TED
TED had 27.8M subscribers as of August 31, 2026, ranked #121 in United States. The channel has accumulated 3.2B views across 5,787 videos since 2006.
Relative to its audience, that is 116 lifetime views per subscriber and 617.7K views generated per day.
Where does TED rank on YouTube?
Ranked by subscriber count, TED sits 121st in United States and 412th worldwide.
Over the last 29 days, TED's subscriber count moved by +0.36 %.
When did TED start on YouTube?
TED published their first video on December 25, 2006, "If I controlled the Internet | Rives", which has 393.8K views. Their biggest hit since does 154 × that number.
TED published 5,434 videos between 2006 and 2025, peaking at 519 in 2025.
What is TED's most-viewed video?
TED's most-viewed video is "Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED", with 60.8M views. That is 112 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 7.5% of the channel's total views.
112 ×outlier multiplier on its best video
Which format works best for TED?
On TED, long-form (over 20 min) performs best: a median of 117K views across 523 videos analysed. That is 3.1 × 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 TED publish?
TED currently publishes 1,2 vidéos par jour. That is 1.6 × the channel's lifetime average pace. Its catalogue generates 107 views per video per day.
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TED's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $31,307 and $114,015 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 45% short-form, 55% 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 TED video get?
The median TED video has 89.6K views, computed across 5,775 analysed videos.
How long has TED been publishing on YouTube?
TED has been publishing for 20 years, averaging 293 videos per year.
Which country is TED from?
TED 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 5,775 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 5,775 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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