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Simple Concepts Explained

@simpleconceptsexplained

21.1K subscribers192 videos4.5M viewsen10mo old

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Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedScience & space

Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly

Subscribers

21.1K

+100 · 1d

Views / hour

2.6K

recent uploads · 38.1K in 24 h

Views 7d

12.3K

over 1 day so far

Total views

4.5M

192 videos

Uploads / week

2.8

12 min median

Median views

1.8K

last 20 uploads

Outlier

0.1×

vs niche median

Ad revenue 30d

$419–1K

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Growth

Subscribers and views as FameX records them

Subscribers

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Monetization

YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months

$Likely monetized

Subscribers21.1K / 1K

Watch hours (12 mo, est.)308K / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views (channel under a year old) × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

Transportation Engineering and Infrastructure

Content pillar

Transport mechanics and history

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.

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Why it's faceless

Stock footage · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence

1The channel uses stock footage, motion graphics, and illustrative b-roll paired with voiceover narration to explain topics like trains, airplanes, and transport infrastructure.

Videos

11:14

Why Train Wheels Are Actually Cone-Shaped

540 views · 1d ago

41.1×11:45

Why Are Brand New Steam Locomotives Being Built Again?

75.2K views · 3d ago

11:44

Why Every Airport Runway Has a Different Number

884 views · 5d ago

12:24

Why Airport Security Changed Forever After 9/11

450 views · 1w ago

11:48

Why Railroads Stopped Buying New Locomotives

1.6K views · 1w ago

11:19

How Do Cabin Crew Sleep, Shower & Eat on an 18-Hour Flight?

972 views · 1w ago

6.9×12:00

Why Old Locomotives Used To Have 'GIANT EARS'

12.5K views · 2w ago

11:44

Why Freight Trains Put Locomotives in the MIDDLE

1.1K views · 2w ago

12:16

Why Planes Disappear in the Bermuda Triangle

789 views · 2w ago

14:38

Why Airliners Don’t Fly Above 40,000 Feet

2.1K views · 3w ago

4.1×11:18

Why the Channel Tunnel Had to Be Built This Deep

7.4K views · 3w ago

11:20

Why Can a Plane Fly With Only One Engine?

1.3K views · 4w ago

12:10

Why Planes Rarely Use Full Thrust at Takeoff

2.3K views · 4w ago

3.6×11:42

Why Trains Can’t Handle Fallen Leaves

6.6K views · 4w ago

12:22

Why Trains Need Sand to Stay on the Tracks

3.3K views · 5w ago

10:30

How Amazon Delivers Your Package in 24 Hours

873 views · 5w ago

12:20

Japan Is Building a $72 Billion Train That Will Fly Through a Mountain

1.1K views · 5w ago

10:33

How Do Airplanes Stay Warm at -60°C?

2.6K views · 6w ago

7.1×10:27

What Happens If a Train Runs a Red Signal?

12.9K views · 6w ago

2.5×10:18

JetZero: The Next-Gen Aircraft With No Passenger Windows

4.5K views · 6w ago

How it makes money

Ad revenue estimate, products and where the channel sends viewers

How we estimated ad revenue

Last 30 days. Every step is shown, and the parts add up to the total.

Niche RPM

what this niche typically earns per 1,000 views from an English audience

$4.00–$10

Audience

English

×1

Video length

8–20 min

×1

Long-form · 105K views

at $4.00–$10 RPM

$419–$1,048

Shorts · 0 views (0%)

at $0.03–$0.08 RPM

$0.00–$0.00

Estimated total$419–$1,048

An estimate from public data, not YouTube Analytics. Sponsorships, memberships and products aren't included.

What they sell

No product found yet.

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Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.

About Simple Concepts Explained

Is Simple Concepts Explained a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies Simple Concepts Explained as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The channel uses stock footage, motion graphics, and illustrative b-roll paired with voiceover narration to explain topics like trains, airplanes, and transport infrastructure.

Is Simple Concepts Explained monetized?

Probably. With 21,100 subscribers and an estimated 307,883 watch hours in the last 12 months, Simple Concepts Explained appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.

How much does Simple Concepts Explained make?

FameX estimates Simple Concepts Explained earns about $419–$1,048 a month from YouTube ads, based on 105K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the science & space niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is Simple Concepts Explained growing?

In the last 1 days, Simple Concepts Explained gained 100 subscribers and got 12,287 channel views. It has 21,100 subscribers and 4,498,295 total views.

What kind of videos does Simple Concepts Explained post?

Simple Concepts Explained makes transportation Engineering and Infrastructure; it uploads about 2.8 videos a week; typical videos run 12 minutes.

Data updated 19 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More science & space channels