I’ve technically had a YouTube account since 2011, but for most of that time I was just a viewer—no content, no audience, no plan.
When I started this blog in January 2025, my YouTube channel had one subscriber and one lonely video with zero views. That’s it. Nothing glamorous.
Once I started blogging, I decided to finally upload all the videos I’d been hoarding on old phones, hard drives, and cloud folders over the years—along with new clips from my travels. No strategy, no algorithm obsession… just hitting publish.
Slowly—but consistently—it started to grow.
As of 12/24/25:
1,675+ videos
~208 subscribers
150+ blog posts (and growing daily)
~242,000 total views, which honestly blows my mind
Building the YouTube channel has been just as fun as working on the blog. I embed videos directly into posts so readers can see places the way I experienced them, not just read about them. I’ve also organized the videos by country, so they’re easy to browse if you’re planning a trip or just wandering.
If you feel like it, I’d love the support—give me a follow or a thumbs up here:
Darrell – YouTube
No pressure. No expectations. Just sharing the journey.
Here is a cheat sheet to get a glimpse of my YouTube channel:
Click to subscribe to @NorthAmericanDarrell’s YouTube channel
Click to view a list of all the 850+ videos on the channel
Click to view a list of all the short videos on the channel
Click to view the fast-growing posts on the channel.
Click to view the playlist of all the videos broken down by Country.
Click to view the featured videos on @NorthAmericanDarrell YouTube channel
Please take the time to become a subscriber and ring that bell to see if I can grow my channel even more.
Darrell – YouTube <— clickity click
https://www.youtube.com/@northamericandarrell <— clickity click