YouTube channel

Applied Science

@appliedscience · The channel on YouTube

Science and experiments

Chosen for "Five creators worth discovering", week of October 4, 2026

Applied Science has 890,000 subscribers and 87,562,116 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 51,367 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Drawing electricity from this sodium-water reactor prevents it from exploding (in theory)", with 329,138 views. By subscribers it is No. 2,504 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 58 of 87 in Science and experiments.

The numbers today

subscribers

890,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

87,562,116

▲ 51,367 in the last 7 days

views a day (current pace)

5,650

on a typical day: 13,564

Videos on the channel

278

1 uploaded in the last 30 days

Last upload

24 days ago

September 30, 2026

Views per subscriber

a new long video usually gets 234,661 views

Next milestone

1,000,000 subscribers

110,000 subscribers to go

What happened lately

October 3, 2026 25x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 239,884 views a day, 25 times a normal day (9,424). Read the story

This week on the channel +354K views this week

A 1970s Lockheed idea, sodium, water and a spinning wheel at Applied Science

Ben Krasnow's only upload of the week passed 280,000 views in five days, and the comments are full of Kerbal jokes and liquid-metal cleanin…

Channel: Applied Science · Story of October 5, 2026

Views jump 25x the channel's usual pace

Ben Krasnow puts a 1970s sodium-water reactor patent to the test

The first Applied Science video since mid-July has nearly caught the channel's summer microscope films in three days.

Channel: Applied Science · Story of October 3, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Drawing electricity from this sodium-water reactor prevents it from exploding (in theory)

Video published: September 30, 2026
Video views so far: 329,138
Video views, pace per day: 243
Views on its first day: 157,722

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Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Science and experiments
By subscribers	2,504 of 5,387	58 of 87
By views gained this week	4,900 of 5,295	85 of 87

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments

132,314,892

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85Applied Science

51,367

Subscribers, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 889,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 890,000 subscribers

Total views, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 86,951,199 views → October 24, 2026: 87,562,116 views · average: 21,818 views a day

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Drawing electricity from this sodium-water reactor prevents…	September 30, 2026	22:10	329,138	243	157,722	8,941	893
See inside insects with an electron microscope and a femtos…	July 16, 2026	21:36	251,150	90	-	12,610	974
Atomic Force Microscope high-speed video, selective stainle…	July 2, 2026	23:20	271,459	130	-	9,891	705
Acoustic Radiometer spins in 130dB sound, clockwise and cou…	November 17, 2025	16:05	129,188	28	-	7,962	672
Optical diffraction patterns and almost-holograms made with…	October 14, 2025	22:17	149,735	100	-	10,193	982
X-ray backscatter with compressed sensing algorithm	July 18, 2025	20:27	202,928	16	-	11,275	791
Iron nitride permanent magnets made with DIY ball mill and …	May 27, 2025	24:26	202,708	192	-	10,052	727
Welding visualization system uses intense pulsed lighting t…	April 1, 2025	14:44	453,737	48	-	21,553	1,225
Dramatically improve microscope resolution with an LED arra…	March 3, 2025	22:25	299,722	99	-	14,823	944
f/0.38 camera lens made with oil immersion microscope objec…	February 1, 2025	16:25	302,960	20	-	14,540	663
Mutarotation: a sugar that spontaneously changes from sweet…	January 1, 2025	15:37	94,556	11	-	7,786	542
Micronics SLS nylon 3D printer makes electronic circuits	June 13, 2024	19:08	205,953	52	-	13,149	765
Photosynthesis photography: Making images with living plant…	August 27, 2023	21:41	145,707	10	-	9,097	530
Measuring the amount of lead (Pb) consumed when drinking fr…	July 6, 2023	37:32	339,812	64	-	12,717	1,056
Multi-layer reactive foil: no fuel, no oxygen, tons of heat	May 28, 2023	6:08	234,661	12	-	11,148	602

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 48.6 in the category: 31.6
comments per 1,000 views: 3.3 in the category: 1.1
short vs long: 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 240,894

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 239,884 views a day, 25 times a normal day (9,424).Read the story

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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