# 8-bit Music Theory: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-29, 8-bit Music Theory has 601,000 subscribers, 46,422,395 total views, and 258 videos. It ranks #126,550 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [8-bit Music Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for 8-bit Music Theory is “Why Does the Fire Emblem Theme Sound Like a National Anthem?”, a long-form video published Oct 9, 2026.
- These are 8-bit Music Theory’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 18, 2025 and Oct 9, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 33,458. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Deepest Possible Dive into Super Mario World's Soundtrack” (237,135 views, Aug 31, 2026). Least viewed: “WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #17” (0 views, Aug 5, 2026).
- Median length: 20:28 for 47 long-form videos.
- In this sample, 8-bit Music Theory’s consecutive uploads were a median of 7 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 28 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Why Does the Fire Emblem Theme Sound Like a National Anthem?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/jjEfeDhsItg/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 190,434 | 9:48 | 3.59x |
| [Silksong Music Breakdown: Lost Verdania](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/B2Zn1h_S4z4/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 67,266 | 10:49 | 1.23x |
| [The Deepest Possible Dive into Super Mario World's Soundtrack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/Y09c79K9IL4/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 237,135 | 1:24:49 | 4.28x |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #17](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/MYQ9MKrgIBM/) | 2026-08-06 | Long-form | 3,603 | 1:50:20 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #17](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/Uwfty_2TLrs/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 0 | - | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #16 I think??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/Q2Kc3HBSfl8/) | 2026-07-22 | Long-form | 2,850 | 2:06:12 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY RETURNS](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/tFPd4XLTBF8/) | 2026-07-16 | Long-form | 3,088 | 1:16:24 | - |
| [Pokémon Cycling Theme Tier List](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/rhKc8dzYg3E/) | 2026-06-27 | Long-form | 49,327 | 17:23 | - |
| [Why Star Fox Sounds Like Star Fox](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/FO5aAO5d6jQ/) | 2026-06-06 | Long-form | 47,814 | 15:57 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #15](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/rwDV-tZnlQ8/) | 2026-06-04 | Long-form | 3,145 | 1:46:51 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #14](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/-U2ERzmwknQ/) | 2026-05-28 | Long-form | 3,203 | 1:18:21 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY: SPECIAL THURSDAY EDITION](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/AfSFoaywLII/) | 2026-05-22 | Long-form | 2,948 | 1:14:04 | - |
| [It's What Makes Wind Waker's Credits Theme Sound Gorgeous](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/kSYAZhOq1R4/) | 2026-05-21 | Long-form | 61,447 | 14:56 | 1.07x |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #12](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/u44N74ZDgLo/) | 2026-05-14 | Long-form | 3,167 | 1:01:34 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/G2e_k2h9Hc8/) | 2026-05-06 | Long-form | 3,713 | 2:44:25 | - |
| [re: Authentic Chiptune Jazz from 1992](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/LuIcO3gbPV8/) | 2026-04-30 | Long-form | 41,754 | 14:12 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #10](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/xZcDHxL4fuQ/) | 2026-04-23 | Long-form | 3,384 | 39:44 | - |
| [How to Write Badass Chiptune](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/rpwiq8dKEco/) | 2026-04-16 | Long-form | 69,671 | 17:27 | 1.11x |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #9](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/2GtIjKi6ABo/) | 2026-04-16 | Long-form | 3,417 | 1:11:48 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/dEKV84YtRjE/) | 2026-04-09 | Long-form | 2,857 | 1:17:12 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/DdyTH7kUHzU/) | 2026-04-02 | Long-form | 3,321 | 1:56:40 | - |
