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on YouTube, there are a lot of male pianists giving tutorials, but also added that most piano teachers are females.

But if you look at people who spend time on forums such as this or post videos of themselves playing in Youtube most of them seem to be male. I have quite a few theories why

Males teaching kids (especially on a one-to-one basis) get problems that female teachers in the same situations rarely encounter. No wonder many of them do it via YouTube instead.......

Males teaching kids (especially on a one-to-one basis) get problems that female teachers in the same situations rarely encounter. ...

What kind of problems are you talking about? References?

Most teachers (of anything) are female .

Male 'teachers' tend to be 'coaches' (of sports)......

In the UK, there are now hardly any primary school teachers who are male, and things are following suit in high schools. Males teaching kids (especially on a one-to-one basis) get problems that female teachers in the same situations rarely encounter. No wonder many of them do it via YouTube instead.......

When I was in high school (many, many, many years ago), all the peripatetic music teachers who taught musical instruments were female. And almost all the music teachers who taught the music course were female too. The only male teacher was the Head of the Music Department, who was also our choir master. But the current Head of Music in that school (and choir mistress) is female.......

Testosterone?

And how does the performance of a piece differ between genders? Is there a difference?

Are there pieces which are more suited for either a man or a woman?

And how does the performance of a piece differ between genders? Is there a difference?

I think the same sort of thing happens when single men attempt to adopt children. Adoption agencies, I've read, seem to prefer heterosexual married couples over singles and LGBT people.

On the topic of male piano teachers, I know one piano teacher in my neighborhood. In fact, on a website, he seems to be the closest piano teacher, that charges a modest rate, has a background check done, and seems to be a very accomplished pianist and composer. Apparently, his high reputation on the website and his own website has good reviews and recommendations. One reviewer listed his contact member, so I contacted him to find more about the teacher. I think that's the piano teacher I'm going to in the future... once every few months. The teacher lists his home street address on his website, because his home is also his private studio. I visited the house one afternoon and rang the doorbell. His father answered. I think he lives with Mom and Dad. So, the extra people in the house might have been more secure to the parents of his younger clients than a single man living alone.