# Ben Felix: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Ben Felix has 654,000 subscribers, 39,352,347 total views, and 181 videos. It ranks #115,872 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Ben Felix](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/). 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 Ben Felix is “Breaking Down My Investment Portfolio”, a long-form video published Oct 18, 2026.
- These are Ben Felix’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 10, 2024 and Oct 18, 2026 (46 long-form videos and 2 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 254,206. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Using Your Money To Be Happier” (1,092,304 views, May 3, 2026). Least viewed: “Stocks, Bonds, and “Risk”” (54,782 views, Nov 15, 2025).
- Median length: 16:18 for 46 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Ben Felix’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 42 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Breaking Down My Investment Portfolio](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/h3ajVyC5vJc/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 458,068 | 18:57 | 1.5x |
| [The Truth About Leveraged ETFs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/E7pl0tqzIUQ/) | 2026-09-27 | Long-form | 431,530 | 21:04 | 1.59x |
| [Who You Marry Is a Financial Decision](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/TdKK1f21xvA/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 376,030 | 15:33 | 1.39x |
| [When Compounding Works Against You](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/skc2T5fcoLY/) | 2026-08-16 | Long-form | 212,803 | 14:58 | 0.78x |
| [The Biggest Myths in Personal Finance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/3u-mP3C26mg/) | 2026-07-26 | Long-form | 702,512 | 20:49 | 2.59x |
| [Renting vs. Buying a Home: The Case for Owning](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/16eA5ebWMQQ/) | 2026-07-12 | Long-form | 230,041 | 25:51 | 0.94x |
| [The Truth About Investing at All-Time Highs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/WEClhtPD5Ko/) | 2026-06-28 | Long-form | 205,961 | 8:57 | 0.76x |
| [SpaceX IPO Situation is Crazy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/2tkXhYsGge0/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 293,135 | 20:11 | 1.08x |
| [The Biggest Problem in Investing Right Now](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/of9_wpOhGWw/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 249,464 | 21:51 | 0.83x |
| [Using Your Money To Be Happier](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/S9InNdQhFwc/) | 2026-05-03 | Long-form | 1,092,304 | 21:22 | 3.69x |
| [Canada's New Evidence-Based ETFs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/Yts3o2EDO-Y/) | 2026-04-26 | Long-form | 233,180 | 20:53 | 0.79x |
| [SpaceX and OpenAI: The Mega IPO Grift](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/iOyFja87uyw/) | 2026-04-05 | Long-form | 363,663 | 18:44 | 1.23x |
| [This Paper Could Change How You Invest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/N5v2b42i_2g/) | 2026-03-22 | Long-form | 351,057 | 19:17 | 1.19x |
| [The Problem with Private Markets](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/9TAGlknXYW8/) | 2026-03-08 | Long-form | 240,400 | 25:52 | 1.01x |
| [Renting vs. Buying a Home: The Reckoning](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/aU7v87EhDBI/) | 2026-02-22 | Long-form | 233,762 | 14:40 | 1.04x |
| [The Biggest Mistakes in Personal Finance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/d7wnAw7ufG4/) | 2026-02-08 | Long-form | 467,533 | 15:37 | 2.06x |
| [The Problem with Equal Weight Index Funds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/xu7kMpLbJJs/) | 2026-01-25 | Long-form | 159,174 | 15:31 | 0.84x |
| [The Rise of ETF Slop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/14V7q4gHKFo/) | 2026-01-11 | Long-form | 572,707 | 18:51 | 3.12x |
| [11 Investing Lessons From a Crazy Year (2025)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/1sV_3OvQyFI/) | 2025-12-28 | Long-form | 101,081 | 18:42 | 0.7x |
| [The "AI Bubble"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/7xPlZUzJbJc/) | 2025-12-14 | Long-form | 350,371 | 17:57 | 2.44x |
| [The best introduction to personal finance I have ever read](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/G-HYSrR8-J4/) | 2025-12-07 | Long-form | 217,656 | 22:09 | 1.51x |
