Depth Theory YouTube Stats

@depththeoryofficial · Science & Education · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Depth Theory channel overview

Depth Theory (@depththeoryofficial) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2026. It has 18K subscribers and 6.9M total views across 6 videos, an average of 1.1M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.2M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 432K views. Over the last 12 months, Depth Theory published 6 videos, and 1 of them (17%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Depth Theory make?

Returbe estimates Depth Theory's YouTube ad revenue at $28K – $94K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.5 to $12, typically $6.5, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $6.5K.

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Upload schedule

Depth Theory publishes about 6.5 videos a month. Based on its last 6 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (33% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Depth Theory's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are Depth Theory's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Sperm Whale5.8M views · Oct 27, 202613.4× typical views
• Would A Great White Survive Every Prehistoric Ocean?667K views · Oct 29, 20261.5× typical views
• Why You Never Want to Meet a Colossal Squid432K views · Oct 26, 20261× typical views
• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Humpback Whale240K views · Nov 1, 20260.6× typical views
• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Polar Bear185K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Why The Ocean’s Deadliest Predator Never Hunts You37K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views

Latest videos

2 of Depth Theory's last 6 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Why The Ocean’s Deadliest Predator Never Hunts You37K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views
• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Polar Bear185K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Humpback Whale240K views · Nov 1, 20260.6× typical views
• Would A Great White Survive Every Prehistoric Ocean?667K views · Oct 29, 20261.5× typical views
• Why You'd Never Want To Meet A Sperm Whale5.8M views · Oct 27, 202613.4× typical views
• Why You Never Want to Meet a Colossal Squid432K views · Oct 26, 20261× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.2K videos from 466 channels in this niche. 12.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (52K subs, best video 377.1×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 351.4×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 24.4×), Past the Blue (36K subs, best video 16.3×), The Why Side (48K subs, best video 189.4×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with Depth Theory or YouTube.