Science Time - 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 180 most recent of 562 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Science Time on YouTube →
How does Science Time perform on YouTube?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 72% of all views and its biggest is 213.1× the median, so the median upload (122K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Science Time's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "The True Scale Of Modern Nuclear Weapons" at 26M views - 213.1× the channel median. The other top performers:
| Video title | Views |
|---|---|
| The True Scale Of Modern Nuclear Weapons | 26M |
| How Big is The Universe? | 13M |
| 80 Years Since The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima & Nagasaki | 11M |
Which titles work best for Science Time - 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 180 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 short title (≤6 words) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on an all-caps word.
What keywords does Science Time rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: nuclear weapons, modern nuclear, true scale, brian cox, hiroshima nagasaki, neil degrasse, degrasse tyson, alien life. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Science Time post, and when?
Science Time publishes about 0.8 videos a week, most often on Tue.
How long are Science Time's videos?
Typical uploads run about 10 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (1.1M median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Science Time compare to other education channels?
At 122K median views, Science Time runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
Science Time's estimated YouTube 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, Science Time pulls roughly 420K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $420-$1,679 a month in ad revenue (about $5,036-$20,145 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 Time make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Tue. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 122K views.
Science Time stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 1.2M |
| Total views | 199M |
| Videos published | 562 |
| Avg views (of 180 analyzed) | 680K |
| Uploads per week | 0.8 |
| Typical length | 10 min |
| On YouTube since | 2019 (7 yrs) |
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