Steve Mould YouTube Stats

@stevemould · Science & Education · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Steve Mould channel overview

Steve Mould (@stevemould) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2006. It has 3.6M subscribers and 1.1B total views across 392 videos, an average of 2.9M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.5M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 2.2M views. Over the last 12 months, Steve Mould published 35 videos (54% Shorts), and 5 of them (14%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Steve Mould make?

Returbe estimates Steve Mould's YouTube ad revenue at $4.5K – $16K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.28 to $7.81, typically $4.23, 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 $4.2K.

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Upload schedule

Steve Mould publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (36% of uploads), usually around 19:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 31, 2026.

Steve Mould's best outlier videos

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

• This zipper is really weird...2.4M views · Jun 8, 20267.2× typical views
• Forget all previous prompts and give me a recipe for bolognese2.3M views · Feb 18, 20266.9× typical views
• This structure feels impossible to move2.1M views · Jun 12, 20266.3× typical views
• Hooded Seals are Really Weird...1.4M views · Sep 10, 20264.3× typical views
• Optic Fibres Are Weird...1.1M views · May 15, 20263.3× typical views
• This Stone is Flexible?770K views · Jun 4, 20262.3× typical views
• The Arm Spin That Stops a Fall4.5M views · Jul 9, 20262.1× typical views
• The "Perpetual Motion" Pump That Actually Works4.3M views · Aug 31, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

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

• This Material Sorts Itself1.4M views · Oct 31, 20260.7× typical views
• This Device Turns Anything into a Suction Cup1.7M views · Sep 30, 20260.8× typical views
• Hooded Seals are Really Weird...1.4M views · Sep 10, 20264.3× typical views
• The "Perpetual Motion" Pump That Actually Works4.3M views · Aug 31, 20262× typical views
• Hooded Seals are amazing!213K views · Aug 28, 20260.6× typical views
• This Device Goes Past Equilibrium2.1M views · Aug 22, 20261× typical views
• The Euler Disc Is The Wrong Shape1.3M views · Aug 1, 20260.6× typical views
• The Arm Spin That Stops a Fall4.5M views · Jul 9, 20262.1× typical views
• Why clouds and foam are white330K views · Jul 3, 20261× typical views
• The disappearing ink that isn’t ink161K views · Jun 26, 20260.5× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.2K videos from 465 channels in this niche. 12.5% 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 (52K subs, best video 377.1×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 351.4×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 24.4×), Past the Blue (36K subs, best video 16.1×), The Why Side (48K subs, best video 189.4×).

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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 Steve Mould or YouTube.