IBM Research YouTube Stats

@ibmresearch · Science & Education · Updated Nov 6, 2026

IBM Research channel overview

IBM Research (@ibmresearch) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2008. It has 121K subscribers and 13M total views across 953 videos, an average of 14K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 7.4K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.7K views. Over the last 12 months, IBM Research published 53 videos (43% Shorts), and 8 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, IBM Research gained 0 subscribers and 21K views, about 1.6K views a day.

How much does IBM Research make?

Returbe estimates IBM Research's YouTube ad revenue at $117 – $400 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.67 to $9.15, typically $4.96, 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 $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

IBM Research publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (45% of uploads), usually around 12:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

IBM Research's best outlier videos

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

• Unveiling IBM's cryogenic modules to scale fault-tolerant quantum computing56K views · Aug 19, 202632.7× typical views
• Introducing quantum-centric supercomputing29K views · May 7, 202616.9× typical views
• Introducing Anderon: America’s first pure-play quantum foundry27K views · May 26, 202615.8× typical views
• IBM Quantum Loon prototype chip23K views · May 20, 202613.7× typical views
• The future of computing is now with Jay Gambetta - IBM Think 202614K views · May 7, 20268.1× typical views
• IBM Fellow and Quantum Pioneer Charles H. Bennett Receives A.M. Turing Award12K views · Mar 18, 20267× typical views
• How quantum computers are being used for drug discovery28K views · Oct 21, 20265.5× typical views
• Celebrating 10 years of IBM Quantum on the cloud7.1K views · May 8, 20264.1× typical views

Latest videos

9 of IBM Research's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Integrating quantum and high-performance computing: Co-design platform for quantum error correction1.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM, and AMD launch co-design platform for quantum error correction2.2K views · Nov 5, 20261.3× typical views
• What is quantum machine learning, really?2.9K views · Oct 27, 20261.7× typical views
• How quantum computers are being used for drug discovery28K views · Oct 21, 20265.5× typical views
• How quantum computers tackle differential equations1.7K views · Oct 13, 20261× typical views
• Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM simulate 12,635-atom protein complex1.7K views · Oct 6, 20261× typical views
• Inside quantum-centric supercomputing1.1K views · Sep 29, 20260.7× typical views
• A day in the life of a Cryogenic Systems Engineer5.2K views · Sep 15, 20261× typical views
• Inside quantum optimization research1.4K views · Sep 15, 20260.8× typical views
• How to install a quantum computer2.3K views · Sep 1, 20261.3× 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

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 IBM Research or YouTube.