# About Hobo Shoestring: YouTube Channel Profile

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As of 2026-11-10, Hobo Shoestring has 222,000 subscribers, 56,635,461 total views, and 519 videos. It ranks #338,646 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

## Profile

- Channel: [Hobo Shoestring](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehoboshoestring/)
- Subscribers: 222,000
- Total views: 56,635,461
- Videos: 519
- Estimated ad revenue (USD): $920
- Worldwide rank: #338,646
- Category: Lifestyle (rank #81,201)
- Joined YouTube: 2012-08-25
- Statistics as of: 2026-11-10

## Channel description

Written by the channel:

> I've been riding freight trains since 1989 and have since ridden over 2,700,000 of steel rails in 49 USA states, eight provinces of Canada and 14 states in Mexico.
> I spent my first 31 years homeless riding trains then last year I had to get a small apartment because of medical issues. It's very hard having walls and a roof because I prefer to be outside.  I still stay gone riding more than I stay in the little apartment.
> Doing my best after getting hit by a car December 13 and ran over by a train October 2017. Hand and arm healed quite well!
> My merchandise store that's connected to this YouTube channel is run by my family is the only one endorsed.
>
> Thanks for watching!