The five minute explainer
@thefiveminuteexplainer • Joined April 24, 2026
At a glance
The five minute explainer ranks #8,421,698 globally for subscribers (1), #6,834,198 globally for views (325), 17 videos published from NO.
Subscribers
1
Views
325
Videos
17
Charts
Subscribers, views & videos over time
Subscribers gained (weekly) · 6 mo
Views gained (weekly) · 6 mo
Engagement
Avg. views per video
19
Total views ÷ total videos
Views per subscriber
325×
Total views ÷ subscribers
Subs per video
0
Subscribers ÷ total videos
Analytics tables
About
Big questions, explained in five minutes. Why is housing so expensive? What makes a price spike? How did an empire fall, or a vaccine get made? Each video takes one question from science, history or economics and explains it in about five minutes, with hand-drawn mid-century animation and charts drawn to scale. Every…
- Handle
- @thefiveminuteexplainer
- Joined
- April 24, 2026
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