How many views did “history of the entire world, i guess” get?
bill wurtz · published 2017-05-10 · TubeCount #36, played 2026-07-17
the answer
183,026,453
views as of 2026-06-14
Why this one
bill wurtz uploaded a 20-minute summary of all human history using bouncing text, synthesizers, and jokes calibrated for an audience of exactly himself. 'history of the entire world, i guess' appeared in May 2017 and has since been watched 183 million times — about 180 million more than any other video on his channel. The algorithm occasionally discovers something, decides it is the platonic ideal of its category, and simply never stops showing it to people.
How everyone did
4 players called this one. The average score was 30 out of 100, and on the thumbnail alone people were typically 8.6× off.