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Subscribers

25.4M

🔥 Buzz rank

#106,604 ▼1

Total Views

3.79B

Videos

377

Channel age

13 yrs

Est. monthly earnings

$66.2K – $127.7K

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🕵️ Fake follower check 📊 Engagement rate 💰 What they charge

27.41M total audience across 2 platforms

YouTube · 25.4M TikTok · 2.01M

📊 Content format · share of recent views

▶️ 97%

⚡ Shorts 3% · ▶️ Long-form 97% — brands place & price integrations differently across the two.

How we estimate

~13.87M recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of $4.90–$9.45 per 1,000 views — adjusted for Knowledge content and a DE audience. About 3% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $794.5K – $1.53M. Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →

Known for

7.59M views This Is the Scariest Place in The Universe

6.35M views Trees Are So Weird

5.52M views Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet Hestia

5.16M views Astronomy Is In Crisis...And It's Incredibly Exciting

▶️ Featured Video

7.59M views

🎯 Reach quality

Subscriber activation · Strong

8.7%

Share of subscribers who watch a typical recent video (avg views ÷ subscribers) — the real reach behind the subscriber count, and a quick check on whether those subscribers are still active rather than a vanity number.

Recent vs all-time

-78%

Recent videos average 2.21M vs an all-time 10.04M/video — recent uploads run below the all-time norm — much of the lifetime views sit in an older catalogue.

📈 Performance

Typical video

1.11M–2.84M views

Median 2.16M — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.

Upload rhythm

1.5× / week

Most active on Thursdays — consistent output keeps an engaged, sponsor-ready audience.

2.21M

Avg views / video

93.7K

Avg likes

3.1K

Avg comments

4.38%

Engagement rate

1.5

Uploads / week

10.04M

Lifetime avg / video

149

Views / subscriber

Shorts (recent views)

4m 43s

Typical video length

Engagement rate = (likes + comments) ÷ views across recent videos.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined YouTube in 2013 — 13 years ago.

🏆Ranked #83 among all influencers on SocialDB.

🎯Top Knowledge influencer — #1 in the niche.

👁️Averages 2.21M views per video.

📤Posts about 1.5× per week.

💬4.38% engagement rate.

📱3% of recent uploads are Shorts.

🏅Earned the Diamond Play Button for passing 10M subscribers.

👥 Audience demographics

Estimated

Modeled from this creator's niche, platform & region — a planning estimate, not connected analytics.

Gender split

Male 51% Female 49%

Age · peak 18-24

13-1711%

18-2430%

25-3429%

35-4419%

45+11%

Top geographies

Germany54%
Austria10%
Switzerland7%
United States6%
United Kingdom3%

Likely interests

EntertainmentLifestyleTrending

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

98/100

Excellent Credibility score

98%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 98% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~8.7% of subscribers watch each video) is around typical for YouTube.
Verified account.
Established account (13+ years old).
4.38% engagement — above the ~2% typical for a YouTube account this size.
Growing — gained 100K followers in the last 30 days.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

Keeps

Nebula

Coinbase

Shopify

Robinhood

Brilliant

NordVPN

Incogni

Audible

Webull

About

Animation videos explaining things with optimistic nihilism since 12,013. We’re a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog who aim to spark curiosity about science and the world we live in. To us nothing is boring if you tell a good story. For updates on our videos and other news from the kurzgesagt universe follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.