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CJ Explores - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 14-min uploads · 89K subscribers · started 2016 · ~1.2/week
Est. ad revenue$226–$904/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 180 most recent of 868 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit CJ Explores on YouTube →

In CJ Explores's own words
TRAVEL GUIDES & ADVENTURES Hi! We're Charlotte & Cory 👋 We create travel content to inspire, inform, and help you make the most of your adventures around the world 🌎 ✈️ Subscribe to travel! ✨Based in AU

CJ Explores's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 38% of all views and its biggest is 22.5× the median, so the median upload (29K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

29K
median views
22.5×
top vs median
24%
hit rate (2×+)
38%
views from top 10%

What is CJ Explores's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "I Travelled Europe With Just One Train Ticket 🚆 (Eurail Guide)" at 653K views - 22.5× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
I Travelled Europe With Just One Train Ticket 🚆 (Eurail Guide)653K
New Zealand - Watch BEFORE You Go! Essential Travel Tips NZ315K
Top 10 Places In Cornwall You Need To Visit | CJ Explores267K

Which titles work best for CJ Explores - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
I Travelled Europe With Just One Train Ticket 🚆 (Eurail Guide)653K
New Zealand - Watch BEFORE You Go! Essential Travel Tips NZ315K
Top 10 Places In Cornwall You Need To Visit | CJ Explores267K
Bernina Express - The World's Most Beautiful Train Ride! Italy to Switzerland218K
Best Things To Do In Sydney In 48 Hours: Australia Travel Vlog | CJ Explores208K
QUEENSTOWN in 72hrs - Top Things To Do in Queenstown, NEW ZEALAND193K
72 Hrs in Auckland - First Impressions & Top Things To Do! New Zealand165K
ROTORUA IN 48HRS - Best Things To Do In Rotorua! New Zealand Travel137K
DUBAI TRAVEL GUIDE | What You Can't-Miss & Where To Go! 🇦🇪134K
Victoria, BC Shocked Us... It Feels Like England in Canada 🇨🇦122K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
New Zealand as you've NEVER SEEN IT! Visiting ZEALANDIA - Wellington's Wildlife Sanctuary11K
New Zealand's Most Scenic Hike: Hiking Pouakai Tarns (even though it didn't go to plan)11K
Learning to Ski in Banff, CANADA (We Didn't Expect This...)10K
The PERFECT 1 Day in Munich 🇩🇪 | Best Things to Do & Eat10K
48 Hours in Prague | One of Europe's Most Beautiful Cities! Top Things to Do + Travel Guide10K
Wise Travel Card Review 2025: Is This the Best Travel Card? ✈️10K
Top 10 Breathtaking Beaches in Western Australia You Can't Miss! 🌊 🌞10K
WATERFALLS IN WALES | Brecon Beacons National Park inc. Four Falls Trail & Henrhyd Falls10K
THE FINAL STRETCH! Last 100km of Camino Portuguese (Day 8)10K
BEST OF TARANAKI - We Found NZ's Most Beautiful Pools!! NEW ZEALAND10K

The words that win for CJ Explores

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

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 180 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 - CJ Explores
Best / top / worst / ultimate42% of videos
+26%
The title formula for CJ Explores

Lean on best / top / worst / ultimate - they lift views the most on this channel.

What keywords does CJ Explores rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: travel guide, europe train, zealand travel, road trip, travel tips, australia travel, essential travel, sydney australia. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does CJ Explores post, and when?

CJ Explores publishes about 1.2 videos a week, most often on Sat.

Views by day of week
Sun
59
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
5
Thu
7
Fri
20
Sat
74

How long are CJ Explores's videos?

Typical uploads run about 14 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (51K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
51K
10-20 min
29K
5-10 min
14K

How does CJ Explores compare to other travel channels?

At 29K median views, CJ Explores sits below the typical travel channel we track (38K) - there is headroom.

What is CJ Explores's net worth and estimated earnings?

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, CJ Explores pulls roughly 150K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $150-$599 a month in ad revenue (about $1,796-$7,183 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 CJ Explores make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Sat, and build titles around its proven words (guide). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 29K views.

CJ Explores stats at a glance

Subscribers89K
Total views21M
Videos published868
Avg views (of 180 analyzed)47K
Uploads per week1.2
Typical length14 min
On YouTube since2016 (10 yrs)

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

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