?
672 views · 0.1x the median
How Did Ancient Humans Invent Beer?
664 views · 0.1x the median
Why Did Ancient Humans Build 200 Hidden Cities Inside a Mountain Region?
587 views · 0.1x the median
How Did Ancient Humans Travel the World 50,000 Years Ago?
316 views · 0.1x the median

Latest uploads

The 50 most recent uploads, newest first. Shorts are included; the badge marks them.

Title	Published	Length	Views
How Did Humans Live 3,000 Years in a Desert Town Where It Never Rains?	Oct 14, 2026	21:56	1.6K
How Did WWI Soldiers Survive Winter in Trenches Full of Freezing Water?	Oct 13, 2026	22:06	7.2K
Far From Civilization? How a Kyrgyz Family Really Lives in the Mountains	Oct 12, 2026	20:24	5.9K
How Native Americans Built & Lived In Tipis At -30°C (-22°F )	Oct 11, 2026	20:15	38.1K
What Was Life Really Like for Nobles in Medieval Castles?	Oct 10, 2026	21:13	20.8K
How Did Pirates Survive Freezing Nights at Sea Without Heating?	Oct 9, 2026	20:03	189.6K
How Did Monks Live on a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean for 600 Years?	Oct 8, 2026	19:57	23.7K
How Did Native Americans Live Underground at -40°?	Oct 7, 2026	20:18	86K
Why Can't Humans Really Explore the Depths of the Amazon?	Oct 6, 2026	21:53	80.1K
How Did Humans Sleep on Freezing Nights Inside a Massive Medieval Castle?	Oct 5, 2026	19:23	17.8K
How Ancient Humans Slept Through The Ice Age Without Freezing to Death	Oct 4, 2026	21:18	40.5K
How Animals Help Heat a Home in Ladakh at -30°C	Oct 3, 2026	20:29	55.1K
How Did Humans Invent the Weapon That Broke the Mongol Empire?	Oct 2, 2026	21:08	6.7K
How Ancient Humans Stayed Dry for Days in Endless Rain	Oct 1, 2026	19:43	21K
How Do Mongols Sleep In Yurts Without Freezing Dead?	Sep 30, 2026	20:21	37.4K
How Did Humans Survive in the Desert Without Starving to Death?	Sep 29, 2026	21:28	7.7K
How Did Humans Survive −40° Nights Inside a Massive Medieval Castle?	Sep 28, 2026	20:00	374.7K
What Did Ice Age Humans Actually Do All Day?	Sep 27, 2026	20:33	1.8K
How Did Ancient Humans Hunt During Brutal Ice Age Winters?	Sep 26, 2026	20:39	1.1K
How Can Humans Live at 16,700 Feet With Half the Oxygen?	Sep 25, 2026	20:47	838
Why Are We The Only Humans Left?	Sep 24, 2026	20:20	2.5K
Why Mongol Shelters Never Froze: Surviving in –49°C Brutal Winter	Sep 23, 2026	20:46	86K
How Humans Ate, Slept and Raised Their Children on the Water	Sep 22, 2026	21:37	8.5K
Why Viking Homes Never Froze — Even in Arctic Winters	Sep 21, 2026	20:24	10.7K
How Did Humans Invent Electricity?	Sep 20, 2026	21:38	672
How Inuit Sleep At -64°C Without Gas or Electricity	Sep 19, 2026	20:51	22K
How Did Humans End Up in the Americas?	Sep 18, 2026	23:11	2.3K
Why Did Human Progress Explode 10,000 Years Ago — After 300,000 Years of Almost Nothing?	Sep 17, 2026	20:30	845
Why 90% of Humans Are Right Handed	Sep 15, 2026	20:33	8.4K
How Ancient Berbers Survived 50°C Desert Heat by Living Underground	Sep 12, 2026	20:36	10.7K
Why Are Humans So Obsessed With Gold?	Sep 10, 2026	21:07	5.1K
How Did Humans Domesticate Cannabis From a Useless Weed?	Sep 9, 2026	23:29	10.8K
How Did Ancient Humans Store Food for Years Without Refrigeration?	Sep 7, 2026	22:17	7.9K
How Did Ancient Humans Travel the World 50,000 Years Ago?	Sep 6, 2026	21:14	316
How Did Ancient Humans Bathe in -50°C Winters Without Freezing?	Sep 5, 2026	22:01	19.3K
Why Do Desert People Wear More Clothes in Extreme Heat?	Sep 4, 2026	21:25	3.8K
How Ancient Humans Built Hidden Dugout Shelters Under a Stump?	Sep 3, 2026	21:39	9K
Why Inuit Igloos Stayed Warm in –50°C Brutal Arctic Winters	Sep 2, 2026	20:46	673K
Why Did Ancient Humans Build Villages on Deadly Cliffs?	Sep 1, 2026	21:53	24.8K
Why Did Ancient Humans Build 200 Hidden Cities Inside a Mountain Region?	Aug 31, 2026	22:23	587
A Wall of Water Hit Nepal With No Rain — How Did Ancient Humans Survive Landslides?	Aug 29, 2026	21:45	1.2K
How Did Ancient Egyptians Survive the Desert Heat?	Aug 27, 2026	21:26	5.3K
How Did Ancient Humans Turn Sand Into Glass?	Aug 26, 2026	23:36	2.4K
How Did the First Humans Discover Iron?	Aug 25, 2026	22:16	948
How Ancient Persians Made Ice in the Desert Without Electricity	Aug 24, 2026	21:39	5.4K
How Vikings Built a HEATING SYSTEM in -30°C Winters With NO Electricity	Aug 23, 2026	22:03	6.4K
What Did Ancient Humans Do When It Was Too Hot to Sleep?	Aug 22, 2026	21:42	4.1K
What Did Ancient Humans Do When Water Was Too Dangerous to Drink?	Aug 21, 2026	20:56	3.1K
How Vikings Survived Icy Seas Without Fire?	Aug 20, 2026	20:46	7K
How Did Ancient Humans Invent Beer?	Aug 19, 2026	21:51	664

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