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PsychoTraveller - what's actually working, and what isn't

Travel · 14-min uploads · 202K subscribers · started 2013 · ~0.9/week
Est. ad revenue$50–$201/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 178 most recent of 760 long-form uploads. One of the travel YouTube channels we track. Visit PsychoTraveller on YouTube →

In PsychoTraveller's own words
Hi! Name's Aly! Originally from Birmingham, England, I have been discovering the world for over a decase. I am a psychology graduate with a love for Pho and red wine. Whether I throw myself into a novel or from 14,000ft up out of a plane, I look at adventure big and small and say "Let's do this!"...Based in GB

PsychoTraveller's YouTube stats: views and performance

This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 64% of all views and its biggest is 197.7× the median, so the median upload (9K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.

9K
median views
197.7×
top vs median
21%
hit rate (2×+)
64%
views from top 10%

What is PsychoTraveller's most popular video?

Its biggest hit is "THE TRUTH ABOUT INDIA: Expectation vs Reality | India Travel Tips" at 1.7M views - 197.7× the channel median. The other top performers:

Video titleViews
THE TRUTH ABOUT INDIA: Expectation vs Reality | India Travel Tips1.7M
IS INDIA SAFE TO TRAVEL ALONE AS A WOMAN!? | India Travel Tips154K
INDIA: What To Wear & What Not To Wear! | India Travel Tips102K

Which titles work best for PsychoTraveller - 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 TRUTH ABOUT INDIA: Expectation vs Reality | India Travel Tips1.7M
IS INDIA SAFE TO TRAVEL ALONE AS A WOMAN!? | India Travel Tips154K
INDIA: What To Wear & What Not To Wear! | India Travel Tips102K
I made a 10 YEAR TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK in one week... | Travel Crafts DIY96K
A LOCALS GUIDE TO BIRMINGHAM + HIDDEN GEMS! [AD]89K
I stayed at the WORST RATED HOTEL IN LONDON for the night78K
The ULTIMATE Guide To BUDAPEST! Everything You Need To Know!75K
TRAVEL PRODUCTS I'M OBSESSED WITH RIGHT NOW!72K
Is POZNAN Europe's most UNDERRATED city? | Poland Travel Vlog65K
I booked an ALL INCLUSIVE package holiday for the FIRST TIME53K

And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:

Video titleViews
What to do when NOTHING goes to plan in Athens 🇬🇷5K
Reacting To My "2020 Goals & Travel Plans" Video... with wine. | AD4K
BUSINESS IS BOOMING! | Weekly Vlog #94K
Let's talk about 2021: Things are different but that's ok | AD4K
Traveller Answers The Web's Most Searched Travel Questions4K
Organising My New Office & Finding Cheap Furniture!4K
speed cleaning my entire house... satisfaction guarenteed!4K
MAKING THE MOST OF A LONG WEEKEND: Broadway, Bars & The Best View in NEW YORK CITY!!4K
COUPLES Q&A!!! | Travelling together and apart, how we met and what Scott is up to now!4K
GOING BACK TO THAILAND... via Google Maps! | Virtual Travel #14K

Which title patterns actually move the needle

Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 178 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 - PsychoTraveller
Asks a question10% of videos
+53%
An ALL-CAPS word78% of videos
+38%
Includes a year7% of videos
-31%
Short title (≤6 words)17% of videos
-22%
Uses (brackets)11% of videos
+18%
Best / top / worst / ultimate7% of videos
+16%
The title formula for PsychoTraveller

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

includes a year drags views 31% below par here - worth easing off.

What keywords does PsychoTraveller rank on?

Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: india tips, stayed worst, worst rated, rated hotel, sri lanka, all inclusive, ranking every, every country. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.

How often does PsychoTraveller post, and when?

PsychoTraveller publishes about 0.9 videos a week, most often on Sun.

Views by day of week
Sun
61
Mon
58
Tue
17
Wed
2
Thu
0
Fri
0
Sat
40

How long are PsychoTraveller's videos?

Typical uploads run about 14 minutes. Broken down by length, its 5-10 min videos perform best (9K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.

Median views by video length
5-10 min
9K
20 min+
9K
10-20 min
9K
under 5 min
5K

How does PsychoTraveller compare to other travel channels?

At 9K median views, PsychoTraveller sits below the typical travel channel we track (38K) - there is headroom.

What is PsychoTraveller'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, PsychoTraveller pulls roughly 33K long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $33-$133 a month in ad revenue (about $399-$1,598 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 PsychoTraveller make next?

Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 5-10 min format, ship on Sun. The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 9K views.

PsychoTraveller stats at a glance

Subscribers202K
Total views29M
Videos published760
Avg views (of 178 analyzed)25K
Uploads per week0.9
Typical length14 min
On YouTube since2013 (13 yrs)

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