Veritasium (YouTube)

Veritasium was created by Derek Muller, an Australian-Canadian science communicator, in 2011. Muller completed a PhD at the University of Sydney focused on designing effective multimedia for physics education.

Muller often begins with common misconceptions so viewers must confront the gap between intuition and the scientific explanation. This approach reflects his physics-education research, which examined how directly addressing misconceptions can improve learning.

No, the channel also covers mathematics, engineering, biology, probability, technology, and the history of science. Its subjects have ranged from a falling Slinky to electrical signals in a circuit with wires stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometres.

Veritasium commonly combines experiments, street interviews, historical narratives, and long-form explanations in a single video. MinutePhysics is known for concise animations, while Destin Sandlin's Smarter Every Day places more emphasis on filmed engineering experiments and high-speed imagery.