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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.

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Xander Budnick Story of October 18, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

8 Days Exploring my Favorite Map

8 Days Exploring my Favorite Map

The map has company. Xander Budnick posted nothing new, but "8 Days Exploring my Favorite Map" is drawing the most daily views of any upload on his channel, with Amazon and island survival adventures close behind.

The map in question takes him back to Temagami, a northern Ontario canoeing destination he calls one of his favorite places on Earth. His description promises a new solo route and jokes about its almost billion portages. That is a lot of carrying between stretches of paddling, even allowing for a generous helping of exaggeration. The eight-day trip has reached roughly 909,000 views.

Farther from those familiar waters, "7 Days Surviving Alone in the Amazon," a sponsored video, and "7 Days Solo Survival on Shipwreck Island | No Food, Water, or Shelter" remain busy parts of the catalog. Together, these very different journeys give the upload break plenty of destinations.

The channel added more than a million views over seven days, though daily viewing is currently below its usual pace and subscribers held steady. Among nearby outdoors channels, MeatEater and Kamoka Pearl had substantial weeks; Field Days posted a similar weekly view gain to Xander's. For Budnick, the freshest draw is a return to a place he already knows, with a different route to figure out.

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The videos drawing views on Xander Budnick right now

7 Days Surviving Alone in the Amazon5,851,211 views

7 Days Solo Survival on Shipwreck Island | No Food, Water, or Shelter13,956,282 views

The facts

Channel: Xander Budnick
Subscribers: 1,990,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,152,743
Videos published this week: 0

The numbers

Here is how Xander Budnick's channel and existing adventures performed this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

3,129,519

2,475,277

B2B Castaways (Strick and…

1,902,654

1,287,408

1,152,743

Fowler's Makery and Misch…

425,866

305,401

95,500

subscribers

1,990,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

237,840,577

views per day

136,439

typical day: 204,960

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

2,190,000

2,020,000

2,000,000

1,990,000

B2B Castaways (Strick and…

1,980,000

1,880,000

1,860,000

1,830,000

Fowler's Makery and Misch…

1,820,000

As of October 18, 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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