| [How to Harmonize a Tough Melody](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/WZ3njfHevWQ/) | 2026-03-30 | Long-form | 105,742 | 18:49 | 1.65x |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #6](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/LzzWiLCOT_0/) | 2026-03-25 | Long-form | 2,703 | 2:14:56 | - |
| [Pokémon Surf Theme Tier List](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/H7J_qN2kngg/) | 2026-03-19 | Long-form | 90,451 | 15:05 | 1.5x |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/NthorV5tRLk/) | 2026-03-19 | Long-form | 3,282 | 1:30:59 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/Zn3P9slS-mM/) | 2026-03-12 | Long-form | 3,813 | 1:28:41 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/htvLttgHcoc/) | 2026-03-05 | Long-form | 4,366 | 1:40:31 | - |
| [and that's why Bastion sounds like Nihilistic Cowboy Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/8JToFwKVGGI/) | 2026-02-28 | Long-form | 38,035 | 13:18 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/nw0kRquR50U/) | 2026-02-26 | Long-form | 5,534 | 1:57:07 | - |
| [WIND WAKER WEDNESDAY #1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/d3Sz_gb5swY/) | 2026-02-18 | Long-form | 7,254 | 1:21:19 | - |
| [How They Made The Great Sea Feel C U R S E D](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/f-py7xF77zU/) | 2026-02-13 | Long-form | 38,946 | 12:07 | - |
| [Death, Silksong, and Music Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/0wsKNV7mwB8/) | 2026-01-31 | Long-form | 70,136 | 16:47 | 1.32x |
| [Write Music with IMPACT](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/HRPhCRRFM9w/) | 2026-01-24 | Long-form | 32,981 | 17:49 | - |
| ['GET GOOD' ALBUM LISTENING PARTY](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/iaWNZvVXrv0/) | 2026-01-17 | Long-form | 7,041 | 1:40:36 | - |
| [An exhaustingly detailed analysis of To Zanarkand's music theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/jESFyYvrY-M/) | 2025-12-31 | Long-form | 57,684 | 16:38 | 1.07x |
| [Announcement](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/GeYQH5X1d44/) | 2025-12-24 | Long-form | 17,004 | 0:11 | - |
| [Musical Symbolism in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/HPodsRr0MEQ/) | 2025-12-11 | Long-form | 141,371 | 21:05 | 1.59x |
| [Cogwork Dancers' Brutal Ballet](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/_5Vw2E_TgOI/) | 2025-11-30 | Long-form | 107,446 | 17:30 | 1.39x |
| [Kirby Air Riders' Music is FUN FUN FUN](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/ebO4KBwJDu0/) | 2025-11-19 | Long-form | 33,935 | 14:38 | - |
| [Analyzing why people like funk \|\| Marvel vs Capcom 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/m2QO6VdxUWQ/) | 2025-10-31 | Long-form | 69,164 | 19:52 | 1.35x |
| [How to Write Gorgeous Chords like Masashi Hamauzu](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/14lZ2g_oCxI/) | 2025-10-17 | Long-form | 133,204 | 15:57 | 1.5x |
| [The Music Theory of Silksong's Bone Bottom Theme](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/FJwU2eNhjTw/) | 2025-09-30 | Long-form | 85,633 | 12:14 | 1.76x |
| [Live Transcribe Stean Gardens from Super Mario Odyssey](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/L6wdsDxdAHU/) | 2025-09-19 | Long-form | 6,342 | 1:20:22 | - |
| [TOP 5 Koji Kondo One-Offs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/P6Z8zQ5PWDg/) | 2025-09-16 | Long-form | 92,414 | 17:22 | 2.06x |
| [it's not Debussy, it's Dragon Quest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/G2578GeWxu0/) | 2025-08-27 | Long-form | 52,029 | 17:45 | 1.01x |
| [Why Rainbow Road Sounds VICTORIOUS in Mario Kart World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/ATnmV1UR7OQ/) | 2025-07-30 | Long-form | 96,546 | 20:28 | 1.86x |
| [Live Transcribing and Analyzing the Music from When You Go To Bed In Donkey Kong Bananza](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/SoIakcbFZ4k/) | 2025-07-25 | Long-form | 8,387 | 1:14:05 | - |
| [How Video Game Jingles Work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@8bitmusictheory/videos/DT_4ulN0NEc/) | 2025-07-18 | Long-form | 60,806 | 16:47 | 1.1x |

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