Derek Muller

Derek Muller
Derek Muller
	Veritasium YouTube channel logo
	Derek Muller at TED@Sydney, 2012
Personal information
Born	Derek Alexander Muller; 9 November 1982 (age 42); Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian; Canadian; American; South African;
Other names	Veritasium
Education	Queen's University at Kingston (B.A.Sc.); University of Sydney (Ph.D.);
Occupation	Science communicator
Spouse	Raquel Nuno
Website	veritasium.com
YouTube information
Channels	"Veritasium". YouTube.; "2veritasium". YouTube.; "Sciencium". YouTube.;
Location	Los Angeles
Years active	2010–present
Genre(s)	Science, education
Subscribers	18.2 million (Veritasium); 567 thousand (2veritasium); 321 thousand (Sciencium);
Views	3.38 billion (Veritasium); 23.1 million (2veritasium); 6.7 million (Sciencium);
Creator Awards
Television	Ancient Impossible, Catalyst, Bill Nye Saves the World, Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail, Vitamania
Awards	First prize, Science Online Cyberscreen Science Film Festival (2012); Australian Webstream Awards for Best Educational & Lifestyle Series (2013); Sigma Xi Honorary Member (2014); Eureka Prize for Science Journalism (2016); Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award for outstanding contributions to physics and effectively communicating those contributions to physics educators (2016); Australian Department of Innovation Nanotechnology film competition; Streamy Award (2017) for "Best Science and Education Channel, Show, or Series";
	Last updated: May 13, 2025

Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982)^[3] is a South African, Australian, Canadian, and American science communicator and media personality, best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 17.8 million subscribers and 3.3 billion views as of April 2025. He currently lives in Los Angeles.^[4]

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