PBS Eons YouTube Stats
@eons · Science & Education · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Subscribers
3.2M
+0 in 11 days
Total views
789M
+2.5M in 11 days
Videos
542
5.4 / month
Est. monthly earnings
$20K – $67K
RPM $2.98–$10.21
Avg. views (last 30)
294K
Typical views
439K
median per video
Avg. video length
13 min
Channel age
9 years
since May 18, 2017
PBS Eons channel overview
PBS Eons (@eons) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2017. It has 3.2M subscribers and 789M total views across 542 videos, an average of 1.5M views per video over its lifetime.
Its last 30 uploads averaged 294K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 439K views. Over the last 12 months, PBS Eons published 52 videos (50% Shorts), and 3 of them (6%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.
Subscriber growth
Over the last 11 days, PBS Eons gained 0 subscribers and 2.5M views, about 229K views a day.
How much does PBS Eons make?
Returbe estimates PBS Eons's YouTube ad revenue at $20K – $67K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.98 to $10.21, typically $5.53, 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 $5.5K.
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
PBS Eons publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (50% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 3, 2026.
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PBS Eons's best outlier videos
An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are PBS Eons's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?
When the Earth Had Supermountains1.5M views · Apr 14, 20263.4× typical views
The potato’s origin was a mystery…until now256K views · Jul 2, 20263.3× typical views
A New Species Just Dropped234K views · Feb 19, 20263× typical views
The Biggest Extinction You’ve Never Heard Of1.2M views · Oct 13, 20262.6× typical views
Ancient human found!174K views · Jan 22, 20262.3× typical views
Why Were Sails So Popular 300 Million Years Ago992K views · Sep 1, 20262.3× typical views
How Dinosaurs May Have Cursed Us With Aging889K views · Apr 28, 20262× typical views
When a Tiny Land Bridge Triggered an Ice Age888K views · Dec 16, 20252× typical views
Latest videos
6 of PBS Eons's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.
The First Apex Predator on Land413K views · Nov 3, 20260.9× typical views
Pumpkins Shouldn't Exist850K views · Oct 27, 20261.9× typical views
Did we bring wolves to this island?70K views · Oct 20, 20260.9× typical views
The Biggest Extinction You’ve Never Heard Of1.2M views · Oct 13, 20262.6× typical views
Were there Neandertal dentists?50K views · Oct 6, 20260.7× typical views
Why the Permian Matters81K views · Sep 24, 20261.1× typical views
I Was A Museum Kid34K views · Sep 17, 20260.4× typical views
Did the Ozone Collapse 252 Million Years Ago?588K views · Sep 15, 20261.3× typical views
We found survivors of the world's greatest extinction off the side of a road.48K views · Sep 10, 20260.6× typical views
This Mountain Is A Reef127K views · Sep 3, 20261.6× typical views
The Science & Education niche on YouTube
In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.2K videos from 323 channels in this niche. 10.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.9K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.
Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (51K subs, best video 400.5×), ClipPodcast (29K subs, best video 23.1×), Past the Blue (34K subs, best video 16.9×), The Scale Room (1.3K subs, best video 281×), The Why Side (47K subs, best video 194.4×), MrCappuccino Shorts (293K subs, best video 70.5×).
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Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does PBS Eons have?
PBS Eons has 3.2M subscribers on YouTube and 789M total views across 542 videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).
How much does PBS Eons make on YouTube?
Returbe estimates PBS Eons's YouTube ad revenue at $20K – $67K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $2.98–$10.21 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.
How often does PBS Eons upload?
PBS Eons uploads about 5.4 videos a month, most often on Tuesday. The last upload was on Nov 3, 2026.
What is PBS Eons's best performing video?
"When the Earth Had Supermountains" is PBS Eons's biggest outlier: 1.5M views, 3.4× the channel's typical views.
What channels are similar to PBS Eons?
Channels similar to PBS Eons include The Jim Henson Company, Curious Archive, Bozeman Science, Peekaboo Kidz, RED SIDE.
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 PBS Eons or YouTube.
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