Bright Side (YouTube channel)
YouTube channel owned by TheSoul Group
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Bright Side (stylized in all caps) is a Cypriot YouTube channel operated by media publisher TheSoul Group. Founded in 2017, the channel uploads videos regarding how-to trivia as well as history and knowledge and mistakes. The YouTube channel has over 44.7 million subscribers to its main channel, and over 11.584 billion views.[2] The channel has over ten thousand videos.[3]
Bright Side | |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
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| Subscribers | 44.7 million[1] |
| Views | 11.7 billion |
| Last updated: January 4, 2026 | |
| Website | brightside |
History
Bright Side was created on 15 March 2017, and posts videos that are a mix of "facts," riddles, and life hacks.[4] Bright Side has been described as a "popular content farm channel".[5]
In June 2019, Bright Side popularized a 382-day fast held in 1965 by Angus Barbieri, after creating an animated video recounting the event. The video received over 300,000 views within a week of its upload.[6]
The channel is operated by TheSoul Group, a company founded by Russian developers Pavel Radaev and Marat Mukhametov.[7] The company owns 100+ channels including 5-Minute Crafts, 5-Minute Crafts Kids, 5-Minute Crafts Girly, 7-Second Riddles and 5-Minute Magic.[3][8] In 2019, the company operated 40 Facebook pages in 10 languages and had 550 employees.[4] In 2021 the company had 100 channel brands in 19 different languages, with a 2,100 member global workforce.[9]