# Hard Is Easy: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-02, Hard Is Easy has 406,000 subscribers, 87,172,391 total views, and 99 videos. It ranks #188,986 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Hard Is Easy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/). 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 Hard Is Easy is “Rope Friction Breaks Textbook Physics?”, a Short published Aug 2, 2026.
- These are Hard Is Easy’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 17, 2022 and Aug 2, 2026 (24 long-form videos and 24 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 199,661. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Surprising Effect of Dirt on Climbing Ropes” (26,866,591 views, Mar 10, 2023). Least viewed: “Rope Friction Breaks Textbook Physics?” (13,619 views, Aug 2, 2026).
- Median length: 24:09 for 24 long-form videos; 0:59 for 24 Shorts.
- In this sample, Hard Is Easy’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 133 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 3, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rope Friction Breaks Textbook Physics?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/QjLavFJMFSw/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 13,619 | 1:07 | - |
| [Rope Friction is... Counterintuitive?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/_wNTAA2WUhE/) | 2026-08-02 | Long-form | 79,916 | 34:54 | - |
| [Old Bonus Episode - Rope Experts from Mammut share Nerdy Details](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/P1YdrzH7GwQ/) | 2026-05-02 | Long-form | 24,401 | 15:48 | - |
| [Ropes don't like this?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/FwHyu2e5NMs/) | 2026-03-15 | Short | 194,588 | 1:10 | 1.89x |
| [How Deep is too Deep? For a Rope](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/7qEvvobz5YQ/) | 2026-03-15 | Long-form | 173,806 | 29:45 | 1.04x |
| [They Turned My Nerdy Experiments Into a Competition](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/inQ3r1FJhy8/) | 2026-01-03 | Short | 60,790 | 1:24 | - |
| [They Turned My Nerdy Experiments Into a Competition](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/7GY8nJKGUqA/) | 2026-01-03 | Long-form | 56,303 | 28:06 | - |
| [Sketchy Low Falls #climbing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/G8D__hzufGI/) | 2025-10-12 | Short | 121,063 | 0:46 | 1.56x |
| [Sketchy Low Falls \| Ep.13](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/9bPrcjTtKpk/) | 2025-10-12 | Long-form | 159,445 | 44:01 | 0.82x |
| [Neox does NOT like DIRT!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/t_I7NtSC3dw/) | 2025-07-22 | Long-form | 62,041 | 6:27 | - |
| [Update for my Patrons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/TpYMT_3Zu-8/) | 2025-06-27 | Long-form | 15,967 | 5:59 | - |
| [Humans Smashing Humans - The only Soft Catch Video you need to see.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/ixwr891_JxM/) | 2025-05-22 | Short | 84,292 | 0:32 | 1.09x |
| [The Only Soft Catch video You Need to See \| Ep.12](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/Ap9DaiXaPt0/) | 2025-05-22 | Long-form | 234,121 | 25:17 | 0.96x |
| [Edelrid Pinch - "Strange" Experiments and Long Term Review](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/1ytFcTHETUQ/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 227,332 | 24:09 | 0.82x |
| [Coach Nearly Kills Pro Climber – Full Analysis in Full video](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/ksBH96XqAio/) | 2025-03-03 | Short | 81,624 | 0:24 | 1.05x |
| [Coach Nearly Kills Pro Climber – GriGri Incident Analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/WBGkKqLhM8Y/) | 2025-03-02 | Long-form | 1,883,308 | 9:35 | 5.73x |
| [Falling on Different Crashpads Until I Broke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/ZhRJ0hPNGwI/) | 2025-02-22 | Short | 54,213 | 1:03 | - |
| [Falling on Different Crashpads Until I Broke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/jPfDTBHuLN8/) | 2025-02-22 | Long-form | 99,296 | 16:57 | - |
| [Should You Retire Dropped Climbing Gear? #climbing #science #engineering](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/qx9SIJjdOUs/) | 2025-02-06 | Short | 4,857,194 | 1:00 | 6.45x |
| [Should You Retire Dropped Climbing Gear?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/EU90n-d4Txs/) | 2025-02-06 | Long-form | 296,028 | 27:22 | 0.9x |
| [Every Test Climbing Ropes Have to Pass #climbing #science #engineering](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/qVoul3avN08/) | 2024-12-07 | Short | 51,875 | 1:31 | - |
