3Blue1Brown’s most viewed videos of 2017
Lifetime totals, not views in this range.
Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1
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But how does bitcoin actually work?
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The hardest problem on the hardest test
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The essence of calculus
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Gradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 2
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Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3
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What's so special about Euler's number e? | Chapter 5, Essence of calculus
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Taylor series | Chapter 11, Essence of calculus
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Fractals are typically not self-similar
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The paradox of the derivative | Chapter 2, Essence of calculus
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All possible pythagorean triples, visualized
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Backpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 4
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How secure is 256 bit security?
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Derivative formulas through geometry | Chapter 3, Essence of calculus
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Why this puzzle is impossible
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Thinking outside the 10-dimensional box
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Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus | Chapter 8, Essence of calculus
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Pi hiding in prime regularities
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Euler's formula with introductory group theory
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Limits, L'Hôpital's rule, and epsilon delta definitions | Chapter 7, Essence of calculus
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Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?
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Visualizing the chain rule and product rule | Chapter 4, Essence of calculus
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Implicit differentiation, what's going on here? | Chapter 6, Essence of calculus
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Some light quantum mechanics (with minutephysics)
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What does area have to do with slope? | Chapter 9, Essence of calculus
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Higher order derivatives | Chapter 10, Essence of calculus
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Tattoos on Math
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Q&A #2 + Net Neutrality Nuance