Ridddle YouTube Stats

@ridddlen · Science & Education · Updated Nov 8, 2026

Ridddle channel overview

Ridddle (@ridddlen) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2014. It has 5.7M subscribers and 971M total views across 573 videos, an average of 1.7M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 925K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 243K views. Over the last 12 months, Ridddle published 29 videos, and 10 of them (34%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Ridddle make?

Returbe estimates Ridddle's YouTube ad revenue at $18K – $63K 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

Ridddle publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (20% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

Ridddle's best outlier videos

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

• All 7 Dimensions Explained in Detail (From 0D to Infinity)6M views · Jul 11, 202624.7× typical views
• Why We Can Reach Pluto But Can’t Fly Above the Sun4M views · Aug 10, 202616.3× typical views
• Why Space Travel is Actually Impossible3.3M views · Sep 9, 202613.7× typical views
• Every Rare Space Event We’ll Actually See Before We Die2.3M views · May 12, 20269.5× typical views
• We Might Have a Black Hole in Our Solar System2.3M views · Oct 28, 20269.3× typical views
• Why TON 618 Is So Terrifying1.9M views · Oct 18, 20268× typical views
• This Black Hole Is So Enormous That We Might Actually Be Inside It1.7M views · Jun 11, 20267× typical views
• You Live in a Cosmic Hole... And Nobody Told You1.1M views · Jul 11, 20264.5× typical views

Latest videos

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

• The Solar System Looks Nothing Like You Think431K views · Nov 4, 20261.8× typical views
• We Might Have a Black Hole in Our Solar System2.3M views · Oct 28, 20269.3× typical views
• How a Soviet Probe Survived Two Hours on Venus223K views · Oct 25, 20260.9× typical views
• Why TON 618 Is So Terrifying1.9M views · Oct 18, 20268× typical views
• What Space Really Sounds Like (It’s Terrifying)206K views · Oct 9, 20260.8× typical views
• James Webb Found an Impossible Star213K views · Oct 9, 20260.9× typical views
• The Most Inaccessible Islands on Earth128K views · Oct 9, 20260.5× typical views
• Super El Niño Could Hit Closer to Home Than You Think93K views · Oct 9, 20260.4× typical views
• Why We Can Reach Mars But Can’t Leave It376K views · Sep 9, 20261.5× typical views
• Why Space Travel is Actually Impossible3.3M views · Sep 9, 202613.7× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 522 channels in this niche. 12.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (53K subs, best video 353.8×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 391.6×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 26.1×), The Why Side (49K subs, best video 185.1×), The Cosmic Narrative (5.4K subs, best video 25.2×).

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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 Ridddle or YouTube.