# Desert Drifter: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, Desert Drifter has 623,000 subscribers, 108,012,581 total views, and 64 videos. It ranks #121,784 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Desert Drifter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/). 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 Desert Drifter is “Out of the Ruins: The Desert Drifter’s Final Voyage (Part 2)”, a long-form video published Oct 24, 2025.
- These are Desert Drifter’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jan 10, 2024 and Oct 24, 2025 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 1,644,472. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “I Investigate the Most Extreme Ancient Village in the United States” (10,682,634 views, Aug 3, 2024). Least viewed: “I Found an Ancient City on Google Earth ” (203,413 views, Jan 10, 2024).
- Median length: 24:14 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Desert Drifter’s consecutive uploads were a median of 8 days apart (shortest gap 3 days, longest 98 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Out of the Ruins: The Desert Drifter’s Final Voyage (Part 2)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/MkMSbizcNJo/) | 2025-10-24 | Long-form | 441,842 | 24:23 | - |
| [Into the Unknown: The Desert Drifter's Final Voyage (Part 1)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/YOAWNtc42Wk/) | 2025-10-04 | Long-form | 888,190 | 36:33 | - |
| [A Call to Action from the Desert Drifter's Wife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/2Juw8-eSxKU/) | 2025-06-29 | Long-form | 550,438 | 9:54 | 1.02x |
| [I Found the Strangest Hidden Voids on Google Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/s4qM85ZpLtE/) | 2025-05-02 | Long-form | 534,087 | 23:51 | - |
| [Stone Age Humans Made Millions of These. Can I Do It?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/vr6QoVuKOqw/) | 2025-04-05 | Long-form | 235,740 | 20:41 | - |
| [I Discovered This on the Edge of the Grand Canyon on Google Earth 👀](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/sf8SdKj_LeA/) | 2025-03-29 | Long-form | 1,213,486 | 15:25 | 0.85x |
| [Important Update from Andrew's Wife Evelyn](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/SxyVttN_vXc/) | 2025-02-03 | Long-form | 1,469,066 | 1:50 | 0.94x |
| [I Found a Network of Signals from a Prehistoric Civilization](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/w6q_HwZnyTo/) | 2025-01-17 | Long-form | 1,269,183 | 25:07 | 0.77x |
| [My Drone Found an Unbelievable Object Deep in the Desert](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/1Ya9tly5320/) | 2024-12-31 | Long-form | 1,392,148 | 27:42 | 0.77x |
| [I Found a Badland Hiding a Vanished Civilization](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/oVg1yrvz6Ec/) | 2024-12-20 | Long-form | 1,643,226 | 34:52 | 0.9x |
| [I Found 4,000 Year Old Walls in America’s Rocky Mountains](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/5DsjBrOERpc/) | 2024-12-15 | Long-form | 1,228,698 | 24:57 | 0.55x |
| [An Archaeologist and I Test the Most Shocking Discovery in North America](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/o0sQGygv-os/) | 2024-12-07 | Long-form | 1,020,525 | 30:20 | 0.45x |
| [I Followed a Passage into an Ancient World and Found This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/zvMst2oi4Fk/) | 2024-11-28 | Long-form | 1,645,717 | 30:04 | 0.73x |
| [We Found a Desert Maze Guarding an Ancient Treasure](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/FmhV0Isktj0/) | 2024-11-15 | Long-form | 4,995,340 | 40:22 | 2.22x |
| [I Found a WW2 German Spy Cave, Hidden in the American Desert?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/4ZxQ5rR8VwA/) | 2024-11-01 | Long-form | 1,989,710 | 25:12 | 0.89x |
| [I Found a Prehistoric Building on Top of America’s Most Famous Mountain](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/Zuic-gsxI2U/) | 2024-10-25 | Long-form | 7,085,838 | 22:18 | 2.76x |
| [An Archaeologist and I Enter an Ancient City Eroding Out of the Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/HSU29y75vnk/) | 2024-10-12 | Long-form | 2,505,988 | 29:20 | 1.15x |
| [I Found an Ancient Symbol on Google Earth, Then Followed It](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/aGU5hO181AM/) | 2024-09-26 | Long-form | 2,735,851 | 27:47 | 1.49x |
| [I Examine the Most Graphic Ancient Art You’ve Never Seen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/qPmTshd0v_Y/) | 2024-09-21 | Long-form | 1,335,749 | 24:15 | 0.73x |
| [There is Only 1 Archaeological Site Like This in North America](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/cH_mX22E7io/) | 2024-09-12 | Long-form | 3,025,388 | 40:35 | 1.65x |
| [This Ancient Site has Defied Discovery, Can I Reach It?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/gNlwSy7V4og/) | 2024-08-30 | Long-form | 1,815,065 | 25:37 | 0.99x |
