A knife, a dog and an empty island: Wade Papenfus goes it alone

His Sunday survival film, billed as fully solo with no resupply and no crew, passed 110,000 views in six days, with two short catch-and-cook clips behind it.

Channel: Wade Papenfus - Offshore TalesStory of October 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

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I Survived Alone in a Deadly Uninhabited Island

Wade Papenfus usually brings company to his islands. Last month it was a group of primitive hunters, three days of reef fish and giant crabs cooked over fire. This time the title says he went in alone, with a knife and, as the description adds, his dog.

"I Survived Alone in a Deadly Uninhabited Island" went up on September 27 and passed 110,000 views in six days, comfortably the busiest thing on the channel. The description promises spearfishing, a bushcraft shelter and every meal earned from scratch, and teases that he got very desperate by the end. Viewers have been trading notes on the hunt: one guessed a stingray was coming the moment the spear kept missing, another wondered why he skipped the lobster, and a sharp-eyed few point to the bug that bit him hopping onto the back of his head. The comment section also reads like a map, with hellos from Puerto Rico, India and the UAE.

Two shorts followed, a giant crab that nearly took his fingers and a 24-hour eating-only-what-I-catch clip, both modest so far. The month-old hunters film is still finding viewers too.

All together, the channel is running at roughly half again its usual daily pace. Among outdoors channels his size, it is a lively stretch for several: Millennial Farmer is drawing more than twice its usual daily views, and LastBush Survival is running well ahead too, while Dan Hurd is right around his normal level.

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The videos drawing views on Wade Papenfus - Offshore Tales right now

Solo Survival 24 Hours Eating Only What I Catch #fishing #fish #surv…4,315 views · 2026-10-01 Giant Crab Almost Took My Fingers #fishing #fish #crab3,063 views · 2026-09-29 3 Days Surviving with Primitive Hunters on a Uninhabited Island130,456 views

The numbers

Here is how Wade Papenfus' channel and his newest videos stand.

subscribers

1,330,000

total views

423,569,649

views per day

85,564

typical day: 57,212

this week's videos (first-day views)

Solo Survival 24 Hours Eating Only What…

3,917

Giant Crab Almost Took My Fingers #fish…

1,851

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Joe Robinet

1,530,000

Dan Hurd (Dan Hurd Prospe…

1,510,000

Farming While Beige

1,450,000

Ace Videos

1,390,000

LastBush Survival

1,340,000

Wade Papenfus - Offshore …

1,330,000

MyLifeOutdoors

1,250,000

GARDEN TIPS

1,220,000

Millennial Farmer

1,160,000

As of October 3, 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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