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Ray's Ukulele - what's actually working, and what isn't

Music · 7-min uploads · 90K subscribers · started 2020 · ~0.2/week
Est. ad revenue$8–$31/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 58 most recent of 143 long-form uploads. One of the music YouTube channels we track. Visit Ray's Ukulele on YouTube →

In Ray's Ukulele's own words
Ukulele tutorials, lessons and singalongs. Learn to play the uke with chords, tabs and useful tips.Based in US

Ray's Ukulele's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 59% of all views and its biggest is 30.2× the median, so the median upload (6K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

6K
median views
30.2×
top vs median
29%
hit rate (2×+)
59%
views from top 10%

What is Ray's Ukulele's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is ""One Day" Ukulele Play-Along | Matisyahu" at 178K views - 30.2× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
"One Day" Ukulele Play-Along | Matisyahu178K
Riptide by Vance Joy - Easy Ukulele Tutorial137K
Learn Ukulele - Lesson 2: Island Strum, 4 chords, Play a Song [Free 1-Week Course]68K

Which titles work best for Ray's Ukulele - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
"One Day" Ukulele Play-Along | Matisyahu178K
Riptide by Vance Joy - Easy Ukulele Tutorial137K
Learn Ukulele - Lesson 2: Island Strum, 4 chords, Play a Song [Free 1-Week Course]68K
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Ukulele Tutorial and Play Along65K
Two Oruguitas - Ukulele Tutorial (from Disney's Encanto)54K
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Ukulele Play-Along | Israel Kamakawiwoʻole52K
Learn Ukulele - Lesson 1: Start Playing in 10 Minutes [Free 1-Week Course]29K
Take Me Home, Country Roads - Ukulele Tutorial & Play Along25K
Golden (Kpop Demon Hunters) 🎶 Ukulele Playalong with Chords20K
4 EASY chords, 100+ Songs - Ukulele Tutorial19K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
JOJI - Glimpse of Us Ukulele Chords, Tutorial and Playalong2K
From a Distance Ukulele Chords, Tutorial and Singalong2K
Nearer My God to Thee - Ukulele Tutorial, Chords and Singalong2K
Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy - Ukulele Tutorial, Chords and Singalong2K
I'll Find You My Friend - Ukulele Tutorial and Play Along2K
Two Oruguitas Ukulele Play Along2K
How to Change Ukulele Strings - Step-by-Step Guide1K
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing | Ukulele Play Along1K
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Ukulele Play Along1K
Just to Say I Love You by Michael Franti - Ukulele Tutorial660

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 58 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 - Ray's Ukulele
Uses (brackets)16% of videos
+175%
Has a number14% of videos
+146%
Speaks to "you"12% of videos
-73%
An ALL-CAPS word10% of videos
+54%
Short title (≤6 words)12% of videos
+21%
The title formula for Ray's Ukulele

Lean on uses (brackets) and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on speaks to "you".

Surprise: speaks to "you" costs this channel 73% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Ray's Ukulele rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: riptide vance, vance joy, free course, somewhere rainbow, play along, learn lesson, tutorial play, tutorial chords. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Ray's Ukulele post, and when?

Ray's Ukulele publishes about 0.2 videos a week, most often on Mon.

Views by day of week
Sun
6
Mon
18
Tue
9
Wed
4
Thu
10
Fri
9
Sat
2

How long are Ray's Ukulele's videos?

Typical uploads run about 7 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (14K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
14K
5-10 min
6K
under 5 min
4K

How does Ray's Ukulele compare to other music channels?

At 6K median views, Ray's Ukulele sits below the typical music channel we track (19K) - there is headroom.

What is Ray's Ukulele's net worth and estimated earnings?

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, Ray's Ukulele pulls roughly 5K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $5-$20 a month in ad revenue (about $61-$244 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 Ray's Ukulele make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Mon. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 6K views.

Ray's Ukulele stats at a glance

Subscribers90K
Total views10M
Videos published143
Avg views (of 58 analyzed)16K
Uploads per week0.2
Typical length7 min
On YouTube since2020 (6 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Ray's Ukulele, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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