# Max Joseph: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-29, Max Joseph has 583,000 subscribers, 17,755,965 total views, and 52 videos. It ranks #130,578 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Max Joseph](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/). 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 Max Joseph is “Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. 🍷 Red Red Wine by @UB40Official”, a Short published Aug 13, 2026.
- These are Max Joseph’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 12, 2012 and Aug 13, 2026 (30 long-form videos and 18 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 29,522. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content” (6,101,931 views, Apr 23, 2019). Least viewed: “Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. 🍷 Red Red Wine by @UB40Official” (2,633 views, Aug 13, 2026).
- Median length: 3:31 for 30 long-form videos; 0:59 for 18 Shorts.
- In this sample, Max Joseph’s consecutive uploads were a median of 23 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 827 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. 🍷 Red Red Wine by @UB40Official](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/_7K88MlFF8U/) | 2026-08-13 | Short | 2,633 | 0:39 | - |
| [“When you are completely absorbed or engrossed in what you are doing, your sense of time disappears”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/aTYQ7g0gqhc/) | 2026-07-07 | Short | 5,403 | 0:15 | - |
| [Disco ball not included](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/jgUdcU2rcCk/) | 2026-07-02 | Short | 5,339 | 0:20 | - |
| [When someone asks what I’m up to this weekend.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/gIcXfchnTGw/) | 2026-06-29 | Short | 7,377 | 0:18 | 1.75x |
| [Blue Monday (Visualized)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/cugIPVymV1A/) | 2026-06-22 | Short | 3,525 | 1:00 | - |
| [Studio Session 002: Blue Monday (New Order)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/02fn_Z7V480/) | 2026-06-22 | Long-form | 20,344 | 1:41 | - |
| [Escaping the NYC heat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/SAQUDuNZ2r0/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 5,149 | 0:11 | - |
| [I Built My Dream Studio to Listen to Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/HlW2_BqPYOA/) | 2026-06-01 | Long-form | 32,960 | 1:02 | - |
| [In Defense of Being Messy.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/aosj6n_TWLs/) | 2026-04-06 | Short | 11,870 | 1:12 | 2.46x |
| [Loved speaking at @bammarketingcongress in Brussels alongside Kris Hoet and many talented creatives](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/olCHDsGc1lA/) | 2025-12-17 | Short | 3,465 | 0:55 | - |
| [Male Friendship in Your 40s: Car Wash](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/bdTrGRhOHOM/) | 2025-11-11 | Short | 4,219 | 2:18 | - |
| [Sometimes you gotta Benz the rules…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/NCM42XsRqEE/) | 2025-10-20 | Short | 3,502 | 2:15 | - |
| [How much is your life oriented toward performance and achievement?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/kVvvSneX7m8/) | 2025-10-10 | Short | 5,347 | 1:17 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: A Cure for Depression](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/RedrKy57GQ0/) | 2025-09-26 | Long-form | 59,616 | 15:50 | - |
| [Breaking Up](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/o7ysdaGpmgc/) | 2025-06-09 | Long-form | 25,971 | 4:00 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: A Guide to the Drugs That Can Help You Get There](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/zcAmgNoWzVk/) | 2024-09-30 | Long-form | 1,729,592 | 12:07 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: A Free Shortcut That Will Change Your Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/-hhsli0zsiw/) | 2024-07-30 | Long-form | 47,826 | 15:31 | - |
| [Independence Day #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/Z9iKnLq9Wk8/) | 2024-07-05 | Short | 3,117 | 0:54 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: The Philosophical Secret to Happiness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/BM2_kcM_d5M/) | 2024-06-05 | Long-form | 137,888 | 18:08 | - |
| [Audio-First Video Editing #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/P_R-D32lJQs/) | 2024-05-30 | Short | 9,095 | 1:00 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: Is Scandinavian Happiness For Real? #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/VJpFTiw5oAM/) | 2024-05-30 | Short | 6,323 | 1:00 | - |
