Dr. Laurie Santos

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Self-help & personal growthPsychology explainersMental healthpsychologyhappinesswellbeingmental healthcognition
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Audience and activity

Subscribers52.7K
Views per video3.5Kmedian of the last 30
Views per subscriber0.07how many actually watch
Comments per video2median
Uploads per month3.8
Last upload1mo ago2026-09-08
Total views2.4M
Total videos587
Long-form / Shorts32% / 50%

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What Dr. Laurie Santos makes

Topics psychology, happiness, wellbeing, mental health, cognition

Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Dr. Laurie Santos! Laurie is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast. She’s an expert on human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. Her course, Psychology and the Good Life, became Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one of our four students at Yale enrolled. Her course has been featured in numerous news outlets including the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, GQ Magazine, Slate and O! Magazine. A winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching, she was recently voted as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young minds, and was named in Time Magazine as a “Leading Campus Celebrity.” Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, is a top 10 Apple Podcast and has had over 20 million downloads. Sign up for updates on new well-being content for your school: https://www.drlauriesantos.com

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Recent videos

TitlePublishedViewsLength
"Trying Harder" Won't Help You to Reach Your Goals | The Happiness Lab ft. Dr. Angela Duckworth2026-09-0816.1K58 min
Happier companies make more moneyShort2026-09-031.6K0 min
The Science of a Good DayShort2026-09-013121 min
How to overcome "procrastivity"Short2026-08-282471 min
Dogs are furry ice breakersShort2026-08-263031 min
What is a sabbatical?2026-08-212541 min
The Life-Changing Power of a SabbaticalShort2026-08-201.5K0 min
Could Taking Time Off Actually Make You More Productive? | The Happiness Lab Podcast2026-08-204.5K49 min
The Power of Stepping Away from WorkShort2026-08-191.5K0 min
You're Not a Burden (And the Research Proves It) | The Happiness Lab Podcast2026-08-103.7K26 min

Contact Dr. Laurie Santos

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Website www.drlauriesantos.com

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