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Numberphile’s most viewed videos of 2021

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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.

  1. Rank 1:
    Bertrand's Paradox (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile

    Bertrand's Paradox (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile

    1.4M views20 Dec 202110:43(opens in a new tab)

  2. Rank 2:
    Gambling with the Martingale Strategy - Numberphile

    Gambling with the Martingale Strategy - Numberphile

    1.2M views16 May 202119:11(opens in a new tab)

  3. Rank 3:
    Gabriel's Horn Paradox - Numberphile

    Gabriel's Horn Paradox - Numberphile

    1M views18 Feb 202118:20(opens in a new tab)

  4. Rank 4:
    The Doomsday Algorithm - Numberphile

    The Doomsday Algorithm - Numberphile

    1M views31 Oct 202114:33(opens in a new tab)

  5. Rank 5:
    The Math of Being a Greedy Pig - Numberphile

    The Math of Being a Greedy Pig - Numberphile

    883.1K views28 Apr 202133:06(opens in a new tab)

  6. Rank 6:
    How to make railway timetables (with graphs) - Numberphile

    How to make railway timetables (with graphs) - Numberphile

    861.6K views21 Nov 20218:43(opens in a new tab)

  7. Rank 7:
    The Strange Orbit of Earth's Second Moon (plus The Planets) - Numberphile

    The Strange Orbit of Earth's Second Moon (plus The Planets) - Numberphile

    857.7K views14 Sept 20217:08(opens in a new tab)

  8. Rank 8:
    A proof that e is irrational - Numberphile

    A proof that e is irrational - Numberphile

    654.5K views24 Jan 202116:29(opens in a new tab)

  9. Rank 9:
    The Most Wanted Prime Number - Numberphile

    The Most Wanted Prime Number - Numberphile

    598K views15 Dec 20218:35(opens in a new tab)

  10. Rank 10:
    The Lightning Algorithm - Numberphile

    The Lightning Algorithm - Numberphile

    554.9K views24 Aug 202112:24(opens in a new tab)

  11. Rank 11:
    The Volume of a Sphere - Numberphile

    The Volume of a Sphere - Numberphile

    541.1K views20 Jun 20214:14(opens in a new tab)

  12. Rank 12:
    A Problem with Rectangles - Numberphile

    A Problem with Rectangles - Numberphile

    525.9K views31 Jul 202117:12(opens in a new tab)

  13. Rank 13:
    Witness Numbers (and the truthful 1,662,803) - Numberphile

    Witness Numbers (and the truthful 1,662,803) - Numberphile

    514.4K views28 Nov 202116:46(opens in a new tab)

  14. Rank 14:
    Three Dice Trick - Numberphile

    Three Dice Trick - Numberphile

    499K views19 Jul 20217:10(opens in a new tab)

  15. Rank 15:
    Finite Fields & Return of The Parker Square - Numberphile

    Finite Fields & Return of The Parker Square - Numberphile

    465.1K views7 Oct 202117:25(opens in a new tab)

  16. Rank 16:
    Key to the Tower of Hanoi - Numberphile

    Key to the Tower of Hanoi - Numberphile

    457.5K views27 Oct 202114:07(opens in a new tab)

  17. Rank 17:
    Music on a Clear Möbius Strip - Numberphile

    Music on a Clear Möbius Strip - Numberphile

    419.7K views17 Oct 202111:43(opens in a new tab)

  18. Rank 18:
    Hitomezashi Stitch Patterns - Numberphile

    Hitomezashi Stitch Patterns - Numberphile

    418.6K views6 Dec 202110:50(opens in a new tab)

  19. Rank 19:
    Get Off The Earth (a famous & bamboozling problem) - Numberphile

    Get Off The Earth (a famous & bamboozling problem) - Numberphile

    412.1K views19 Aug 202110:41(opens in a new tab)

  20. Rank 20:
    Conic Loaf of Bread - Numberphile

    Conic Loaf of Bread - Numberphile

    412K views25 Dec 20216:46(opens in a new tab)