| [Stocks, Bonds, and “Risk”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/c1kzZjD2Z8U/) | 2025-11-15 | Short | 54,782 | 1:16 | - |
| [The Biggest Investing Myth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/iSVZWWpnqDM/) | 2025-11-14 | Short | 75,415 | 0:30 | 1.04x |
| [Investing 101](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/1Ob-hAYCnJE/) | 2025-11-09 | Long-form | 423,783 | 20:12 | 2.94x |
| [Covered Calls: What People (Still) Get Wrong](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/K3sYY3T7V8k/) | 2025-10-26 | Long-form | 137,770 | 16:23 | 0.96x |
| [Was I Wrong About Covered Calls?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/xzDFbv_JSks/) | 2025-10-05 | Long-form | 113,023 | 16:00 | 0.59x |
| [Covered Calls: A Devil's Bargain](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/ygVObRx9X68/) | 2025-09-14 | Long-form | 236,186 | 16:13 | 0.94x |
| [Canadian Bank Financial Advice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/OguTXEnxJqk/) | 2025-08-31 | Long-form | 69,702 | 12:51 | - |
| [The Most Important Quotes in Investing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/gV9r3ISZrws/) | 2025-08-17 | Long-form | 149,748 | 16:13 | 0.51x |
| [Comparing U.S. Equity ETFs: VTI vs. DFUS](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/lMdGA0ePXzI/) | 2025-08-03 | Long-form | 101,763 | 14:42 | - |
| [I (almost) got scammed so you don't have to](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/gJLZRnfstpM/) | 2025-07-13 | Long-form | 79,571 | 15:10 | - |
| [20 Years of Renting vs. Buying a Home in Canada (2005 to 2024)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/lBG-g1CKfgs/) | 2025-06-22 | Long-form | 264,867 | 21:12 | 0.81x |
| [The Risk of (Individual) Stocks](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/RxCqxhRsHiY/) | 2025-06-08 | Long-form | 322,894 | 19:11 | 0.98x |
| [The Most Controversial Topics in Personal Finance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/pGgpGP3swmE/) | 2025-05-25 | Long-form | 530,136 | 20:49 | 1.69x |
| [Renting vs. Buying a Home: What People Get Wrong](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/j4H9LL7A-nQ/) | 2025-05-11 | Long-form | 973,784 | 18:52 | 3.33x |
| [The Problem With Index Funds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/mqIHa6URUPk/) | 2025-04-27 | Long-form | 364,015 | 18:51 | 1.26x |
| [Market Crashes (2025 Edition)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/_9c-DkBFS3w/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 190,069 | 10:26 | 0.7x |
| [The Most Controversial Paper in Finance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/-nPon8Ad_Ug/) | 2025-03-30 | Long-form | 1,033,365 | 23:09 | 3.74x |
| ["Sequence of Returns Risk"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/QGzgsSXdPjo/) | 2025-03-16 | Long-form | 285,210 | 15:34 | 1.08x |
| [Dimensional (DFA) vs. Vanguard](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/JfknibBat2A/) | 2025-03-02 | Long-form | 333,182 | 16:08 | 1.48x |
| [The Case for Index Funds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/Nv5CiRSCVxA/) | 2025-02-16 | Long-form | 290,331 | 16:12 | 1.61x |
| [Choosing an Asset Allocation (How Much in Stocks vs. Bonds?)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/p25PPBgMiEk/) | 2025-02-02 | Long-form | 293,886 | 13:06 | 2.21x |
| ["What About Warren Buffett?"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/32SnTUtdsOI/) | 2024-12-22 | Long-form | 258,947 | 12:15 | 2.74x |
| [Why Canada Pension Plan Skeptics are Wrong](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/7lAsJMqjUw0/) | 2024-12-08 | Long-form | 67,016 | 11:00 | - |
| [Republican Power and Stock Returns](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/gY225CEObO4/) | 2024-11-24 | Long-form | 71,375 | 10:46 | - |
| [Why Betting On “Winning” Industries Almost Never Works](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/3B9umhfv_ww/) | 2024-11-10 | Long-form | 190,300 | 9:27 | 2.02x |
| [Why You Will (Probably) Lose Money Trading Options](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/K-U6eoICrYQ/) | 2024-10-27 | Long-form | 268,213 | 8:54 | 2.84x |
| [The Psychology of Home Ownership](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@benfelixcsi/videos/0G_OSohLC_A/) | 2024-10-10 | Long-form | 169,434 | 7:57 | 1.8x |

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