How many views did “Making aerogel” get?

NileRed · published 2020-03-30 · TubeCount #62, played 2026-08-12

Why this one

NileRed's channel averages 13 million views per upload — the highest floor in chemistry YouTube, built by making genuinely dangerous or beautiful experiments accessible. Aerogel is a material so unusual it looks like solidified smoke; the video of making it from scratch in a kitchen runs 30 minutes, which is 28 minutes longer than most chemistry content. 39 million views is 3× his channel norm. The specific mechanism: aerogel is a material that went moderately viral on science social media for years before a long-form 'how it actually works' video existed. When NileRed made one, everyone who had shared a photo of aerogel and wondered 'but how?' had a place to go.

How everyone did

9 players called this one. The average score was 47 out of 100, and on the thumbnail alone people were typically 3.7× off.