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Chews to Explore - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 16-min uploads · 122K subscribers · started 2011 · ~1.1/week
Est. ad revenue$179–$714/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 176 most recent of 567 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit Chews to Explore on YouTube →

In Chews to Explore's own words
We're the Chews, teaching you how to "See the World, Save a Dollar!" We've explored 60+ countries using points, deals, and smart planning to get the best value for what we spend - without compromising the experiences that matter most. We break down what travel actually costs - from luxury stays to...Based in US

What are Chews to Explore's average views?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 42% of all views and its biggest is 23.8× the median, so the median upload (25K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

25K
median views
23.8×
top vs median
32%
hit rate (2×+)
42%
views from top 10%

What is Chews to Explore's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "The BEST CITY in the WORLD! Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Travel" at 596K views - 23.8× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
The BEST CITY in the WORLD! Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Travel596K
10 Things to Know BEFORE You Visit ICELAND! | Ultimate Iceland Travel Tips 🇮🇸330K
Sint Maarten & Saint Martin BUDGET Travel Vlog | NUDE Beach | AIRPLANE Beach |265K

Which titles work best for Chews to Explore - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
The BEST CITY in the WORLD! Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Travel596K
10 Things to Know BEFORE You Visit ICELAND! | Ultimate Iceland Travel Tips 🇮🇸330K
Sint Maarten & Saint Martin BUDGET Travel Vlog | NUDE Beach | AIRPLANE Beach |265K
We Never Expected This From CAPE TOWN264K
El Salvador Travel Guide | MOST UNDERRATED Country in the World?251K
Ultimate PUERTO RICO Travel Itinerary | Cabo Rojo | La Parguera, Puerto Rico187K
17 Travel Tips to Know BEFORE Traveling to the BAHAMAS180K
This is What DUBAI Actually Looks Like (And Costs)177K
Mexico City Truly SHOCKED US | CDMX Travel Guide172K
Watch BEFORE You Go to Saint Martin and Sint Maarten170K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Ultimate New Orleans Travel Guide: Mardi Gras Edition10K
Vinales Valley CUBA: Cigar Factory Tour10K
THIS Is Why Dominica Is the Most Adventurous Island in the Caribbean10K
Best Beaches in Southern Sri Lanka You Can't Miss10K
What to Do in EGYPT: 10 Experiences You'll Never Forget10K
11 Things We Wish We Knew Before We Went to Brazil (Don't Skip #6)9K
Is Super Nintendo World Worth It? (Universal Japan)9K
We've Been to Trinidad Twice: Here Are the 10 Things First-Timers Always Get Wrong9K
PERFECT LONDON LAYOVER: Iconic Sights You Can't Miss in One Day9K
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi: What It Costs, What It Feels Like, and Why It's Worth Every Penny8K

The words that win for Chews to Explore

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

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 176 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 - Chews to Explore
Short title (≤6 words)6% of videos
+128%
An ALL-CAPS word73% of videos
+113%
Best / top / worst / ultimate26% of videos
+52%
Starts How / Why / What6% of videos
+40%
Uses (brackets)6% of videos
-37%
Has a number20% of videos
-23%
The title formula for Chews to Explore

Lean on short title (≤6 words) and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on uses (brackets).

uses (brackets) drags views 37% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does Chews to Explore rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: travel guide, travel tips, know visit, rio janeiro, budget travel, sint maarten, saint martin, iceland travel. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Chews to Explore post, and when?

Chews to Explore publishes about 1.1 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
53
Mon
50
Tue
7
Wed
13
Thu
4
Fri
12
Sat
37

How long are Chews to Explore's videos?

Typical uploads run about 16 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (59K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
59K
10-20 min
19K
5-10 min
12K

How does Chews to Explore compare to other travel channels?

At 25K median views, Chews to Explore sits below the typical travel channel we track (38K) - there is headroom.

How much money does Chews to Explore 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, Chews to Explore pulls roughly 118K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $118-$473 a month in ad revenue (about $1,419-$5,676 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 Chews to Explore 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 (travel). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 25K views.

Chews to Explore stats at a glance

Subscribers122K
Total views13M
Videos published567
Avg views (of 176 analyzed)51K
Uploads per week1.1
Typical length16 min
On YouTube since2011 (15 yrs)

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Public YouTube data for Chews to Explore, analyzed by TubeHunter. We show the read, not a guarantee - titles are one lever, not magic.

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