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This week on the channel +288K views this week
Jim Baird paddles hard to escape a rock wall
Three new uploads pair a tense canoe maneuver with an old hunting camp and bull trout cooked over a bushcraft tripod.
YouTube channel
Jim Baird - Adventurer
@jimbairdadventurer · The channel on YouTube
Chosen for "Five creators worth discovering", week of October 18, 2026
In short
On YouTube, Jim Baird - Adventurer has 251,000 subscribers and 55,317,141 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 281,833 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Dodging Lightning Bolts in the Northwest Territories", with 33,592 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,299 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 114 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @jbadventurer has 58,289 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
251,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
total views
55,317,141
▲ 281,833 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,378,989 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,378,989 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
14,131
on a typical day: 39,119
Videos on the channel
661
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
November 6, 2026
Views per subscriber
220
a new short video usually gets 7,080 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
249,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@jbadventurer · The account on Instagram
Followers
58,289
▲ 4 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
2,711
5 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
16,091
usually, by 11 recent Reels
Likes per post
604
usually, by 14 recent posts
1.0% of followers
1.0% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,956 of 2,442 | 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finally got into a nice Bull Trout after a few days of heavy rain and high,… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 4,786 | 221 | 3 |
| This your bull hunt out around my campsite for nearly a half hour while I set up… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 9,094 | 384 | 3 |
| After five days of rain, string winds, thunderstorms and hail, I finally caught… | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 10,189 | 735 | 12 |
| Last week, my son and I spent five days closing up camp for the season as well… | Carousel | November 3, 2026 | - | 659 | 28 |
| Trekking alone in the Northwest Territories, I headed up a broad wash towards a… | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 5,832 | 287 | 11 |
| I know what you’re thinking - “Jim, you’ve got enough muscles as it is”. | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 17,707 | 500 | 11 |
| I was sitting under a tarp as rain and hail fell. I’d taken the day off paddling… | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 38,750 | 766 | 10 |
| POO AS THEY FEAST 🐺💩 | Reel | October 25, 2026 | 11,727 | 200 | 5 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 12 Reels and 3 carousels.
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
October 16, 2026 passed 250K subscribers The channel passed the 250,000 subscribers mark.
Views jump 10x the channel's usual pace
Jim Baird's solo canoe journey includes a hidden hot spring search
High water interrupts the paddling in his Northwest Territories film, as the channel records a day roughly ten times busier than usual.
This week on the channel +185K views this week
Red mountains and campfire poutine on Jim Baird's solo expedition
His Northwest Territories film follows four rivers through the Backbone Ranges, with high water, trout fishing and wildlife encounters alon…
The video drawing the most views now
11 Days, 350 kms ALONE Through the NWT's Subarctic Backbone Ranges
- Video published
- October 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 584,447
- Video views, pace per day
- 4,585
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,299 of 5,393 | 114 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 3,892 of 5,274 | 92 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,708 of 5,043 | 84 of 159 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% 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: 249,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 251,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 53,971,732 views → November 11, 2026: 55,317,141 views · average: 46,393 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
- 17.8 in the category: 19.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.4 in the category: 0.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 4,629 views
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 18,249
average views per long video: 584,447
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hart of the YUKON - 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilde… | September 26, 2023 | 2:30:21 | 6,057,549 |
 14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - The Full Doc… | May 1, 2020 | 4:21:15 | 2,567,888 |
 A Year in the Wild - 12 Months Portaging,Trekking, Fishing,… | May 26, 2023 | 3:37:13 | 2,078,914 |
 7-Days Alone in the Yukon Wilderness - Solo Camping, Fly Fi… | November 20, 2025 | 1:19:54 | 2,068,839 |
 11 Days Solo Camping in the YUKON Wilderness - Special Epis… | October 18, 2022 | 1:53:15 | 2,057,177 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I found this old log cabin while exploring in the Yukon | December 2, 2025 | 0:34 | 108,436 |
 Quilt Instead of Sleeping-Bag? (Going Light in Iceland) | September 8, 2026 | 0:30 | 107,990 |
 The Best Kind of Axe for Canoe Trips | February 5, 2026 | 0:28 | 36,205 |
 When is Standing in a Canoe Best? In Shallow Rapids of Cour… | January 11, 2023 | 0:22 | 34,866 |
 Dodging Lightning Bolts in the Northwest Territories | October 16, 2026 | 0:22 | 33,477 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneThe channel passed the 250,000 subscribers mark.
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 +288K views this week
Jim Baird paddles hard to escape a rock wall
Three new uploads pair a tense canoe maneuver with an old hunting camp and bull trout cooked over a bushcraft tripod.
Views jump 10x the channel's usual pace
Jim Baird's solo canoe journey includes a hidden hot spring search
High water interrupts the paddling in his Northwest Territories film, as the channel records a day roughly ten times busier than usual.
This week on the channel +185K views this week
Red mountains and campfire poutine on Jim Baird's solo expedition
His Northwest Territories film follows four rivers through the Backbone Ranges, with high water, trout fishing and wildlife encounters alon…