Practical Engineering YouTube Stats

@practicalengineeringchannel · Science & Education · Updated Nov 10, 2026

Practical Engineering channel overview

Practical Engineering (@practicalengineeringchannel) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2007. It has 4.8M subscribers and 576M total views across 253 videos, an average of 2.3M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.7M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.1M views. Over the last 12 months, Practical Engineering published 25 videos, and 2 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Practical Engineering make?

Returbe estimates Practical Engineering's YouTube ad revenue at $7.9K – $27K 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.

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

Practical Engineering publishes about 3.3 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (96% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 10, 2026.

Practical Engineering's best outlier videos

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

• Stopping the Unstoppable5.6M views · Sep 1, 20264.9× typical views
• The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild5.1M views · Mar 17, 20264.5× typical views
• Why Roads Get Washboards3.4M views · Jun 2, 20263× typical views
• Recreating an Ancient Pump (with no moving parts)2.4M views · Jan 6, 20262.1× typical views
• Do Retention Ponds Actually Work?2.4M views · Feb 3, 20262.1× typical views
• The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans2M views · Jul 7, 20261.8× typical views
• The Hidden Engineering of Runways2M views · Jan 20, 20261.8× typical views
• The Hidden Engineering of Pressure Regulators2M views · Oct 6, 20261.7× typical views

Latest videos

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

• My First Mistake as an Engineer66K views · Nov 10, 2026
• Windows Are Absurd953K views · Nov 3, 20260.8× typical views
• Whatever Happened to Fire Escapes?1.1M views · Oct 20, 20261× typical views
• The Hidden Engineering of Pressure Regulators2M views · Oct 6, 20261.7× typical views
• Every US Electrical Outlet Explained1.6M views · Sep 15, 20261.4× typical views
• Stopping the Unstoppable5.6M views · Sep 1, 20264.9× typical views
• Are Beavers Actually Good at Dams?1.4M views · Aug 18, 20261.2× typical views
• The Grid That Doubles the Strength of the Ground1M views · Aug 4, 20260.9× typical views
• What's Under Your Feet in New York City?857K views · Jul 21, 20260.8× typical views
• The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans2M views · Jul 7, 20261.8× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.1K videos from 625 channels in this niche. 12.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (54K subs, best video 326.4×), MemeBlaze HFY (1.4K subs, best video 46.6×), ClipazoPodcast (30K subs, best video 25×), The Scale Room (1.6K subs, best video 481.5×), Live Wild (1K subs, best video 72.2×), Female Psychology | Mia Khalifa (8.1K subs, best video 78.1×).

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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 Practical Engineering or YouTube.