# Ray Chen: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-28, Ray Chen has 793,000 subscribers, 135,933,456 total views, and 299 videos. It ranks #94,720 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Ray Chen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/). 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 Ray Chen is “I broke my string (on purpose) 💥”, a long-form video published Sep 17, 2026.
- These are Ray Chen’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 16, 2024 and Sep 17, 2026 (29 long-form videos and 19 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 98,032. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “When my E string betrayed me in front of 4000 people” (9,597,379 views, May 20, 2026). Least viewed: “She Sat Down… So I Played This 🎻❤️” (15,316 views, Apr 13, 2025).
- Median length: 9:06 for 29 long-form videos; 0:55 for 19 Shorts.
- In this sample, Ray Chen’s consecutive uploads were a median of 12 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 65 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [I broke my string (on purpose) 💥](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/uUWY079hF7U/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 65,246 | 0:49 | - |
| [I found my wife 🤍](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/zlPM4AxsgtA/) | 2026-09-01 | Short | 435,316 | 2:19 | 3.69x |
| [I now speak Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and German 😀](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/8fsrx3Lg6Wg/) | 2026-08-20 | Short | 41,740 | 0:51 | - |
| [Thousands Auditioned to Play with Ray in Tokyo 🎻](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/lbqiVkYgCbs/) | 2026-07-29 | Long-form | 37,212 | 11:24 | - |
| [DID YOU FORGET WHAT YOUR TEACHER SAID? 😭](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/3E9UfGmb0CA/) | 2026-07-28 | Short | 37,515 | 1:17 | - |
| [How to Have the BEST Pizzicato 🎻 \[5 easy steps\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/oCUb7IBas1I/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 40,171 | 12:08 | - |
| [Libertango with Jay Chou & Ray Chen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/xkQkFmR37pA/) | 2026-06-24 | Short | 167,718 | 0:57 | 1.02x |
| [When my E string betrayed me in front of 4000 people](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/dokuGs9Sddo/) | 2026-05-20 | Short | 9,597,379 | 1:36 | 76.29x |
| [Ray Chen wakes you up 5 mins before a rehearsal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/_TV2mA9TelM/) | 2026-05-15 | Short | 178,574 | 0:56 | 1.37x |
| [The best part of my “job” 🎻](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/0P49dy90uc0/) | 2026-05-09 | Short | 140,436 | 0:46 | 1.05x |
| [When Classical music meets Hollywood](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/8HPKKhNJ8vI/) | 2026-05-07 | Short | 83,490 | 0:56 | - |
| [Duet with me in JAPAN 🎻🎵](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/4uLHoXrr3wg/) | 2026-04-20 | Short | 95,270 | 0:58 | - |
| [IT’S HAPPENING: world premiere of Arcane Suite 🔥 #arcane](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/e51Cr1g9hp0/) | 2026-04-04 | Short | 44,783 | 0:43 | - |
| [Play with Ray 2026 TOKYO 🗼\[announcement\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/S0hNKoIWAps/) | 2026-03-06 | Long-form | 21,232 | 1:13 | - |
| [Musician Rizz: Tchaikovsky edition 🎵](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/4jSgmxtMEcE/) | 2026-01-30 | Short | 358,721 | 0:31 | 1.26x |
| [Win a signed album by PRACTICING🎁](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/MnhWFQF51q4/) | 2026-01-02 | Short | 106,387 | 0:46 | - |
| [I Spent a Day With a 3-Year-Old Prodigy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/u0FCVNbC3FU/) | 2025-12-05 | Long-form | 767,473 | 11:11 | - |
| [Send this to someone who’s practicing the Mendelssohn 🤓🎻](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/hiobQ35JJng/) | 2025-11-01 | Long-form | 22,647 | 1:06 | - |
| [I Tried Playing 5 Music Genres After Hearing Them Once](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/Nn_F5n7aS1E/) | 2025-09-26 | Long-form | 43,726 | 9:06 | - |
| [Waltzing Matilda (Arr. for Violin by Ray Chen) \| Studio Recording](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/Ujy86NwEM3I/) | 2025-09-18 | Long-form | 40,345 | 5:33 | 2.01x |
| [2 years without playing Bruch Violin Concerto 😤](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/FUvHm2IDqP8/) | 2025-08-08 | Long-form | 27,671 | 1:04 | - |
