Cleo Abram explains the suction behind Tesla's upside-down stunt
Her four-upload week also brings cloud physics, a conversation with Sara Seager and the science of dog food.
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.
This Tesla Just Flew. HOW??
How does a car stay on the road when the road turns upside down? Cleo Abram reaches for a Lego race car to explain the familiar answer, aerodynamic downforce, before showing why Tesla's stunt needs a different one.
In "This Tesla Just Flew. HOW??", she points to a patent for deployable skirts and fan suction that can generate downforce without the car moving. The airborne part gets a separate explanation: cold gas thrusters using high-pressure nitrogen. And there is no driver inside during the preprogrammed maneuvers, she notes.
At about 3.5 million views, it is her most-watched upload of the week. The comments turn the engineering into everyday logistical questions: what happens to your hot coffee, how do you land, and could this become real-life Rocket League?
The strongest daily momentum now belongs to "Clouds Are Way Heavier Than You Think", which asks why all that water stays overhead. Behind it comes "The Most Likely Place to Find Aliens", a longer conversation with planetary scientist Sara Seager. They move from reading distant planets' atmospheres to searching for signs of life in Venus's clouds. Abram describes the question of where the aliens are as one she has carried since childhood.
"The Science Behind My Dog's Food" rounds out the new releases on a more domestic scale. Meanwhile, the older, sponsored explainer "The Sun Is Weirder Than You Think" remains among her most active videos.
The channel added roughly 30,000 subscribers over the week, and daily views are now more than double their usual level. Among nearby science channels, NileRed also had a substantial week of viewing, while SmarterEveryDay was quieter. For Abram, the week's range runs from a car clinging upside down to the possibility of life above another planet.
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What viewers say
Cars have been flying since forever, it’s landing that’s the hard part.
@Kek.B.ISee it on YouTubeWhat about my drink ? Imagine I do this a hot coffee goes everywhere
@DomepeezySee it on YouTubeme taking this car to a football field and playing Rocket League IRL
@sirtbf7229See it on YouTube
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Hats off to the engineers that did this.
@GeeEssence-xm8ugSee it on YouTube“What a save”
“What a save”
“What a save”
Chat disabled for 3 seconds@NoodleHands981See it on YouTubeThe exact car I got in Hill Climbs game
Dad, can we go to Disneyland? No, we've our own rollercoaster
@joltedchickenSee it on YouTubemore like falling with style, IRL Rocket Leauge show could be a cool attraction though
@P4r2ivalSee it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
The videos drawing views on Cleo Abram right now
- Channel
- Cleo Abram
- Subscribers
- 8,900,000 ▲ 30,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 28,802,363
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- October 16, 2026
- Video views so far
- 3,507,130
- Views on its first day
- 2,237,010
The numbers
Here is Cleo Abram's week in views and subscribers.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which planet's clouds feature in Cleo Abram's conversation with Sara Seager?
The conversation examines a Venus probe and whether life could survive in sulfuric acid.






