Today I Learned Science YouTube Stats

@tilscience · Science & Education · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Today I Learned Science channel overview

Today I Learned Science (@tilscience) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2022. It has 999K subscribers and 222M total views across 528 videos, an average of 420K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 400K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 401K views. Over the last 12 months, Today I Learned Science published 62 videos (95% Shorts), and 13 of them (21%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Today I Learned Science gained 34K subscribers and 15M views, about 874K views a day.

How much does Today I Learned Science make?

Returbe estimates Today I Learned Science's YouTube ad revenue at $4.2K – $15K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.19 to $0.67, typically $0.37, 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 $370.

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Upload schedule

Today I Learned Science publishes about 22.8 videos a month. Based on its last 62 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (21% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Today I Learned Science's best outlier videos

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

• Can Hydrophones Solve the Mystery of MH370?6M views · Aug 17, 202620.5× typical views
• The Deadliest “Miracle Material” on Earth2.7M views · Oct 21, 20269.2× typical views
• Scientists Solve What Caused the Nepal Floods in 24 Hours2.7M views · Sep 4, 20269.1× typical views
• The Black Dahlia Finally Solved After 79 Years?2.3M views · Sep 1, 20267.9× typical views
• The 15 Seconds That Changed Michael Jackson’s Life Forever2M views · Aug 30, 20266.7× typical views
• Naga Cave Formation Explained1.9M views · Sep 15, 20266.7× typical views
• The 1969 Apollo 11 Space Suit Was Made By Playtex1.9M views · Aug 27, 20266.6× typical views
• Scientists Discover “Ghost” DNA1.4M views · Aug 24, 20264.9× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Today I Learned Science's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• After 150 Years We’re Finally Rediscovering the Rete Ovarii42K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• History They Don’t Teach You: The Poll Tax177K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• Scientists Crack a 1600 Year Old Ancient Roman Mystery487K views · Nov 4, 20261.7× typical views
• The Darkest Experiment in Dental History296K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• Scientific Paper Solves Major Clue in Jack the Ripper Case40K views · Nov 1, 20260.1× typical views
• Jack the Ripper FINALLY Solved Using DNA?480K views · Oct 31, 20261.6× typical views
• Major Forensic Clue Cracked in Jack the Ripper Case!!225K views · Oct 30, 20260.8× typical views
• Is Jack the Ripper Finally Solved?35K views · Oct 29, 20260.1× typical views
• The Truth About Jack the Ripper (It’s Not What You Think)290K views · Oct 29, 2026
• The Woman with TWO Sets of DNA647K views · Oct 28, 20262.2× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.4K videos from 345 channels in this niche. 10.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.6K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (51K subs, best video 400.5×), ClipPodcast (29K subs, best video 25×), The Scale Room (1.3K subs, best video 288.8×), Past the Blue (34K subs, best video 16.9×), The Why Side (47K subs, best video 194×), Disasters Explained (28K subs, best video 78.8×).

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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 Today I Learned Science or YouTube.