This week on the channel +12M views this week
Kurzgesagt puts its human artists behind the AI warning
The studio's only new upload combines an essay about AI dependence with an openly commercial look at how its animation is funded.
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell has 25,700,000 subscribers and 3,969,525,522 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 17,148,519 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What?", with 22,082,458 views. By subscribers it is No. 47 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 2 of 87 in Science and experiments.
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Medals on the category charts
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- No. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 22, 2026You Will Only Like Half of This VideoThe most watched video in Science & learning that day.
- No. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 21, 2026You Will Only Like Half of This VideoThe most watched video in Science & learning that day.
- No. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 20, 2026You Will Only Like Half of This VideoThe most watched video in Science & learning that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
The numbers today
subscribers
25,700,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
3,969,525,522
▲ 17,148,519 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
1,981,953
on a typical day: 1,861,110
Videos on the channel
394
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
4 days ago
October 20, 2026
Views per subscriber
154
a new long video usually gets 15,976,485 views
a new short video usually gets 1,425,876 views
a new short video usually gets 1,425,876 views
Next milestone
50,000,000 subscribers
24,300,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 22, 2026 5.8x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 7,102,976 views a day, 5.8 times a normal day (1,223,011).
This week on the channel one video this week
Kurzgesagt digs into humanity's beginnings with DNA and lidar
Its only new upload of the week explores how modern techniques reveal traces of a largely lost human past.
The video drawing the most views now
You Will Only Like Half of This Video
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 4,524,853
- Video views, pace per day
- 358,838
- Views on its first day
- 3,009,055
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Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 47 of 5,387 | 2 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 449 of 5,295 | 5 of 87 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 4.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Science and experiments
Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments
Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 25,700,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 25,700,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 3,942,078,402 views → October 24, 2026: 3,969,525,522 views · average: 2,495,192 views a day
The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Will Only Like Half of This Video | October 20, 2026 | 3:34 | 4,524,853 | 358,838 | 3,009,055 | 208,663 | 7,405 |
| We Finally Know More About Humanity’s First Civilization | October 8, 2026 | 17:31 | 10,691,592 | 116,441 | - | 162,370 | 8,207 |
 AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What? | October 5, 2026 | 21:44 | 22,082,458 | 151,922 | - | 503,394 | 39,266 |
 Your Brain on Magic Mushrooms | September 28, 2026 | 1:11 short | 1,176,634 | 10,627 | - | 43,802 | 1,102 |
 Humans Can Regrow an Organ | September 26, 2026 | 1:14 short | 1,419,107 | 12,295 | - | 64,121 | 2,772 |
 Your Skeleton Is Electric | September 24, 2026 | 1:12 short | 504,861 | 2,193 | - | 24,806 | 309 |
 This Is What a Godlike Civilization Would Look Like | September 22, 2026 | 14:12 | 9,082,574 | 48,660 | - | 169,667 | 6,995 |
 This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method | September 15, 2026 | 15:14 | 21,261,378 | 15,425 | - | 230,032 | 11,480 |
 How ADHD Medication Works | September 5, 2026 | 1:11 short | 950,903 | 2,656 | - | 44,484 | 1,313 |
 What If You Never Slept? | September 3, 2026 | 1:11 short | 2,854,301 | 8,873 | - | 103,450 | 1,366 |
 Can Earth Run Out of Water? | August 31, 2026 | 1:19 short | 3,932,689 | 12,603 | - | 192,552 | 7,119 |
 What If Gravity Was 10% Stronger? | August 29, 2026 | 1:10 short | 1,432,646 | 4,838 | - | 54,573 | 1,183 |
 Dust Is Not What You Think | August 27, 2026 | 1:11 short | 2,891,057 | 13,964 | - | 115,381 | 1,184 |
 Why Ebola Keeps Coming Back | August 24, 2026 | 1:12 short | 942,634 | 2,580 | - | 41,707 | 985 |
 How Stress Changes Your Brain | August 22, 2026 | 1:11 short | 1,965,251 | 5,875 | - | 100,213 | 1,072 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 24.0 in the category: 32.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.1 in the category: 1.1
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 1,807,008
average views per long video: 13,528,571
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do | March 19, 2020 | 8:35 | 89,637,368 |
 The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection | July 1, 2014 | 7:49 | 54,639,772 |
 What If You Detonated a Nuclear Bomb In The Marianas Trench… | July 22, 2018 | 6:03 | 36,848,451 |
 The Egg - A Short Story | September 1, 2019 | 8:06 | 36,380,233 |
 The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison | September 22, 2020 | 11:59 | 35,783,641 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Deadly Power of a Coin-Sized Black Hole | July 4, 2024 | 0:56 | 20,195,555 |
 How to Cut a Sandwich Perfectly – With Science | May 25, 2023 | 0:53 | 19,065,538 |
 Something in Your Kitchen Emits Antimatter | February 15, 2024 | 1:00 | 14,568,161 |
 How You Can Live Forever... Maybe. | April 25, 2024 | 1:00 | 14,049,162 |
 Earth as a Cube – What Would It Look Like? | June 1, 2023 | 0:58 | 13,167,523 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 7,102,976 views a day, 5.8 times a normal day (1,223,011).
- MilestoneWe Finally Know More About Humanity’s First Civil… The video passed 10,000,000 views.
- MilestoneYour Brain on Magic Mushrooms The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingYour Brain on Magic Mushrooms The video ran that day at 49,889 views a day, 4.6 times its usual pace (10,801).
- Video surgingHumans Can Regrow an Organ The video ran that day at 27,974 views a day, 3.8 times its usual pace (7,388).
- Video surgingHumans Can Regrow an Organ The video ran that day at 20,709 views a day, 3.5 times its usual pace (5,908).
- Video surgingYour Brain on Magic Mushrooms The video ran that day at 29,585 views a day, 3.4 times its usual pace (8,714).
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +12M views this week
Kurzgesagt puts its human artists behind the AI warning
The studio's only new upload combines an essay about AI dependence with an openly commercial look at how its animation is funded.
This week on the channel one video this week
Kurzgesagt digs into humanity's beginnings with DNA and lidar
Its only new upload of the week explores how modern techniques reveal traces of a largely lost human past.
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