# Guitar World: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Guitar World has 872,000 subscribers, 343,908,087 total views, and 4,671 videos. It ranks #85,585 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Guitar World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/). 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 Guitar World is “"Drop C is Drop D's evil cousin": The Ultimate Guide to Using Drop C”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are Guitar World’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 24, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (22 long-form videos and 26 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 14,353. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Rabea Massaad: The Five Riffs That Changed My Life” (183,698 views, Oct 6, 2026). Least viewed: “How The Scratch manage to mash Irish folk and metal with these distorted acoustics” (1,645 views, Oct 28, 2026).
- Median length: 20:30 for 22 long-form videos; 0:51 for 26 Shorts.
- In this sample, Guitar World’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 3 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ["Drop C is Drop D's evil cousin": The Ultimate Guide to Using Drop C](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/wEAc4wEqoYw/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 2,781 | 43:18 | 1x |
| [How The Scratch manage to mash Irish folk and metal with these distorted acoustics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/Yf1drZ8Nmfg/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 1,645 | 2:02 | - |
| [Jack Gardiner: The Five Riffs That Changed My Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/C7wpyksqFq4/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 18,816 | 6:59 | 1.98x |
| [Chris Buck plays Eric Clapton and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/hzVkofIX648/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 8,296 | 0:42 | 1.01x |
| [I played 5 beginner electric guitars back-to-back – $250 to $549, with one mid-priced winner](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/4j4IrTwNhdc/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 7,741 | 20:38 | - |
| [Adrian Smith on soloing with Iron Maiden vs Richie Kotzen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/IGEVDINzHmU/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 10,087 | 0:57 | 1.02x |
| [“It has this naughty resonance” Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief shows off his studio guitar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/gXMgzqX-qOg/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 7,074 | 1:44 | - |
| [The Joey Landreth Interview \| The Bros. Landreth, Bonnie Raitt, and two amps with two reverbs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/zgKvtgDbUQU/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 22,491 | 49:35 | 2.02x |
| [Ola Strandberg on the new Boden Essential trem, the Plini N2, and a Strandberg with a headstock](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/3uc7vqTAsxc/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 8,733 | 11:27 | - |
| [Steve Hackett on his Genesis era ‘57 Les Paul](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/d_sEi6lagoo/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 87,376 | 0:46 | 6.25x |
| [Eric Gales on gospel voicings, keyboard chords & the mode he could play all day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/LLwhqYQxgHg/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 56,043 | 2:47 | 2.21x |
| [Are bigger guitar necks actually better?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/Ux71IP8V1Fo/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 22,404 | 0:47 | 1.76x |
| [Can PRS win over the haters? \| PRS Tekton T & Tekton SVN Demo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/mUoS2F9upSI/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 15,108 | 29:08 | - |
| [Angine de Poitrine continue to prove they're far more than a viral moment. Yesterday live in London.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/w7ccpbs4YXc/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 10,861 | 0:54 | - |
| [Stuck in a pentatonic rut? Here's how to get out…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/qR5FtHbnBg0/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 30,472 | 24:30 | 1.14x |
| [Are these the ultimate psych-rock guitar pedals?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/TabU--u_v7w/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 1,987 | 1:54 | - |
| [“I was like, ‘That is the sickest riff I’ve ever heard’”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/Lxkms57Bus8/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 13,598 | 0:30 | - |
| [The trials of Emily Wolfe: songwriting, signature guitars & why she sprays her pedals white](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/i-UAbn2R9UQ/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 11,101 | 50:54 | - |
| [Albert Lee – What it was like playing with Clapton at the Budokan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/kDh6bNNPPQI/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 10,638 | 0:38 | - |
| [Joe Bonamassa on his Tone Master ‘59 Twin, and why digital still has limits](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/rLapXM-YxiE/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 125,548 | 30:15 | 3.37x |
| [“It just fits!” Alice Cooper guitarist Anna Cara – My Ibanez Xiphos](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/G5bkgLs-AgY/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 71,678 | 1:07 | 5.15x |
