# Trash Theory: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Trash Theory has 573,000 subscribers, 69,099,222 total views, and 154 videos. It ranks #132,890 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Trash Theory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/). 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 Trash Theory is “Born Slippy (Nuxx): The B-Side That Defined The 90s \| New British Canon”, a long-form video published Oct 23, 2026.
- These are Trash Theory’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 6, 2023 and Oct 23, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 211,950. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Tragedy, Togetherness & Rock Lobster: The B-52's Story” (1,066,637 views, Jun 6, 2025). Least viewed: “You Asked, I Answered \| Trash Theory 500K Q&A” (29,297 views, Aug 23, 2024).
- Median length: 35:37 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Trash Theory’s consecutive uploads were a median of 22 days apart (shortest gap 7 days, longest 49 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Born Slippy (Nuxx): The B-Side That Defined The 90s \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/r4jfwzw1drw/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 196,028 | 34:46 | 2.44x |
| [The 7 Songs To Blame For Butt Rock](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/k4QeCs7uygk/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 531,157 | 41:30 | 5.01x |
| [The Most Bizarre UK No.1s of the 2000s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/vzUpEAx58og/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 156,531 | 33:30 | 1.62x |
| [Losing My Religion & The Deep Southern Melancholy of Early 90s R.E.M.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/oCatW6UaCv0/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 96,091 | 39:42 | 1.14x |
| [Exploring Queen, We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/UONA4Qf0rUc/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 71,414 | 32:25 | - |
| [The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1970s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/ZW86G5lSsrQ/) | 2026-06-26 | Long-form | 114,247 | 33:03 | 0.94x |
| [Sneaker Pimps: The Definitive Story of 6 Underground - Alt Hit Wonders](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/O2YYovQ-a7g/) | 2026-05-29 | Long-form | 97,298 | 23:01 | - |
| [Veruca Salt - More Than A Roald Dahl Character - Alt Hit Wonders](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/MvRkHemr2gs/) | 2026-05-15 | Long-form | 81,096 | 24:26 | - |
| [Exploring The Human League & Don't You Want Me \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/JWr0mQP-e1g/) | 2026-04-25 | Long-form | 167,578 | 37:02 | 1.02x |
| [12 Songs That Are Most Likely About Courtney Love](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/3YpLo0FGaBU/) | 2026-03-27 | Long-form | 66,997 | 25:48 | - |
| [How R.E.M. Became The Preeminent College Rock Band (And Then Graduated)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Snd8klIZjAE/) | 2026-03-13 | Long-form | 159,727 | 32:02 | 0.8x |
| [Ocean Colour Scene: The Original Dadrock Band \["The Riverboat Song"\] \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/hp_zVO2VYq8/) | 2026-02-21 | Long-form | 69,357 | 28:25 | - |
| [The WHY and HOW of Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe - Alt Hit Wonders](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/6ANdT88ToIo/) | 2026-01-30 | Long-form | 211,435 | 14:48 | 0.87x |
| [The 8 Songs To Blame For Britpop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/_WQBHboYFj4/) | 2025-12-12 | Long-form | 188,932 | 43:44 | 0.81x |
| [Exploring Tricky & Maxinquaye: The 90s Bowie? \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/iQH1co31yvs/) | 2025-11-15 | Long-form | 128,069 | 36:21 | - |
| [The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/YYDv6uHNv6Y/) | 2025-10-10 | Long-form | 154,964 | 40:10 | - |
| [The 7 Songs To Blame For Stomp Clap Hey](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/istKHses8MU/) | 2025-09-19 | Long-form | 833,859 | 39:52 | 2.56x |
| [Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight & That Drum Fill \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/U0kCxNj_4hs/) | 2025-08-22 | Long-form | 321,746 | 43:12 | 1.07x |
| [How The Offspring "Sold Out"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Pfi8iX3Y938/) | 2025-07-25 | Long-form | 277,590 | 34:58 | 1.07x |
| [The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1980s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Bzh8t95BaCM/) | 2025-07-05 | Long-form | 448,680 | 37:56 | 1.58x |
| [Tragedy, Togetherness & Rock Lobster: The B-52's Story](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/YN1quwTNPLo/) | 2025-06-06 | Long-form | 1,066,637 | 36:57 | 3.74x |
