The Why Side YouTube Stats

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

The Why Side channel overview

The Why Side (@watchthewhyside) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2026. It has 47K subscribers and 89M total views across 45 videos, an average of 2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.4M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, The Why Side published 46 videos (100% Shorts), and 20 of them (43%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Why Side make?

Returbe estimates The Why Side's YouTube ad revenue at $3.6K – $12K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.03 to $0.1, typically $0.06, 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 $60.

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

The Why Side publishes about 34.8 videos a month. Based on its last 46 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (22% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Why Side's best outlier videos

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

• How an Accident Made Boats Faster #animation15M views · Sep 29, 2026201.4× typical views
• He Put His Head in a Particle Accelerator14M views · Oct 19, 2026194.4× typical views
• The Truck You Don't Want Behind You11M views · Oct 8, 2026151.4× typical views
• Why Parents Really Check Halloween Candy9.1M views · Nov 1, 2026121.6× typical views
• Why the Navy Ripped This Off Its Ships4.6M views · Oct 2, 202661.6× typical views
• Could You Survive a T. Rex by Standing Still?4.3M views · Oct 10, 202657.4× typical views
• What If Your Pool Were Full of Mercury?4M views · Oct 9, 202654.1× typical views
• A Power Line Just Fell on Your Car3.7M views · Oct 19, 202649.3× typical views

Latest videos

11 of The Why Side's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What If Your Cat Were Tiger-Sized?6.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Locked In A Room Of Pure Oxygen50K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• The Virus That Destroyed a Nuclear Site156K views · Nov 3, 20262.1× typical views
• Why Every Pill Bottle Has a Foil Seal61K views · Nov 2, 20260.8× typical views
• The Aircraft Hidden Inside Your Hard Drive73K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• The Haunted House Was Trying To Kill Them33K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
• Why Parents Really Check Halloween Candy9.1M views · Nov 1, 2026121.6× typical views
• Why Your Reflection Turns Into A Monster39K views · Oct 31, 20260.5× typical views
• The Funhouse Dummy Was A Real Outlaw52K views · Oct 31, 20260.7× typical views
• The Tiny Machine Inside Every Click Pen33K views · Oct 30, 20260.4× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.2K videos from 322 channels in this niche. 10.7% 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 (51K subs, best video 400.5×), ClipPodcast (29K subs, best video 23.1×), The Scale Room (1.3K subs, best video 281×), Past the Blue (34K subs, best video 16.9×), MrCappuccino Shorts (293K subs, best video 70.5×), MNEMOTACTIQUES | Culture JURIDIQUE & ÉCONOMIQUE (9K subs, best video 18.3×).

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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 The Why Side or YouTube.