Written by David Roberts
Reviewed by Lucas Walter
Updated
The top travel YouTubers in 2026 are Simon Wilson, Peter Santenello, Kara and Nate, Itchy Boots, and Walk With Me Tim. This list ranks 40 travel YouTubers by median views across their recent videos, not by subscriber count. Each one was found by searching across hundreds of thousands of top-performing videos in the travel niche.
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| Rank | Creator | Subscribers | Median views | Engagement | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Wilson @SimonWilson12 | 2.3M | 1.5M | 2.9% | Hotel and transport challenges |
| 2 | Peter Santenello @PeterSantenello | 4.3M | 1.4M | 2.3% | US road documentaries |
| 3 | Kara and Nate @KaraandNate | 4.5M | 1.4M | 2.5% | Road-trip series |
| 4 | Itchy Boots @ItchyBoots | 3.4M | 1.1M | 7% | Solo motorcycle journey |
| 5 | Walk With Me Tim @WalkWithMeTim | 1.1M | 637K | 2.7% | First-person hotel reviews |
| 6 | Paolo fromTOKYO @PaolofromTOKYO | 3.7M | 629K | 2.6% | Japan, behind the counter |
| 7 | Lounge Guru @Loungeguru | 361K | 565K | 1.3% | First-class cabins and lounges |
| 8 | Jeb Brooks @GreenerGrass | 1M | 535K | 2.2% | Premium cabins compared |
| 9 | Jessica Lee @jessicaleeseul | 1.9M | 535K | 1.1% | Philippine provinces |
| 10 | Hugh Abroad @hughabroad | 403K | 432K | 1.6% | Weeks in one country |
| 11 | Trent The Traveler @TrentTheTraveler | 1.4M | 410K | 3.6% | Van camping and gaming |
| 12 | Dutch Travel Maniac @DutchTravelManiac | 757K | 398K | 2.7% | Street documentaries |
| 13 | Dallin and Bella @Dallinandbella | 4.2M | 328K | 2.7% | Family road trips |
| 14 | Zoef on the Move @ZoefontheMove | 306K | 310K | 2.8% | Siberia in a micro-camper |
| 15 | Matt and Julia @MattandJulia | 526K | 309K | 2.3% | Places most travelers skip |
| 16 | Meike Hijman @MeikeHijman | 145K | 279K | 2.1% | Solo motorbike trips |
| 17 | Steve Marsh @steve-marsh | 398K | 255K | 5.9% | Bus, train, and ferry journeys |
| 18 | Ryan Walker @ryanwalkerT5 | 176K | 245K | 2% | Scored luxury hotel reviews |
| 19 | Drew Binsky @drewbinsky | 7.5M | 228K | 1.6% | People in unusual places |
| 20 | Nonstop Dan @NonstopDan | 1.1M | 220K | 1.9% | Premium flight reviews |
| 21 | Josh Cahill @JoshCahill | 898K | 202K | 3.1% | Airline accountability reviews |
| 22 | Honest Guide @HONESTGUIDE | 1.9M | 199K | 2.1% | Tourist scams in Prague |
| 23 | Ryan Twomey @Ryantwomeyy | 601K | 196K | 2.7% | Solo van-life road trips |
| 24 | Noel Philips @noelphilips | 755K | 184K | 2.5% | Unusual flights and routes |
| 25 | Emma Cruises @EmmaCruises | 436K | 182K | 3% | Cruise reviews |
| 26 | Ed Chapman @EdChapman23 | 159K | 163K | 2.2% | Price tests in Britain and Europe |
| 27 | The 71 Percent @The71Percent | 149K | 149K | 5.5% | Life on a trawler |
| 28 | Davud Akhundzada @Davud_Akh | 1M | 144K | 1.7% | Walking documentaries |
| 29 | Sol Life @SolLife_ | 616K | 141K | 2.1% | Calm Japan and Korea vlogs |
| 30 | Brian Carmichael @Brian-Carmichael-vlogs | 94.8K | 133K | 1.3% | Extreme-place documentaries |
| 31 | The Endless Adventure @Theendlessadventure | 676K | 128K | 3.8% | Resorts and cruises as a couple |
| 32 | Cruise With Ben and David @Cruisewith | 342K | 126K | 3.6% | Cruise ship reviews |
| 33 | Ruth Aisling @ruthaisling | 257K | 126K | 1.9% | Scotland by campervan |
| 34 | TheTimTracker @TheTimTracker | 928K | 109K | 2.4% | Orlando theme parks |
| 35 | Malini Angelica @maliniangelica1 | 419K | 103K | 1.8% | Slow city portraits |
| 36 | Matt Shoe @MattShoe | 725K | 102K | 3% | Budget travel Shorts |
| 37 | Kurt Caz @KurtCaz | 4.2M | 99.9K | 2.3% | Street-level Latin America |
| 38 | Lost LeBlanc @lostleblanc | 2.3M | 88.4K | 2.8% | Africa by motorbike |
