Real Engineering's upload break leaves aircraft and alloys to explore
Brian McManus's nose-heavy plane explainer has reached about 2.4 million views.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
The Plane That's 38% Nose
Real Engineering left the new-upload shelf untouched, but its catalog collected nearly 891,000 views over seven days. Subscribers held steady, while daily viewing is running far below the channel's usual pace.
"The Plane That's 38% Nose" remains the busiest of its videos right now. The aviation explainer credits Brian McManus as producer, writer and narrator, with Josi Gold also contributing writing and research. Behind that wonderfully specific title is a production team spanning animation, archival footage, editing and sound.
There is older material in motion, too. "The Forbidden Alloy of WW2," published more than three months ago, is drawing substantial daily viewing. "Reading StarCloud's Whitepaper So You Don't Have To" adds a space-technology reading assignment to the mix, though at a much gentler pace.
Among nearby science channels, Steve Mould had a bigger viewing week, while minutephysics finished with a similar weekly total. For Real Engineering, the continuing draw is a combination of unusual aircraft proportions and wartime materials.
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Where next?
The videos drawing views on Real Engineering right now
- Channel
- Real Engineering
- Subscribers
- 5,120,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 890,987
- Videos published this week
- 0
The numbers
Here is Real Engineering's week in views and subscribers.
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Who is credited as narrator of "The Plane That's 38% Nose"?
The video's description credits Brian McManus as producer, writer and narrator.





