Primal Space YouTube Stats

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

Primal Space channel overview

Primal Space (@primalspace) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2018. It has 1.9M subscribers and 486M total views across 169 videos, an average of 2.9M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 488K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.7M views. Over the last 12 months, Primal Space published 47 videos (79% Shorts), and 9 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Primal Space make?

Returbe estimates Primal Space's YouTube ad revenue at $11K – $37K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.22 to $11.05, typically $5.99, 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 $6K.

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

Based on its last 68 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (24% of uploads), usually around 03:00 UTC. The last video went out on Sep 30, 2026.

Primal Space's best outlier videos

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

• How Voyager 2 Escaped the Sun’s Gravity1.4M views · Jun 2, 202622.2× typical views
• The Silk Heist That Ended China’s Monopoly1.4M views · Apr 27, 202622.1× typical views
• How Stanley Kubrick Filmed The Space Odyssey1.2M views · Mar 19, 202618.1× typical views
• How The Sun Kept Voyager On Course1M views · Jun 5, 202616.1× typical views
• Henry’s Fix For a Ford Every Forty Seconds621K views · May 28, 20269.6× typical views
• Chasing a Solar Eclipse in Concorde524K views · May 7, 20268.1× typical views
• Preparing Concorde to Chase an Eclipse418K views · May 12, 20266.5× typical views
• Building Venice From Scratch409K views · Mar 13, 20266.3× typical views

Latest videos

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

• How Gyroscopes Got So Small609K views · Sep 30, 20260.4× typical views
• The Cable That Changed The World2.3M views · Sep 8, 20261.4× typical views
• The Weird Evolution of Trees681K views · Jul 31, 20260.4× typical views
• How The CIA Hacked Russia2.7M views · Jun 30, 20261.6× typical views
• How The Sun Kept Voyager On Course1M views · Jun 5, 202616.1× typical views
• Inflating A Metal Balloon in Space207K views · Jun 3, 20263.2× typical views
• How Voyager 2 Escaped the Sun’s Gravity1.4M views · Jun 2, 202622.2× typical views
• The Escape of Europe’s Smartest Criminal1.2M views · May 29, 20260.7× typical views
• Henry’s Fix For a Ford Every Forty Seconds621K views · May 28, 20269.6× typical views
• Measuring The Earth With Big Metal Balls67K views · May 27, 20261× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.2K videos from 640 channels in this niche. 12.9% 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 Primal Space or YouTube.