| 39 | Bryan and Jaidyn @BryanJamesCruises | 547K | 82.1K | 3.3% | Living on cruise ships |
| 40 | Away Together @awaytogether | 379K | 80.4K | 2.2% | Travel gear and tips |
The best travel YouTubers aren’t simply the channels with the most subscribers. YouTube shows videos to people based on how the video performs individually, not just based on who subscribes to the channel. As a result, a small or midsized channel can reach more people than one several times its size.
That’s why we rank travel YouTubers by median views of their videos (the average number of people a typical video reaches). As of October 2026, the five most watched are Simon Wilson, Peter Santenello, Kara and Nate, Itchy Boots, and Walk With Me Tim.
Grouped by the kind of trip each channel films, from first-class cabins to months on one road. The number beside each name is the creator’s overall rank.
Named airlines, cabins, and routes, reviewed seat by seat, usually with what the ticket cost.
Short walkthroughs of first- and business-class cabins and airport lounges, with the fare in the title. A few long versions cover a whole flight.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Cabin-by-cabin reviews of first class and sleeper rooms on planes, trains, ships, and the odd bus, filmed by Jeb with Suzanne. A recent series rode the rails across America.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in data removal, cruise lines, and credit cards.
First- and business-class flight reviews and airline deep dives, with the points and fares behind each seat. Some uploads rank airlines or explain why one has slipped.
9 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in electrolytes, airlines, and eSIMs.
Self-funded flight reviews that name the airline, the cabin, the route, and the fare, then press on whatever went wrong. Many uploads hold an airline to its own promises.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in VPNs, smart glasses, and wallets.
Weekly films about booking rare aircraft and odd routes to out-of-the-way places, with the cost, the service, and a verdict. Shorts between them cut single moments from the trips.
13 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in VPNs, therapy apps, and data removal.
One stay or one price per video, from a luxury suite to the cheapest bed in town.
Mostly Shorts that put a price on a hotel, a train, or a flight and film the first reaction to it. The long videos chase the biggest or the cheapest version of a stay, sometimes on three continents in one day.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in shopping apps, eSIMs, and collectibles.
First-person hotel reviews with the price of the room up front, from luxury resorts to the oddest stays. Some uploads review a first-class flight or a cruise the same way.
13 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, meal replacements, and luggage.
Long reviews of one luxury hotel at a time, scored out of 50 across the room, the dining, the service, and two more categories. Each review ends on whether the stay is worth its price.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in apparel, fitness wearables, and bedding.
Price tests across Britain and Europe: the most expensive train seat, a night in a carvery hotel, or what £100 buys in Benidorm. Each upload follows one place or one trip.
12 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, bags, and meal kits.
Deadpan budget travel, mostly in fast Shorts: the cheapest class on a train, the worst-rated hotel, a $1 street shave, each rated with a one-liner. The newest uploads come almost all from Pakistan.
3 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in VPNs.
Life on board, cabin by cabin. The right fit for a cruise line ready to hear the verdict.
