AsapSCIENCE puts plague questions under the microscope

Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown wrote and animated the channel's sole new upload, examining the disease behind the headlines.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Is the PLAGUE back?!

AsapSCIENCE is drawing roughly half its usual daily viewing, but Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown gave the week a focused addition: "Is the PLAGUE back?!" has reached about 627,000 views.

The explainer asks what plague actually is and how concerned viewers should be, while examining questions about a possible pandemic in Russia and speculation involving a lab leak or bioweapon. Those are questions the video sets out to address, not established explanations for an outbreak. Moffit and Brown share writing and animation credits, with Luka Sarlija editing.

The subscriber count stayed unchanged over seven days. Among neighboring science channels, AsapSCIENCE landed in the middle for weekly views: Cleo Abram had a substantially larger viewing week, while SmarterEveryDay and The Slow Mo Guys had smaller weekly audiences.

There is also a continuation of September's weather story. "Nobody has EVER seen an El Niño like this" has now passed eight million views and remains the channel's most active upload by daily viewing, narrowly above the plague explainer. Moffit handled the writing, animation and editing himself for that compact weather breakdown, which promises its explanation in under five minutes.

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The videos drawing views on AsapSCIENCE right now

Nobody has EVER seen an El Niño like this8,143,426 views Why finger length can predict homosexuality217,573 views

The numbers

Here is how AsapSCIENCE's viewing and subscriber count moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Cleo Abram

22,380,206

ElectroBOOM

7,905,430

NileRed

6,930,389

SciShow

3,382,976

AsapSCIENCE

2,629,569

Miwu Science

1,103,142

minutephysics

883,740

The Slow Mo Guys

660,109

SmarterEveryDay

498,040

subscribers

10,800,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

2,091,663,564

views per day

348,184

typical day: 683,152

first-day views of each video posted this week

Is the PLAGUE back?!

357,491

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

The Slow Mo Guys

15,000,000

SmarterEveryDay

11,900,000

NileRed

11,000,000

AsapSCIENCE

10,800,000

ElectroBOOM

8,890,000

Cleo Abram

8,870,000

SciShow

8,420,000

minutephysics

5,990,000

Miwu Science

5,990,000

As of October 15, 2026 · 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.