Outlier data · updated September 21, 2026
Engineering YouTube outliers
4,705 Engineering videos from 32 channels are scored in this snapshot, and 151 of them cleared the leaderboard filter. These are the 10 that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin.
Channels scored
32
Videos scored
4,705
Reach 2x or more
26.1%
5x or more 8.9% · 10x or more 3.7%
Leaderboard pool
151
Videos clearing every eligibility floor
Engineering rewards visible cause and effect, and the leaderboard makes that obvious. Videos showing a thing failing, being tested to destruction, or working for a reason the viewer can follow outperform videos that explain the same principle abstractly. The audience mixes practitioners with curious generalists, which gives channels an unusually wide range of outcomes: a video written for engineers lands inside a narrow band, while the same subject framed for everybody can reach many times further. Production is slow because experiments and animation take time, so baselines are thin and uneven. Treat one large multiplier as a hypothesis rather than a conclusion. Read the top rows for what was actually demonstrated on camera, and separate the videos that needed a workshop from the ones that needed a clear diagram and a good question.
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Channel median | Multiplier | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Know Art | 849K | 8.7K | 117x | ||
| 2 | MateoTechLab | 532K | 5.4K | 98x | ||
| 3 | Know Art | 759K | 8.7K | 94x | ||
| 4 | MateoTechLab | 171K | 5.4K | 32x | ||
| 5 | Two Bit da Vinci | 1.2M | 49.7K | 27x | ||
| 6 | Shaw Talebi | 166K | 6.8K | 24x | ||
| 7 | Two Bit da Vinci | 1M | 49.7K | 23x | ||
| 8 | Engineering Gone Wild | 728K | 35.1K | 21x | ||
| 9 | Caleb Writes Code | 459K | 36.3K | 19x | ||
| 10 | Caleb Writes Code | 520K | 36.3K | 16x |
Showing the top 10 of 151 outliers in Engineering (at least 2x, uploaded in the past 12 months, at most 2 per channel). The full list, every filter, and daily refreshes are in the free Outlier Database.
Open the free Outlier DatabaseHow the Engineering ranking is built
- Every Engineering video is scored against its own channel: its views divided by the median views of that channel's other mature long-form uploads. 4,705 videos from 32 channels are scored in this snapshot.
- A row reaches this table only when it clears four floors — a multiplier of at least 2x, uploaded within the past 365 days, at least 10,000 views, and a channel median of at least 1,000 views. 151 Engineering videos clear all four.
- At most 2 videos per channel appear, so one Engineering channel having a remarkable year cannot take the whole table.
- 26.1% of scored Engineering videos reach 2x or more, 8.9% reach 5x and 3.7% reach 10x — which is what a large multiplier is worth in this niche specifically.
Read the full methodology on the outliers hub, including why the baseline is a median, why Shorts are pooled separately, and which channels are excluded.
Common questions
Why do destructive tests outperform explanations?
Because they contain an outcome the viewer wants to see and cannot predict. An explanation asks for trust while a test promises evidence and a moment. It also makes the thumbnail easy, since a broken component communicates the entire premise without a word of setup.
Is the general audience worth chasing if my channel serves practitioners?
It depends what the channel is for. Reaching generalists raises view counts but changes who shows up in the comments and what they expect next. Several rows here belong to channels that made that jump and never went back, so decide deliberately, because the baseline shifts permanently afterward.
How should I read a very high multiplier on a slow-publishing channel?
As a small sample. A median built from a handful of long videos moves easily, so a single release that reached past the usual audience can post an enormous number. It is a real result, but it is weaker evidence than the same multiplier on a channel that publishes weekly.
How many Engineering videos are behind this leaderboard?
4,705 scored Engineering videos from 32 channels in the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. 151 of them clear the leaderboard filter, and this page publishes the strongest 10.
How often does this Engineering leaderboard change?
It is rebuilt from each dataset publish and the page revalidates hourly, so the ranking you are reading belongs to the snapshot dated September 21, 2026. Ranks move between refreshes as views accumulate and as videos age past the 12-month eligibility window.
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Public YouTube statistics, snapshot September 21, 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or the channels shown.
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