CHANNEL ARCHIVE · 92 VIDEOS

Videos from Veritasium

This channel appears on 92 videos in the SignalTube snapshot. The list is sorted by distinct Hacker News recommenders, with catalog score used as a tie-breaker. These counts describe Hacker News discussion activity, not YouTube views. Open a detail page to see topic tags, a short original guide, and links to the source comments.

  1. 1
    Once you understand game theory, you understand the world.

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Probability & game theory; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    10 recommenders
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    Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this documentary about Semiconductors & chip manufacturing; the recorded mentions span 2024–2026.

    10 recommenders
  3. 3
    Mars Helicopter (before it went to Mars)

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Aviation & aerospace engineering; the recorded mentions span 2020–2021.

    10 recommenders
  4. 4
    Why Being Delusional is a Superpower

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.

    9 recommenders
  5. 5
    Quantum Entanglement & Spooky Action at a Distance

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Quantum physics; the recorded mentions span 2015–2022.

    9 recommenders
  6. 6
    Is Most Published Research Wrong?

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Scientific method & science communication; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    8 recommenders
  7. 7
    How to Understand What Black Holes Look Like

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Cosmology & astrophysics; the recorded mentions span 2019–2021.

    8 recommenders
  8. 8
    Math's Fundamental Flaw

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Logic & formal methods; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    7 recommenders
  9. 9
    How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.

    7 recommenders
  10. 10
    The Biggest Misconception About Electricity

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2026.

    7 recommenders
  11. 11
    The Biggest Myth In Education

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    7 recommenders
  12. 12
    Future Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing)

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Computer architecture & CPUs; the recorded mentions span 2022–2025.

    7 recommenders
  13. 13
    What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    7 recommenders
  14. 14
    Facebook Fraud

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Product, marketing & sales; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    7 recommenders
  15. 15
    Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Everyday physics & science demos; the recorded mentions span 2021–2025.

    7 recommenders
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    How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Pure mathematics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    7 recommenders
  17. 17
    Why No One Has Measured The Speed Of Light

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.

    6 recommenders
  18. 18
    The Expert Myth

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2022–2026.

    6 recommenders
  19. 19
    The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Chemistry; the recorded mentions span 2022–2026.

    6 recommenders
  20. 20
    The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about History of computing; the recorded mentions span 2021–2025.

    6 recommenders
  21. 21
    World's Roundest Object!

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Physics & space (other); the recorded mentions span 2013–2018.

    6 recommenders
  22. 22
    The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheap

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Physics & space (other); the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    6 recommenders
  23. 23
    Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this commentary about Product, marketing & sales; the recorded mentions span 2021–2025.

    5 recommenders
  24. 24
    The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    5 recommenders
  25. 25
    The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this documentary about Robotics; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    5 recommenders
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    The Most Underrated Algorithm

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Information theory & signal processing; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    5 recommenders
  27. 27
    The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Semiconductors & chip manufacturing; the recorded mentions span 2026–2026.

    5 recommenders
  28. 28
    Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    5 recommenders
  29. 29
    How Trees Bend the Laws of Physics

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Everyday physics & science demos; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.

    4 recommenders
  30. 30
    This equation will change how you see the world (the logistic map)

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    4 recommenders
  31. 31
    The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Recreational & visual math; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    4 recommenders
  32. 32
    Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Quantum physics; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.

    4 recommenders
  33. 33
    This is why we can't have nice things

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Repair, teardowns & right to repair; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    4 recommenders
  34. 34
    Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Quantum physics; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.

    4 recommenders
  35. 35
    How Electricity Actually Works

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    4 recommenders
  36. 36
    You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life Wrong

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Everyday physics & science demos; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    4 recommenders
  37. 37
    Why Life Seems to Speed Up as We Age

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.

    4 recommenders
  38. 38
    How We're Redefining the kg

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Physics & space (other); the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.

    3 recommenders
  39. 39
    How We’re Fooled By Statistics

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    3 recommenders
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    Where Do Trees Get Their Mass?

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Scientific method & science communication; the recorded mentions span 2015–2021.

    3 recommenders
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    Why Machines That Bend Are Better

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Mechanical & precision engineering; the recorded mentions span 2019–2021.

    3 recommenders
  42. 42
    The Biggest Chemical Coverup In History

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this documentary about Chemistry; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    3 recommenders
  43. 43
    The Biggest Misconception in Physics

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2025–2025.

    3 recommenders
  44. 44
    Backspin Basketball Flies Off Dam

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this demo about Everyday physics & science demos; the recorded mentions span 2015–2021.

    3 recommenders
  45. 45
    How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Military history & warfare; the recorded mentions span 2021–2025.

    3 recommenders
  46. 46
    The Most Common Cognitive Bias

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.

    3 recommenders
  47. 47
    A Physics Professor Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Fundamental physics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    3 recommenders
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    I took an IQ test to explain what's wrong with them

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this explainer about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    3 recommenders