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3Blue1Brown

@3blue1brown · 8.7M subscribers

3Blue1Brown’s most viewed videos of 2017

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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.

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    But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1

    But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1

    24.9M views5 Oct 201718:40(opens in a new tab)

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    But how does bitcoin actually work?

    But how does bitcoin actually work?

    18.1M views7 Jul 201725:16(opens in a new tab)

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    The hardest problem on the hardest test

    The hardest problem on the hardest test

    16.5M views8 Dec 201711:15(opens in a new tab)

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    The essence of calculus

    The essence of calculus

    11.9M views28 Apr 201717:05(opens in a new tab)

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    Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2

    Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2

    9.7M views16 Oct 201720:33(opens in a new tab)

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    Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3

    Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3

    6.3M views3 Nov 201712:47(opens in a new tab)

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    What's so special about Euler's number e? | Chapter 5, Essence of calculus

    What's so special about Euler's number e? | Chapter 5, Essence of calculus

    5.2M views2 May 201713:50(opens in a new tab)

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    Taylor series | Chapter 11, Essence of calculus

    Taylor series | Chapter 11, Essence of calculus

    5.2M views7 May 201722:20(opens in a new tab)

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    Fractals are typically not self-similar

    Fractals are typically not self-similar

    4.6M views27 Jan 201721:36(opens in a new tab)

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    The paradox of the derivative | Chapter 2, Essence of calculus

    The paradox of the derivative | Chapter 2, Essence of calculus

    4.5M views29 Apr 201716:50(opens in a new tab)

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    All possible pythagorean triples, visualized

    All possible pythagorean triples, visualized

    4M views26 May 201714:53(opens in a new tab)

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    Backpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 4

    Backpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 4

    4M views3 Nov 201710:18(opens in a new tab)

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    How secure is 256 bit security?

    How secure is 256 bit security?

    3.6M views8 Jul 20175:06(opens in a new tab)

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    Derivative formulas through geometry | Chapter 3, Essence of calculus

    Derivative formulas through geometry | Chapter 3, Essence of calculus

    3.6M views30 Apr 201717:34(opens in a new tab)

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    Why this puzzle is impossible

    Why this puzzle is impossible

    3.3M views23 Dec 201719:37(opens in a new tab)

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    Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box

    Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box

    3.2M views11 Aug 201725:13(opens in a new tab)

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    Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus | Chapter 8, Essence of calculus

    Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus | Chapter 8, Essence of calculus

    3.1M views5 May 201720:46(opens in a new tab)

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    Pi hiding in prime regularities

    Pi hiding in prime regularities

    2.8M views19 May 201729:43(opens in a new tab)

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    Euler's formula with introductory group theory

    Euler's formula with introductory group theory

    2.7M views3 Mar 201724:28(opens in a new tab)

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    Limits, L'Hôpital's rule, and epsilon delta definitions | Chapter 7, Essence of calculus

    Limits, L'Hôpital's rule, and epsilon delta definitions | Chapter 7, Essence of calculus

    2.6M views4 May 201718:27(opens in a new tab)

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    Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?

    Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?

    2.4M views21 Jul 201718:18(opens in a new tab)

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    Visualizing the chain rule and product rule | Chapter 4, Essence of calculus

    Visualizing the chain rule and product rule | Chapter 4, Essence of calculus

    2.3M views1 May 201715:56(opens in a new tab)

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    Implicit differentiation, what's going on here? | Chapter 6, Essence of calculus

    Implicit differentiation, what's going on here? | Chapter 6, Essence of calculus

    2.3M views3 May 201715:34(opens in a new tab)

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    Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics)

    Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics)

    2.2M views13 Sept 201722:22(opens in a new tab)

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    What does area have to do with slope? | Chapter 9, Essence of calculus

    What does area have to do with slope? | Chapter 9, Essence of calculus

    1.7M views6 May 201712:39(opens in a new tab)

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    Higher order derivatives | Chapter 10, Essence of calculus

    Higher order derivatives | Chapter 10, Essence of calculus

    915.1K views7 May 20175:39(opens in a new tab)

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    Tattoos on Math

    Tattoos on Math

    764.5K views6 Jan 20178:15(opens in a new tab)

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    Q&A #2 + Net Neutrality Nuance

    Q&A #2 + Net Neutrality Nuance

    149.1K views14 Dec 20174:05(opens in a new tab)