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Xander Budnick brings his recovery story onto Everest
His expedition documentary pairs the long search for purpose with icefall danger, shifting plans and an unexpected high-altitude dinner inv…
In short
On YouTube, Xander Budnick has 2,000,000 subscribers and 242,281,866 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 2,061,760 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Climbing Mt Everest", with 1,577,895 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,419 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 23 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @xanderbudnick has 104,409 followers. The account gained 1,359 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: On the charts now
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
2,000,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
242,281,866
▲ 2,061,760 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,383,039 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,383,039 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
457,136
on a typical day: 246,921
Videos on the channel
153
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
November 6, 2026
Views per subscriber
121
a new long video usually gets 2,018,353 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@xanderbudnick · The account on Instagram
Followers
104,409
▲ 293 since yesterday
▲ 1,359 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,359 in the last 7 days
Posts
113
1 new post in the last 7 days
Likes per post
12,054
usually, by 14 recent posts
12% of followers
12% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,793 of 2,442 | 38 of 69 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This one was hard to keep secret!! May 26th 2026 after a 60 day expedition many… | Carousel | November 9, 2026 | - | 83 | 1 |
| Welp it's been a good summer. Got back to my roots and back In the canoe for a… | Carousel | September 23, 2026 | - | 14,547 | 228 |
| It's always a fun time when you get to hang out with the locals. Especially if… | Carousel | April 5, 2026 | - | 10,156 | 306 |
| November brought me back to the Himalayas of Nepal to have a go at the iconic… | Carousel | February 10, 2026 | - | 14,860 | 216 |
| Latest Amazon video's been out for a few weeks now. How'd you guys enjoy? | Carousel | January 6, 2026 | - | 13,939 | 417 |
| Welp it's been aboot a week since I posted my last 5 day survival video. Hope… | Carousel | December 2, 2025 | - | 15,611 | 304 |
| My recent 17 day canoe expedition on the mountain river in the NWT had it all.… | Carousel | September 22, 2025 | - | 11,610 | 212 |
| After a 21 day expedition up the tallest mountain in North American weather… | Carousel | September 1, 2025 | - | 11,368 | 132 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 1 Reel and 14 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
November 10, 2026 passed 1M views Climbing Mt Everest The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1M views this week
Xander Budnick makes a home from Shipwreck Island's washed-up scraps
His seven-day island survival vlog has passed 14 million views as the back catalog carries a week without new uploads.
This week on the channel +1.2M views this week
Temagami's many portages bring Xander Budnick back to familiar waters
His eight-day solo route through a favorite place has passed 900,000 views during an upload break.
The video drawing the most views now
Climbing Mt Everest
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,577,895
- Video views, pace per day
- 314,301
- Views on its first day
- 451,886
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,419 of 5,393 | 23 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 1,891 of 5,274 | 30 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,430 of 5,043 | 46 of 159 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.5% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
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: 1,990,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 2,000,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 236,984,488 views → November 11, 2026: 242,281,866 views · average: 182,668 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.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Climbing Mt Everest | November 6, 2026 | 1:13:52 | 1,577,895 | 314,301 | 451,886 | 46,941 | 3,071 |
 8 Days Exploring my Favorite Map | October 3, 2026 | 1:07:03 | 1,072,352 | 5,159 | - | 18,673 | 1,066 |
 4 Days Solo Survival | Limited Gear | September 12, 2026 | 47:26 | 1,688,872 | 5,100 | - | 31,937 | 1,215 |
 5 Days Alone with the Wilderness | July 25, 2026 | 46:05 | 918,878 | 1,731 | - | 32,060 | 1,770 |
 14 Day Ecuador Volcano Expedition | July 4, 2026 | 30:42 | 416,126 | 1,075 | - | 16,052 | 820 |
 21 Days with Amazon Tribe | March 28, 2026 | 37:51 | 1,996,725 | 6,972 | - | 47,047 | 2,187 |
 32 Days in the Himalayas | January 31, 2026 | 1:05:07 | 2,116,244 | 4,036 | - | 50,690 | 2,625 |
 7 Days Surviving Alone in the Amazon | December 13, 2025 | 1:25:07 | 6,064,101 | 9,753 | - | 123,480 | 5,767 |
 5 Days Solo Survival in Bear Cove | No Food, Water, Shelter… | November 22, 2025 | 45:16 | 4,731,566 | 4,751 | - | 115,892 | 3,785 |
 17 Day Remote River Expedition in the Canadian Sub-Arctic | September 20, 2025 | 1:41:08 | 2,039,981 | 1,692 | - | 50,530 | 2,879 |
 21 Day Expedition up the Deadliest Mountain in North America | August 23, 2025 | 35:41 | 665,665 | 2,242 | - | 23,513 | 1,065 |
 Surviving like our Ancestors: 5 Days with an Ancient Tribe | July 5, 2025 | 28:59 | 2,760,898 | 1,554 | - | 47,075 | 1,834 |
 7 Days Solo Survival on Shipwreck Island | No Food, Water, … | May 24, 2025 | 50:41 | 14,155,746 | 7,008 | - | 272,052 | 12,478 |
 i did it again and this is my punishment | April 5, 2025 | 23:37 | 775,089 | 254 | - | 28,211 | 1,336 |
 10-Days Camping in Untamed Patagonia | March 29, 2025 | 1:10:28 | 2,298,596 | 1,518 | - | 44,943 | 1,709 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 21.9 in the category: 19.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.0 in the category: 0.5
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 2,885,248
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 3 Days Solo Winter Camping - deep snow, no tent, below -20°C | February 1, 2021 | 18:01 | 26,128,644 |
 5 Days Solo Amazon Jungle Survival | No Food, Water, or She… | October 5, 2024 | 1:41:32 | 16,548,654 |
 COLDEST Night of the Year -vs- WARMEST Sleeping Bag in the … | January 27, 2024 | 30:00 | 14,206,076 |
| 7 Days Solo Survival on Shipwreck Island | No Food, Water, … | May 24, 2025 | 50:41 | 13,956,943 |
 5 Days Solo Island Survival | No Food, Water, or Shelter | April 13, 2024 | 1:36:30 | 12,175,757 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneClimbing Mt Everest The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 537,810 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (164,166).
- Milestone8 Days Exploring my Favorite Map 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
On today's chart 347K views since yesterday
Xander Budnick brings his recovery story onto Everest
His expedition documentary pairs the long search for purpose with icefall danger, shifting plans and an unexpected high-altitude dinner inv…
This week on the channel +1M views this week
Xander Budnick makes a home from Shipwreck Island's washed-up scraps
His seven-day island survival vlog has passed 14 million views as the back catalog carries a week without new uploads.
This week on the channel +1.2M views this week
Temagami's many portages bring Xander Budnick back to familiar waters
His eight-day solo route through a favorite place has passed 900,000 views during an upload break.
This week on the channel
Four days, limited gear: Xander Budnick's solo trip keeps drawing
No new upload went up, and the eighteen-day-old survival video has passed 1.4 million views.