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Big Truck Big Travels - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 39-min uploads · 83K subscribers · started 2021 · ~1.5/week
Est. ad revenue$555–$2K/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 152 most recent of 308 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit Big Truck Big Travels on YouTube →

In Big Truck Big Travels's own words
More Behind the Scenes and Live Stream Chats with a membership. Join our Facebook Group Big Truck Big Travels for more details on...well...Everything! We're David & Sondra Kahanamoku experiencing North America as Full-time RV Travelers in a custom SpaceCraft trailer called Orion, a Smart car named...Based in US

How many views does Big Truck Big Travels actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 34% of all views and its biggest is 9.2× the median, so the median upload (57K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

57K
median views
9.2×
top vs median
23%
hit rate (2×+)
34%
views from top 10%

What is Big Truck Big Travels's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "We were Warned. NOT Recommended for Oregon Coast 1K Trails. HDT RV Travel. Fulltime RV Life USA" at 525K views - 9.2× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
We were Warned. NOT Recommended for Oregon Coast 1K Trails. HDT RV Travel. Fulltime RV Life USA525K
HDT BIG Rig Travel Days, Quartzsite. 50 MPH Winds. Ditches & Detours. Fulltiming duo . RV Lifestyle504K
WE WERE DENIED BY SECURITY. Told to leave the RV area. HDT RV Life Fulltime Lifestyle. RV Couple443K

Which titles work best for Big Truck Big Travels - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
We were Warned. NOT Recommended for Oregon Coast 1K Trails. HDT RV Travel. Fulltime RV Life USA525K
HDT BIG Rig Travel Days, Quartzsite. 50 MPH Winds. Ditches & Detours. Fulltiming duo . RV Lifestyle504K
WE WERE DENIED BY SECURITY. Told to leave the RV area. HDT RV Life Fulltime Lifestyle. RV Couple443K
HDT DITCHED FOR MEXICO! Camping on the Beach. Mexico Border was different. RV Lifestyle. Fulltime RV403K
RV LIFE NEIGHBOR A REAL A$$. WE did NOT Expect this. HDT BIG Rig Travel. RV Lifestyle. Fulltime RV368K
DON'T GO they said! Mexico Military Refuse Entry. DENIED! HDT BIG Rig Mexico Travel. RV Lifestyle.264K
WHY USE AN HDT? Is it SAFE to RV? What's it all about? HDT RV Travel. Fulltime RV Life. RV Couple256K
Are YOU Prepared for this? HUGE RV Expense! HDT RV Life Fulltime Lifestyle. Travel. RV Couple251K
NOT SO SMART (RV LIFE) IT won't Move. Savannah, Georgia. Life on the Road. Fulltime RV Lifestyle.213K
IT CAUGHT FIRE, NOT KIDDING RV LIFE. Cuyahoga River Valley NP. HDT RV Travel. Fulltime RV Lifestyle.199K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
How Do We Load a Smart Car on our Semi-Truck? THE most asked Question. We REVEAL the ANSWER. HDT RV39K
CHEAP OVERNIGHT in Quartzsite? HDT RV Arizona Desert Boondocking. Fulltime RV. RV Life. Adventure RV39K
Disneyland vs Disney World! Can't ABANDON our plans! It's tight in there. 38K
Truck Life is NOT Always easy! No Idea What's going On. HDT's Aren't Always a good ride!38K
WHAT WE DO TO SAVE! You Won't believe it. DIY Repairs...AGAIN! Did NOT Expect This! HDT RV Lifestyle37K
WRONG TURN. HUGE MESS. Friday the 13th! Should have stayed home. HDT RV Lifestyle.37K
You WON'T Believe this Road Trip LA. The ONLY ONE. RV Fulltime37K
Giant RV vs Soft Desert Sand - We're About to Find Out. HDT RV37K
White House tour, Washington DC's toughest Security. 4 Steps to Make It In. No entry tariffs!37K
2026 BIG TRUCK TRAVEL PLANS. It's Big, It's Travels. What's Next?36K

The words that win for Big Truck Big Travels

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: rig fulltime big life.

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 152 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 - Big Truck Big Travels
Has a number13% of videos
-28%
Starts How / Why / What8% of videos
-21%
Speaks to "you"11% of videos
-16%
The title formula for Big Truck Big Travels

Its biggest drag is has a number - worth avoiding.

Surprise: has a number costs this channel 28% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Big Truck Big Travels rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: fulltime lifestyle, fulltime life, hdt fulltime, life fulltime, hdt life, big rig, hdt big, lifestyle couple. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Big Truck Big Travels post, and when?

Big Truck Big Travels publishes about 1.5 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
68
Mon
8
Tue
7
Wed
4
Thu
9
Fri
6
Sat
50

How long are Big Truck Big Travels's videos?

Typical uploads run about 39 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (62K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
62K
10-20 min
39K
5-10 min
16K

How does Big Truck Big Travels compare to other travel channels?

At 57K median views, Big Truck Big Travels runs above the typical travel channel we track (38K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does Big Truck Big Travels make? (estimated)

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, Big Truck Big Travels pulls roughly 368K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $368-$1,471 a month in ad revenue (about $4,412-$17,647 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 Big Truck Big Travels make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Sun, and build titles around its proven words (rig, fulltime, big). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 57K views.

Big Truck Big Travels stats at a glance

Subscribers83K
Total views20M
Videos published308
Avg views (of 152 analyzed)87K
Uploads per week1.5
Typical length39 min
On YouTube since2021 (5 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Big Truck Big Travels, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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