Niche report
Physics on YouTube
How often a physics video beats its own channel, and the ones that did by the most.
Computed from 63 videos in Hook Detector's index of public YouTube data whose title matches “physics” by its words or is close to it in meaning; 50 of them have a measured multiple (views over their channel's median). Counted 2026-10-27. Page built Oct 27, 2026.
Top outliers
Each one against its own channel’s median views. Opens on YouTube.
12×99 Years Later... We Solved It12× its channel’s median of 1.3M
7.8×World's Only Moving Mud Puddle7.8× its channel’s median of 1.3M
7×I found a Mud Volcano in California7× its channel’s median of 1.3M
6.5×It missed us by 9 days6.5× its channel’s median of 1.3M
4.5×An Update On Dianna's Health4.5× its channel’s median of 1.3M
4.4×The Magnetic Shadow Effect4.4× its channel’s median of 456K
3.1×After 15,000 years, it's waking up3.1× its channel’s median of 1.3M
3.1×Terence Tao on the cosmic distance ladder3.1× its channel’s median of 2.1M
3.1×The Physics Of Dissonance3.1× its channel’s median of 456K
2.9×Dianna Health Update from SmarterEveryDay2.9× its channel’s median of 1.3M
2.6×What happened to my face2.6× its channel’s median of 1.3M
2.5×First Update From Dianna (Physics Girl)2.5× its channel’s median of 1.3M
Channels with the most outliers
- Physics Girl9 outliers at 2× and over
- minutephysics2 outliers at 2× and over
- 3Blue1Brown1 outlier at 2× and over