# decayingmidwest: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-28, decayingmidwest has 510,000 subscribers, 183,866,146 total views, and 310 videos. It ranks #149,885 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [decayingmidwest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for decayingmidwest is “Exploring an Abandoned Mansion in France (Owner Caught Us)”, a long-form video published Oct 25, 2026.
- These are decayingmidwest’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Apr 13, 2024 and Oct 25, 2026 (15 long-form videos and 33 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 153,777. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Making Stillwater safe 😏” (31,831,828 views, Nov 23, 2024). Least viewed: “Abandoned mafia mansion in New Jersey ” (5,345 views, Oct 18, 2026).
- Median length: 36:47 for 15 long-form videos; 1:01 for 33 Shorts.
- In this sample, decayingmidwest’s consecutive uploads were a median of 5 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 352 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Exploring an Abandoned Mansion in France (Owner Caught Us)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/5OwPJ0Gx1uo/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 7,204 | 58:57 | 1.34x |
| [Abandoned mafia mansion in New Jersey ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/1E6kwWR44-s/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 5,345 | 1:02 | - |
| [Crazy abandoned tunnels in New York](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/0U4KrDrobl4/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 623,232 | 1:18 | 20.81x |
| [Putting chlorine tablets in the abandoned waterpark ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/hXyG616cZ-c/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 36,612 | 1:18 | 1.57x |
| [That’s not abandoned](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/Zv7wr3g_ZLk/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 30,538 | 1:01 | 1.14x |
| [Nellys abandoned mansion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/XD8RKRQfplM/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 5,879 | 1:02 | - |
| [Abandoned Bugatti Headquarters](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/nbg2sclfiIw/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 28,013 | 1:01 | - |
| [Ford city mall security attacked me](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/W1C7Qg8M61g/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 6,861 | 0:38 | - |
| [France’s Largest Waterpark Left to Rot](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/RmvV39IB8O4/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 10,456 | 56:43 | - |
| [I’d say it was pretty fun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/j6EqN7owVDY/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 38,219 | 0:13 | - |
| [We Found an Abandoned Car Dealership with 21 Cars Left Inside](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/Lwi3_WqSSl8/) | 2026-10-03 | Long-form | 35,023 | 18:20 | 2.41x |
| [Abandoned Doomsday Prepper's Mansion with a Secret Bunker](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/mzWPMSxpWDA/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 11,267 | 28:38 | - |
| [Abandoned Catholic School with Everything Left Since 2020](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/ogzlOHpqjXw/) | 2025-09-29 | Long-form | 19,012 | 36:47 | - |
| [Abandoned Chicago Tribune Newspaper Factory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/s_ouHbWNw6g/) | 2025-07-11 | Long-form | 32,247 | 52:45 | - |
| [Abandoned Chesterfield Mall in Missouri - Almost Got Arrested...](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/VXU5uSF7ZVY/) | 2025-06-04 | Long-form | 387,920 | 1:13:23 | - |
| [We Found A Secret Mafia Car Hideout in Chicago](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/6I6HwI-d7DQ/) | 2025-05-28 | Long-form | 251,996 | 27:58 | - |
| [Exploring The Abandoned Blue Island Hospital in Chicago, Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/4KZw1Vn4FWM/) | 2025-04-30 | Long-form | 43,094 | 54:02 | 2.97x |
| [The Crazy Cat Lady's Abandoned House](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/foNDygliWY4/) | 2025-04-13 | Long-form | 84,403 | 30:19 | - |
| [Making Stillwater safe 😏](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/j_XZYaKznOw/) | 2024-11-23 | Short | 31,831,828 | 0:10 | 43.07x |
| [StringerMedia jumping in a pool of Stillwater ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/S0km8lcUh1s/) | 2024-11-04 | Short | 4,477,703 | 0:09 | 12.39x |
