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Adventures of Matt and Nat - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 23-min uploads · 143K subscribers · started 2015 · ~0.5/week
Est. ad revenue$201–$805/morough estimate from recent upload pace at $1.5-6 RPM

Most stats sites hand you a subscriber count and an earnings guess. Neither answers the question that matters: which titles win on this channel, which flop, and what a creator should copy. Here is that read, from its 161 most recent of 293 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit Adventures of Matt and Nat on YouTube →

In Adventures of Matt and Nat's own words
We're Matt & Nat, a part-time, non-remote travel couple based out of Nashville, TN. We launched in 2021 by visiting all 50 US states & documented our entire journey on our Blog & here on YouTube! After spending a full year focused on such a defined goal, in 2022 we continued our travels in the US...Based in US

What are Adventures of Matt and Nat's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 33% of all views and its biggest is 10.1× the median, so the median upload (62K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

62K
median views
10.1×
top vs median
13%
hit rate (2×+)
33%
views from top 10%

What is Adventures of Matt and Nat's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "7 Day Mediterranean Cruise - FULL EXPERIENCE | MSC Bellissima: Our HONEST REVIEW!" at 625K views - 10.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
7 Day Mediterranean Cruise - FULL EXPERIENCE | MSC Bellissima: Our HONEST REVIEW!625K
7 Day Alaska Cruise - FULL EXPERIENCE | Norwegian (NCL) Bliss: Our HONEST REVIEW389K
How to Spend One Day in Florence, Italy - Travel Guide | Top Things to Do, See, & Eat in Firenze!382K

Which titles work best for Adventures of Matt and Nat - and which flop?

Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:

Video titleViews
7 Day Mediterranean Cruise - FULL EXPERIENCE | MSC Bellissima: Our HONEST REVIEW!625K
7 Day Alaska Cruise - FULL EXPERIENCE | Norwegian (NCL) Bliss: Our HONEST REVIEW389K
How to Spend One Day in Florence, Italy - Travel Guide | Top Things to Do, See, & Eat in Firenze!382K
We've Lived in Nashville for 10 Years... Here's What You Should Actually Do314K
Weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains - Travel Guide | What to Do, See, & Eat!309K
Top Things To Do at Atlantis Bahamas! (Paradise Island)298K
How to Spend One Day in Dublin, Ireland - Travel Guide | Best Things to Do, See, & Eat!245K
How to Spend One Day in Lisbon, Portugal - Travel Guide | Top Things to Do, See, & Eat in Lisboa!232K
Why Is Everyone OBSESSED With Buc-ee's?!207K
We Only Had One Day in Key West... Was It Enough?196K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Chasing the Northern Lights in Fairbanks, Alaska | A Bucket List Travel Adventure!36K
Colorado: One Day in Durango | Riding the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & MORE!36K
Staying in North America's Only ICE HOTEL (Hôtel de Glace) in Quebec, Canada (FULL EXPERIENCE)35K
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park in a Day - Travel Vlog | Old Faithful, Grand Prismatic, & MORE!35K
We Tried to See the Dolomites in 48 Hours34K
How to Spend 3 Days in Belgium | Ghent, Bruges, & Brussels34K
Florida: 48 Hrs in Florida - Swimming with Manatees, Zip Lining in Ocala, & Exploring St. Augustine!34K
How to Spend One Day in Bruges, Belgium - Travel Guide | Top Things to Do, See, & Eat in Brugge!32K
One Day in Ketchikan, Alaska - Port Guide | Stop #4 on our 7 Day Alaska Cruise (Norwegian Bliss)30K
New Mexico: One Day in Albuquerque, NM | International Balloon Fiesta, Old Town, Sandia Crest & MORE30K

The words that win for Adventures of Matt and Nat

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: eat see.

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 161 uploads: median views with it versus without. This isolates the title from the topic, so you copy what works here and skip what does not - something no other tracker breaks down per channel.

View lift by title pattern - Adventures of Matt and Nat
Starts How / Why / What9% of videos
+148%
Asks a question14% of videos
-18%
Has a number34% of videos
-15%
The title formula for Adventures of Matt and Nat

Lean on starts how / why / what - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

What keywords does Adventures of Matt and Nat rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: see eat, travel see, travel guide, guide see, cruise experience, honest review, alaska cruise, was enough. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Adventures of Matt and Nat post, and when?

Adventures of Matt and Nat publishes about 0.5 videos a week, most often on Thu.

Views by day of week
Sun
31
Mon
3
Tue
3
Wed
26
Thu
37
Fri
27
Sat
34

How long are Adventures of Matt and Nat's videos?

Typical uploads run about 23 minutes. Broken down by length, its 10-20 min videos perform best (65K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
10-20 min
65K
20 min+
62K

How does Adventures of Matt and Nat compare to other travel channels?

At 62K median views, Adventures of Matt and Nat runs above the typical travel channel we track (38K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much money does Adventures of Matt and Nat make on YouTube?

Nobody outside the channel sees the real figure, and ad revenue is only part of it - sponsorships and merch often dwarf it. But from public view counts, Adventures of Matt and Nat pulls roughly 133K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $133-$533 a month in ad revenue (about $1,600-$6,398 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly, and this ignores the back catalogue.

What should a channel like Adventures of Matt and Nat make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 10-20 min format, ship on Thu, and build titles around its proven words (eat, see). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 62K views.

Adventures of Matt and Nat stats at a glance

Subscribers143K
Total views14M
Videos published293
Avg views (of 161 analyzed)81K
Uploads per week0.5
Typical length23 min
On YouTube since2015 (11 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Adventures of Matt and Nat, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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