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How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room

United StatesPublished May 28, 2026

Views 678K  |  Likes 16.5K  |  Comments 1.04K
Views#2,200,038Global
Views#517,530United States

Channel

VeritasiumVeritasium
21.3M subs•538 videos•Jul 2010

This video has 678K views and 16.5K likes, ranking #2,200,038 globally among tracked YouTube videos by view count.

At a glance

Views

678,722

Likes

16,568

Comments

1,041

Performance vs. channel

Outlier score

Engagement rate

Revenue estimate

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Total (all-time): $475 – $1.35K

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

About

If there's a hotel with infinite rooms, could it ever be completely full? Could you run out of space to put everyone? The surprising answer is yes -- this is important to know if you're the manager of the Hilbert Hotel.

Published
May 28, 2026
Made for kids
No

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