Science Buddies - 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 130 most recent of 1K long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Science Buddies on YouTube →
How many views does Science Buddies actually get?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 45% of all views and its biggest is 18.1× the median, so the median upload (8K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Science Buddies's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "Simple Explanation of the Minimax Algorithm with Tic-Tac-Toe" at 143K views - 18.1× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| Simple Explanation of the Minimax Algorithm with Tic-Tac-Toe | 143K |
| 30 Best High School Science Projects | 116K |
| Build an Arduino Automatic Pill Dispenser | Engineering Project | 100K |
Which titles work best for Science Buddies - 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 Science Buddies
These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: arduino lesson use.
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 130 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 uses (brackets) and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.
What keywords does Science Buddies rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: arduino lesson, micro bit, minimax algorithm, simple explanation, explanation minimax, sensor arduino, engineering challenge, arduino project. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Science Buddies post, and when?
Science Buddies publishes about 1.2 videos a week, most often on Fri.
How long are Science Buddies's videos?
Typical uploads run about 10 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (15K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Science Buddies compare to other education channels?
At 8K median views, Science Buddies sits below the typical education channel we track (23K) - there is headroom.
How much does Science Buddies make? (estimated)
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, Science Buddies pulls roughly 41K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $41-$163 a month in ad revenue (about $489-$1,957 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 Science Buddies make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri, and build titles around its proven words (arduino, lesson, use). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 8K views.
Science Buddies stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 443K |
| Total views | 267M |
| Videos published | 1K |
| Avg views (of 130 analyzed) | 15K |
| Engagement rate | 9.1% |
| Uploads per week | 1.2 |
| Typical length | 10 min |
| On YouTube since | 2009 (17 yrs) |
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