Physics Explained - 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 63 most recent of 73 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Physics Explained on YouTube →
Physics Explained's YouTube stats: views and performance
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 41% of all views and its biggest is 8.4× the median, so the median upload (310K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Physics Explained's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "What is the Ultraviolet Catastrophe?" at 2.6M views - 8.4× the channel median. The other top performers:
Which titles work best for Physics Explained - 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:
The words that win for Physics Explained
These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: equation planck.
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 63 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 speaks to "you" and asks a question - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on short title (≤6 words).
What keywords does Physics Explained rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: famous equation, speed light, model atom, principle least, equation, does, light, planck. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Physics Explained post, and when?
Physics Explained publishes about 0.2 videos a week, most often on Sat.
How long are Physics Explained's videos?
Typical uploads run about 37 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (349K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Physics Explained compare to other education channels?
At 310K median views, Physics Explained runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
What is Physics Explained's net worth and estimated earnings?
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, Physics Explained pulls roughly 267K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $267-$1,066 a month in ad revenue (about $3,199-$12,797 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 Physics Explained make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Sat, and build titles around its proven words (equation, planck). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 310K views.
Physics Explained stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 393K |
| Total views | 29M |
| Videos published | 73 |
| Avg views (of 63 analyzed) | 466K |
| Uploads per week | 0.2 |
| Typical length | 37 min |
| On YouTube since | 2018 (8 yrs) |
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