| [CATFISH IS BACK #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/j6S2ORYuOE0/) | 2024-05-28 | Short | 8,363 | 0:53 | - |
| [Debunking Scandinavian Happiness with Helen Russell #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/bdAFbJ0gz0w/) | 2024-05-23 | Short | 8,570 | 1:00 | - |
| [Scandinavian Secrets Revealed #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/ODDZ5GA1qmM/) | 2024-05-22 | Short | 8,522 | 1:00 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: The Secret of Scandinavian Happiness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/6_HJWiUIxs8/) | 2024-05-22 | Long-form | 933,622 | 19:04 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: The Science of How To Be Happy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/nlQQxvfSotQ/) | 2024-05-08 | Long-form | 879,706 | 17:57 | - |
| [HAPPINESS - A project I’m so excited to share, coming May 2024! #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/yk3DtQFNRDE/) | 2024-04-15 | Short | 4,559 | 0:59 | - |
| [HAPPINESS: A New Series (Trailer)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/UAIPBOEd1U0/) | 2024-04-10 | Long-form | 21,282 | 1:27 | - |
| [RAINFOREST ALLIANCE: Pessimism is Out](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/V8lCp9fXZik/) | 2023-11-14 | Long-form | 12,262 | 2:52 | - |
| [A Complete Guide to Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/NB81DOJbrUw/) | 2022-07-12 | Long-form | 332,530 | 3:03 | - |
| [TOO OLD TO BE NEW, TOO NEW TO BE CLASSIC: DFA Records at 12 years old (narrated by Marc Maron)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/XK-Ky-A_ZkA/) | 2022-04-01 | Long-form | 21,517 | 13:32 | - |
| [A BRIEF HISTORY OF PUBLIC SHAMING (excerpt from 15 Minutes of Shame)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/E62Ag4upwJw/) | 2021-10-08 | Long-form | 31,485 | 1:45 | - |
| [15 MINUTES OF SHAME \| Trailer to my new HBO Max documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/MfkNwO4YOXY/) | 2021-10-02 | Long-form | 27,559 | 2:22 | - |
| [SIGNS: LA's Top Tourist Attractions](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/XWrkmqdtYm8/) | 2019-07-22 | Long-form | 86,530 | 5:31 | - |
| [BOOKSTORES: The Lost Brazil Chapter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/p0FUl7Z3-t4/) | 2019-04-28 | Long-form | 79,202 | 2:35 | - |
| [BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/lIW5jBrrsS0/) | 2019-04-23 | Long-form | 6,101,931 | 37:51 | - |
| [What Makes Us American](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/N0MCrZlbYUM/) | 2017-12-14 | Long-form | 83,278 | 6:27 | - |
| [PERSISTENCE OF VISION (fka From Dream to Reality)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/mlCflbej6EM/) | 2017-12-01 | Long-form | 1,343,486 | 7:10 | - |
| [What really goes on at Planned Parenthood](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/PC6k4m60ebg/) | 2017-07-13 | Long-form | 68,184 | 4:30 | - |
| [DICKS: The downsides of being one (DELETED SCENE)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/iZwjtCu6v7E/) | 2017-06-07 | Long-form | 59,861 | 1:57 | - |
| [DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/gRRvjZ_XNog/) | 2017-06-01 | Long-form | 2,162,371 | 34:50 | - |
| [CHARISMATIC THINKER: An Introduction](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/byLTlGRQKj8/) | 2017-02-13 | Long-form | 178,565 | 2:54 | - |
| [The Truth About The Hillary Clinton Scandals](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/SiNuiBddqeQ/) | 2016-11-07 | Long-form | 37,040 | 5:35 | - |
| [An Impression of Alaska](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/icCel7U2h48/) | 2016-04-22 | Long-form | 35,577 | 2:50 | - |
| [The Chain of Good](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/q7ZtTgCHIdA/) | 2014-01-16 | Long-form | 73,830 | 2:59 | - |
| [Getting High In Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/UGDHj0CezzM/) | 2014-01-14 | Long-form | 151,812 | 2:02 | - |
| [Lion Throwing Up (Original Version)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/5KDHqaheG-4/) | 2014-01-09 | Long-form | 1,929,454 | 0:43 | - |
| [A Brief Introduction to Max](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@maxjosephdirector/videos/9gZKYfp3zas/) | 2012-11-12 | Long-form | 308,317 | 1:34 | - |

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