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This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Exploring Alternatives finds island retirement with room to grow old
Tracy and John's cabin tour approaches a million views, with safer paths and labor-saving machinery part of their long-term plan.
In short
On YouTube, Exploring Alternatives has 2,680,000 subscribers and 423,195,842 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 961,341 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Couple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Island", with 1,750,619 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,083 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 12 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @exploringalternatives has 53,639 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
2,680,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
423,195,842
▲ 961,341 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,523,403 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,523,403 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
50,995
on a typical day: 134,485
Videos on the channel
472
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
November 8, 2026
Views per subscriber
157
a new long video usually gets 201,561 views
a new short video usually gets 16,751 views
a new short video usually gets 16,751 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
320,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@exploringalternatives · The account on Instagram
Followers
53,639
▼ 2 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
420
Likes per post
259
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.48% of followers
0.48% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,978 of 2,442 | 45 of 69 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Stargazer tiny house is a modern, high efficiency, off-grid tiny house that… | Photo | October 3, 2026 | - | 30 | 2 |
| The sweetest couple living in the smallest tiny house! They built it themselves… | Carousel | December 21, 2025 | - | 147 | 5 |
| Alicia is an extreme minimalist living with no furniture and very few… | Photo | October 2, 2024 | - | 440 | 9 |
| First solo tiny house build for m.ouellet_ 🙌 Looooove all that interior… | Carousel | April 26, 2024 | - | 229 | 7 |
| #tbt to our video about Dave who found peace living on a lovely little… | Photo | January 11, 2024 | - | 256 | 7 |
| This houseboat is a full-time home for Kate from mylittlehouseboat and she lives… | Carousel | August 1, 2023 | - | 431 | 9 |
| Swipe to see inside this incredible DIY treehouse build by fort_treehouse_co… | Carousel | June 30, 2023 | - | 249 | 5 |
| Swipe to see inside! | Carousel | June 14, 2023 | - | 172 | 5 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 9 carousels and 6 photos.
As of November 9, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 2, 2026 passed 1M views Couple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Isl… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
A video worth knowing
Tracy and John retire to an island, not from work
Exploring Alternatives tours a northern British Columbia cabin where early retirement depends on solar power, stored savings and an airboat…
This week on the channel +393K views this week
Warm floors meet handmade woodwork on Exploring Alternatives
Matt Fattori's tiny house pairs electric heating beneath hardwood with custom cabinetry and a retro kitchen.
The video drawing the most views now
Couple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Island
- Video published
- October 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,750,619
- Video views, pace per day
- 45,456
- Views on its first day
- 230,999
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,083 of 5,393 | 12 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 2,723 of 5,274 | 53 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,867 of 5,043 | 59 of 159 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 2,680,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 2,680,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 419,700,612 views → November 11, 2026: 423,195,842 views · average: 120,525 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 15.0 in the category: 19.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 0.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 15,516 views
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 18,672
average views per long video: 391,468
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Living on a Self-Sufficient Sailboat for 10 Years + FULL TO… | April 18, 2020 | 28:18 | 19,507,346 |
 27 YEARS Living Off-Grid on a Self-Built Island Homestead | December 17, 2019 | 13:36 | 8,431,137 |
 Woodworker Builds The Perfect Tiny House Boat for Life on t… | June 13, 2018 | 6:23 | 7,385,979 |
 12 YEARS Living Off-Grid on a Sustainable Homestead in a Se… | December 12, 2020 | 28:22 | 7,244,389 |
 21 Years Living Off-Grid on a Remote Island in a Self-Built… | March 1, 2026 | 30:15 | 7,236,370 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Super Clever Tiny House Drop-Floor Loft! #shorts #tinyhouse… | September 3, 2025 | 1:00 | 225,985 |
 Incredible Viking Turf Houses Built with Raw Materials Foun… | April 28, 2023 | 0:54 | 108,743 |
 DIY Rocket Mass Heater for Off-Grid Heat! #shorts #offgrid | December 7, 2025 | 1:11 | 105,117 |
 Amazing Bio-Digester Turns Food Scraps Into Free Bio Gas & … | August 28, 2025 | 0:53 | 75,339 |
 Awesome DIY Pop Can Solar Heater for Greenhouse – #shorts #… | August 25, 2025 | 1:01 | 74,108 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneCouple Living Alone Off-Grid on a Tiny Remote Isl… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Exploring Alternatives finds island retirement with room to grow old
Tracy and John's cabin tour approaches a million views, with safer paths and labor-saving machinery part of their long-term plan.
A video worth knowing
Tracy and John retire to an island, not from work
Exploring Alternatives tours a northern British Columbia cabin where early retirement depends on solar power, stored savings and an airboat…
This week on the channel +393K views this week
Warm floors meet handmade woodwork on Exploring Alternatives
Matt Fattori's tiny house pairs electric heating beneath hardwood with custom cabinetry and a retro kitchen.
This week on the channel one video this week
A 17-inch dip gives one West Coast tiny house a real bedroom
The 300-square-foot home has hand-made wooden windows, a round window and a Morso wood stove, all on a 26-foot trailer.