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IrelandThis week on the channel +495K views this week
minutephysics explains why you're glowing, even when you can't see it
A new animated Short puts humans, ice and the Sun on the same temperature-dependent spectrum.
In short
On YouTube, minutephysics has 5,990,000 subscribers and 599,918,447 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 425,535 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "What if We Can't Detect Dark Matter?", with 695,616 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 490 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 13 of 87 in category "Science and experiments".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
5,990,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
599,918,447
▲ 425,535 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,939,117 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,939,117 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
56,298
on a typical day: 80,485
Videos on the channel
319
2 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
13 days ago
October 29, 2026
Views per subscriber
100
a new long video usually gets 419,782 views
a new short video usually gets 259,014 views
a new short video usually gets 259,014 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
4,010,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
This week on the channel +836K views this week
A cube between portals gives minutephysics a forceful puzzle
Henry Reich's only new upload swaps the cube for a piston, and viewers question what the portals can push.
This week on the channel
minutephysics' vibrating strings keep humming with nothing new posted
A two-month-old video about strings is drawing about three times the daily views of the next busiest one, a winter explainer on ISO.
The video drawing the most views now
What if We Can't Detect Dark Matter?
- Video published
- October 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 695,616
- Video views, pace per day
- 11,695
- Views on its first day
- 365,212
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 490 of 5,393 | 13 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 3,534 of 5,274 | 55 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,050 of 5,043 | 44 of 81 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% 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
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 5,990,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 5,990,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 597,206,007 views → November 11, 2026: 599,918,447 views · average: 93,532 views a day
YouTube: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 What if We Can't Detect Dark Matter? | October 29, 2026 | 12:45 | 695,616 | 11,695 | 365,212 | 14,762 | 1,152 |
 Why do hot objects glow? | October 24, 2026 | 0:19 short | 96,355 | 238 | 51,688 | 2,190 | 125 |
 What if you try to sandwich a cube between two portals? | October 10, 2026 | 1:00 short | 879,075 | 175 | - | 22,763 | 1,103 |
 The Wavy Window Paradox | August 19, 2026 | 3:25 | 419,782 | 285 | - | 16,766 | 459 |
 How long is a day on the sun? | August 11, 2026 | 0:44 short | 201,806 | 65 | - | 4,323 | 140 |
 Strings Don't Vibrate The Way You Think | July 29, 2026 | 4:44 | 1,392,674 | 246 | - | 68,578 | 1,594 |
 Why some flames are blue and others are red? | July 16, 2026 | 0:27 short | 129,372 | 46 | - | 2,829 | 83 |
 This Orbit is the WORST | June 30, 2026 | 7:31 | 533,336 | 227 | - | 24,978 | 1,215 |
 There Is No 4th Dimension | June 25, 2026 | 0:57 short | 365,874 | 104 | - | 10,055 | 589 |
 Two Paradoxes of Space Navigation | June 4, 2026 | 3:18 | 393,475 | 169 | - | 23,471 | 759 |
 Why Driving Backwards Is So Hard | May 22, 2026 | 0:49 short | 480,117 | 51 | - | 9,287 | 295 |
 The Magic of Thorium Nuclear Reactors | May 12, 2026 | 4:48 | 255,385 | 178 | - | 13,187 | 805 |
 Is Perfect Prediction Possible? | April 15, 2026 | 13:48 | 382,022 | 237 | - | 16,147 | 4,319 |
 What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING | April 11, 2026 | 0:23 short | 312,254 | 54 | - | 5,202 | 227 |
 Schrödinger’s Cat (from the cat's perspective) | March 21, 2026 | 1:00 short | 205,775 | 43 | - | 5,099 | 409 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 35.5 in the category: 30.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.0 in the category: 1.1
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 333,828
average views per long video: 581,755
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain? | December 20, 2012 | 2:02 | 21,488,784 |
 Passing A Portal Through Itself | September 1, 2022 | 4:05 | 14,086,100 |
 Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins? | January 25, 2013 | 3:35 | 13,753,884 |
 Time Travel in Fiction Rundown | October 26, 2017 | 8:05 | 11,759,525 |
 What if the Earth were Hollow? | August 26, 2012 | 3:59 | 10,588,001 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 When 2 + 2 = 3.999999999… | February 28, 2026 | 0:33 | 990,108 |
| What if you try to sandwich a cube between two portals? | October 10, 2026 | 1:00 | 814,909 |
| Why Driving Backwards Is So Hard | May 22, 2026 | 0:49 | 478,176 |
| There Is No 4th Dimension | June 25, 2026 | 0:57 | 361,953 |
| What is the farthest on earth you can get from ANYTHING | April 11, 2026 | 0:23 | 310,768 |
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 +495K views this week
minutephysics explains why you're glowing, even when you can't see it
A new animated Short puts humans, ice and the Sun on the same temperature-dependent spectrum.
This week on the channel +836K views this week
A cube between portals gives minutephysics a forceful puzzle
Henry Reich's only new upload swaps the cube for a piston, and viewers question what the portals can push.
This week on the channel
minutephysics' vibrating strings keep humming with nothing new posted
A two-month-old video about strings is drawing about three times the daily views of the next busiest one, a winter explainer on ISO.