Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

November 3, 2026 9.7x its usual first day I Survived The Worlds Most Deadly Mangrove Jungle The video opened at a pace of 36,405 views a day, 9.7 times a normal first day on this channel (3,760). Read the story

Video taking off 9.7x its usual first day

Wade Papenfus turns driftwood into a mangrove fishing trap

Froth supplies an unlikely ingredient in a survival outing drawing nearly ten times Wade's usual first-day audience.

Channel: Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales · Story of November 3, 2026

Video surging 5.1x the video's usual pace

Wade Papenfus trades a fish head for a mud crab

A bare-handed reach into mangrove roots supplies the tense moment in his bait challenge, now drawing five times its usual daily views.

Channel: Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales · Story of October 26, 2026

This week on the channel +630K views this week

Tuna over a beach fire on Wade Papenfus' island menu

A wordless catch-and-cook montage is the most-watched of two new uploads on Offshore Tales.

Channel: Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales · Story of October 21, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Every Fish I Catch Becomes My Bait

Video published

October 11, 2026

Video views so far

596,383

Video views, pace per day

6,467

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

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

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.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
This Can Kill Me and My Dog...	November 12, 2026	0:24 short	5,253	732	4,790	81	2
My Dog Helped Me Survive...	November 8, 2026	0:25 short	8,247	197	6,055	177	8
Survival Skills Driftwood Primitive Fish Trap	November 5, 2026	1:00 short	12,100	81	5,168	153	10
I Speared A Giant Crab With a Primitive Spear	November 3, 2026	0:46 short	7,222	56	3,233	97	6
I Survived The Worlds Most Deadly Mangrove Jungle	November 2, 2026	34:08	167,217	5,104	36,405	2,090	242
The Most Dangerous Crab VS My Bare Hands #bushcraft #crab #…	October 30, 2026	1:07 short	4,177	41	2,335	122	9
Every Fish I Catch becomes my Bait! #bushcraft #outdoors #f…	October 23, 2026	0:51 short	74,459	26	4,144	228	11
Barehand Fight with a Giant Mud Crab	October 21, 2026	0:28 short	3,489	38	1,416	101	7
solo island survival catch and cook	October 21, 2026	0:18 short	4,045	36	1,839 (39 hours)	74	2
This animal can kill me instantly… 💀	October 18, 2026	0:52 short	8,824	28	5,271	214	12
Primitive island survival 🔥🏝️ #fishing #fish	October 16, 2026	0:14 short	16,982	34	10,520	195	8
Solo Surviving hunting my own food… #fishing #fish #survival	October 13, 2026	0:19 short	10,772	25	-	125	5
Every Fish I Catch Becomes My Bait	October 11, 2026	41:24	596,383	6,467	-	4,549	229
I built a driftwood shelter to survive this deadly island #…	October 7, 2026	0:51 short	5,200	26	-	138	8
I survived this island by hunting a deadly animal… #fishing…	October 5, 2026	0:51 short	12,362	10	-	300	12

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

9.2 in the category: 19.0

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 0.6

a video's usual first day on this channel

4,633 views

short vs long

13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 13,317
average views per long video: 381,800

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Eating ONLY What I CATCH For 3 DAYS (Exotic Animals)	July 20, 2025	43:22	4,352,750
3 Days Alone Eating ONLY What I CATCH	September 27, 2023	25:31	3,623,407
Eating ONLY What I CATCH For 3 DAYS	January 28, 2024	35:02	3,169,768
Eating ONLY What I CATCH For 3 DAYS (Predator Animals)	August 25, 2025	48:45	2,866,905
I Survived Alone in a Deadly Mangrove Forest	April 7, 2026	34:37	2,809,004

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
24 Hours Solo Survival with ONLY my Bow and Arrow (catch an…	February 6, 2023	0:42	33,240,522
48 Hours Eating ONLY What I Catch	April 11, 2023	0:53	20,815,176
24 Hours Eating ONLY What I Catch With a Spear	June 20, 2023	0:49	17,193,427
GIANT SHARK Attacks Small Shark!	March 25, 2023	0:13	14,697,676
Giant Mud Crab Catch and Cook (Primitive Survival)	February 13, 2023	0:54	14,645,944

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. November 3, 2026Video taking offI Survived The Worlds Most Deadly Mangrove Jungle The video opened at a pace of 36,405 views a day, 9.7 times a normal first day on this channel (3,760).Read the story
2. October 27, 2026Video surgingEvery Fish I Catch becomes my Bait! #bushcraft #o… The video ran that day at 28,073 views a day, 2.8 times its usual pace (10,123).
3. October 26, 2026Video surgingEvery Fish I Catch becomes my Bait! #bushcraft #o… The video ran that day at 36,636 views a day, 5.1 times its usual pace (7,177).Read the story