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

Music · 6-min uploads · 471K subscribers · started 2008 · ~0.4/week
Est. ad revenue$21–$83/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 134 most recent of 2K long-form uploads. One of the music YouTube channels we track. Visit Ukulele Underground on YouTube →

In Ukulele Underground's own words
UkuleleUnderground.com Tons of free video tutorials, & weekly podcast videos on YouTube, PLUS a complete suite of ukulele instructional programs and improvement systems at UkuleleUnderground.com to help you become awesome at the ukulele!

What are Ukulele Underground's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 68% of all views and its biggest is 150× the median, so the median upload (8K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

8K
median views
150×
top vs median
38%
hit rate (2×+)
68%
views from top 10%

What is Ukulele Underground's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "CCR - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (Ukulele Play-Along!)" at 1.2M views - 150× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
CCR - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (Ukulele Play-Along!)1.2M
"Something" (The Beatles) Ukulele Play-Along!599K
"Black Magic Woman" (Santana) Ukulele Play-Along!514K

Which titles work best for Ukulele Underground - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
CCR - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (Ukulele Play-Along!)1.2M
"Something" (The Beatles) Ukulele Play-Along!599K
"Black Magic Woman" (Santana) Ukulele Play-Along!514K
"Under the Boardwalk" (The Drifters) Ukulele Play-Along!326K
"Super Mario Bros." (Nintendo Theme) Ukulele Play-Along!303K
"Margaritaville" (Jimmy Buffett) Ukulele Play-Along!251K
The Temptations - "My Girl" (Ukulele Play-Along!)249K
"I Kona" (Hawaiian) Ukulele Play-Along!206K
John Denver - "Take Me Home Country Roads" (Ukulele Play-Along!)147K
"Tennessee Whiskey" (Chris Stapleton) Ukulele Play-Along!146K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
How to Secure a Jam BFF | The Ukulele Underground Podcast #331K
TLL Podcast #128 - Chuck VS Chunk!1K
Stage Fright to Flow State | The Ukulele Underground Podcast #271K
TLL Podcast #138 - The Final Live Lesson1K
TLL Podcast #130 - High Gs & Apologies1K
Big "Band"ito Tyler | The Ukulele Underground Podcast #1191K
Finding the FUN Element | The Ukulele Underground Podcast #91K
December 21, 2018 Jam Replay1K
The Non-Ukulele Podcast | The Ukulele Underground Podcast #1311K
TLL Podcast #105 - Musical Fingerprint988

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 134 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 - Ukulele Underground
Speaks to "you"7% of videos
+303%
Has a number49% of videos
-95%
An ALL-CAPS word28% of videos
-91%
Includes a year9% of videos
-72%
The title formula for Ukulele Underground

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

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 95% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Ukulele Underground rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: super mario, mario bros, bros nintendo, nintendo theme, jimmy buffett, pure heart, have yourself, yourself merry. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Ukulele Underground post, and when?

Ukulele Underground publishes about 0.4 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
23
Mon
14
Tue
17
Wed
2
Thu
18
Fri
14
Sat
46

How long are Ukulele Underground's videos?

Typical uploads run about 6 minutes. Broken down by length, its under 5 min videos perform best (37K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
under 5 min
37K
10-20 min
13K
5-10 min
6K
20 min+
1K

How does Ukulele Underground compare to other music channels?

At 8K median views, Ukulele Underground sits below the typical music channel we track (19K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Ukulele Underground 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, Ukulele Underground pulls roughly 14K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $14-$55 a month in ad revenue (about $165-$660 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 Ukulele Underground make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the under 5 min format, ship on Sat. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 8K views.

Ukulele Underground stats at a glance

Subscribers471K
Total views98M
Videos published2K
Avg views (of 134 analyzed)49K
Uploads per week0.4
Typical length6 min
On YouTube since2008 (18 yrs)

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

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