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The Science Asylum - what's actually working, and what isn't

Education · 9-min uploads · 730K subscribers · started 2012 · ~0.3/week
Est. ad revenue$448–$2K/morough estimate from recent upload pace at $1.5-6 RPM

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 177 most recent of 241 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit The Science Asylum on YouTube →

In The Science Asylum's own words
At the Science Asylum, Nick Lucid is absurdly excited about science and math. We hope that you feel safe to be excited about it too. Crazy = Very enthusiastic, passionate, fanatical, excited, and/or obsessed. Asylum = Haven, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, and/or safe house.Based in US

How many views does The Science Asylum actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 39% of all views and its biggest is 20.4× the median, so the median upload (230K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

230K
median views
20.4×
top vs median
18%
hit rate (2×+)
39%
views from top 10%

What is The Science Asylum's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "The REAL source of Gravity might SURPRISE you..." at 4.7M views - 20.4× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
The REAL source of Gravity might SURPRISE you...4.7M
I proved 1.3 million Earths DON'T fit inside the Sun!4.4M
What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?2.9M

Which titles work best for The Science Asylum - and which flop?

Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:

Video titleViews
The REAL source of Gravity might SURPRISE you...4.7M
I proved 1.3 million Earths DON'T fit inside the Sun!4.4M
What Does An Atom REALLY Look Like?2.9M
Turning Magnetism Into Electricity (Electrodynamics)1.3M
Humans are the First Aliens. Here's Why.1.2M
What the HECK is a Photon?!1.2M
Circuit Energy doesn't FLOW the way you THINK!1.0M
What the HECK is a Tensor?!?915K
We Can't Measure* Distance In Outer Space!860K
Does Electricity REALLY Flow? (Electrodynamics)845K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Humans Have Trouble With Time118K
What EXACTLY is a Bond?108K
Hot Take: Gravity is STILL a Force!107K
Physics predicts all of Cosmic Time. Here's how.107K
Dice Combinatorics, Explained Through Game Design107K
The Best Analogies For Quantum Spin106K
What Are White Dwarf Stars?105K
Why Are Some Things Transparent?103K
Noether's Theorem Explained102K
How old is the Universe?101K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 177 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.

View lift by title pattern - The Science Asylum
Speaks to "you"8% of videos
+50%
Uses (brackets)8% of videos
+50%
Has a number7% of videos
-37%
An ALL-CAPS word32% of videos
+18%
The title formula for The Science Asylum

Lean on speaks to "you" and uses (brackets) - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on has a number.

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 37% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does The Science Asylum rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: black holes, black hole, does not, does light, quantum spin, special relativity, faster light, not exist. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does The Science Asylum post, and when?

The Science Asylum publishes about 0.3 videos a week, most often on Wed.

Views by day of week
Sun
24
Mon
18
Tue
19
Wed
33
Thu
32
Fri
27
Sat
24

How long are The Science Asylum's videos?

Typical uploads run about 9 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (860K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
860K
10-20 min
317K
5-10 min
222K
under 5 min
108K

How does The Science Asylum compare to other education channels?

At 230K median views, The Science Asylum runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does The Science Asylum 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, The Science Asylum pulls roughly 297K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $297-$1,187 a month in ad revenue (about $3,560-$14,242 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 The Science Asylum make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Wed. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 230K views.

The Science Asylum stats at a glance

Subscribers730K
Total views75M
Videos published241
Avg views (of 177 analyzed)353K
Uploads per week0.3
Typical length9 min
On YouTube since2012 (14 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for The Science Asylum, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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