Cruise reviews from inside the ship: cabin tours, deck walk-throughs, and a verdict on whether the sailing was worth it. Shorts between them carry cruise news.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in cruise lines.
A couple’s weekly episodes from resorts, cruise ships, and city weekends, with plenty of local food along the way. A running series follows the couple’s house build in Texas.
9 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, cashback apps, and resorts.
Ship reviews filmed on board by a married couple: full walk-throughs, cabin tours, the food, and whether the fare is worth it. The ship changes every few weeks, from new megaships to a river cruise on the Danube.
13 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in website builders, cruise lines, and eSIMs.
Cruise vlogs from a former crew member who now lives on board as a paying guest, with ship tours, cost breakdowns, and port days. Older uploads cover the couple’s years working on ships.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in hotel day passes, apparel, and eSIMs.
Long films built on conversations with locals, from small American towns to Iran and Tunisia.
Hour-long films from small towns and city neighborhoods in the US, each made of unhurried talks with locals. Every upload runs past 20 minutes, and there are no Shorts.
8 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in data removal and VPNs.
Street documentaries that walk one district and film where trouble flares: scams in Florence, protests in Bologna, a standoff in Venice. Shorts cut teasers from the long films, and other trips reach Central Asia and Morocco.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in rewards apps, data removal, and DNA tests.
A couple’s documentaries from countries most travelers skip, such as Iran, Eritrea, and Venezuela, filmed in streets, homes, and at border posts. The couple also sells group tours, guides, and a Russian course.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, DNA tests, and language apps.
Short documentaries about people who live in unusual ways, from a hermit in rural Turkey to tiny rentals in Paris. Most uploads are Shorts, and the long films run 30 minutes to an hour.
7 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, banking apps, and cameras.
Documentaries of an hour or more that walk one city or region at a time, with its history, its economy, and talks with the people there. Recent runs cover islands of the Indian Ocean, Oman, and Vietnam.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs.
Long documentaries that each chase an extreme, from the coldest town to a whaling town in endless daylight, staying with the people who live there. Comedy Shorts and basketball videos fill the gaps.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, VPNs, and language apps.
Slow documentary portraits of a city or a region, presented on camera with a partner filming, built on local interviews and food. The newest run covers Tunisia, from the capital to a road trip around the country.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in website builders, cameras, and eSIMs.
Street-level travel through Latin American markets and neighborhoods, mostly as vertical Shorts. The newest uploads come from Peru, Nicaragua, Brazil, and Mexico.
3 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in DNA tests, rewards apps, and eSIMs.
One trip told over weeks of episodes, by motorbike, camper, van, trawler, or bus.
A married couple’s weekly travel series, now the Mongol Rally from Romania toward Mongolia in a converted bus. Between series come single stays in luxury hotels and on sleeper trains.
10 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in supplements, therapy apps, and VPNs.
One solo motorcycle journey told in numbered episodes, now in its eighth season, on a restored 1987 Yamaha. The newest episodes ride from Mongolia through China to the far end of South Korea.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Camping trips in a camper van fitted out for gaming, from Alaska and the Yukon to Vermont, with cooking, storms, and late-night game sessions. A recent upload looks back on seven years of van life.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in off-road map apps, meal kits, and electrolytes.
One long expedition in a tiny camper built on a VW Up, told in numbered episodes, from Europe through Siberia to −51°C in Yakutsk and back. Episodes mix the drive with how-tos on insulation, power, and the cold.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in camping gear.
Low-budget solo trips by small motorbike through rural South Asia, with nights in a tent or as a guest of local families. The newest numbered episodes cross Pakistan after a run through northeast India.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Unhurried travel days by ferry, train, and long-distance bus through small towns in Britain and Europe, often filmed as a couple. A few uploads review a named train, ship, or ocean liner.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Van-life road-trip episodes: camping in parking lots and small towns, cooking in the van, and stops at roadside oddities. The current run is a trip through all 50 states, with a few days in Canada.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in healthcare apps and meal kits.
