Veritasium’s most viewed videos of 2021
Lifetime totals, not views in this range.
Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve - Collatz Conjecture
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How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room
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How a slinky falls in slow motion #shorts
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This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life
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Math's Fundamental Flaw
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The Biggest Misconception About Electricity
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The Surprising Secret of Synchronization
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The Universe is Hostile to Computers
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A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong
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This is why we can't have nice things
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Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work
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How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
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How Hidden Technology Transformed Bowling
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The Discovery That Transformed Pi
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The Biggest Myth In Education
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The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of
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The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
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Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate
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The Snowflake Myth
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The Explosive Element That Changed The World
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How They Caught The Golden State Killer
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Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective
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I Rented A Helicopter To Settle A Physics Debate
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I Asked Bill Gates What's The Next Crisis?
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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
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Why Robots That Bend Are Better
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A Robot That Walks, Flies, Skateboards, Slacklines
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Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
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Why Scorpions Glow in the Dark
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Q&A + Giveaway for 10 Years on YouTube