Then what? YouTube Stats

@thenwhatdoodles · Science & Education · Updated Nov 9, 2026

Then what? channel overview

Then what? (@thenwhatdoodles) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2013. It has 7.1K subscribers and 1.9M total views across 41 videos, an average of 47K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 38K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 16K views. Over the last 12 months, Then what? published 41 videos (49% Shorts), and 5 of them (12%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Then what? make?

Returbe estimates Then what?'s YouTube ad revenue at $3.4K – $12K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.4 to $11.67, typically $6.32, 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 $6.3K.

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Upload schedule

Then what? publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 41 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (22% of uploads), usually around 09:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 8, 2026.

Then what?'s best outlier videos

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

• What ACTUALLY happens if you travel back in time738K views · Sep 30, 202647.2× typical views
• What You'd See If You Lived Until The End Of Time529K views · Oct 8, 202633.9× typical views
• You’re Frozen Until the Year 1,000,000. Then What?286K views · Oct 9, 202618.3× typical views
• Where to hide in a zombie apocalypse, according to science25K views · Oct 4, 20265× typical views
• You’re the Last Person on Earth. Then What?71K views · Oct 19, 20264.5× typical views
• What You Would See If You Went Back to the Big Bang46K views · Oct 21, 20263× typical views
• What Happens If You Never Stop Shrinking?26K views · Oct 11, 20261.6× typical views
• What ACTUALLY Happens If You Freeze Time25K views · Nov 8, 20261.6× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Then what?'s last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What ACTUALLY Happens If You Freeze Time25K views · Nov 8, 20261.6× typical views
• What You Would See If You Went Inside Chernobyl3.2K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• What ACTUALLY Happens If You Travel to a Parallel Universe24K views · Oct 31, 20261.5× typical views
• The Theory That Says You Can Never Die15K views · Oct 26, 20260.9× typical views
• What You Would See on the Strangest Planets Ever Found3.1K views · Oct 23, 20260.2× typical views
• What You Would See If You Went Back to the Big Bang46K views · Oct 21, 20263× typical views
• What You Would See If You Fell Into a Black Hole17K views · Oct 20, 20261.1× typical views
• You’re the Last Person on Earth. Then What?71K views · Oct 19, 20264.5× typical views
• What Happens If You Never Stop Shrinking?26K views · Oct 11, 20261.6× typical views
• You’re Frozen Until the Year 1,000,000. Then What?286K views · Oct 9, 202618.3× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.7K videos from 559 channels in this niche. 13.1% 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 (54K subs, best video 316.3×), ClipazoPodcast (30K subs, best video 24.5×), The Scale Room (1.5K subs, best video 438.8×), Female Psychology | Mia Khalifa (8K subs, best video 74.3×), Creepy Guy (489K subs, best video 17.7×), Daily IQ Test (3K subs, best video 9.1×).

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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 Then what? or YouTube.