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Simon Wilson's Amtrak shift comes with an upgrade request
The travel creator joins the Auto Train crew, trading passenger comforts for manifests, toilet checks and dinner preparations.
In short
On YouTube, Simon Wilson has 2,280,000 subscribers and 428,976,668 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 6,027,302 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,254 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 11 of 112 in category "Travel". On Instagram, @simonjwils has 797,756 followers. The account gained 863 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
2,280,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
total views
428,976,668
▲ 6,027,302 in the last 7 days
▲ 27,718,890 in the last 30 days
▲ 27,718,890 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
699,645
on a typical day: 891,038
Videos on the channel
370
6 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
7 days ago
November 4, 2026
Views per subscriber
188
a new long video usually gets 2,161,941 views
a new short video usually gets 736,739 views
a new short video usually gets 736,739 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
720,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@simonjwils · The account on Instagram
Followers
797,756
▲ 33 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 863 in the last 7 days
▲ 863 in the last 7 days
Posts
584
1 new post in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
1,377,528
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
11,763
usually, by 14 recent posts
1.5% of followers
1.5% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Travel | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 882 of 2,442 | 12 of 59 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Travel
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checking-in to World’s Largest Hotel 🏨 | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 1,216,757 | 16,220 | 152 |
| Flying to Paris for Lunch 🇫🇷🥐 | Reel | October 20, 2026 | 478,718 | 5,136 | 126 |
| 2am Pancakes in Texas 🥞🇺🇸 | Reel | October 4, 2026 | 691,737 | 11,645 | 527 |
| $2,000 Train to Los Angeles 🚂🇺🇸 | Reel | September 21, 2026 | 1,048,044 | 11,881 | 143 |
| Trying Grits in Louisiana 🇺🇸 | Reel | September 7, 2026 | 652,851 | 6,337 | 427 |
| DO NOT do this in North Korea 🇰🇵 | Reel | August 30, 2026 | 10,293,605 | 141,222 | 888 |
| €437 Flight to Dublin ✈️🇮🇪 | Reel | August 18, 2026 | 3,678,359 | 52,506 | 578 |
| £13 Sleeper Train in Vietnam | Reel | August 4, 2026 | 4,073,658 | 27,703 | 122 |
As of November 11, 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 8, 2026 passed 1M views I Got a Job on America's Overnight Sleeper Train The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +7.7M views this week
Simon Wilson finds shuttered shops and a tavern invitation in Alice Springs
His outback stop joins a Sydney hostel and a budget Malaysian hotel room across three new uploads.
This week on the channel +4.8M views this week
Louisiana grits keep Simon Wilson's travel menu interesting
A ketchup question accompanies the food clip, while budget hotels and sleeper trains round out his busiest uploads.
The video drawing the most views now
Trying Grits in Louisiana 🌽🇺🇸
- Video published
- September 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 3,636,903
- Video views, pace per day
- 59,246
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Travel | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,254 of 5,393 | 11 of 112 |
| By views gained this week | 990 of 5,274 | 6 of 107 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 901 of 5,043 | 5 of 104 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 4.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Travel
Views gained this week in the category Travel
YouTube: Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
1
2
Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.
- No. 3 · The Outdoors, animals & travel daily chart · October 21, 2026I Tried The World's Largest HotelThe third most watched video in Outdoors, animals & travel that day.
- No. 2 · The Outdoors, animals & travel daily chart · October 20, 2026I Tried The World's Largest HotelThe second most watched video in Outdoors, animals & travel that day.
- No. 3 · The Outdoors, animals & travel daily chart · October 19, 2026I Tried The World's Largest HotelThe third most watched video in Outdoors, animals & travel that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 2,280,000 subscribers +0.44% (+10,000)
- Instagram · 797,756 followers +0.11% (+863)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 2,270,000 to 2,280,000 subscribers (+0.44%), on Instagram from 796,893 to 797,756 followers (+0.11%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 2,280,000 | 797,756 |
| November 10, 2026 | 2,280,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 2,280,000 | 797,711 |
| November 8, 2026 | 2,280,000 | 797,319 |
| November 7, 2026 | 2,280,000 | 797,003 |
| November 6, 2026 | 2,280,000 | 796,974 |
| November 5, 2026 | 2,270,000 | 796,960 |