A married couple’s boat-life series, crossing the Pacific in a trawler and now cruising British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Long numbered episodes cover the weather, the anchorages, and the repairs.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in supplements, eSIMs, and VPNs.
Long documentary episodes of a motorbike crossing of Africa with a friend, through breakdowns, rescues, and border posts. Between them come videos about building a jungle villa in Bali and about camera gear.
7 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in cameras, hotels, and safari tours.
Weeks or years in one country: Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Scotland, Bangladesh, and Prague’s tourist traps.
Documentaries filmed in Japan behind the counters of small shops and alongside people at work, narrated in English. Some uploads test a train cabin or a hotel, such as a private room on the Shinkansen.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in website builders and eSIMs.
A numbered series that drives into one Philippine province per episode and films its landscapes, its people, and its food. Earlier uploads add food tours of Manila and Cebu.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in eSIMs and hotels.
Solo trips that stay in one country for weeks, in cheap hotels and on sleeper trains, with street food and barbershop shaves along the way. The newest 30 moved from Nepal to Bangladesh, then Japan.
9 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in camera drones, eSIMs, and VPNs.
Two Prague journalists expose tourist traps, scams, and unfair prices, presented to camera. Other uploads take on problems the city has left alone for too long.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in VPNs and eSIMs.
Softly narrated travel vlogs of cafés, neighborhoods, day trips, and hotel stays in Japan and Korea. A few uploads are slower days at home in Seoul.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in hotels and tourism boards.
Calm films of one place and one thing to do there, such as a night in a bothy or a boat on a Highland loch, mostly around Scotland in a campervan. Recent trips crossed Canada by rail and ran down the US East Coast.
12 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, data removal, and camera drones.
Theme parks, packing lists, and holidays with young children, for viewers planning a trip of their own.
A married couple’s family trips, now an RV tour of California with stops to surprise strangers, plus flights to Tonga and Abu Dhabi. Shorts cut travel days and family moments.
9 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in RVs, resale apps, and tourism boards.
Near-daily vlogs from Orlando’s theme parks: new food, merchandise, ride openings, and how crowded it is, plus trips on a Disney cruise and to other cities. A family channel, with days at home in between.
8 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in travel agencies, meat delivery, and photo frames.
Studio videos from a couple for do-it-yourself travelers: ranked travel gear, booking tactics, credit-card points, and where to go in Europe. None of the newest 30 uploads is filmed on a trip.
22 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in eSIMs, apparel, and chargers.
We analyzed the 289 videos these 40 creators published on YouTube in the last 30 days. Of those, 37 beat their creator’s usual views by 3× or more.
Here is how this month’s breakouts open, read from what each video says in its first seconds, or from its caption when nobody speaks.
“I’ve just disembarked an adults-only cruise with the controversial cruise line, Virgin Voyages.”
Three breakouts open on a judgment the viewer wants to test: a cruise line called controversial, a Paris rooftop room that defines tight living, and a cabin you could sleep in forever. None of the 14 usual uploads we read from the channels with a breakout opened on a verdict.
Emma Cruises 636K views · 3.5× their usualVirgin Voyages’ adults-only ships are the subject of three of this month’s breakouts, on two channels, and one of them says the cruise is advertised wrong. For a cruise line or a hotel, that is what a review channel sells: the verdict is the hook, and the channel decides it.
“Somewhere in these mountains lives an 80-year-old shepherd, completely alone, in isolation.”
These open by pointing at the subject itself: a shepherd alone in the mountains of Turkey, a KFC in Pakistan, the hotel behind the camera. Seven of the eight are one channel’s uploads from Pakistan, which open the same way when they don’t break out, so the opening alone doesn’t explain them.
Drew Binsky 3.2M views · 14× their usualThe long film that went furthest opens on someone to find, then spends 39 minutes finding the shepherd. The same channel’s usual Short opens on a place visited, not on someone to meet.
“I have one question.”
