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@veritasium · 21.4M subscribers

Veritasium’s most viewed videos of 2012

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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.

  1. Rank 1:
    World's Longest Straw

    World's Longest Straw

    5.8M views1 Feb 20127:21(opens in a new tab)

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    Gyroscopic Precession

    Gyroscopic Precession

    5.3M views23 May 20123:49(opens in a new tab)

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    Spinning Tube Trick

    Spinning Tube Trick

    5.1M views23 Feb 20123:20(opens in a new tab)

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    How Trees Bend the Laws of Physics

    How Trees Bend the Laws of Physics

    5M views30 Oct 20127:23(opens in a new tab)

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    What's In A Candle Flame?

    What's In A Candle Flame?

    4.5M views11 Sept 20122:41(opens in a new tab)

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    Misconceptions About Temperature

    Misconceptions About Temperature

    4.4M views24 Aug 20123:59(opens in a new tab)

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    Making SOLID Nitrogen!

    Making SOLID Nitrogen!

    3.6M views24 Sept 20124:43(opens in a new tab)

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    Does a Falling Slinky Defy Gravity?

    Does a Falling Slinky Defy Gravity?

    2.7M views13 Jun 20125:46(opens in a new tab)

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    Spinning Tube Trick Answer

    Spinning Tube Trick Answer

    2.7M views7 Mar 20120:48(opens in a new tab)

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    Paralysed Rats Made To Walk Again

    Paralysed Rats Made To Walk Again

    2.6M views4 Dec 20126:34(opens in a new tab)

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    What Could Survive An Atomic Bomb?

    What Could Survive An Atomic Bomb?

    2.5M views17 Dec 20122:07(opens in a new tab)

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    Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?

    Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?

    2.5M views12 Mar 20124:10(opens in a new tab)

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    Levitating Barbecue! Electromagnetic Induction

    Levitating Barbecue! Electromagnetic Induction

    2.5M views9 Oct 20123:46(opens in a new tab)

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    In high jump, your centre of mass goes under the bar

    In high jump, your centre of mass goes under the bar

    2.2M views9 Aug 20124:43(opens in a new tab)

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    World's First Electric Generator

    World's First Electric Generator

    2.1M views6 Nov 20123:49(opens in a new tab)

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    Why Do You Make People Look Stupid?

    Why Do You Make People Look Stupid?

    2.1M views18 Mar 20123:21(opens in a new tab)

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    Where Does The Sun Get Its Energy?

    Where Does The Sun Get Its Energy?

    2M views6 May 20126:01(opens in a new tab)

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    Spinning Tube Trick Explained

    Spinning Tube Trick Explained

    2M views1 Mar 20123:40(opens in a new tab)

  19. Rank 19:
    What Is The Coastline Paradox?

    What Is The Coastline Paradox?

    1.8M views7 Jan 20122:16(opens in a new tab)

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    Are You Lightest In The Morning?

    Are You Lightest In The Morning?

    1.8M views12 Feb 20127:54(opens in a new tab)

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    Spinning Disk Trick Solution

    Spinning Disk Trick Solution

    1.8M views5 Jun 20124:16(opens in a new tab)

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    How Does A Wing Actually Work?

    How Does A Wing Actually Work?

    1.7M views3 Aug 20122:51(opens in a new tab)

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    Misconceptions About Falling Objects

    Misconceptions About Falling Objects

    1.5M views1 Oct 20123:00(opens in a new tab)

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    What Now For The Higgs Boson?

    What Now For The Higgs Boson?

    1.4M views17 Oct 20128:00(opens in a new tab)

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    The First Meeting of EDUtubers! ft. CGPGrey, Vsauce, Smarter Every Day, Numberphile +more

    The First Meeting of EDUtubers! ft. CGPGrey, Vsauce, Smarter Every Day, Numberphile +more

    1.1M views28 Jun 20123:03(opens in a new tab)

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    How Does A Sailboat Actually Work?

    How Does A Sailboat Actually Work?

    1M views6 Aug 20124:37(opens in a new tab)

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    How Does A Boomerang Work?

    How Does A Boomerang Work?

    979.6K views17 Aug 20122:54(opens in a new tab)

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    The Science of Curveballs

    The Science of Curveballs

    821.1K views25 Jan 20124:07(opens in a new tab)

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    Why Are Astronauts Weightless?

    Why Are Astronauts Weightless?

    771.7K views13 May 20123:41(opens in a new tab)

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    Atomic Bonding Song

    Atomic Bonding Song

    669.6K views13 Jul 20124:49(opens in a new tab)

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    Northern Lights From 100,000 ft!

    Northern Lights From 100,000 ft!

    600.2K views19 Jun 20124:47(opens in a new tab)

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    How Does A Slinky Fall?

    How Does A Slinky Fall?

    587.5K views27 May 20123:51(opens in a new tab)

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    Spinning Disk Trick

    Spinning Disk Trick

    489.4K views18 May 20121:51(opens in a new tab)

  34. Rank 34:
    What Causes The Northern Lights?

    What Causes The Northern Lights?

    480.8K views23 Apr 20124:56(opens in a new tab)

  35. Rank 35:
    How To Clean Up Space Junk

    How To Clean Up Space Junk

    462.3K views26 Nov 20126:08(opens in a new tab)

  36. Rank 36:
    How Can Trees Be Taller Than 10m?

    How Can Trees Be Taller Than 10m?

    309.4K views3 Sept 20124:16(opens in a new tab)

  37. Rank 37:
    Corn Flour Fireball

    Corn Flour Fireball

    308.4K views18 Nov 20123:05(opens in a new tab)

  38. Rank 38:
    Spool Trick

    Spool Trick

    276.3K views7 Mar 20121:18(opens in a new tab)

  39. Rank 39:
    Transit of Venus! Sydney 2012 Contacts, Contracts and Parallax

    Transit of Venus! Sydney 2012 Contacts, Contracts and Parallax

    141.8K views6 Jun 20125:58(opens in a new tab)

  40. Rank 40:
    Free Higgs!

    Free Higgs!

    131.4K views5 Jul 20123:20(opens in a new tab)

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    Veritasium & Team Record Gold Invade London

    Veritasium & Team Record Gold Invade London

    89.2K views17 Jul 20123:20(opens in a new tab)

  42. Rank 42:
    Destination: Alaska

    Destination: Alaska

    84.1K views26 Mar 20124:09(opens in a new tab)

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    Koala Encounters

    Koala Encounters

    54.2K views15 Jan 20122:15(opens in a new tab)