| [Every Test Climbing Ropes Have to Pass](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/JnNA4mLqwtQ/) | 2024-10-08 | Long-form | 104,565 | 33:25 | - |
| [Why NEOX is not a GriGri - Long Term Review](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/oLB0PdEP6g4/) | 2024-06-15 | Long-form | 437,986 | 16:21 | 1.04x |
| [The Last Unsolved Problem of Climbing Ropes #climbing #science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/l0v6WRBln8w/) | 2024-05-14 | Short | 947,745 | 0:59 | 1.26x |
| [The Last Unsolved Problem of Climbing Ropes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/x3PMT6K0_Gg/) | 2024-05-14 | Long-form | 433,635 | 39:29 | - |
| [Comparing Soft Catch Methods - Largest Climbing Study Part 2 #climbing #science #rockclimbing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/bGjfHsusIq0/) | 2024-01-02 | Short | 211,845 | 1:00 | 2.73x |
| [Comparing Soft Catch Methods - Largest Climbing Study Part 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/nMM-6WGAOlw/) | 2024-01-01 | Long-form | 113,354 | 22:48 | - |
| [Largest Study on Climbing Falls - Part 1 #climbing #rockclimbing #science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/Cp8-h5VulRo/) | 2023-11-30 | Short | 530,506 | 1:00 | 6.84x |
| [What's the best amount of Slack? Largest Study on Climbing Falls - Part 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/bnJnduOQNAY/) | 2023-11-27 | Long-form | 214,844 | 22:45 | - |
| [What Happens to Wet Ropes? #climbing #science](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/rdStdS296lI/) | 2023-09-18 | Short | 1,435,621 | 1:00 | 18.51x |
| [Are Wet Ropes Dangerous for Climbers? Textile Science Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/5gyt46i4c4E/) | 2023-09-18 | Long-form | 139,626 | 25:01 | - |
| [Efficiency of Taking Slack & Helping your Climber](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/S39TFPkij5E/) | 2023-08-16 | Short | 378,092 | 1:00 | 4.87x |
| [Lead Belaying - Slack Management, Efficient Taking & More \| Ep.11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/aHI8kIXNH5M/) | 2023-08-12 | Long-form | 361,776 | 24:47 | 0.94x |
| [How to Belay - Top Rope \| Ep.10](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/w5ybJwZPZAQ/) | 2023-07-16 | Long-form | 255,757 | 16:11 | 0.67x |
| [When Assistance Fails!? The Physics And Experiments of Belay Devices](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/v8pEe5X1-Lc/) | 2023-06-20 | Long-form | 485,116 | 24:10 | 1.28x |
| [When Assistance Fails!? The Physics And Experiments of Belay Devices](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/e9cIcQ2fyaI/) | 2023-06-20 | Short | 1,290,281 | 0:51 | 16.63x |
| [Inexperienced belayer Lost control of the brake strand while pressing on GriGri cam.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/LLHfXH6Unm4/) | 2023-06-06 | Short | 558,686 | 0:25 | 7.2x |
| [The Physics of GriGri \| When does No-Hands Belay Fail?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/6ev960Q_v8w/) | 2023-05-31 | Short | 6,641,097 | 0:37 | 85.61x |
| [The Physics of GriGri \| When does No-Hands Belay Fail?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/We-nxljgnw4/) | 2023-05-31 | Long-form | 1,439,090 | 20:06 | 3.73x |
| [Surprising Effect of Dirt on Climbing Ropes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/gcEbNIpDA44/) | 2023-03-10 | Short | 26,866,591 | 0:58 | >100x |
| [Surprising Effect of Dirt on Climbing Ropes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/quB-KEsqJNU/) | 2023-03-09 | Long-form | 4,981,143 | 19:02 | 15.73x |
| [Awkward Mantles](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/VsjkgpUJ76s/) | 2023-02-16 | Short | 149,393 | 0:56 | 1.93x |
| [How Climbers CONVINCE their FRIENDS](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/991SKT-9utE/) | 2023-02-15 | Short | 107,173 | 0:21 | 1.38x |
| [Crazy Move from Movie "One More... Last Go"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/Zva3b4CvkWA/) | 2023-02-14 | Short | 154,420 | 1:00 | 1.99x |
| [One More... Last Go \| Full Movie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/ufaxUQf7iho/) | 2023-02-10 | Long-form | 204,734 | 41:57 | - |
| [Lab Test - How Soft is too Soft? How Fuzzy is too Fuzzy?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/X0mvKvUVxOs/) | 2022-11-28 | Short | 158,254 | 0:59 | 2.04x |
| [Cut Resistance of Climbing Ropes Analysed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/lXYfkYa-WEE/) | 2022-11-20 | Short | 3,130,126 | 0:41 | 40.35x |
| [Testing Tunnel-Up Belay Method... or it's limits.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@hardiseasy/videos/NmgpfNm3_2g/) | 2022-11-17 | Short | 192,133 | 0:30 | 2.48x |

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