Veritasium✓

YouTube @veritasium Knowledge 📍 United States

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Subscribers

21.1M

🔥 Buzz rank

#106,625

Total Views

4.46B

Videos

525

Channel age

16 yrs

Est. monthly earnings

$216.7K – $418.1K

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🕵️ Fake follower check 📊 Engagement rate 💰 What they charge

22.87M total audience across 2 platforms

YouTube · 21.1M TikTok · 1.77M

📊 Content format · share of recent views

▶️ 91%

⚡ Shorts 9% · ▶️ Long-form 91% — brands place & price integrations differently across the two.

How we estimate

~48.52M recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of $4.90–$9.45 per 1,000 views — adjusted for Knowledge content and a US audience. About 9% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $2.6M – $5.02M. Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →

Known for

41.5M views What happens if you cut the green rope?

34.82M views The World's Most Important Machine

15.05M views There Is Something Faster Than Light

14.92M views The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew

▶️ Featured Video

34.82M views

🎯 Reach quality

Subscriber activation · Exceptional

32.7%

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

-19%

Recent videos average 6.9M vs an all-time 8.49M/video — recent uploads run below the all-time norm — much of the lifetime views sit in an older catalogue.

📈 Performance

Typical video

3.48M–9M views

Median 5.65M — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.

Upload rhythm

1.6× / week

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

6.9M

Avg views / video

172K

Avg likes

7.6K

Avg comments

2.6%

Engagement rate

1.6

Uploads / week

8.49M

Lifetime avg / video

211

Views / subscriber

Shorts (recent views)

16m 20s

Typical video length

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

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined YouTube in 2010 — 16 years ago.

🏆Ranked #116 among all influencers on SocialDB.

🎯Top Knowledge influencer — #2 in the niche.

👁️Averages 6.9M views per video.

📤Posts about 1.6× per week.

💬2.6% engagement rate.

📱9% 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 47% Female 53%

Age · peak 18-24

13-178%

18-2432%

25-3431%

35-4416%

45+13%

Top geographies

United States46%
United Kingdom8%
Canada7%
Australia4%
India5%

Likely interests

EntertainmentLifestyleTrending

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

98/100

Excellent Credibility score

99%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~0.3× of subscribers watch each video) — an active, real audience.
Verified account.
Established account (16+ years old).
2.6% 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.