# Middle 8: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-27, Middle 8 has 717,000 subscribers, 78,139,550 total views, and 108 videos. It ranks #105,317 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Middle 8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/). 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 Middle 8 is “The Last Time TV Made a Band”, a long-form video published Sep 15, 2025.
- These are Middle 8’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 30, 2021 and Sep 15, 2025 (47 long-form videos and 1 Short).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 240,235. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Something weird is happening in hip-hop” (1,519,514 views, Jul 31, 2023). Least viewed: “Bowie Knew He Was Dying When He Made This” (16,828 views, Dec 15, 2024).
- Median length: 11:33 for 47 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Middle 8’s consecutive uploads were a median of 21 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 183 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 27, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Last Time TV Made a Band](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/sf2MjuePK-k/) | 2025-09-15 | Long-form | 346,344 | 8:06 | 2.75x |
| [When you have three #1 albums with zero hits](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/CqsCGF7qPq4/) | 2025-07-30 | Long-form | 125,264 | 17:45 | 1.02x |
| [Does The Dare sound too much like LCD Soundsystem?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/t8q6EuQSXRk/) | 2025-06-05 | Long-form | 145,228 | 13:33 | 1.13x |
| [I'm so over brat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/eZwkQ3Z90Vw/) | 2025-04-19 | Long-form | 257,100 | 19:34 | - |
| [Bowie Knew He Was Dying When He Made This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/cj2HlnN9c8w/) | 2024-12-15 | Short | 16,828 | 1:00 | - |
| [How David Bowie’s Blackstar Turned Death into Art](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/oaob9WokgEU/) | 2024-12-14 | Long-form | 419,839 | 25:15 | - |
| [How Justice turned rock fans into rave kids](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/U3VMv4Kd8b8/) | 2024-10-20 | Long-form | 192,829 | 15:09 | - |
| [Something weird is happening in post-punk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/QAAekkeN3r0/) | 2024-04-20 | Long-form | 459,779 | 26:27 | - |
| [25 Albums in One Decade: The King Gizzard Phenomenon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/CA6fMwidRW0/) | 2023-12-18 | Long-form | 526,999 | 20:16 | - |
| [When you can't keep the band together](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/R0A-wPN9Vns/) | 2023-11-10 | Long-form | 747,585 | 20:12 | - |
| [Why The Flaming Lips Still Matter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/OqcKkdlXYw8/) | 2023-10-02 | Long-form | 166,761 | 29:19 | - |
| [Something weird is happening in hip-hop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/GlUPGI7pElA/) | 2023-07-31 | Long-form | 1,519,514 | 19:31 | - |
| [John Williams is a genius for this one](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/XFcF44JQWPE/) | 2023-06-26 | Long-form | 110,690 | 11:33 | - |
| [When your band finally goes mainstream](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/ON56-5JOyV0/) | 2023-06-12 | Long-form | 620,899 | 13:34 | - |
| [When Nirvana rips you off](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/WsE5EM6YjJw/) | 2023-05-22 | Long-form | 314,544 | 8:59 | - |
| [The best electronic albums that aren't by Daft Punk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/8xaQAn3PpmY/) | 2023-05-08 | Long-form | 126,888 | 11:19 | - |
| [The Magic of Frank Ocean and Tyler’s Collaborations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/tlXWkLi7EHI/) | 2023-04-14 | Long-form | 100,300 | 12:17 | - |
| [The Music that Defined THE NEW ROCK REVOLUTION](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/5x8PN6Ashgk/) | 2023-03-25 | Long-form | 267,005 | 19:02 | - |
| [When you’re basically not a real band](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/ybzdLQwW_NU/) | 2023-03-02 | Long-form | 1,290,500 | 14:56 | - |
| [When you self-sabotage your own success](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/JIXj2R4XhIU/) | 2023-02-11 | Long-form | 798,840 | 12:21 | - |
