Naked Science - what's actually working, and what isn't
Most stats sites hand you a subscriber count and an earnings guess. Neither answers the question that matters: which titles win on this channel, which flop, and what a creator should copy. Here is that read, from its 173 most recent of 811 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Naked Science on YouTube →
What are Naked Science's average views?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 76% of all views and its biggest is 701.1× the median, so the median upload (9K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Naked Science's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "500 Years Frozen in Time: The Inca Children Mystery" at 6.1M views - 701.1× the channel median. The other top performers:
Which titles work best for Naked Science - and which flop?
Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:
And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 173 uploads: median views with it versus without. This isolates the title from the topic, so you copy what works here and skip what does not - something no other tracker breaks down per channel.
Lean on asks a question and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on starts how / why / what.
What keywords does Naked Science rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: space documentary, space facts, fall asleep, mummies alive, facts fall, earth documentary, nasa greatest, solar system. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Naked Science post, and when?
Naked Science publishes about 3.3 videos a week, most often on Fri.
How long are Naked Science's videos?
Typical uploads run about 48 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (9K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Naked Science compare to other education channels?
At 9K median views, Naked Science sits below the typical education channel we track (23K) - there is headroom.
How much money does Naked Science make on YouTube?
Nobody outside the channel sees the real figure, and ad revenue is only part of it - sponsorships and merch often dwarf it. But from public view counts, Naked Science pulls roughly 123K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $123-$494 a month in ad revenue (about $1,481-$5,926 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly, and this ignores the back catalogue.
What should a channel like Naked Science make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 9K views.
Naked Science stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 1.7M |
| Total views | 430M |
| Videos published | 811 |
| Avg views (of 173 analyzed) | 111K |
| Engagement rate | 8.6% |
| Uploads per week | 3.3 |
| Typical length | 48 min |
| On YouTube since | 2009 (17 yrs) |
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