| November 4, 2026 | 2,270,000 | 796,893 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 401,628,613 views → November 11, 2026: 428,976,668 views · average: 943,036 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 14 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 I Got a Job on America's Overnight Sleeper Train | November 4, 2026 | 1:14:17 | 1,270,620 | 51,881 | 636,286 | 25,935 | 2,260 |
 $35 Room at World's Largest Hotel 🏨🇲🇾 | October 30, 2026 | 2:58 short | 133,949 | 1,358 | 43,997 | 2,718 | 75 |
 1-Star Hostel in Sydney ⭐🇦🇺 | October 28, 2026 | 2:59 short | 736,739 | 3,870 | 39,912 | 13,661 | 398 |
 Strangest Town in Australia 👀🇦🇺 | October 26, 2026 | 2:57 short | 333,974 | 992 | 70,670 | 8,984 | 587 |
 Checking-in to World's Largest Hotel 🏨🇲🇾 | October 22, 2026 | 3:00 short | 241,371 | 547 | 26,911 | 4,863 | 83 |
 I Tried The World's Largest Hotel | October 19, 2026 | 57:38 | 3,320,205 | 18,894 | 834,293 | 39,788 | 3,084 |
 I Ate Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on 3 Continents in 1 Day | September 29, 2026 | 55:13 | 2,161,941 | 3,681 | - | 33,576 | 2,455 |
 £27 Sleeper Train in Kazakhstan 🚆🇰🇿 | September 23, 2026 | 2:38 short | 3,074,341 | 15,584 | - | 59,625 | 1,020 |
 First Class Train in Italy 🚆🇮🇹 | September 21, 2026 | 2:59 short | 1,154,929 | 6,680 | - | 21,990 | 578 |
 I Tried The Best Hotel in the World 🥂🇭🇰 | September 16, 2026 | 2:56 short | 625,429 | 3,918 | - | 13,780 | 234 |
 $8 Midnight Breakfast in Louisiana 🍳🇺🇸 | September 9, 2026 | 3:00 short | 1,009,790 | 755 | - | 22,751 | 697 |
 Trying Grits in Louisiana 🌽🇺🇸 | September 4, 2026 | 2:59 short | 3,636,903 | 59,246 | - | 153,328 | 9,902 |
 £10 Hostel with My Mum 😂🏨 | September 2, 2026 | 3:00 short | 644,553 | 473 | - | 15,069 | 435 |
 2am Pancakes in Texas 🥞🇺🇸 | August 28, 2026 | 2:51 short | 953,498 | 384 | - | 33,640 | 2,037 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 23.3 in the category: 24.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.2 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 39,280 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 1,140,497
average views per long video: 2,250,922
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 First Class On Pakistan's Most Dangerous Sleeper Train | February 12, 2024 | 31:22 | 7,102,734 |
 I Tried a 1-Star Cruise | October 21, 2024 | 27:41 | 7,053,130 |
 First Class on Luxury Arctic Cruise | January 16, 2025 | 35:04 | 6,719,754 |
 I Tried America's Secret Billionaire Hotel | November 10, 2025 | 45:14 | 6,034,701 |
 Overnight on World's Most Expensive First Class Flight | January 27, 2026 | 49:41 | 5,469,507 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Most Dangerous Job in South Africa 🦁🇿🇦 | July 24, 2026 | 2:53 | 16,695,981 |
 World's Most Expensive First Class Flight 🥂🇦🇪 | July 17, 2026 | 2:58 | 7,439,544 |
 £400 Sleeper Train Breakfast in Scotland 🚆🏴 | August 3, 2026 | 2:58 | 5,308,623 |
 3-Star Hotel In Georgia ⭐🇬🇪 | June 11, 2026 | 2:56 | 5,150,093 |
 5-Star Hotel in Las Vegas ⭐🇺🇸 | July 13, 2026 | 2:57 | 3,132,755 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneI Got a Job on America's Overnight Sleeper Train The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Milestone$8 Midnight Breakfast in Louisiana 🍳🇺🇸 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offI Got a Job on America's Overnight Sleeper Train The video opened at a pace of 653,247 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (39,130).Read the story
- Video surging1-Star Hostel in Sydney ⭐🇦🇺 The video ran that day at 119,171 views a day, 2.9 times its usual pace (41,081).
- Video surging1-Star Hostel in Sydney ⭐🇦🇺 The video ran that day at 97,824 views a day, 2.8 times its usual pace (34,776).
- Video surging1-Star Hostel in Sydney ⭐🇦🇺 The video ran that day at 101,200 views a day, 3.7 times its usual pace (27,395).
- MilestoneFirst Class Train in Italy 🚆🇮🇹 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneI Bought the Cheapest Flight in the UK ✈️🇬🇧 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingTrying Grits in Louisiana 🌽🇺🇸 The video ran that day at 93,695 views a day, 2.7 times its usual pace (34,933).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,920,608 views a day, 3.8 times a normal day (771,201).
- MilestoneI Tried The World's Largest Hotel The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingTrying Grits in Louisiana 🌽🇺🇸 The video ran that day at 69,338 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (31,110).
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
Video taking off 17x its usual first day
Simon Wilson's Amtrak shift comes with an upgrade request
The travel creator joins the Auto Train crew, trading passenger comforts for manifests, toilet checks and dinner preparations.
This week on the channel +7.7M views this week
Simon Wilson finds shuttered shops and a tavern invitation in Alice Springs
His outback stop joins a Sydney hostel and a budget Malaysian hotel room across three new uploads.
This week on the channel +4.8M views this week
Louisiana grits keep Simon Wilson's travel menu interesting
A ketchup question accompanies the food clip, while budget hotels and sleeper trains round out his busiest uploads.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Three continents, three meals: Simon Wilson's one-day food dash
His other new upload, a £27 sleeper train across Kazakhstan, has passed a million and a half views in a week.