I'd Rather Be Hiking YouTube Stats

@idratherbehiking · Travel & Outdoors · Updated Nov 6, 2026

I'd Rather Be Hiking channel overview

I'd Rather Be Hiking (@idratherbehiking) is a YouTube channel in the Travel & Outdoors niche created in 2016. It has 18K subscribers and 2.8M total views across 456 videos, an average of 6.2K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 7.9K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 20K views. Over the last 12 months, I'd Rather Be Hiking published 6 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, I'd Rather Be Hiking gained 0 subscribers and 23K views, about 1.4K views a day.

How much does I'd Rather Be Hiking make?

Returbe estimates I'd Rather Be Hiking's YouTube ad revenue at $127 – $425 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.89 to $9.63, typically $5.3, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $5.3K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (24% of uploads), usually around 23:00 UTC. The last video went out on Aug 19, 2026.

I'd Rather Be Hiking's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are I'd Rather Be Hiking's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• We Found Tropical-Like Islands in Canada?? + an Incredibly Rare Golden Spruce53K views · Aug 13, 20262.6× typical views
• This Mountain Broke Me — Now I'm Back 8 Years Later28K views · Jul 12, 20261.4× typical views
• I Tried the Ultrahuman Ring for 150 Days — Honest Results20K views · Feb 28, 20261× typical views
• Newest Mini Air Pump is a GAMECHANGER | Aerogogo Giga Pump Air Review9.8K views · Jul 16, 20251× typical views
• I Finally Tried a Rain Skirt... Looks Dumb, but Surprisingly Useful (Sometimes)4K views · Aug 3, 20251× typical views
• Backpacking: How to Select a Campsite985 views · Sep 10, 20251× typical views
• Toe Socks – Why Toe Length MATTERS MOST | Injinji Socks Review3.1K views · Sep 15, 20251× typical views
• 2 Day Backcountry Routefinding – no trail, death drops, angry wasps3.8K views · Jul 3, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

1 of I'd Rather Be Hiking's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• I Hiked Up a Mountain to Find a Giant Golf Ball??8.1K views · Aug 19, 20260.4× typical views
• We Found Tropical-Like Islands in Canada?? + an Incredibly Rare Golden Spruce53K views · Aug 13, 20262.6× typical views
• An Infinity Pool... on TOP of a Mountain??20K views · Jul 31, 20261× typical views
• This Mountain Broke Me — Now I'm Back 8 Years Later28K views · Jul 12, 20261.4× typical views
• I Tried the Ultrahuman Ring for 150 Days — Honest Results20K views · Feb 28, 20261× typical views
• Sole Survivor: Investigating a Lava-Capped Mountain That Shouldn’t Exist16K views · Jan 9, 20260.8× typical views
• Hiking Earbud SHOWDOWN: SoundPeats PearlClip Pro vs OpenRock S2 | Open Ear Earbuds Review494 views · Nov 4, 20250× typical views
• Toe Socks – Why Toe Length MATTERS MOST | Injinji Socks Review3.1K views · Sep 15, 20251× typical views
• Backpacking: How to Select a Campsite985 views · Sep 10, 20251× typical views
• I Finally Tried a Rain Skirt... Looks Dumb, but Surprisingly Useful (Sometimes)4K views · Aug 3, 20251× typical views

The Travel & Outdoors niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 1.9K videos from 417 channels in this niche. 10.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 25K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Ngoc Linh (327K subs, best video 35×), France 3 Bretagne (140K subs, best video 40.1×), LazyWave (114K subs, best video 88.7×), Tania💕Mum of 4 (15K subs, best video 29.5×), Apni Dukaan Vlogs (8.8K subs, best video 10.4×), Paul McAllister (120K subs, best video 26.7×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with I'd Rather Be Hiking or YouTube.