The Why Files

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Median views per long-form video

1,248,940

Uploads per week

4.6

Average long-form length

2:07:25

In the sample

25 long-form · 25 Shorts

Beat the channel median

Prophecy of the Popes | Saint Malachy's Countdown
3.5M views · 2.8x the median
Nuclear Missile Down | The Cover-Up America Tried to Bury
2.5M views · 2.0x the median
Three Deaths Filed as Alien Encounters
2.4M views · 1.9x the median
The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis
2.3M views · 1.9x the median
JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War
2.2M views · 1.7x the median

Trailed the channel median

The Basement: Physics Compilation | From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities
723.2K views · 0.6x the median
The Basement: John B. Alexander | Green Beret, Spoon Bender, UFO Investigator
633.6K views · 0.5x the median
The Basement: Thomas Campbell | NASA Secrets, Binaural Beats, Simulation Theory
607K views · 0.5x the median
The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
435.9K views · 0.3x the median
The Why Files Declassified
74.5K 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
The Basement: Brian Laythe \| Ghosts, Possession, and Shadow People	Sep 21, 2026	2:58:36	579.3K
The Poltergeist Who Follows You Home	Sep 18, 2026	34:15	1.2M
Sinister & Unsolved: Campfire Compilation	Sep 17, 2026	3:05:22	1.3M
The Basement: Donald Hoffman \| Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go	Sep 14, 2026	2:27:49	669.7K
Aliens in the Ocean, and a War for Earth \| The Friendship Case	Sep 12, 2026	38:06	3.2M
The Basement: Dan Flores \| Camels in America, Ice Age Giants, and Coyote Resilience	Sep 7, 2026	2:52:00	923.7K
Nuclear Missile Down \| The Cover-Up America Tried to Bury	Sep 5, 2026	37:59	2.5M
Unlock Universe Secrets: The Basment PhysicsCompilation!! #shortsShort	Aug 31, 2026	0:42	48.3K
The Basement: Physics Compilation \| From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities	Aug 31, 2026	3:43:55	723.2K
Three Deaths Filed as Alien Encounters	Aug 29, 2026	37:08	2.4M
The Basement: Mitch Horowitz \| Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased	Aug 26, 2026	2:52:22	435.9K
How could Socrates know about AI?Short	Aug 25, 2026	0:55	444.1K
The Basement: Diana Pasulka \| Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email	Aug 24, 2026	3:34:56	1.5M
The Basque Bloodline \| Descendants of Atlantis	Aug 21, 2026	37:07	2.3M
The Why Files Declassified	Aug 16, 2026	4:15	74.5K
They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation	Aug 15, 2026	36:22	1.4M
Gravity Returns: Hold On For Dear Life! #shortsShort	Aug 11, 2026	0:35	80.8K
Aug 12th!! SECRET DOCUMENT REVEALS EARTH'S GRAVITY WILL STOP! #shortsShort	Aug 10, 2026	0:51	784K
The Basement: Travis Taylor \| Physics of Skinwalker Ranch	Aug 10, 2026	3:32:31	1.3M
America's secret Psychic Race begins...Short	Aug 8, 2026	0:51	102.3K
JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War	Aug 8, 2026	46:38	2.2M
The Moon Is HOLLOW? Unveiling Its Shocking Secrets! #shortsShort	Aug 4, 2026	0:58	74.3K
The Basement: John B. Allen \| Becoming MrBallen	Aug 3, 2026	3:48:44	1.2M
Abducted, rejected and left behind...Short	Jul 31, 2026	0:27	135.9K
The Carl Higdon Abduction \| An Alien Scours the Galaxy for Food	Jul 31, 2026	32:25	1.7M
Stuxnet: The Cyberattack That Started a Cyber War #shortsShort	Jul 30, 2026	0:35	58.7K
Voodoo Shaman's Fire Trick: What's REALLY Going On? #shortsShort	Jul 29, 2026	0:38	42.5K
The Basement: John B. Alexander \| Green Beret, Spoon Bender, UFO Investigator	Jul 27, 2026	3:33:50	633.6K
Is Our Reality a Game? Simulation Hypothesis EXPLAINED! #shortsShort	Jul 23, 2026	0:43	50.6K
Gov FABRICATES EVIDENCE to SILENCE Whistleblowers?! #shortsShort	Jul 21, 2026	1:03	55.2K
The Basement: Jeremy Corbell \| Betrayal, Surveillance, and the Secret Higher Than Nuclear Weapons	Jul 20, 2026	3:59:40	880.1K
He Predicted His Death: Clairvaux's Grim Prophecy Comes True! #shortsShort	Jul 20, 2026	0:50	53.8K
Prophecy of the Popes \| Saint Malachy's Countdown	Jul 18, 2026	41:58	3.5M
Earth Stops! City DESTROYED in Cataclysmic Event #shortsShort	Jul 17, 2026	0:54	120.3K
Math Trick: Make Palindromes With This Genius Hack! #shortsShort	Jul 17, 2026	1:44	57.8K
Ancient City Found! 50,000 People, Hidden Granaries & Artifacts! #shortsShort	Jul 16, 2026	0:52	133.7K
Ancient Tech & Tesla: Unlimited Clean Energy SECRET REVOLUTION? #shortsShort	Jul 16, 2026	0:53	75.9K
Mushrooms UNLOCKED Human Consciousness? The WILD Theory! #shortsShort	Jul 16, 2026	1:15	44.1K
Human Evolution and the Power of the Mind: Science Compilation	Jul 15, 2026	3:03:38	1.3M
Alchemy Book Reveals Urine Stone Secret! Wild Website Revealed! #shortsShort	Jul 14, 2026	1:17	55K
CIA Hid Book Predicting End of World! 60 Years! #shortsShort	Jul 13, 2026	0:37	84K
The Basement: Thomas Campbell \| NASA Secrets, Binaural Beats, Simulation Theory	Jul 13, 2026	4:10:09	607K
Psychic Spies: The Cold War's Secret ESP Race EXPOSED! #shortsShort	Jul 11, 2026	0:44	37.3K
Internet Horrors: The Crying Man, The Salmon Girl, The Vanishing Rider	Jul 11, 2026	45:30	1.2M
Alien Bases & Vanishing Objects: Alaska's Mount Hayes Mystery! #shortsShort	Jul 11, 2026	0:58	49.2K
Are We Living In A SIMULATION? The TRUTH Revealed! #shortsShort	Jul 10, 2026	0:51	52.9K
FBI's REAL X-Files: UFO Crashes & Cover-Ups Exposed! #shortsShort	Jul 9, 2026	0:41	90.3K
Red Laser Unlocks Reality's Code: Are Cats Running the Simulation? #shortsShort	Jul 7, 2026	0:39	231.5K
Psychedelics Reveal True Freedom From Decision Making #shortsShort	Jul 7, 2026	0:48	45.5K
The Basement: Danny Goler \| The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside	Jul 6, 2026	2:50:19	809.4K

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