| [Abandoned Northridge Mall In Milwaukee, Wisconsin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/V7R1XV5DPoI/) | 2024-10-29 | Long-form | 120,272 | 20:25 | 1.84x |
| [Still water is so scary 😨](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/yn99Jh9-eq4/) | 2024-10-20 | Short | 1,628,919 | 0:14 | 5.89x |
| [Worse than still water 😭](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/XECI00WppS0/) | 2024-10-20 | Short | 1,749,464 | 0:09 | 6.32x |
| [Exploring an Abandoned 2020 Movie Theater with Everything Left Behind!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/5-WKM-3xlaQ/) | 2024-09-27 | Long-form | 440,416 | 41:55 | 8.21x |
| [Donna Summers abandoned mansion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/XW400Vj9GuA/) | 2024-08-25 | Short | 419,215 | 0:10 | 1.51x |
| [Abandoned hospital in Fukushima](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/rbGH3GT6_c0/) | 2024-08-25 | Short | 239,006 | 1:01 | - |
| [Abandoned billionaires mansion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/WEVHSVC8f4s/) | 2024-08-22 | Short | 218,970 | 1:01 | - |
| [What’s inside of an abandoned billionaires mansion ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/3YJvwTC960w/) | 2024-08-22 | Short | 304,025 | 1:01 | - |
| [Abandoned $5.2M Airbnb Mansion with an Indoor Pool - Highland Park, Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/yHg4uFkqtuM/) | 2024-08-09 | Long-form | 55,890 | 20:12 | 3.85x |
| [Abandoned preschool in Fukushima, Japan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/Smle_lT56mM/) | 2024-07-28 | Short | 1,059,595 | 1:01 | 4.85x |
| [Abandoned Toy Collector Mansion with everything](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/vpwuHJQTpho/) | 2024-07-06 | Short | 179,766 | 0:59 | - |
| [Abandoned skyscraper in St. Louis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/yJRLw4DVM3c/) | 2024-07-05 | Short | 249,446 | 1:01 | - |
| [Abandoned warehouse in Rockford, Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/hB17QOiU3g4/) | 2024-06-29 | Short | 152,097 | 1:01 | - |
| [Everything Left - Abandoned Shopping Mall in Arlington Heights, IL](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/SCxAP0Fxe1w/) | 2024-06-23 | Long-form | 51,420 | 33:12 | 3.54x |
| [Abandoned $232M Allstate Headquarters in Chicago Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/vSI1X9Aoy7o/) | 2024-06-04 | Long-form | 245,312 | 43:01 | 5.41x |
| [Abandoned church in Detroit destroyed - After vid credit to @true_explores](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/eCHqn2Q8xfI/) | 2024-05-11 | Short | 1,779,002 | 0:13 | 10.85x |
| [Drakes abandoned mansion in Canada](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/g69py7Z9XBI/) | 2024-05-08 | Short | 675,400 | 1:01 | 4.4x |
| [Abandoned Mall in the Midwest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/pdjs6CbXrFQ/) | 2024-05-08 | Short | 154,081 | 1:01 | - |
| [Is it really abandoned](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/BqMfnFTvrtE/) | 2024-05-07 | Short | 145,573 | 1:01 | - |
| [Famous Singers Abandoned Mansion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/9U9kXkdB1Z0/) | 2024-05-06 | Short | 388,499 | 1:01 | 2.54x |
| [Abandoned Cincinnati tunnels](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/DTS3Gk38sYo/) | 2024-05-02 | Short | 137,368 | 1:01 | - |
| [We found abandoned cars in the woods](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/QM78-tPGaOI/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 257,674 | 1:01 | 1.6x |
| [We found an abandoned house while driving](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/7oGQXQ19ml4/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 153,977 | 1:01 | - |
| [Abandoned hospital with everything left](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/BvZzVWKpAWk/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 173,771 | 1:01 | - |
| [You can’t get inside 🗣️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/OUkTeBYtmNo/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 145,736 | 0:37 | - |
| [Abandoned Strip Mall in Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/qD_SNIr0N6o/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 153,577 | 1:01 | - |
| [Really bro???](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/h1ThAky4luE/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 148,221 | 0:08 | - |
| [I’m so sorry 😢](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@decayingmidwest/videos/bS8ooJkCrPk/) | 2024-04-13 | Short | 270,059 | 0:13 | - |

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