| [Pranking people while they practice 💐🐶](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/odwyzjgDK_Y/) | 2025-07-22 | Short | 100,648 | 0:47 | - |
| [How I practice when the pressure is on 😩 #carnegiehall](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/RYDEgFyiorY/) | 2025-07-16 | Short | 269,299 | 0:42 | - |
| [Should You Use a Shoulder Rest? Let’s Settle It.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/twp7CFR4f38/) | 2025-07-14 | Long-form | 118,884 | 13:06 | 1.66x |
| [I Played AI-Generated Bach. It Got Weird.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/9w9cMZgDCaE/) | 2025-06-27 | Long-form | 102,870 | 9:27 | - |
| [Play Along: Sadness & Sorrow 🎻Violin Karaoke Version](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/iWjHkUhR_8o/) | 2025-05-23 | Long-form | 154,986 | 3:18 | 2.16x |
| [How we composed the most viral classical track \[Serenade\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/tag8ICs_9JM/) | 2025-05-19 | Long-form | 22,212 | 8:16 | 1.04x |
| [The most fearless 11-year old 🤯](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/f02THb40VBY/) | 2025-05-16 | Short | 271,615 | 0:55 | - |
| [I serenade a K-POP Star \[IU\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/vZBVDo6G0_o/) | 2025-05-04 | Short | 39,389 | 1:24 | 1.75x |
| [Why Is THIS Stick Worth $200,000?!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/7xqE-N1YOQI/) | 2025-04-25 | Long-form | 51,880 | 7:30 | - |
| [She Sat Down… So I Played This 🎻❤️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/BLdqlcFPsqY/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 15,316 | 1:03 | - |
| [FAAAAAA 🤌🏼 (When you practice in front of kids)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/L_0lWQ2rs3I/) | 2025-04-07 | Short | 762,289 | 0:28 | 1.89x |
| [GUESS the EMOTION Charades ft. Jasmine Choi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/puA-aTZExh8/) | 2025-03-29 | Long-form | 280,788 | 11:00 | - |
| [What SOUNDS Hard VS What's ACTUALLY Difficult on Violin 🎻](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/PAFVwd7qohw/) | 2025-03-20 | Long-form | 192,816 | 13:47 | - |
| [Ray Chen, Tchaikovsky & Boston Symphony 🎶](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/MmEz6jygK74/) | 2025-03-12 | Short | 836,173 | 0:59 | 2.15x |
| [Can you HOLD your breath and WIN $100?! ft. Jasmine Choi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/4S047fm-E6Q/) | 2025-02-24 | Long-form | 55,919 | 12:18 | - |
| [My First 1000 Person Event \[TonicCon 2024 VLOG\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/1LLVhfSap9k/) | 2024-12-21 | Long-form | 33,157 | 9:58 | - |
| [I serenade RANDOM strangers \[🎧50 Sony Headphones Giveaway\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/SGA9M9Ozqro/) | 2024-11-09 | Long-form | 242,144 | 9:29 | - |
| [The secrets to the BEST Mendelssohn Violin Concerto](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/qBt5LYp6dq8/) | 2024-11-07 | Long-form | 86,269 | 15:18 | - |
| [Guess COMPOSER or PASTA? 🇮🇹🍝](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/rZU9k43FeXw/) | 2024-10-27 | Long-form | 56,529 | 7:28 | - |
| [When your friend doesn't know any Anime (Your Lie in April dub challenge)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/tnfgMcZAqmQ/) | 2024-10-05 | Long-form | 475,751 | 12:30 | - |
| [Vivaldi Four Seasons LIVE in Los Angeles Oct 10 & 11 ☀️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/xYLRVupRRwo/) | 2024-09-24 | Long-form | 50,201 | 1:01 | - |
| [How to Train Your Dragon: Romantic Flight (Violin & Orchestra)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/lnUn3iYmdzY/) | 2024-09-20 | Long-form | 112,721 | 1:56 | 1.32x |
| [CURSED VIOLINS 💀 \[Violin Torture\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/ze1T_8cT73g/) | 2024-09-09 | Long-form | 95,415 | 10:45 | - |
| [New single: How to Train Your Dragon 📀 OUT NOW #ost #romanticflight](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/SQcGdMR-ZrY/) | 2024-09-06 | Short | 179,164 | 0:54 | - |
| [Ranking ALL Violin TECHNIQUES \[Difficulty Tier List\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/_q9kGrjg5qI/) | 2024-09-02 | Long-form | 341,343 | 20:25 | - |
| [Rosin or Candy? \[DO NOT TRY AT HOME\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/l5R5S_T8bFc/) | 2024-08-21 | Long-form | 103,997 | 8:11 | - |
| [Serenading a random stranger 🎶](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@raychenviolinist/videos/YoRrU9x2S_4/) | 2024-08-16 | Long-form | 33,060 | 1:14 | - |

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