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I recently started tracking the number of views that 24 different YouTube channels about cruising got each month. I thought it would be interesting to see which channels are getting huge numbers of views each month, and which channels are struggling.
The 24 channels I tracked were:
Life Well Cruised
La Lido Loca
Emma Cruises
Royal Caribbean Blog
Cruise News Today
Don's Family Vacations
Cruise With Ben And David
Tips For Travelers
Eat Sleep Cruise
Bright Sun Travels
The Travel Scouts
Harr Travel
The Shiplife
Views And Queues
EECC Travels
Jim Zim
Paro DeeJay
Travel Spree
JJCruise
Solo Cruise & Travel
Cruise Tips TV
Very unOfficial Travel Guides
Chris Wong Vlogs
Jason & Heidi's Popular Cruising
Going in to the project, I had some ideas about which channels I thought were getting way more views than the others... and of course, I was right about some, and way off about others!
The most surprising part was to see that there were a few channels that I had always thought of as reasonably successful who are actually getting so few views that I have to wonder how long they will be able to continue. I don't spend much time in the video on those struggling channels, though. The main focus is on the ones who are getting LOTS of views.
Are you surprised by the numbers for any of these channels? Which channel is your favorite? Are there any you just can't stand? Leave a comment and let me know!
The methodology I used to compile these numbers was fairly simple. On March 1st I looked at the YouTube home page of each of the channels, and wrote down the total number of views that channel has received over its lifetime. (The number is viewable buy clicking on "more" on the home tab of the channel on YouTube.) Then I waited for a month to pass, and went back to see the new number of lifetime views each channel had. By simply subtracting the first number from the second number, I know how many views each channel got during the month.
I don't know if I will continue keeping track of these numbers in the months ahead. Do you think I should? Are you interested in seeing monthly updates? I thought it was really interesting to see how much better Emma Cruises did in March compared to the month earlier.