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TED-Ed finds the psychological catch in a half-price bargain
An animated shopping lesson joins a collection of six ghostly tales in the channel's two-upload week.
In short
On YouTube, TED-Ed has 23,000,000 subscribers and 4,780,823,005 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 8,993,139 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? - Justin Merritt", with 1,260,107 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 68 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 3 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education". On Instagram, @tededanimation has 46,733 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
23,000,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 100,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 100,000 in the last 30 days
total views
4,780,823,005
▲ 8,993,139 in the last 7 days
▲ 35,191,632 in the last 30 days
▲ 35,191,632 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
1,215,840
on a typical day: 1,188,406
Videos on the channel
2,396
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
207
a new long video usually gets 513,469 views
Next milestone
50,000,000 subscribers
27,000,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@tededanimation · The account on Instagram
Followers
46,733
Posts
202
Likes per post
316
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.68% of followers
0.68% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,017 of 2,442 | 28 of 38 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Explainers, history and education
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic is everywhere. It’s in our clothes, our food, the air we breathe. And… | Reel | March 18, 2026 | 13,597 | 322 | 5 |
| Today makes the start of the Winter Olympic Games 🥇🥈🥉 | Reel | February 6, 2026 | 5,301 | 93 | 2 |
| We’re so grateful we were able to work with the brilliant Andrea Gibson, and we… | Carousel | July 15, 2025 | - | 467 | 1 |
| When reading “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” most readers visualize the… | Carousel | February 27, 2025 | - | 391 | 3 |
| Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning.… | Carousel | February 19, 2025 | - | 406 | 3 |
| Your government has introduced a plan to address record-breaking rates of… | Carousel | January 16, 2025 | - | 284 | 4 |
| Check out these character explorations by Totem Creative's gauravd24 from our… | Carousel | December 19, 2024 | - | 165 | 10 |
| In his introduction to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum claims that… | Carousel | November 21, 2024 | - | 262 | 3 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 2 Reels and 13 carousels.
As of November 9, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 2, 2026 passed 1M views What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? -… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +8.3M views this week
Credit card traps get an Egyptian-inspired lesson on TED-Ed
Addison Anderson narrates an animated guide to interest and minimum payments, directed by Jeff Le Bars and JetPropulsion.space.
This week on the channel +8.7M views this week
Identical houses, different bills: TED-Ed's buying-or-renting lesson
Ella Feldman's animated twins test the financial case for homeownership, while Public Speaking 101 returns with a lesson on presenting idea…
The video drawing the most views now
When did humans start using salt? - Carolyn Beans
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 96,025
- Video views, pace per day
- 139,544
- Views in its first 12 hours
- 96,025
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 68 of 5,393 | 3 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 740 of 5,274 | 5 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 751 of 5,043 | 6 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 4.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 22,900,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 23,000,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 4,746,391,958 views → November 11, 2026: 4,780,823,005 views · average: 1,187,277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 When did humans start using salt? - Carolyn Beans | November 10, 2026 | 5:09 | 96,025 | 139,544 | 96,025 (12 hours) | 1,844 | 112 |
 How to effectively use visuals in your presentation | November 5, 2026 | 4:59 | 162,183 | 8,920 | 82,821 | 2,312 | 51 |
 Can you solve the Billy Bonka riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer | November 3, 2026 | 6:13 | 855,153 | 34,211 | 259,969 | 9,975 | 953 |
 What if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? - Justin Me… | October 29, 2026 | 5:30 | 1,260,107 | 14,752 | 586,130 | 15,171 | 1,056 |
 Scary stories to watch in the dark (if you dare…) | October 27, 2026 | 34:20 | 460,339 | 5,738 | 135,902 | 7,306 | 186 |
 5 sneaky ways stores get you to spend more | October 22, 2026 | 6:22 | 513,469 | 5,533 | 178,687 | 7,208 | 221 |
 Why does this animal never age? - Raymond Adkins | October 20, 2026 | 5:51 | 434,937 | 1,828 | 176,566 | 4,653 | 131 |
 3 things to never do with a credit card | October 15, 2026 | 5:58 | 1,165,601 | 8,929 | 326,683 | 14,586 | 549 |
 How to present your ideas effectively | October 13, 2026 | 6:34 | 322,723 | 1,386 | 144,032 | 4,612 | 64 |
 Which is better: Buying or renting a home? - Ella Feldman | October 8, 2026 | 6:04 | 783,165 | 2,419 | - | 11,385 | 844 |
 Why is Queen Victoria so controversial? - Carolyn Harris | October 6, 2026 | 6:20 | 494,012 | 1,264 | - | 7,851 | 551 |
 6 ways to be more persuasive | October 1, 2026 | 6:03 | 314,734 | 720 | - | 4,604 | 113 |
 Why are AI data centers using so much electricity? - Sajan … | September 29, 2026 | 6:37 | 650,323 | 1,116 | - | 7,845 | 506 |
 Do we actually know how magnets work? - Rachel Yang | September 24, 2026 | 5:47 | 510,501 | 1,215 | - | 6,985 | 276 |
 4 ways to fix your attention span - Shannon Odell | September 22, 2026 | 5:26 | 4,651,935 | 12,799 | - | 54,155 | 898 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 12.7 in the category: 19.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.5 in the category: 1.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 177,902 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 845,013
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Can you solve the prisoner hat riddle? - Alex Gendler | October 5, 2015 | 4:35 | 37,278,154 |
 Questions No One Knows the Answers to (Full Version) | March 17, 2012 | 12:08 | 29,911,334 |
 How do solar panels work? - Richard Komp | January 5, 2016 | 4:59 | 26,977,913 |
 What is depression? - Helen M. Farrell | December 15, 2015 | 4:29 | 26,692,212 |
 The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky | January 16, 2014 | 6:00 | 25,414,544 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Would you take the road less traveled? #shorts | January 27, 2023 | 0:31 | 553,236 |
 3 things you may not know about the Declaration of Independ… | July 4, 2023 | 0:54 | 376,006 |
 Do you ever feel isolated amongst your peers? #shorts | September 18, 2023 | 0:53 | 280,581 |
 What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? #shorts #junet… | June 19, 2023 | 0:49 | 233,746 |
 TED-Ed's top 10 animations of 2022! #shorts | January 9, 2023 | 0:55 | 230,170 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneWhat if you didn’t brush your teeth for a year? -… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Milestone3 things to never do with a credit card The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,929,042 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (1,115,647).
- Subscriber surgeAn unusual change in the channel's numbers.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
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 +7.7M views this week
TED-Ed finds the psychological catch in a half-price bargain
An animated shopping lesson joins a collection of six ghostly tales in the channel's two-upload week.
This week on the channel +8.3M views this week
Credit card traps get an Egyptian-inspired lesson on TED-Ed
Addison Anderson narrates an animated guide to interest and minimum payments, directed by Jeff Le Bars and JetPropulsion.space.
This week on the channel +8.7M views this week
Identical houses, different bills: TED-Ed's buying-or-renting lesson
Ella Feldman's animated twins test the financial case for homeownership, while Public Speaking 101 returns with a lesson on presenting idea…
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Shannon Odell's attention-span lesson leads TED-Ed's two-upload week
Five days in, the Monday video is gathering views several times faster than Rachel Yang's magnet lesson, which has cooled since its first d…