| [I Investigate the Claims of a Lost Civilization in Montana, USA-The Sage Wall](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/NQ5yx10qE4s/) | 2024-08-24 | Long-form | 1,249,560 | 30:29 | 0.67x |
| [I Discovered This on the Edge of the Grand Canyon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/r6b20zUYRvs/) | 2024-08-14 | Long-form | 1,845,751 | 19:41 | 0.82x |
| [I Investigate the Most Extreme Ancient Village in the United States](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/uy65g6CcKl8/) | 2024-08-03 | Long-form | 10,682,634 | 23:22 | 3.83x |
| [A Hidden Trail Led me to a Secret Outlaw Hideout](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/k5BEduIBeic/) | 2024-07-25 | Long-form | 2,627,304 | 23:30 | 0.95x |
| [I Witness an Ancient Phenomenon During an Astronomical Event](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/9br0Inph610/) | 2024-07-05 | Long-form | 1,831,614 | 24:14 | 0.77x |
| [The Answers You’ve Always Wanted to Know](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/FONm7zNuFss/) | 2024-06-29 | Long-form | 554,453 | 28:06 | - |
| [My Wife and I Found Complex Prehistoric Beings in these Desert Caves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/10fe9dqUmCE/) | 2024-06-21 | Long-form | 1,109,080 | 28:08 | 0.46x |
| [Return to the Impossible: I Found New, Compelling Evidence](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/BmjMsY2y22s/) | 2024-06-07 | Long-form | 3,898,248 | 21:26 | 1.52x |
| [I Climbed Ancient Carved Steps, and Uncovered a Complete Mystery](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/-m-i2w3jkuY/) | 2024-05-31 | Long-form | 3,301,361 | 22:50 | 1.28x |
| [My Wife and I Found an Oasis Hiding Ancient Life](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/tgPyF2eBzxM/) | 2024-05-17 | Long-form | 1,901,208 | 26:03 | 0.91x |
| [EXTENDED CUT: What I Found in the Grand Canyon is Baffling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/4KM0DqU2w3U/) | 2024-05-11 | Long-form | 3,975,921 | 40:09 | 1.95x |
| [We Found a Jungle that Contained a Massive Ancient City](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/xjp_nc9HZrA/) | 2024-05-03 | Long-form | 2,951,816 | 29:20 | 1.52x |
| [What I Found in the Grand Canyon is Baffling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/s8fgS2mGg-Q/) | 2024-04-26 | Long-form | 2,879,933 | 24:00 | 1.78x |
| [A Cliff Ruin Mystery: I Take a Closer Look](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/XptqmXYvFaw/) | 2024-04-13 | Long-form | 1,333,115 | 29:49 | 0.82x |
| [I Found a Land of Sculpted Giants on Google Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/NYjeAtB5Bos/) | 2024-04-06 | Long-form | 779,315 | 20:22 | - |
| [Escaping A Flood, I Stumbled On A Hidden Ancient Site](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/rS9DUCQRr7g/) | 2024-03-30 | Long-form | 1,424,279 | 25:04 | 0.74x |
| [I Found an Intact, Ancient World In This Desert Canyon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/lmdt1xiUc44/) | 2024-03-16 | Long-form | 2,263,915 | 34:53 | 1.17x |
| [I Found An Impossible Ancient Ruin While Flying My Drone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/iwlwzhZwuKw/) | 2024-03-09 | Long-form | 3,744,011 | 23:17 | 2.23x |
| [I Found a Lost Prehistoric Oasis With My Drone and Google Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/SvFRfQtWxeI/) | 2024-03-02 | Long-form | 1,814,197 | 19:53 | 1.37x |
| [Exploring Secrets of The Most Beautiful Landscape In The American Southwest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/-m0CjJjdaGw/) | 2024-02-25 | Long-form | 295,934 | 12:17 | - |
| [I Found an Intricate Network of Human Life on Google Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/sxvp4tuIOrU/) | 2024-02-17 | Long-form | 2,055,749 | 24:05 | 1.89x |
| [I Found a Confusing Ancient Structure Hidden in this Cave](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/0thWtrVY-tE/) | 2024-02-09 | Long-form | 963,626 | 18:07 | 0.9x |
| [I Climbed To A Hidden Ancient Ruin and Found Something I’ve Never Seen Before](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/ypKuDJ-26LM/) | 2024-02-03 | Long-form | 2,660,931 | 22:38 | 2.49x |
| [I Found This Cave Backpacking. What Was Inside Left Me Speechless](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/DDNnb8rJYMw/) | 2024-01-27 | Long-form | 2,519,147 | 21:33 | 2.68x |
| [A Desert Enigma Revealed: I Discovered an Unknown Object on Google Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/PSpOqfkFfoc/) | 2024-01-20 | Long-form | 1,540,076 | 13:23 | 2.04x |
| [What I Found Up This Canyon Was Shocking](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/DZhzFjzl1KI/) | 2024-01-13 | Long-form | 1,104,516 | 16:49 | 1.62x |
| [I Found an Ancient City on Google Earth ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@desert.drifter/videos/AxQWIvoreSo/) | 2024-01-10 | Long-form | 203,413 | 8:47 | - |

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