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Simplified Guitar - what's actually working, and what isn't

Music · 7-min uploads · 266K subscribers · started 2016 · ~1.1/week
Est. ad revenue$25–$100/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 169 most recent of 591 long-form uploads. One of the music YouTube channels we track. Visit Simplified Guitar on YouTube →

In Simplified Guitar's own words
Simplified Guitar is the beginner's guide to playing more songs with less effort. I will teach you how to play songs on the acoustic guitar fast by customizing them for simplicity, with unique chord variations that are easy to play and transition between, and basic strum patterns that are simple to...Based in US

How many views does Simplified Guitar actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 49% of all views and its biggest is 76.6× the median, so the median upload (4K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

4K
median views
76.6×
top vs median
26%
hit rate (2×+)
49%
views from top 10%

What is Simplified Guitar's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "The BEST Fingerpicking Pattern! Amaze Your Friends!! 😲" at 268K views - 76.6× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
The BEST Fingerpicking Pattern! Amaze Your Friends!! 😲268K
15 Kids Songs For Beginner Guitarists39K
Holy Forever (Chris Tomlin) | How To Play On Guitar36K

Which titles work best for Simplified Guitar - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
The BEST Fingerpicking Pattern! Amaze Your Friends!! 😲268K
15 Kids Songs For Beginner Guitarists39K
Holy Forever (Chris Tomlin) | How To Play On Guitar36K
Strumming Guitar: Pick vs. Finger - Which is Better?25K
Because He Lives (Bill Gaither) | How To Play On Guitar20K
Praise (Elevation Worship) | How To Play On Guitar19K
Top Fingerstyle Guitar Songs for Beginners | Learn These First!17K
Top 16 Hymns Simplified For Beginner Guitarists17K
Top 20 Christmas Carols for Beginners | Acoustic Guitar17K
Come Jesus Come (Stephen McWhirter) | How To Play On Guitar16K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Learn 'If You Hadn't Been There' - Dolly Parton Guitar Tutorial1K
How To Play "Find Me" by Jonathan David Helser1K
Easiest Way to Play "It Really Is Amazing Grace" on Guitar1K
How To Play "Evidence" On Guitar (Josh Baldwin)1K
How To Play "Remind Me Who I Am" on Guitar (Jason Gray)1K
How To Play "There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do" (Kristian Stanfill)1K
"Prayer of St. Patrick" Guitar Tutorial (Rend Collective) - Play This at Church!1K
The Easiest Fingerpicking Worship Song For Beginners!1K
How To Play "All Of My Days" - Ellie Holcomb (Guitar Tutorial)1K
How To Play "I Will Trust In You" by Jeremy Camp1K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 169 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 - Simplified Guitar
Starts How / Why / What31% of videos
-70%
Speaks to "you"8% of videos
+56%
Has a number7% of videos
+54%
Uses (brackets)76% of videos
+23%
The title formula for Simplified Guitar

Lean on speaks to "you" and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on starts how / why / what.

starts how / why / what drags views 70% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Simplified Guitar rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: worship play, elevation worship, chris tomlin, tomlin play, beginner guitarists, hillsong worship, phil wickham, brandon lake. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Simplified Guitar post, and when?

Simplified Guitar publishes about 1.1 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
9
Mon
4
Tue
8
Wed
44
Thu
48
Fri
50
Sat
6

How long are Simplified Guitar's videos?

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

Median views by video length
20 min+
7K
under 5 min
5K
5-10 min
4K
10-20 min
2K

How does Simplified Guitar compare to other music channels?

At 4K median views, Simplified Guitar sits below the typical music channel we track (19K) - there is headroom.

How much does Simplified Guitar make? (estimated)

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, Simplified Guitar pulls roughly 17K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $17-$66 a month in ad revenue (about $199-$795 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 Simplified Guitar make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 4K views.

Simplified Guitar stats at a glance

Subscribers266K
Total views31M
Videos published591
Avg views (of 169 analyzed)7K
Uploads per week1.1
Typical length7 min
On YouTube since2016 (10 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Simplified Guitar, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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