Engineering Explained YouTube Stats

@engineeringexplained · Cars & Vehicles · Updated Nov 12, 2026

Engineering Explained channel overview

Engineering Explained (@engineeringexplained) is a YouTube channel in the Cars & Vehicles niche created in 2011. It has 4.2M subscribers and 1.1B total views across 1.1K videos, an average of 999K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 745K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 666K views. Over the last 12 months, Engineering Explained published 39 videos (49% Shorts), and 2 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Engineering Explained make?

Returbe estimates Engineering Explained's YouTube ad revenue at $11K – $37K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.79 to $6.25, typically $3.13, 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 $3.1K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

Engineering Explained publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (94% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 23, 2026.

Engineering Explained's best outlier videos

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

• I Fact-Checked Every Stunt in the Tesla Roadster Reveal2.8M views · Oct 23, 20264.3× typical views
• Why Downshifting To Slow Down Is Actually Genius – Engine Braking!2.5M views · Jul 10, 20263.4× typical views
• Mazda's Holy Grail of Combustion Engines - SkyActiv-X!2.1M views · Dec 26, 20252.9× typical views
• Owning A Lucid Has Been Super Disappointing1.5M views · Dec 5, 20252.3× typical views
• Don’t Hate — eCVTs Are Genius Transmissions!1.4M views · Jan 23, 20262.1× typical views
• Lucid Responded To My Critical Review1M views · Jan 9, 20261.6× typical views
• Koenigsegg Has Reinvented The Manual Transmission!1.1M views · Nov 29, 20251.6× typical views
• Are You Buying The Wrong Tires?926K views · Sep 25, 20261.4× typical views

Latest videos

3 of Engineering Explained's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• I Fact-Checked Every Stunt in the Tesla Roadster Reveal2.8M views · Oct 23, 20264.3× typical views
• Lucid Bought My Car Back, So I Bought A Mach-E875K views · Oct 9, 20261.3× typical views
• Are You Buying The Wrong Tires?926K views · Sep 25, 20261.4× typical views
• How To Easily Ruin Your Turbocharged Car491K views · Sep 11, 20260.7× typical views
• Bigger Brakes Won't Stop You Any Faster232K views · Sep 4, 20260.3× typical views
• 20 Innovations That Changed Cars Forever – Part 2174K views · Aug 21, 20260.3× typical views
• 20 Innovations That Changed Cars Forever – Part 1386K views · Aug 7, 20260.6× typical views
• Porsche's 6-Stroke Engine Is Fascinating – More Power!968K views · Jul 31, 20261.3× typical views
• Can Ferrari’s Clever Solution Save The Manual?289K views · Jul 24, 20260.4× typical views
• Why Downshifting To Slow Down Is Actually Genius – Engine Braking!2.5M views · Jul 10, 20263.4× typical views

The Cars & Vehicles niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 9.5K videos from 1.1K channels in this niche. 17% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $14.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Drivewhisperer (125K subs, best video 117.2×), Hauptsache Wissen (158K subs, best video 42.8×), Petroleum (38K subs, best video 821.6×), The Daily Downshift (294K subs, best video 55.6×), Tyler John Wesley (33K subs, best video 687.3×), ContentNetGermany (451K subs, best video 373.6×).

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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 Engineering Explained or YouTube.