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Piano Fluency - what's actually working, and what isn't

Music · 11-min uploads · 92K subscribers · started 2014 · ~0.6/week
Est. ad revenue$39–$154/morough estimate from recent upload pace at $1.5-6 RPM

Most stats sites hand you a subscriber count and an earnings guess. Neither answers the question that matters: which titles win on this channel, which flop, and what a creator should copy. Here is that read, from its 90 most recent of 157 long-form uploads. One of the music YouTube channels we track. Visit Piano Fluency on YouTube →

In Piano Fluency's own words
Piano skills for the creative soul. Hi, I'm Ted! I live in Los Angeles and have a BA in Jazz Studies from the USC Thornton School of Music. I've recorded piano for Laufey, composed music for KFC and Carmax commercials, and written string arrangements for Eddie Benjamin, Ruel and Alina Baraz. If you...Based in US

What are Piano Fluency's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 73% of all views and its biggest is 151.5× the median, so the median upload (10K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

10K
median views
151.5×
top vs median
30%
hit rate (2×+)
73%
views from top 10%

What is Piano Fluency's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Rhythm patterns for piano chords" at 1.5M views - 151.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Rhythm patterns for piano chords1.5M
Passing chords: 5 essential concepts198K
HOW TO PRACTICE major scales on piano189K

Which titles work best for Piano Fluency - and which flop?

Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:

Video titleViews
Rhythm patterns for piano chords1.5M
Passing chords: 5 essential concepts198K
HOW TO PRACTICE major scales on piano189K
Learn every piano chord in 5 minutes.168K
Fills for piano chords165K
A simple guide to juicy voicings158K
Minor scales - everything you need to know in 5 minutes81K
Learn any song by ear in 3 steps79K
Every major scale on piano: reference video48K
Piano rhythm patterns in 6/845K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
POV: pianist learns new Billie Eilish song in one listen3K
Follow along with my solo on Laufey's "Seems Like Old Times"3K
How to play "Make You Feel My Love" (Adele) - piano chord tutorial3K
Behind the scenes: creating a solo piano arrangement3K
My thoughts on highlighted keys3K
Can AI teach me piano?3K
How to beat nerves2K
Best beginner pianos at every budget ($100 to $10,000)2K
Rhythm Concepts - FULL SERIES COMPILATION2K
How to play "Honesty" (Billy Joel) - piano chord tutorial2K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 90 uploads: median views with it versus without. This isolates the title from the topic, so you copy what works here and skip what does not - something no other tracker breaks down per channel.

View lift by title pattern - Piano Fluency
Asks a question8% of videos
-63%
Starts How / Why / What37% of videos
+53%
Speaks to "you"11% of videos
-51%
Uses (brackets)14% of videos
-46%
An ALL-CAPS word18% of videos
-42%
Has a number27% of videos
+31%
The title formula for Piano Fluency

Lean on starts how / why / what and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 63% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Piano Fluency rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: rhythm patterns, learn every, minor scales, everything know, chord progression, major minor, bossa nova, left hand. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Piano Fluency post, and when?

Piano Fluency publishes about 0.6 videos a week, most often on Mon.

Views by day of week
Sun
28
Mon
35
Tue
4
Wed
4
Thu
4
Fri
5
Sat
10

How long are Piano Fluency's videos?

Typical uploads run about 11 minutes. Broken down by length, its under 5 min videos perform best (11K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5 min
11K
10-20 min
11K
5-10 min
6K
20 min+
3K

How does Piano Fluency compare to other music channels?

At 10K median views, Piano Fluency sits below the typical music channel we track (19K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Piano Fluency make on YouTube?

Nobody outside the channel sees the real figure, and ad revenue is only part of it - sponsorships and merch often dwarf it. But from public view counts, Piano Fluency pulls roughly 26K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $26-$102 a month in ad revenue (about $307-$1,226 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly, and this ignores the back catalogue.

What should a channel like Piano Fluency make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the under 5 min format, ship on Mon. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 10K views.

Piano Fluency stats at a glance

Subscribers92K
Total views3.9M
Videos published157
Avg views (of 90 analyzed)40K
Uploads per week0.6
Typical length11 min
On YouTube since2014 (12 yrs)

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