SciShow YouTube Stats

@scishow · Science & Education · Updated Nov 14, 2026

SciShow channel overview

SciShow (@scishow) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2011. It has 8.4M subscribers and 2.3B total views across 4.3K videos, an average of 537K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 442K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 339K views. Over the last 12 months, SciShow published 50 videos, and 5 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does SciShow make?

Returbe estimates SciShow's YouTube ad revenue at $30K – $103K 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

SciShow publishes about 21.7 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (22% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 13, 2026.

SciShow's best outlier videos

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

• Scientists Can't Agree On The First Ancient City2.6M views · Sep 17, 20267.8× typical views
• Why Don’t We Use Mothballs Anymore?1.8M views · Sep 7, 20265.2× typical views
• Why Isn’t Heart Cancer a Thing?1.6M views · Nov 10, 20264.9× typical views
• The Science That Finally Explains the Dyatlov Pass Incident1.6M views · Oct 9, 20264.8× typical views
• Why Is There No Vitamin F?1.1M views · Nov 4, 20263.1× typical views
• AI Psychosis Is Killing People. It’s Time to Talk About It1M views · Oct 28, 20263× typical views
• Ancient Octopuses Were MUCH Bigger Than We Thought777K views · Oct 1, 20262.3× typical views
• You're Washing Your Dishes Wrong685K views · Sep 21, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

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

• The Deep Sea Sub Built By a Cereal Company81K views · Nov 13, 20260.2× typical views
• Using Radioactive Waste to Treat Cancer163K views · Nov 12, 20260.5× typical views
• How 4 Perfect Space Balls Proved Einstein Right169K views · Nov 11, 20260.5× typical views
• Why Isn’t Heart Cancer a Thing?1.6M views · Nov 10, 20264.9× typical views
• 5 Species That Love Fire203K views · Nov 9, 20260.6× typical views
• 4 Supervolcanoes You’ve Never Heard Of292K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• The Man O' War Is Scarier Than You Think400K views · Nov 5, 20261.2× typical views
• Why Is There No Vitamin F?1.1M views · Nov 4, 20263.1× typical views
• What Was the First Alcohol?211K views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views
• This Rock Was Supposed to Be from Space149K views · Nov 2, 20260.4× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.9K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 13.4% 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 (55K subs, best video 47.3×), Female Psychology | Mia Khalifa (8.1K subs, best video 449×), DISCOVER HIVE (3K subs, best video 14.3×), Decoded Minds (39K subs, best video 383.4×), It Makes Sense (2.3K subs, best video 65.5×), MemeBlaze HFY (1.6K subs, best video 48.7×).

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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 SciShow or YouTube.