Explainers

83 films broken down: average length 99s, 16.1 beats a minute, the hook lands in 7.4s on average. Common styles: flat 2D, voiceover, light UI, minimal. Most often made as talking-head explainer, feature tour and problem and solution.

EX-0085Motion Swell — SaaS Demo Video Styles ExplainedMotion Swell159s · 26 beatsEX-0084Kurzgesagt — The Deadly Power of a Coin-Sized Black HoleKurzgesagt56s · 17 beatsEX-0083Notion — What is Notion?Notion154s · 25 beatsEX-0082Docker — Docker in 100 SecondsDocker127s · 33 beatsEX-0081Business Insider — How the 5 Major World Religions SpreadBusiness Insider155s · 22 beatsEX-0080Vox — The bad map we see every presidential electionVox125s · 22 beatsEX-0079Figma — What's Figma? (2019)Figma95s · 28 beatsEX-0078Vox — Thin underwater cables hold the internetVox179s · 26 beatsEX-0076DuckDB — DuckDB in 100 SecondsDuckDB142s · 29 beatsEX-0075World Empires — Top Empires by Land MassKinetic data film30s · 10 beatsEX-0074Supabase — The brand new AI: JevSupabase59s · 17 beatsEX-0073CGP Grey — Why Resolutions Fail (And What Works Instead)CGP Grey142s · 27 beatsEX-0072CGP Grey — Approval Voting in 90 SecondsCGP Grey95s · 26 beatsEX-0071Photicular Books — How They WorkPhoticular books41s · 14 beatsEX-0070Truck exhaust ink — 3D explainer shortProblem and solution32s · 17 beatsEX-0069Zack D. Films — How Ink Tags Stop Clothing ThievesZack D. Films29s · 14 beatsEX-0068Howtown — 12,100 Years of Population ChangeHowtown143s · 26 beatsEX-0067Rock Paper Scissors — I Will Beat You at Rock Paper Scissors2D character animation178s · 40 beatsEX-0066OneChart — What if countries were sized by GDP?OneChart42s · 9 beatsEX-0065CGP Grey — Two Is the Wrong Number of Days OffCGP Grey165s · 29 beatsEX-0064Rock Paper Scissors Game — Behind the scenes explainerRock Paper Scissors Game89s · 22 beatsEX-0063Arc'teryx — What is GORE-TEX ePE?Arc'teryx93s · 22 beatsEX-0062MinutePhysics — Why Are Airplane Engines So Big?MinutePhysics123s · 22 beatsEX-0061MinutePhysics — How Long Is A Day On The Sun?MinutePhysics72s · 22 beatsEX-0060MinutePhysics — The Limb of the SunMinutePhysics137s · 30 beatsEX-0059MinutePhysics — How Big Is The Sun?MinutePhysics136s · 24 beatsEX-0058MinutePhysics — Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?MinutePhysics142s · 22 beatsEX-0057Google — Project Suncatcher: machine learning in spaceGoogle127s · 31 beatsEX-0056Tesla Energy — Virtual Power PlantTesla Energy35s · 15 beatsEX-0055MinutePhysics — Where Do Galaxies Come From?MinutePhysics175s · 18 beatsEX-0054MinutePhysics — Why It's HARD To Land on MarsMinutePhysics122s · 20 beatsEX-0053MinutePhysics — Why December Has The Longest DaysMinutePhysics172s · 26 beatsEX-0052Tesla — What Happens in Your Tesla, Stays in Your TeslaTesla95s · 22 beatsEX-0051MinutePhysics — Does Pressure Keep the Deep Ocean From Freezing?MinutePhysics100s · 22 beatsEX-0050MinutePhysics — Transporters and Quantum TeleportationMinutePhysics121s · 25 beatsEX-0049MinutePhysics — Solution to the Grandfather ParadoxMinutePhysics168s · 21 beatsEX-0048minutephysics — How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?minutephysics162s · 28 beatsEX-0047MinutePhysics — Should You Walk or Run When It's Cold?MinutePhysics136s · 21 beatsEX-0046Space Telescope Science Institute — Why Do We Put Telescopes in Space?Space Telescope Science Institute141s · 22 beatsEX-0045Stripe — Terminal unified commerce explainer (Japan)Stripe153s · 24 beatsEX-0044minutephysics — The Twins Paradox Primer (Rotating TIME!)minutephysics170s · 22 beatsEX-0043minutephysics — Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossibleminutephysics173s · 23 beatsEX-0042Anthropic — Tracing the thoughts of a large language modelAnthropic175s · 27 beatsEX-0041Tesla — Glass | The Secret to a Quiet CabinTesla134s · 30 beatsEX-0040Duolingo — What is Energy?Duolingo55s · 15 beatsEX-0039MinutePhysics — Ring AROUND the Earth?MinutePhysics146s · 28 beatsEX-0037MinutePhysics — Concrete Does Not Dry OutMinutePhysics124s · 28 beatsEX-0038MinutePhysics — Why Isn't It Faster To Fly West?MinutePhysics126s · 26 beats