Veritasium’s most viewed videos of 2012
Lifetime totals, not views in this range.
Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
- Rank 1:

World's Longest Straw
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Gyroscopic Precession
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Spinning Tube Trick
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How Trees Bend the Laws of Physics
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What's In A Candle Flame?
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Misconceptions About Temperature
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Making SOLID Nitrogen!
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Does a Falling Slinky Defy Gravity?
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Spinning Tube Trick Answer
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Paralysed Rats Made To Walk Again
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What Could Survive An Atomic Bomb?
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Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?
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Levitating Barbecue! Electromagnetic Induction
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In high jump, your centre of mass goes under the bar
- Rank 15:

World's First Electric Generator
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Why Do You Make People Look Stupid?
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Where Does The Sun Get Its Energy?
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Spinning Tube Trick Explained
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What Is The Coastline Paradox?
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Are You Lightest In The Morning?
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Spinning Disk Trick Solution
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How Does A Wing Actually Work?
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Misconceptions About Falling Objects
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What Now For The Higgs Boson?
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The First Meeting of EDUtubers! ft. CGPGrey, Vsauce, Smarter Every Day, Numberphile +more
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How Does A Sailboat Actually Work?
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How Does A Boomerang Work?
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The Science of Curveballs
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Why Are Astronauts Weightless?
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Atomic Bonding Song
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Northern Lights From 100,000 ft!
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How Does A Slinky Fall?
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Spinning Disk Trick
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What Causes The Northern Lights?
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How To Clean Up Space Junk
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How Can Trees Be Taller Than 10m?
- Rank 37:

Corn Flour Fireball
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Spool Trick
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Transit of Venus! Sydney 2012 Contacts, Contracts and Parallax
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Free Higgs!
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Veritasium & Team Record Gold Invade London
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Destination: Alaska
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Koala Encounters