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minutephysics
Subscribers 5.9M
Videos 304
Views 579.1M

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minutephysics covers physics concepts and science topics through clear explanations inspired by questions about gravity, quantum mechanics, cosmology, and everyday phenomena. The channel emphasizes educational tutorials and deep-dives, leveraging keywords like physics, quantum, gravity, and cosmology, with recent videos tackling topics from solar system structure to the moon’s classification. It publishes content since 2011, with an average of about 1.2 million views per video and a catalog of 304 videos from 5.9 million subscribers (total views around 579.1 million).

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64% relevance

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are CrashCourse (81% match) and Professor Dave Explains (81% match). Both align with minutephysics on overlapping queries such as astronomy explanations, space science education, optics and light, and quantum mechanics basics, reflecting shared focus on physics explanations and related topics. The Organic Chemistry Tutor (67% match) and Veritasium (64% match) also overlap on physics explanations and related concepts, but with different emphasis on chemistry or broader science education. minutephysics has 5.9M subscribers, while CrashCourse has 16.9M and Professor Dave Explains 4.2M, with Veritasium at 20.4M, indicating larger audience sizes for several competitors while still sharing core physics education themes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to minutephysics?

CrashCourse — 81% match, 16.9M subscribers; Professor Dave Explains — 81% match, 4.2M subscribers; Science ABC — 73% match, 528K subscribers. The commonality is they all produce educational science content aimed at explaining physics concepts to a broad audience.

What type of content does minutephysics make?

Minutephysics creates short to moderate-length educational physics videos, with titles like Why is the Solar System Flat?, Is Quantum Mechanics Stopping Aliens From Contacting Us?, The REAL Reason Asteroids Aren't Planets, An Argument The Moon is a PLANET!. The channel averages about 1.2M views per video and posts multiple times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to minutephysics?

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