| [Charlie Starr breaks down the three-guitar solo in Blackberry Smoke’s Morningside](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/qSU_Pc4p4S8/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 15,252 | 3:38 | - |
| [Guitar with a gold leather trim?? 😳 😳](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/N3px19FgGIE/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 11,803 | 0:39 | - |
| [Luís Kalil's 5 riffs that inspired him: Iron Maiden, Slash, Zakk Wylde and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/tgUnrrJb49E/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 11,198 | 3:53 | - |
| [Jack White's new Roto-Trem pedal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/XXZG-Uh0528/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 81,177 | 0:39 | 5.8x |
| [Phil Demmel got his first Jackson by illegal means 🚨🚓](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/XcFPg1czSnY/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 15,783 | 0:46 | 1.33x |
| [Luthier Cindy Hulej on dumpster diving for wood, a $100k scam, and life at Carmine Street Guitars](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/9d1ybwLjZNg/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 54,086 | 55:50 | - |
| [Phil Demmel on polka dots, Strats, and the stolen Jackson that got him handcuffed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/oPFBZRufDKQ/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 23,405 | 10:22 | - |
| [Guitar + violin bow + delay = ✨](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/8Bp4KODeUts/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 12,271 | 0:25 | 1.21x |
| [Is Tommy Emmanuel the best Chet Atkins-style guitar player alive?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/vzkOoYQz9Os/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 18,924 | 1:01 | 2.69x |
| [Why Joe Bonamassa collects Fender Jaguars](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/C0VtCcNdZWI/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 55,271 | 6:36 | 2.09x |
| [What Nuno Bettencourt taught Rabea Massaad about hammer-ons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/jDEYgypn1IM/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 100,697 | 0:41 | 14.27x |
| [Rabea Massaad: The Five Riffs That Changed My Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/4SUgG8sm33A/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 183,698 | 7:53 | 2.46x |
| [A 10-string Strat? 👀 👀](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/15TlizT4eyM/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 11,507 | 1:55 | 1.63x |
| [Buddy Guy’s 90th birthday show finale: The most star-studded blues jam of all time??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/dORVIWrkpi4/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 9,056 | 0:34 | 1.26x |
| [Andy McKee on Prince, Michael Hedges, and the song that went viral](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/XMhKLK6FsWM/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 15,453 | 20:22 | - |
| [Guitar Summit 2026 \| the best gear we saw, from John Mayer's new Silver Sky to Dimebag's Warhead amp](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/aml81tD6bZw/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 64,256 | 28:34 | - |
| [This Smart Guitar Speaks Convenience! Check out the Enya Inspire Pro SD.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/ChH8RcKdx8s/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 2,619 | 1:06 | - |
| [Liam Gallagher guitarist Mike Moore – My “workhorse” Gretsch Broadkaster LX](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/xhO5vKYQ4F0/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 2,275 | 1:39 | - |
| [Alex Skolnick on Van Halen, Allan Holdsworth and the tapping lick that opens The Pale King](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/b3Q91r4sDNo/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 12,233 | 6:42 | - |
| [Emily Remler captivated listeners around the world, before her life was cut short at 32](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/Uw6PQp4Mjpw/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 22,246 | 0:33 | 1.32x |
| [Tim Montana: The Five Riffs That Changed My Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/sxGpEulGpJk/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 9,631 | 10:49 | - |
| [This Smart Guitar Isn't A Joke! Check out the Enya Inspire Pro SD.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/7tuGKT6Pp7U/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 5,277 | 0:48 | - |
| [Guitar Summit 2026 – all our highlights, in under two minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/3aqs6ptuyPA/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 3,471 | 1:56 | - |
| [Steve Morse on Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd and why Fender didn't work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/9J5uCDNS4-s/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 145,825 | 26:54 | 1.5x |
| [Los Bitchos show off their guitars](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/pSxWWCiJp_c/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 4,946 | 2:58 | - |
| [Trying out Jack White's go-to modded Fender Triplecaster...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/XF9fYaktLuE/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 46,326 | 0:58 | 1.97x |
| [We Played Jack White's Guitar Rig \| Triplecaster, Klon and a brand-new pedal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@guitarworld/videos/YKdzvK0yVHA/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 174,707 | 26:06 | 2.48x |

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