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Jim Baird - Adventurer - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 38-min uploads · 244K subscribers · started 2014 · ~1.1/week
Est. ad revenue$507–$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 170 most recent of 643 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit Jim Baird - Adventurer on YouTube →

In Jim Baird - Adventurer's own words
Home in the Wild on Disney + / NatGeo TV & winner of ALONE season 4 on History Channel. Subscribe to follow my remote, wilderness adventures, and the time I spend exploring the bush with my family. Thank you for following!Based in CA

How many views does Jim Baird - Adventurer actually get?

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 58% of all views and its biggest is 83.1× the median, so the median upload (71K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

71K
median views
83.1×
top vs median
18%
hit rate (2×+)
58%
views from top 10%

What is Jim Baird - Adventurer's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - Special Episode" at 5.9M views - 83.1× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - Special Episode5.9M
A Year in the Wild - 12 Months Portaging,Trekking, Fishing, & Camping from the Yukon to Newfoundland2.0M
7-Days Alone in the Yukon Wilderness - Solo Camping, Fly Fishing, Wildlife & Whitewater1.7M

Which titles work best for Jim Baird - Adventurer - and which flop?

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

Video titleViews
Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - Special Episode5.9M
A Year in the Wild - 12 Months Portaging,Trekking, Fishing, & Camping from the Yukon to Newfoundland2.0M
7-Days Alone in the Yukon Wilderness - Solo Camping, Fly Fishing, Wildlife & Whitewater1.7M
Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - Special Episode 2.01.2M
Surviving Grand Canyon's Deadliest Rapids: 12-Days. 226 Miles.541K
Dropped by a Float Plane for a 16-Day Solo Wilderness Expedition513K
1-Year in the Rugged Canadian Wilderness: Camping in the Yukon, Arctic Tundra, & Northern Ontario504K
No Roads. No Rescue. 16 Days Alone in Canada's Most Remote Wilderness | Full Documentary422K
Deep in the Far North: 16 Days Alone in the Sub-Arctic Wilderness (Part 2)334K
Remote Trout Fishing by Canoe: Five Years of Backcountry Adventures in the Wild302K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
Stepping Back in Time: Solo Canoeing Through Rapids to an Off-Grid Blacksmith Forge34K
Race Against Darkness - Solo Whitewater in Spring Flood as Night Falls!34K
10-Days Winter Camping in the Northern Forest | Life on the Winter Trail - E.2 - Going the Wrong Way34K
News from the Yukon: Where's this Week's Arctic Adventure Episode?32K
My Mom Comes on a Mission to Get my Family's Old Boat Back! + Venison Burgers & 1 Boat Two Trailers?32K
I'm Outta' Here! Why I Made the Podcast, Where I'm Going, & a Sneak Peek on 2024 Trips!32K
Off-Grid Tiny Cabin in the Winter Forest - E.2 - Exploring Snowmobile Trails, Ice Fishing & Bonfire32K
A Year in the Wild: Expeditions From the Sub Arctic to the Grand Canyon (Full Documentary)31K
What Exactly is Going on Around Here?30K
I Got Injured Right Before a Big Trip + a Big Step Towards Finding a Cure for my Son's Disabilities!29K

The words that win for Jim Baird - Adventurer

These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: wilderness remote camping trout.

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 170 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 - Jim Baird - Adventurer
Asks a question7% of videos
-56%
An ALL-CAPS word18% of videos
+30%
Has a number61% of videos
+20%
Uses (brackets)5% of videos
+19%
The title formula for Jim Baird - Adventurer

Lean on an all-caps word and has a number - they lift views the most on this channel. Go easy on asks a question.

Surprise: asks a question costs this channel 56% here - the opposite of the usual "always do it" advice.

What keywords does Jim Baird - Adventurer rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: camping yukon, yukon wilderness, solo camping, yukon solo, hart yukon, wilderness special, fishing camping, year wild. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does Jim Baird - Adventurer post, and when?

Jim Baird - Adventurer publishes about 1.1 videos a week, most often on Fri.

Views by day of week
Sun
2
Mon
3
Tue
3
Wed
4
Thu
31
Fri
67
Sat
60

How long are Jim Baird - Adventurer's videos?

Typical uploads run about 38 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (78K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
20 min+
78K
10-20 min
29K
5-10 min
24K

How does Jim Baird - Adventurer compare to other travel channels?

At 71K median views, Jim Baird - Adventurer runs above the typical travel channel we track (38K). It is outperforming its niche.

How much does Jim Baird - Adventurer 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, Jim Baird - Adventurer pulls roughly 336K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $336-$1,343 a month in ad revenue (about $4,030-$16,120 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 Jim Baird - Adventurer make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri, and build titles around its proven words (wilderness, remote, camping). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 71K views.

Jim Baird - Adventurer stats at a glance

Subscribers244K
Total views51M
Videos published643
Avg views (of 170 analyzed)152K
Uploads per week1.1
Typical length38 min
On YouTube since2014 (12 yrs)

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

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