MythBusters YouTube Stats

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

MythBusters channel overview

MythBusters (@mythbusterstvshow) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2023. It has 830K subscribers and 213M total views across 1.4K videos, an average of 149K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 107K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 184K views. Over the last 12 months, MythBusters published 72 videos (25% Shorts), and 7 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, MythBusters gained 10K subscribers and 8.7M views, about 546K views a day.

How much does MythBusters make?

Returbe estimates MythBusters's YouTube ad revenue at $51K – $175K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.46 to $11.86, typically $6.42, 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 $6.4K.

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

MythBusters publishes about 43.4 videos a month. Based on its last 72 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (18% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

MythBusters's best outlier videos

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

• Could a Hollywood Hitman's Shooting Skills Work in Real Life? | MythBusters2.8M views · Sep 30, 202615.3× typical views
• Do Women With Larger Breasts Really Earn Bigger Tips? | MythBusters2.6M views · Sep 19, 202614× typical views
• Adam & Jamie "D'oh!" Their Way Through The Simpsons Myths! | MythBusters1.7M views · Oct 3, 20269.3× typical views
• Can A Steam-Filled Railroad Car Implode Under Its Own Vacuum? | Mythbusters759K views · Oct 13, 20264.1× typical views
• MythBusters Halloween Fright Fest | MythBusters694K views · Oct 30, 20263.8× typical views
• MythBusters Tests Iconic Star Wars Scenes From The Original Trilogy | MythBusters671K views · Sep 26, 20263.7× typical views
• Is The U-2 Spy Plane The Hardest Aircraft In The World To Land? | MythBusters661K views · Oct 10, 20263.6× typical views
• Touching Molten Metal Without Getting Burned?! #mythbusters #shorts #science32K views · Oct 22, 20263× typical views

Latest videos

5 of MythBusters's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Can A Poppy Seed Bagel Really Make You Fail A Drug Test? | MythBusters56K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Adam's New Favorite Toy Packs a Serious Punch #mythbusters #shorts #science8K views · Nov 5, 20260.8× typical views
• Is The JATO Rocket Car Legend Fact Or Desert Fiction? | MythBusters28K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• Can You Drive Blind and Still Escape the Police? #mythbusters #shorts #science3K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Will A Sinking Ship Really Suck You Down With It? | MythBusters78K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Can You Ever Get The Stink Out Of A Car For Good? | MythBusters60K views · Nov 2, 20260.3× typical views
• Do Frozen Chickens Really Hit Harder Than Thawed Ones? | MythBusters43K views · Nov 2, 20260.2× typical views
• You Cannot Mess With Water Pressure and Plastic! #mythbusters #shorts #science21K views · Nov 1, 20262× typical views
• Is Cola The World’s Fizziest Spermicide? | MythBusters67K views · Oct 31, 20260.4× typical views
• MythBusters Halloween Fright Fest | MythBusters694K views · Oct 30, 20263.8× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.2K videos from 322 channels in this niche. 10.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.8K 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×), The Scale Room (1.3K subs, best video 281×), Past the Blue (34K subs, best video 16.9×), 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 MythBusters or YouTube.