  21. Rank 21:
    Chaotic Balls (and other animations) - Numberphile

    Chaotic Balls (and other animations) - Numberphile

    402K views24 Jul 202111:59(opens in a new tab)

  22. Rank 22:
    Parabolas and Archimedes - Numberphile

    Parabolas and Archimedes - Numberphile

    388.4K views23 May 20219:24(opens in a new tab)

  23. Rank 23:
    A Video about the Number 10 - Numberphile

    A Video about the Number 10 - Numberphile

    376.7K views11 Nov 202110:10(opens in a new tab)

  24. Rank 24:
    The Largest Small Hexagon - Numberphile

    The Largest Small Hexagon - Numberphile

    338.6K views17 Dec 20215:47(opens in a new tab)

  25. Rank 25:
    Omicron (the symbol) in Mathematics  - Numberphile

    Omicron (the symbol) in Mathematics - Numberphile

    303.2K views9 Dec 202114:23(opens in a new tab)

  26. Rank 26:
    Infinitely Many Touching Circles - Numberphile

    Infinitely Many Touching Circles - Numberphile

    296.5K views17 Nov 20219:16(opens in a new tab)

  27. Rank 27:
    Eureka Sequences - Numberphile

    Eureka Sequences - Numberphile

    282.8K views13 Apr 20214:36(opens in a new tab)

  28. Rank 28:
    Mathematics is all about SHORTCUTS - Numberphile

    Mathematics is all about SHORTCUTS - Numberphile

    271.8K views8 Aug 202119:34(opens in a new tab)

  29. Rank 29:
    Cuneiform Numbers - Numberphile

    Cuneiform Numbers - Numberphile

    251.7K views15 Mar 202110:52(opens in a new tab)

  30. Rank 30:
    Planing Sequences (Le Rabot) - Numberphile

    Planing Sequences (Le Rabot) - Numberphile

    238.6K views3 Jun 202112:21(opens in a new tab)

  31. Rank 31:
    The Levine Sequence - Numberphile

    The Levine Sequence - Numberphile

    236.8K views31 Mar 20214:50(opens in a new tab)

  32. Rank 32:
    All the World's Coronavirus fits in a Coke Can  - Numberphile

    All the World's Coronavirus fits in a Coke Can - Numberphile

    232.3K views10 Mar 202111:53(opens in a new tab)

  33. Rank 33:
    Annoying Puzzles (and Cognitive Reflection Problems) - Numberphile

    Annoying Puzzles (and Cognitive Reflection Problems) - Numberphile

    231.2K views31 Jan 202112:58(opens in a new tab)

  34. Rank 34:
    Trapped Water and Tiny Holes - Numberphile

    Trapped Water and Tiny Holes - Numberphile

    229.6K views14 Oct 202115:37(opens in a new tab)

  35. Rank 35:
    A Sequence with a Mistake - Numberphile

    A Sequence with a Mistake - Numberphile

    227.7K views12 May 20213:21(opens in a new tab)

  36. Rank 36:
    Stacked Dice Trick - Numberphile

    Stacked Dice Trick - Numberphile

    224.6K views22 Sept 20217:31(opens in a new tab)

  37. Rank 37:
    The Drag Equation (Empire State Building v Eiffel Tower) - Numberphile

    The Drag Equation (Empire State Building v Eiffel Tower) - Numberphile

    217.7K views6 Jan 202125:12(opens in a new tab)

  38. Rank 38:
    Area of the Q - Numberphile

    Area of the Q - Numberphile

    197.3K views9 Sept 20213:36(opens in a new tab)

  39. Rank 39:
    Hidden Dice Faces - Numberphile

    Hidden Dice Faces - Numberphile

    189K views14 Jun 202110:26(opens in a new tab)

  40. Rank 40:
    Nightingale Diagrams - Numberphile

    Nightingale Diagrams - Numberphile

    164.5K views18 Mar 202110:45(opens in a new tab)

  41. Rank 41:
    Quasiperfect Numbers with Eric Lander - Numberphile

    Quasiperfect Numbers with Eric Lander - Numberphile

    121.8K views18 Jan 20219:04(opens in a new tab)