3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown had 8.6M subscribers as of August 31, 2026, ranked #770 in United States. The channel has accumulated 766.9M views across 242 videos since 2015.
Relative to its audience, that is 89 lifetime views per subscriber and 178.4K views generated per day.
Where does 3Blue1Brown rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, 3Blue1Brown sits 770th in United States and 2541st worldwide.
Over the last 29 days, 3Blue1Brown's subscriber count moved by +0.59 %.
When did 3Blue1Brown start on YouTube?
3Blue1Brown published their first video on March 5, 2015, "e to the pi i, a nontraditional take (old version)", which has 2.7M views. Their biggest hit since does 23 × that number.

3Blue1Brown published 224 videos between 2015 and 2025, peaking at 38 in 2024. Since 2023, videos under 3 minutes account for 67% of output, against 4% before.
What is 3Blue1Brown's most-viewed video?
3Blue1Brown's most-viewed video is "I'm still astounded this is true", with 63.3M views. That is 21 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 18.2% of the channel's total views.
21 ×outlier multiplier on its best video
Which format works best for 3Blue1Brown?
On 3Blue1Brown, mid-form (3 to 20 min) performs best: a median of 2.4M views across 89 videos analysed. That is 2.9 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.
How often does 3Blue1Brown publish?
3Blue1Brown currently publishes 1 vidéo par mois. The pace has slowed markedly against a lifetime average of 21 videos per year. Its catalogue generates 737 views per video per day.
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3Blue1Brown's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $8,141 and $29,599 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 51% short-form, 49% long-form. At this scale, advertising is typically a minority of a creator's actual income, behind brand partnerships and merchandise, which are not measured here.
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How many views does a typical 3Blue1Brown video get?
The median 3Blue1Brown video has 1.7M views, computed across 242 analysed videos.
How long has 3Blue1Brown been publishing on YouTube?
3Blue1Brown has been publishing for 12 years, averaging 21 videos per year.
Which country is 3Blue1Brown from?
3Blue1Brown is registered in US.
Is this data up to date?
Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on August 31, 2026. Per-video measures cover 242 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.
Methodology
Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 8/31/2026). Per-video measures computed across 242 indexed videos, from a database of over 21 million videos and 27,000 YouTube channels. The outlier multiplier compares a video's views to its channel average. Format performance uses the median, more robust than the mean when isolated hits are present.
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