Golf-ball engineering joins Smart Nonsense's everyday mysteries

Five new explainers range from AirTags and vibe coding to earthquakes and missile technology.

Channel: Smart Nonsense Story of October 17, 2026Trari Newsroom

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.

This golf ball made golfers TOO GOOD..

What connects a golf ball to an AirTag? For Smart Nonsense, both are invitations to ask how an apparently ordinary object actually works. Henry Belcaster's five-upload week stretched that curiosity from sporting equipment to software, with earthquakes and missile technology widening the syllabus.

"This golf ball made golfers TOO GOOD.." drew the largest audience among the new releases, reaching roughly 77,000 views. Golf-ball dimples are a genuine aerodynamic trick: they change airflow around the ball, reducing drag compared with a smooth ball under typical playing conditions. That makes the surface, not just the swing, worth a closer look.

In the comments, a few viewers picked up on a different technical detail: captions rendering "too good" and "fewest whacks" oddly. There was also a request to bring back Derd, the channel's blue alien co-host, whose job is to ask the supposedly dumb questions.

The golf upload has the week's biggest total, but "What is vibe coding??" is currently drawing the most daily views of any video on the channel. Just outside this week's releases, "The SCIENCE of Elon Musk's brain chip.." remains another busy entry.

Across the catalog, Smart Nonsense added about four million views over the week while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is below its usual level. Nearby in science, NileBlue and AstroKobi are enjoying substantially busier-than-usual days; Smart Nonsense's own week pairs that slower channel-wide pace with a fresh set of very different questions.

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The videos drawing views on Smart Nonsense right now

The MOST DANGEROUS missile in the world..70,703 views · 2026-10-12 What is vibe coding??59,387 views · 2026-10-14 The GENIUS of Airtags..31,900 views · 2026-10-15 How earthquakes happen..5,478 views · 2026-10-16 The SCIENCE of Elon Musk’s brain chip..376,360 views How Ozempic makes you LOSE weight..1,126,978 views

The numbers

Here is how Smart Nonsense's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

AstroKobi

4,153,313

Smart Nonsense

4,100,447

NileBlue

2,497,617

Physics Girl

2,286,950

Steve Mould

2,155,192

PBS Space Time

1,476,523

PBS Eons

1,267,844

Technology Connections

1,238,614

subscribers

3,530,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

2,738,872,028

views per day

448,608

typical day: 623,029

first-day views of each video posted this week

This golf ball made golfers TOO GOOD..

48,011

The MOST DANGEROUS missile in the world…

41,176

What is vibe coding??

31,359

The GENIUS of Airtags..

27,648

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Steve Mould

3,620,000

NileBlue

3,610,000

Physics Girl

3,550,000

Smart Nonsense

3,530,000

PBS Space Time

3,530,000

MinuteEarth

3,340,000

Technology Connections

3,220,000

PBS Eons

3,220,000

AstroKobi

3,200,000

As of October 17, 2026 · 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.