14 of these 15 breakouts come from one channel: Shorts that start inside an exchange with a ticket clerk, a street vendor, or a hotel desk, mostly in Pakistan. The channel’s usual Shorts open the same way.
Matt Shoe 14M views · 137.6× their usualWhat changed is the title. The two biggest put a price in it: “$2 Private Cabin Upgrade” and “$1 Biriyani in the Train.” Another Short opens on the same biryani scene with the same words under the title “Pakistani Train or 5-star Hotel?” and drew 96,833 views, against 3,972,648 for the breakout.
Bryan and Jaidyn: “My First Day Living On A Cruise Ship” reached 1.4M views, 17.2× their usual.
The Endless Adventure: “Our First Ever ADULTS ONLY Cruise! And It Got CRAZY 😱 (Virgin Voyages Resilient Lady)” reached 1.4M views, 10.9× their usual.
Lounge Guru: “$840 China Luxury First Class High Speed Train” reached 5.2M views, 9.3× their usual.
This table shows what the travel channels on this list do at each size on YouTube. Use it to judge whether a creator’s numbers are strong for their tier.
| Tier | Subscribers | Median views | Engagement | Videos a week | Sponsored videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | Under 500K | 172K | 2.2% | 1.1 | 45% |
| Macro | 500K to 2M | 199K | 2.5% | 1.2 | 24% |
| Mega | Over 2M | 629K | 2.6% | 0.7 | 38% |
The figures are medians across these 40 channels, from each channel’s recent videos. “Sponsored videos” is the share of videos in the 90 days to Oct 25, 2026, that carry a paid-promotion label or a stated sponsor, or are part of a brand campaign.
A tourism board, a hotel group, a cruise line, or a travel brand that books a YouTube channel is buying one of two things: a segment inside someone’s trip, or a review of what it sells.
Review channels are trusted because the airline or the hotel didn’t choose the verdict, and several say on their channel that they pay their own way. Booking one means hosting a stay and accepting what they say about it.
A sponsored segment on a documentary or road-trip channel works the other way: a minute in the creator’s own voice, with no judgment of your product.
Several travel channels tell one journey in numbered episodes over weeks. A hosted stay can run across three or four uploads or be one scene in one of them, so agree on which before anyone books a flight.
Brands selling eSIMs, VPNs, and data removal sponsor many of these channels, and some keep a discount code in every description. If you sell a travel product, ask whether a competitor holds a standing deal and when it ends.
Several channels name a sponsor in the description without switching on YouTube’s paid-promotion setting, which adds a disclosure label at the start of the video. Put the setting in the agreement, for a hosted trip as well as a paid read.
We identified and ranked these creators by searching hundreds of thousands of top-performing travel videos across YouTube with Klint.
We rank by median views across each channel’s recent videos, long videos and Shorts together, so one viral video can’t lift a channel up the list. Channels from any country qualify if they post in English and give at least half of their recent uploads to travel, drawn from more than one trip.
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As of October 2026 the top five travel YouTubers by median views are Simon Wilson, Peter Santenello, Kara and Nate, Itchy Boots, and Walk With Me Tim.
By median views it’s Simon Wilson, whose typical upload reaches 1.5M views with 2.3M subscribers. The most-subscribed channel on the list is Drew Binsky, with 7.5M, at number 19 by median views.
By hand, search YouTube for your destination, sort by upload date, and note who filmed there in the last few months. Then check how many views each channel’s recent uploads get. With Klint you describe the trip instead, for example “English-language travel YouTubers who filmed in Portugal this year,” and get the channels ranked by median views.
The price follows the format: a 60-second read inside someone else’s trip costs less than a whole video about your hotel or destination, and a hosted trip adds flights and rooms on top of any fee. The number of episodes a trip fills and any reuse of the footage change the price too.
Each posted fewer than 6 videos in the 90 days to October 25, 2026, the minimum for a ranking median: Bald and Bankrupt posted 2, Indigo Traveller 1, and Abroad in Japan 3. Ryan Trahan is left off because fewer than half of the newest 30 uploads on that channel are about travel.
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