TED-Ed YouTube Stats

@teded · Science & Education · Updated Nov 13, 2026

TED-Ed channel overview

TED-Ed (@teded) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2011. It has 23M subscribers and 4.8B total views across 2.4K videos, an average of 2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 715K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 505K views. Over the last 12 months, TED-Ed published 50 videos (2% Shorts), and 3 of them (6%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does TED-Ed make?

Returbe estimates TED-Ed's YouTube ad revenue at $16K – $55K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.5 to $11.99, 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

TED-Ed publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 55 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (58% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 12, 2026.

TED-Ed's best outlier videos

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

• 4 ways to fix your attention span - Shannon Odell4.7M views · Sep 22, 20269.3× typical views
• What toys have kids played with throughout history?3.5M views · May 26, 20266.9× typical views
• Why do some people have a better sense of direction than others? - Oliver Baumann1.6M views · Sep 10, 20263.2× typical views
• The fascinating reason you loved peek-a-boo1.4M views · Apr 30, 20262.8× typical views
• What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? - Justin Merritt1.3M views · Oct 29, 20262.6× typical views
• 3 things to never do with a credit card1.2M views · Oct 15, 20262.4× typical views
• Why is getting bitten by a rabid animal so dangerous? - Charles Rupprecht1.1M views · May 19, 20262.2× typical views
• The missing ingredient in how we learn1.1M views · May 12, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Why is pepper such a popular spice? - Carolyn Beans174K views · Nov 12, 20260.3× typical views
• Is salt the most important ingredient in history? - Carolyn Beans298K views · Nov 10, 20260.6× typical views
• How to effectively use visuals in your presentation173K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Can you solve the Billy Bonka riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer902K views · Nov 3, 20261.8× typical views
• What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? - Justin Merritt1.3M views · Oct 29, 20262.6× typical views
• Scary stories to watch in the dark (if you dare…)471K views · Oct 27, 20260.9× typical views
• 5 sneaky ways stores get you to spend more525K views · Oct 22, 20261× typical views
• Why does this animal never age? - Raymond Adkins438K views · Oct 20, 20260.9× typical views
• 3 things to never do with a credit card1.2M views · Oct 15, 20262.4× typical views
• How to present your ideas effectively325K views · Oct 13, 20260.6× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.1K videos from 930 channels in this niche. 12.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.4K 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 39.5×), Female Psychology | Mia Khalifa (8.1K subs, best video 386.7×), DISCOVER HIVE (2.8K subs, best video 14.3×), MemeBlaze HFY (1.6K subs, best video 47.2×), ClipazoPodcast (30K subs, best video 22.2×), Decoded Minds (37K subs, best video 295.7×).

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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 TED-Ed or YouTube.