# Stephen Ridley: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Stephen Ridley has 515,000 subscribers, 308,838,786 total views, and 151 videos. It ranks #148,346 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Stephen Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/). 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 Stephen Ridley is “Ridley Academy Reviews - Real Piano Students tell ALL!”, a long-form video published May 21, 2026.
- These are Stephen Ridley’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 5, 2024 and May 21, 2026 (11 long-form videos and 37 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 10,252. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How to make your mom cry. #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic” (96,132 views, Sep 6, 2024). Least viewed: “Why Success Attracts the Most Toxic People” (597 views, Oct 22, 2025).
- Median length: 8:02 for 11 long-form videos; 0:30 for 37 Shorts.
- In this sample, Stephen Ridley’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 196 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ridley Academy Reviews - Real Piano Students tell ALL!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/V1dcFoADYdg/) | 2026-05-21 | Long-form | 15,793 | 8:02 | - |
| [They Said I Was “Too Much”… So I Doubled Down](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/kuk6Muln0vQ/) | 2025-11-06 | Long-form | 1,070 | 0:55 | 1.36x |
| [From Giving Up Music… to Building a Music School](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/wPVc1NRcIxI/) | 2025-10-30 | Long-form | 829 | 4:24 | - |
| [Why Success Attracts the Most Toxic People](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/bkO97SWNVNs/) | 2025-10-22 | Long-form | 597 | 1:21 | - |
| [Why I Don’t Feel “Successful” Yet](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/7UBWEZ-hu9s/) | 2025-07-10 | Short | 5,577 | 0:24 | 7.11x |
| [This Is Why I Started My Piano School - The Ridley Academy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/uICzVAo3Cg0/) | 2025-07-09 | Short | 4,031 | 0:42 | 5.14x |
| [He Asked Me to Play at His Funeral… Then Died the Next Day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/Mw8LLj0UF1s/) | 2025-07-08 | Short | 3,222 | 0:47 | 4.11x |
| [The Ugly Truth About Online Hate (And Why It Didn’t Break Me) - A Stephen Ridley Interview](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/3GyFhYyYFLo/) | 2025-07-02 | Long-form | 2,245 | 1:19:30 | 1.72x |
| [I Risked It All and Bet EVERYTHING on a Piano: Stephen Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/lKkJpAoMzZw/) | 2025-06-04 | Long-form | 930 | 8:55 | - |
| [From Shy to Spotlight: His First Time Playing for an Audience #ridleyacademy #podcast #stephenridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/7QxLgqw58Pc/) | 2025-04-16 | Short | 8,869 | 0:26 | 11.31x |
| [Piano Lessons That Actually Work? Real Student Talks Ridley Academy with Stephen Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/hujfXa9ji1I/) | 2025-04-15 | Long-form | 2,758 | 29:42 | 2.12x |
| [The Secret to Improvising on Piano #ridleyacademy #podcast #stephenridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/mu0ilv0yoXY/) | 2025-04-15 | Short | 7,185 | 0:42 | 9.16x |
| [This Piano Ad Stopped Him Cold… And Changed His Life #podcast #piano](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/gVQboLEIByQ/) | 2025-04-11 | Short | 5,385 | 0:31 | 6.87x |
| [A Student Speaks Out: What Ridley Academy Was Really Like with Stephen Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/NzriW3UpmjM/) | 2025-04-09 | Long-form | 3,296 | 53:49 | 2.21x |
| [He Was Ready to Quit… Then This Changed Everything #ridleyacademy #podcast #piano](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/KpdnL1l8FHA/) | 2025-04-09 | Short | 4,083 | 0:31 | 5.21x |
| [The Death That Reignited His Passion #ridleyacademy #piano #podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/bHeY4uun1m4/) | 2025-04-08 | Short | 3,917 | 0:46 | 5x |
| [Why Joining Ridley Academy Was the Best Decision I Ever Made #ridleyacademy #piano](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/BTvrGYdzfoQ/) | 2025-04-07 | Short | 3,258 | 0:51 | 4.16x |
| [If You Ever Quit Piano as a Kid… Watch This. #ridleyacademy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/8dErg6aqWmQ/) | 2025-04-04 | Short | 2,949 | 0:48 | 3.76x |
| [This Piano Student Woke Up to 1 Million Views 🤯 #ridleyacademy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/0QnIXeDQV4s/) | 2025-04-03 | Short | 3,441 | 0:48 | 4.39x |
