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Chris Howett tests "Earth's Deadliest Hotels"

His May hotel adventure is getting a fresh burst of views, with icy room rules and an underground stay drawing particular attention.

Why this story? The video is running at 91,187 views a day, 6.3 times its usual pace (14,446).

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A hotel room that visitors can enter isn't everyone's idea of a relaxing getaway. Beneath Chris Howett's "I Tested Earth's Deadliest Hotels", viewers keep returning to the ice hotel's unusual arrangement: overnight guests have to make way for daytime visitors.

The May upload has added about 91,000 views in a day, more than six times its regular daily pace. That brings it close to two and a half million views, months after its release and while Howett's more recent European bus journey is still prominent on his channel.

The comments offer a different kind of hotel review. Several viewers discuss the figures sculpted in ice inside the room; others say the cave or mine accommodation would be enough to keep them aboveground. One imagines the housekeeping staff ziplining in with their cleaning supplies. Another contrasts the underground stay with the appeal of private nighttime zoo access.

Hotels aren't a one-off detour for Howett. Between this adventure and his transport challenges, he also posted "I Tried a Secret Billionaire Hotel", swapping the promise of danger for the promise of exclusivity.

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What viewers say

  • Not sure what's worse. The creepy figures in your room of the ice hotel or the fact that you have to get up early because visitors are entering your room. 😱
    @norissima95See it on YouTube
  • The private nighttime zoo access is an absolute dream. The 1400' deep cave was an absolute nightmare.
  • imagine the cleaning ladies at the cave hotel, ziplining with all their cleaning supplies 🤣
    @gloomysunday9534See it on YouTube
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  • Thank you Chris for making the journey all the way to our little lighthouse island here on Sweden’s west coast. It was a real pleasure having you on the island, and very special to watch how you captured life out here.

    Hope we get to welcome you back one day!
    @paternosterswedenSee it on YouTube
  • 26:20 I cracked up laughing watching you drive the boat. Also, great camera work by Captain Johan.
    @Steph_Says_StuffSee it on YouTube
  • The cave hotel would have definitely gotten the highest "impossible" score from me... because there's no way I would have ever gotten down there to stay!!
    @Nikki2012ncSee it on YouTube
  • That cave/mine, nope. Ill stick to above ground. Still awesome to see
    @aronarmentrout6028See it on YouTube
  • You couldn't pay me enough to sleep in that Ice room.

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The facts
Subscribers
411,000 ▲ 9,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,938,121
Channel views, pace per day
442,825 (on a normal day: 333,736)
Video published
May 1, 2026
Video views so far
2,477,247 (164 days online)
Video views, pace per day
91,187 (on a normal day: 14,446)

The numbers

The May hotel video is adding views much faster than its usual daily pace. The channel's overall increase is more modest.

views per day, this video
typical day
14,446
now
91,187
subscribers
411,000
▲ 9,000 in the last 7 days
total views
72,141,584
views per day
442,825
typical day: 333,736
the video
views
2,477,247
likes
35,386
comments
861
days online
164
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
SteveMarsh
397,000
As of October 12, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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