| [Exploring The Cult & "She Sells Sanctuary" \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/LEuRBQo-QEY/) | 2025-05-23 | Long-form | 148,371 | 31:10 | 0.65x |
| [When Paul McCartney Went Synth-Pop \["Temporary Secretary"\] \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/yNLGbGJLzcU/) | 2025-04-26 | Long-form | 153,359 | 24:02 | 0.68x |
| [Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/NLuSOMzSy9k/) | 2025-04-05 | Long-form | 328,032 | 1:04:50 | 1.44x |
| ["Blister In The Sun", Violent Femmes & The Band Out of Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/8XP706O7uzY/) | 2025-03-14 | Long-form | 334,990 | 26:57 | 1.47x |
| ["There She Goes", The La’s & The Original Architects of Britpop \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/LEGCUiDpeXM/) | 2025-02-14 | Long-form | 242,008 | 30:02 | 1.07x |
| [Take That, "Back For Good" & Winning a Boyband Breakup \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Be-kfJThLm0/) | 2025-01-27 | Long-form | 164,561 | 41:59 | 0.7x |
| [7 Influential Post-Punk Bands You Must Hear \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/z1no60Ju-X4/) | 2024-12-20 | Long-form | 212,464 | 52:03 | 0.81x |
| [How The Cure Disintegrated \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/TmjxAd_dCng/) | 2024-12-01 | Long-form | 335,836 | 40:54 | 1.17x |
| [Tears For Fears - Dancing To Their Own Trauma ("Mad World") \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Ke3xktAJgyg/) | 2024-11-01 | Long-form | 442,403 | 36:28 | 1.69x |
| [Soul II Soul, "Back To Life" & The Third British Invasion \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/HZkUMT09Tuw/) | 2024-10-18 | Long-form | 77,664 | 34:36 | - |
| [How Weezer & The Blue Album Briefly Made Geekery Cool](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/I0kDpO2Hl-0/) | 2024-09-14 | Long-form | 156,486 | 36:17 | 0.54x |
| [You Asked, I Answered \| Trash Theory 500K Q&A](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/CvM1-PgogyY/) | 2024-08-23 | Long-form | 29,297 | 19:12 | - |
| [1981: The Year of Adam & The Ants ("Kings Of The Wild Frontier") \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/CJaQ5NADqAM/) | 2024-08-16 | Long-form | 508,991 | 37:35 | 1.4x |
| [Nickelback, "How You Remind Me" & The Slow Death of Grunge](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/lay02M__u74/) | 2024-07-21 | Long-form | 265,982 | 24:39 | 0.73x |
| [Daydream Nation & How Sonic Youth Brought Noise Rock Overground](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/WkxCAsKi-k4/) | 2024-07-08 | Long-form | 258,793 | 46:49 | 0.71x |
| ["Smalltown Boy", Bronski Beat & Being Openly Gay in Eighties Pop \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/0FGkNchiQO0/) | 2024-05-25 | Long-form | 308,855 | 30:33 | 0.85x |
| [Woo-hoo!: How Blur Mocked Grunge & Destroyed Britpop \["Song 2"\] \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Q29G7YDCq9Y/) | 2024-05-06 | Long-form | 917,808 | 36:28 | 2.49x |
| [Before Limp Bizkit: How Nu Metal Became Nu Metal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/GUtQMfrhOeM/) | 2024-04-22 | Long-form | 208,790 | 51:48 | 0.57x |
| [The Critical Kicking of Slowdive ("When The Sun Hits") \| New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/fV3tg3KeGo0/) | 2024-03-10 | Long-form | 367,661 | 33:01 | 1x |
| [The Unlikely Career of Pet Shop Boys & "It's a Sin" I New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/npLtdAuAyw0/) | 2024-02-15 | Long-form | 368,255 | 40:48 | 0.98x |
| [Everything You Know About “Blue Monday” is Probably Wrong I New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/70LF-MIX1xw/) | 2024-01-15 | Long-form | 769,710 | 36:50 | 1.71x |
| [The Blasphemous Story of XTC & "Dear God" I New British Canon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/KZpJf2rnfW0/) | 2023-12-02 | Long-form | 358,378 | 38:15 | 0.79x |
| [12 Iconic Top of the Pops Performances That Reshaped British Music](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/Mq2AUuI-eB8/) | 2023-11-10 | Long-form | 937,909 | 34:49 | 1.52x |
| [Alternative Rock's Most Unexpected Pop Stars: Therapy? & "Screamager"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/XksF7kXgaTc/) | 2023-10-27 | Long-form | 151,967 | 32:41 | - |
| [You're Not Punk and I'm Telling Everyone: The Jawbreaker Story](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/EntSXLZW7M8/) | 2023-09-29 | Long-form | 207,391 | 41:27 | - |
| [The Explosive Story of The Breeders & Last Splash](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/ZqEF07VVYH8/) | 2023-08-25 | Long-form | 895,868 | 33:01 | 2x |
| [How For the Briefest Moment No Doubt & Ska Took Over Everything](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trashtheory/videos/hU55DV6uzB0/) | 2023-08-06 | Long-form | 328,292 | 30:28 | 0.91x |

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