YouTube channel

The-Art-of-Guitar

@theartofguitar · The channel on YouTube

Music lessons and instruments

In short

On YouTube, The-Art-of-Guitar has 980,000 subscribers and 156,103,410 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 187,826 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Can't believe I thought TYPE O NEGATIVE was a JOKE at first!", with 67,637 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,412 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 12 of 30 in category "Music lessons and instruments". On Instagram, @theartofguitar has 13,809 followers.

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

980,000

no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days

total views

156,103,410

▲ 187,826 in the last 7 days
▲ 991,340 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

13,779

on a typical day: 29,299

Videos on the channel

1,298

3 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

2 days ago

November 9, 2026

Views per subscriber

159

a new long video usually gets 30,127 views
a new short video usually gets 16,931 views

Next milestone

1,000,000 subscribers

20,000 subscribers to go

Instagram: The numbers today

@theartofguitar · The account on Instagram

Followers

13,809

no change in the last 2 days

Posts

6,232

9 new posts in the last 7 days

Likes per post

usually, by 12 recent posts
0.38% of followers

Place on Instagram

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Music lessons and instruments
By Instagram followers	2,259 of 2,442	13 of 14

Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.

Instagram followers: Music lessons and instruments

795,157

376,868

293,814

255,530

195,850

171,552

165,775

8Adit's Guitar Lessons

73,426

9Christopher Bill

64,778

10KALONICA NICX

36,628

11Redlight Blue

26,547

12Steve Stine Guitar Less…

17,720

13The-Art-of-Guitar

13,809

14for3v3rfaithful

12,169

Full Instagram ranking ›

Latest posts

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Post	Type	Posted	Views	Likes	Comments
Open the post	Photo	November 10, 2026	-	10	0
Open the post	Photo	November 10, 2026	-	21	2
K one more. Man were we psyched. 🤘🔥🥳	Photo	November 8, 2026	-	191	6
I don’t want to brag, but when it comes to flyers, we had some bangers! 🤣 All…	Photo	November 7, 2026	-	188	2
FIX THIS BAND: Papa Roach Cover (Last Resort) by One Liner! *Now Up at the main…	Photo	November 6, 2026	-	22	0
Open the post	Photo	November 6, 2026	-	48	1
“We Took the Paisley Park VIP EXPERIENCE TOUR! (worth it, or all hype?)”	Photo	November 5, 2026	-	44	1
Just about to do a huge round of upgrades and updates on the guitar/bass lesson…	Photo	November 4, 2026	-	129	1

As of November 10, 2026

Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.

YouTube: What happened lately

This week on the channel +191K views this week

Type O Negative changed Mike's mind, then his band's sound

The-Art-of-Guitar revisits Bloody Kisses, Josh Silver's keyboards and a small-stage encounter with Peter Steele.

Channel: The-Art-of-Guitar · Story of November 3, 2026

This week on the channel +409K views this week

Iron Maiden and Megadeth at Mystic Lake get a brutally honest review

Tony's one upload of the week took him to the Shakopee amphitheater, and the comments filled with readers' own memories of Maiden tours goi…

Channel: The-Art-of-Guitar · Story of October 4, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Justice for JOEY: The Underappreciated Heartbeat of AEROSMITH!

Video published: November 9, 2026
Video views so far: 8,172
Video views, pace per day: 6,483
Views on its first day: 7,338

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Music lessons and instruments
By subscribers	2,412 of 5,393	12 of 30
By views gained this week	4,196 of 5,274	16 of 26
By views gained in the last 30 days	3,964 of 5,043	15 of 25

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscribers in the category Music lessons and instruments

3,170,000

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2,150,000

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14Steve Stine Guitar Less…

767,000

15KALONICA NICX

604,000

Views gained this week in the category Music lessons and instruments

15,232,239

14,376,266

11,620,139

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6Straight To The Point T…

2,626,951

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893,173

785,924

775,841

611,976

608,844

187,826

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 979,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 980,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 155,137,486 views → November 11, 2026: 156,103,410 views · average: 33,307 views a day

YouTube: The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Justice for JOEY: The Underappreciated Heartbeat of AEROSMI…	November 9, 2026	15:38	8,172	6,483	7,338	206	52
FIX THIS BAND: Papa Roach Cover (Last Resort) by One Liner!	November 6, 2026	18:46	20,917	1,023	13,369	412	88
We Took the Paisley Park VIP EXPERIENCE TOUR! (worth it, or…	November 5, 2026	22:57	19,351	822	8,370	493	66
Can't believe I thought TYPE O NEGATIVE was a JOKE at first!	October 28, 2026	15:06	67,637	899	26,953	1,271	319
I Changed My Mind About the GIVEAWAY, but you can STILL win…	October 27, 2026	3:50	8,393	46	6,303	184	21
Robert on pick?	October 25, 2026	0:22 short	16,931	9	8,579	190	19
My TOP 10 Most Life-Altering Concerts! (w/ticket stub proof)	October 23, 2026	21:11	16,062	20	12,077	391	152
I finally gave my student an ULTIMATUM: "Finish a song or d…	October 21, 2026	9:11	30,127	25	18,112	691	220
Name That Riff/Lick Stream!	October 19, 2026	1:47:43	9,659	3	8,713	115	8
The time I played a KISS Solo for BRUCE KULICK, and messed …	October 19, 2026	4:23	10,920	15	7,479	193	13
so yeah..about that whole Hetfield thing...	October 16, 2026	9:38	63,973	38	43,887	2,177	2,744
October 15, 2026	October 15, 2026	1:13 short	25,487	11	11,609	521	26
In Defense of KISS's "WORST ALBUM" (hear me out)	October 14, 2026	13:20	53,761	43	22,508	1,167	607
Pros VS Cons: When established bands hire much YOUNGER musi…	October 8, 2026	15:13	38,143	22	-	757	256
Proof that I'm ancient. Just found some footage from the mi…	October 7, 2026	0:17 short	8,363	8	-	200	28

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 22.5 in the category: 20.0
comments per 1,000 views: 11.6 in the category: 0.5
a video's usual first day on this channel: 18,137 views
short vs long: 3 short (up to 3 minutes), 12 long
average views per short video: 16,927
average views per long video: 28,926

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
This Should Be Everyone’s First Guitar Lesson	September 7, 2019	28:53	14,145,010
My Drummer Said That RINGO Sucks, So I Dared Him To Play TH…	October 13, 2022	6:54	6,140,769
The 7 LEVELS of Smells Like Teen Spirit (Main Riff)	January 24, 2018	7:28	3,985,353
The Simple Scale (that all styles use)	February 15, 2010	4:42	3,043,653
Peter Criss SUCKS?? Try Playing His Most Famous Beat!	March 6, 2023	4:54	2,621,852

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
When you’re using an EBow and suddenly get Titanic vibes.	December 5, 2021	0:11	111,770
The time I learned the Paradise City solo and it nearly cos…	May 13, 2024	0:22	103,924
Can This RARE VINTAGE BOSS Booklet Make You Sound Like a Le…	June 5, 2023	1:00	69,851
The riff that makes any boomer father-in-law finally accept…	March 30, 2023	0:22	52,786
Crazy that after almost 30 years of playing this song we st…	August 11, 2022	0:23	47,957

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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