| [The Truth behind Ridley Academy – Failure turns to triumph with Stephen Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/qFRbozAsb3k/) | 2025-04-02 | Long-form | 4,326 | 57:13 | 4.61x |
| [40 Years of Piano Failure… And Then THIS Happened 😮🎶 #RidleyAcademy #onlinepianolessons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/GMU3TW0dZxs/) | 2025-03-31 | Short | 3,343 | 0:47 | 4.26x |
| [This is Ridley](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/0Vw32h4jiJM/) | 2025-02-02 | Long-form | 3,335 | 1:41 | 4.25x |
| [How to make your chords sound more interesting 🎹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/lvEfreviGz8/) | 2024-12-11 | Short | 16,835 | 0:58 | 21.47x |
| [Pissing off girlfriend with music 🎹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/uiuBtP4UYUU/) | 2024-12-11 | Short | 14,811 | 0:32 | 18.89x |
| [What 2 years of playing piano looks like …](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/46sCkoR9_oo/) | 2024-11-25 | Short | 20,056 | 0:53 | 25.58x |
| [What Beethoven heard when he wrote a masterpiece 🎹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/jKWje0qs5oU/) | 2024-11-24 | Short | 19,559 | 0:10 | 24.95x |
| [Wolverine VS Aquaman](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/DiX0ObwB0zg/) | 2024-11-24 | Short | 20,653 | 0:16 | 26.34x |
| [5 easy tips for beginner pianists ✋🎹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/C1utCgQksAE/) | 2024-11-24 | Short | 10,585 | 0:59 | 13.5x |
| [300 year old finger exercise for pianists 🎹](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/e7hcIrOTyo4/) | 2024-11-24 | Short | 19,245 | 0:08 | 24.55x |
| ['Caroline' Grandma Collab #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/hsF37OLw5P8/) | 2024-11-05 | Short | 12,540 | 1:12 | 15.99x |
| [How to get perfect pitch… #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/b7oVfB0FT8U/) | 2024-10-19 | Short | 28,345 | 0:55 | 36.15x |
| [Girls: I’m Not Mad… #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/SZcGH0UdSlk/) | 2024-10-13 | Short | 29,033 | 0:13 | 37.03x |
| [The Hamster Pianist. #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/NaDiYu-hw0c/) | 2024-09-21 | Short | 36,496 | 0:21 | 1.77x |
| [Before & After TikTok #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/B7pUSATrNXg/) | 2024-09-20 | Short | 59,305 | 0:15 | 2.85x |
| [Keyboard or Piano?? #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/_obQHK8U5W4/) | 2024-09-19 | Short | 29,709 | 0:29 | 37.89x |
| [How People Think Pianists Arrive.. #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/3sSAkYKGLuc/) | 2024-09-18 | Short | 19,286 | 0:15 | 24.6x |
| [Bro..How did your first date go? #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/VD1M_EUR1Nk/) | 2024-09-17 | Short | 14,429 | 0:47 | 18.4x |
| [Travelin' Piano Man #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/uckIRqJcLIk/) | 2024-09-15 | Short | 21,104 | 0:16 | 26.92x |
| [What Did You Hear...? #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/y3Igmc0IBM8/) | 2024-09-14 | Short | 17,765 | 0:29 | 22.66x |
| [Pianists On Zoom... #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/XXXbFk_eMnw/) | 2024-09-13 | Short | 8,174 | 0:30 | 10.43x |
| [Ping Pong Piano Part 2 #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/mZvUG4avr3k/) | 2024-09-12 | Short | 20,092 | 0:18 | 25.63x |
| [Playing piano with hands behind my back… #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/8XfhNx8Xwa0/) | 2024-09-11 | Short | 62,963 | 0:29 | 3.61x |
| [Grandma Collab #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/SoQl3JWYFRI/) | 2024-09-10 | Long-form | 2,515 | 1:14 | 3.21x |
| [Ping Pong Piano #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/EIlxc-23dXE/) | 2024-09-09 | Short | 24,525 | 0:14 | 31.28x |
| [Why pianists use Skype. #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/8mA1sNHixik/) | 2024-09-08 | Short | 9,918 | 0:34 | 12.65x |
| [Playing Piano Incorrectly #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic #stitch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/8yHGCznp7xE/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 28,015 | 0:20 | 1.8x |
| [How to make your mom cry. #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/Gpuucil97lY/) | 2024-09-06 | Short | 96,132 | 0:15 | 6.85x |
| [A trick to scare your friends… #piano #pianolessons #learningpiano #pianomasterclass #writemusic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@stephenridleytv/videos/MDVuTswX3BA/) | 2024-09-05 | Short | 11,726 | 0:19 | 14.96x |

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