Derek Muller

Derek Muller
Derek Muller
	Veritasium YouTube channel logo Derek Muller at TED@Sydney, 2012
Born	Derek Alexander Muller; 9 November 1982; Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Education	Queen's University at Kingston (B.A.Sc.); University of Sydney (Ph.D.);
Occupation	Science communicator
Years active	2010–present
Television	Ancient Impossible, Catalyst, Bill Nye Saves the World, Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail, Vitamania
Spouse	Raquel Nuno
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";
YouTube information
Channels	Veritasium; 2veritasium; Sciencium;
Genres	Science, education
Subscribers	20 million (Veritasium); 568 thousand (2veritasium); 323 thousand (Sciencium);
Views	3.80 billion (Veritasium); 23.3 million (2veritasium); 6.99 million (Sciencium);
	Last updated: November 17, 2025
Website	veritasium.com

Derek Alexander Muller (born 9 November 1982) is a Canadian-Australian science communicator and media personality best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium, which has over 20 million subscribers and 4.1 billion views as of January 2026.