| [When making your debut album almost kills you](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/o5jj9a8Qmc0/) | 2023-01-13 | Long-form | 628,600 | 9:16 | - |
| [When you hate your most popular song](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/E4PSRy3G5Jc/) | 2022-12-23 | Long-form | 1,185,952 | 9:36 | - |
| [Why BROCKHAMPTON Broke Up](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/LeMNX_zHFMw/) | 2022-12-02 | Long-form | 465,630 | 23:34 | - |
| [Every time the Arctic Monkeys changed their sound](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/sXzaUFYgfVc/) | 2022-11-09 | Long-form | 754,836 | 14:37 | - |
| [When you make a psychedelic record for loners](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/IjrP6rT-4hc/) | 2022-10-20 | Long-form | 194,611 | 14:21 | - |
| [How Green Day's most personal track became a meme](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/7PfH7__GltI/) | 2022-10-01 | Long-form | 302,133 | 8:01 | - |
| [The Darker Meaning Behind CHANDELIER](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/S2QqETqIhRQ/) | 2022-09-16 | Long-form | 94,721 | 9:23 | - |
| [Daft Punk's Love Letter to Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/Qzs5cVA5goo/) | 2022-09-02 | Long-form | 651,430 | 12:36 | - |
| [How MUSE wrote a space rock opera](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/S6-hYj7Pr1s/) | 2022-07-23 | Long-form | 164,005 | 10:51 | - |
| [Top 8 Albums of 2022 (so far)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/yQlGux7yQ-U/) | 2022-07-08 | Long-form | 114,100 | 11:31 | - |
| [When you start beef with your music label](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/jYjcOJYIHAk/) | 2022-07-01 | Long-form | 179,078 | 8:31 | - |
| [Is A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead's last album?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/aHi4w_Vy1as/) | 2022-05-31 | Long-form | 268,754 | 10:56 | - |
| [Who are BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/aS15V65pduI/) | 2022-05-04 | Long-form | 79,634 | 8:51 | - |
| [The Curious Case of ALT-J](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/gUF2t8px9gg/) | 2022-04-26 | Long-form | 223,370 | 8:49 | - |
| [Is JACK WHITE the current king of rock?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/MB7ubZKCCWI/) | 2022-04-16 | Long-form | 81,530 | 11:25 | - |
| [The band that wasn’t THE STROKES](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/QV_R-jKyrCI/) | 2022-04-08 | Long-form | 82,052 | 7:05 | - |
| [The Mystery Music Collective SAULT](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/MYNcNhf_iwI/) | 2022-04-01 | Long-form | 45,694 | 7:06 | - |
| [You’ve gotta listen to EVERYTHING EVERYTHING](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/8nheHKPizH0/) | 2022-03-25 | Long-form | 96,505 | 8:40 | - |
| [The Hidden Meaning Behind Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/6yjlPJAQ48k/) | 2022-03-10 | Long-form | 101,798 | 8:00 | - |
| [Glass Animals only make concept albums](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/HtC1F1Xxrx8/) | 2022-02-17 | Long-form | 287,772 | 12:41 | - |
| [Breaking Down DAWN FM](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/jS_8t55OxnY/) | 2022-01-28 | Long-form | 221,698 | 12:01 | - |
| [This is Arcade Fire’s most ambitious album yet](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/n4wu_q_kYC4/) | 2021-12-17 | Long-form | 85,480 | 11:41 | - |
| [The True Meaning Behind SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/0f3h6UBsZcg/) | 2021-11-20 | Long-form | 1,442,854 | 10:44 | - |
| [The trap album that changed hip hop forever](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/lwWBSJ4AfWY/) | 2021-10-30 | Long-form | 150,189 | 11:23 | - |
| [What Happened to LINKIN PARK](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/-YQD9CbvhSY/) | 2021-10-08 | Long-form | 899,995 | 17:41 | - |
| [The album that revived MGMT](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/tS8wHQ1fIxo/) | 2021-09-10 | Long-form | 271,240 | 9:21 | - |
| [Why PHOEBE BRIDGERS Became An Indie Darling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/Xv1KtiBAt3g/) | 2021-08-18 | Long-form | 129,998 | 10:06 | - |
| [The Tragedy Behind ...LIKE CLOCKWORK](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@middle8/videos/AypaWHfahrQ/) | 2021-07-30 | Long-form | 423,321 | 11:00 | - |

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