This milestone would not be possible without the brilliant educators and talented animators who have contributed to the TED-Ed initiative, making curiosity-inspiring Lessons available to people all around the globe. These collaborators have put great efforts — and many late hours — into each Lesson. And it shows.
In honor of our first birthday, we’d like to celebrate our top 10 most-watched videos so far, on topics ranging from chemistry to Shakespeare to origami.
- How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries by Adam Savage: 969,931 views
- Questions no one knows the answer to from Chris Anderson: 889,724 views
- Sex determination: More complicated than you thought courtesy of Aaron Reedy: 889,022 views
- Just how small is an atom? asks Jonathan Bergmann: 763,982 views
- What’s invisible? More than you think by John Lloyd: 531,415 views
- How big is infinity? from Dennis Wildfogel: 507,805 views
- Why can’t we see evidence of alien life? asks Chris Anderson: 469,687 views
- The secret life of plankton by Tierney Thys: 428,630 views
- Insults by Shakespeare courtesy of April Gudenrath: 402, 630 views
- How folding paper can get you to the moon from Adrian Paenza: 401,127 views
Here’s to ten more!