His Great Lakes series reaches Sault Ste. Marie, with a tourist-boat lock passage and a visit aboard the retired freighter Valley Camp.
On YouTube, Jim Zim has 494,000 subscribers and 383,300,340 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 112,050 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Episode 4: Visiting Toledo Ohio Via Cruise Ship - American Cruise Lines - Great Lakes Cruise", with 20,438 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,362 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 52 of 112 in category "Travel".
YouTube: The numbers today
no significant change in the last month
▲ 497,657 in the last 30 days
YouTube: What happened lately
Jim Zimmerlin's tour of the first Patriot-class ship from American Cruise Lines, filmed on a two-week Great Lakes trip, is the video viewer…
The video drawing the most views now
Episode 7 - Great Lakes Cruise to Mackinac Island, Michigan - American Cruise Lines
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 3,684
- Video views, pace per day
- 378
- Views on its first day
- 2,113
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Travel | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,362 of 5,393 | 52 of 112 |
| By views gained this week | 4,526 of 5,274 | 77 of 107 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,421 of 5,043 | 78 of 104 |
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 Travel
Views gained this week in the category Travel
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 494,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 494,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 382,817,064 views → November 11, 2026: 383,300,340 views · average: 16,664 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
- 21.1 in the category: 24.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.6 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 2,662 views
- short vs long
- 1 short (up to 3 minutes), 14 long
average views per short video: 1,248
average views per long video: 14,081
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Trap Door Waterslide Scares The Heck Out Of This Cruise Shi… | March 26, 2012 | 1:18 | 96,693,923 |
Big model trains running inside my small house | July 12, 2015 | 5:28 | 78,392,502 |
Thomas & Friends Arrive In California! (G-scale model trai… | June 10, 2017 | 5:37 | 46,343,561 |
Every One Of My Model Trains Appears In This Video! | November 16, 2018 | 12:31 | 19,268,016 |
Big Model Trains Cover The Floor Of This House | June 17, 2018 | 6:26 | 19,164,270 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Married To A Model Train Fanatic #modeltrains | December 16, 2023 | 0:16 | 43,609 |
Cocker Spaniel Puppy Loves The Easy Button! | December 28, 2021 | 0:16 | 34,970 |
Kids Are Startled By A Loud Musket Shot #shorts | April 2, 2023 | 0:17 | 9,734 |
Happy new year from Jim Zim! | January 1, 2025 | 0:08 | 3,215 |
Carli has discovered that some finches have built a nest in… | June 20, 2026 | 0:10 | 2,106 |
Stories
His Great Lakes series reaches Sault Ste. Marie, with a tourist-boat lock passage and a visit aboard the retired freighter Valley Camp.
Jim Zimmerlin's tour of the first Patriot-class ship from American Cruise Lines, filmed on a two-week Great Lakes trip, is the video viewer…
























