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Kyle Hates Hiking reaches a million with stories beyond the trail
The outdoor storyteller reaches the subscriber milestone with a hiker's experience behind the mysteries, and compassion as his stated start…
In short
On YouTube, Kyle Hates Hiking has 1,000,000 subscribers and 272,659,374 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,000 subscribers and 800,404 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "This Missing Influencer’s Last Post is Pure NIGHTMARE FUEL.", with 498,550 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,369 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 21 of 44 in category "Stories, mysteries and curiosities". On Instagram, @kylehateshiking has 16,421 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,000,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
272,659,374
▲ 800,404 in the last 7 days
▲ 4,211,806 in the last 30 days
▲ 4,211,806 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
143,573
on a typical day: 147,623
Videos on the channel
602
3 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
11 days ago
October 31, 2026
Views per subscriber
272
a new long video usually gets 498,550 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
500,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@kylehateshiking · The account on Instagram
Followers
16,421
▲ 2 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
246
Likes per post
1,094
usually, by 15 recent posts
6.7% of followers
6.7% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Stories, mysteries and curiosities | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,244 of 2,448 | 14 of 14 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Stories, mysteries and curiosities
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sawtooths with a friend, a dog, and a van. | Carousel | September 1, 2026 | - | 765 | 25 |
| POV: the guy who makes all the 'missing hiker' videos goes hiking. | Carousel | September 26, 2025 | - | 1,070 | 38 |
| Walked in a 170 mile circle with my girl🤘 The Tahoe Rim Trail, Lela's first… | Carousel | August 17, 2025 | - | 2,182 | 47 |
| New channel coming soon. It's gonna be terrible. | Carousel | July 6, 2025 | - | 962 | 43 |
| Cool kids sleep in their cars. | Carousel | April 8, 2025 | - | 803 | 24 |
| Ski season has been fun but I'm ready for more of this. | Carousel | March 24, 2025 | - | 1,098 | 29 |
| Flossy's in town and he's climbing stuff. | Carousel | February 12, 2025 | - | 936 | 33 |
| When I first started doing mystery content on my channel, I started getting… | Carousel | September 30, 2024 | - | 920 | 42 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 1 Reel, 12 carousels and 2 photos.
As of November 10, 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 9, 2026 passed 1M views These Hikers Accidentally Photographed the Answer… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Kyle Hates Hiking revisits Robert Bogucki's desert rescue
His only new upload follows the search in Western Australia and Bogucki's return to thank a tracker decades later.
This week on the channel +1.8M views this week
Marco Siffredi on Everest, told by Kyle Hates Hiking as a million nears
Two stories went up this week, one on the mountain and one on a couple's vanlife plans, and the channel now sits at 985,000 subscribers.
The video drawing the most views now
This Missing Influencer’s Last Post is Pure NIGHTMARE FUEL.
- Video published
- October 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 498,550
- Video views, pace per day
- 23,594
- Views on its first day
- 127,864
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Stories, mysteries and curiosities | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,369 of 5,393 | 21 of 44 |
| By views gained this week | 2,907 of 5,274 | 30 of 43 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,694 of 5,043 | 27 of 40 |
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
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.2% on this channel, 0.1% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Stories, mysteries and curiosities
Views gained this week in the category Stories, mysteries and curiosities
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 991,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,000,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 268,562,231 views → November 11, 2026: 272,659,374 views · average: 141,280 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
- 22.7 in the category: 32.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.9 in the category: 0.6
- short vs long
- 2 short (up to 3 minutes), 13 long
average views per short video: 28,084
average views per long video: 685,231
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 He lived (and died) through every Backpacker's WORST Nightm… | February 23, 2023 | 17:59 | 5,763,885 |
 The Biggest SECRET in National Forest History... | February 18, 2025 | 24:56 | 2,596,103 |
 This man is PROOF that Mount Everest is NOT meant to be cli… | April 29, 2024 | 34:27 | 1,992,958 |
 She is Why You CAN'T Ignore the Warnings in a National Fore… | November 6, 2025 | 34:16 | 1,925,557 |
 This Uncensored Everest Footage Made My Skin Crawl. Serious… | September 28, 2026 | 36:11 | 1,694,402 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Most Disturbing Photo in Appalachian Trail History | February 3, 2023 | 0:59 | 21,793,115 |
 The Most EVIL Road on Google Maps ⚠️ | February 20, 2025 | 2:59 | 9,522,840 |
 Is this one of the most DISTURBING photos in National Park … | January 29, 2024 | 1:00 | 8,857,652 |
 BRUTAL Proof that Mother Nature doesn't give a DAMN about y… | March 22, 2024 | 0:59 | 8,060,357 |
 What the FBI saw on this videotape sent them into a full-bl… | February 6, 2025 | 2:58 | 5,006,334 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneThese Hikers Accidentally Photographed the Answer… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThe channel passed the 1,000,000 subscribers mark.Read the story
- MilestoneI CAN’T Stay Quiet About What Happened to Him. Th… 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
Milestone passed 1M subscribers
Kyle Hates Hiking reaches a million with stories beyond the trail
The outdoor storyteller reaches the subscriber milestone with a hiker's experience behind the mysteries, and compassion as his stated start…
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Kyle Hates Hiking revisits Robert Bogucki's desert rescue
His only new upload follows the search in Western Australia and Bogucki's return to thank a tracker decades later.
This week on the channel +1.8M views this week
Marco Siffredi on Everest, told by Kyle Hates Hiking as a million nears
Two stories went up this week, one on the mountain and one on a couple's vanlife plans, and the channel now sits at 985,000 subscribers.