# TrailRecon: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-28, TrailRecon has 687,000 subscribers, 150,516,076 total views, and 801 videos. It ranks #110,121 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [TrailRecon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/). 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 TrailRecon is “What’s Left Behind in Big Bear Might Surprise You”, a long-form video published Oct 16, 2026.
- These are TrailRecon’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Nov 21, 2025 and Oct 16, 2026 (42 long-form videos and 6 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 110,283. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “I Found a Top Secret WWII Base Hidden in the Desert” (381,344 views, Feb 20, 2026). Least viewed: “Can I Make it Up the Pickle” (11,385 views, Mar 31, 2026).
- Median length: 26:24 for 42 long-form videos; 0:39 for 6 Shorts.
- In this sample, TrailRecon’s consecutive uploads were a median of 6 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 20 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [What’s Left Behind in Big Bear Might Surprise You](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/A2w5jRjJf74/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 104,837 | 30:48 | 0.99x |
| [Did I Take My Jeep Wrangler Too Far?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/3kmjpcxSsRY/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 173,485 | 27:47 | 1.43x |
| [The Ohio Trail That Finally Turned Me Around](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/GU-hhRiRWJY/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 93,214 | 23:44 | - |
| [These Nevada Backroads Lead to a Forgotten Town](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/n7xhJbLPLag/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 117,134 | 30:58 | 0.87x |
| [I Asked a Jeep Mechanic Your Toughest Questions](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/HS4sOzn0ao0/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 77,613 | 47:56 | - |
| [She Put a Deposit on a Jeep Recon. Then We Drove It.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/FV0LP-IdQEY/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 180,242 | 19:21 | 1.28x |
| [This Was Always the Plan for Recon One](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/HnbIBssK9KY/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 129,760 | 20:53 | 0.96x |
| [Strangest Jeeps I Found in the Smoky Mountains](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/hEUiX-7rb8c/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 140,961 | 14:31 | 1.06x |
| [Tennessee’s Only National Forest Is NOT What I Expected](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/C8rWVr_2AVM/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 185,673 | 22:06 | 1.51x |
| [The Jeep Mod I'll Never Run Again](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/7O2eVyATQ7w/) | 2026-08-21 | Long-form | 126,107 | 47:43 | 1.06x |
| [I Didn’t Know Kentucky Had This!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/0_XwCxQv7Ho/) | 2026-08-19 | Short | 29,503 | 0:45 | - |
| [Kentucky, I Owe You an Apology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/ElXfYwryS80/) | 2026-08-15 | Long-form | 139,599 | 24:35 | 1.21x |
| [Not Going as Planned in Ohio](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/rBDlfyHNVDA/) | 2026-08-11 | Short | 36,611 | 0:26 | 2.08x |
| [This Mountain Trail Was Worth Every Mile](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/yXWIu_h6hG4/) | 2026-08-07 | Long-form | 81,595 | 30:43 | - |
| [We Were the Last to See This Place Like This](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/kAlJxMlXNZ0/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 143,637 | 34:01 | 1.24x |
| [A Series of Misfortunate Events on the Way to Canada](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/5y1k2tM2NdM/) | 2026-07-27 | Long-form | 120,589 | 26:54 | 1.04x |
| [This Colorado Mountain Is Hollow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/rOMS5Itk_tQ/) | 2026-07-09 | Long-form | 235,389 | 21:32 | 2.04x |
| [This Colorado Trail Leads to a Town That Shouldn't Exist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/vjaG2rbzsTU/) | 2026-07-04 | Long-form | 117,758 | 25:55 | 1.02x |
| [What I Broke on the Rubicon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/vz5675_EcTE/) | 2026-06-14 | Long-form | 70,236 | 15:50 | - |
| [How to Repair a Blown Tire Bead](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/Sn0W5d_74Js/) | 2026-06-13 | Short | 53,960 | 0:43 | - |
| [The Rubicon Trail Broke Our Jeeps](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/3SlBmdI-J28/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 113,322 | 39:34 | 0.97x |
| [I Didn't Expect This in the Middle of Nowhere](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/v1nDGsQg5Q4/) | 2026-06-06 | Long-form | 53,740 | 19:08 | - |
| [I Drove America's Most Brutal Pioneer Trail](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/dTZSe9_HTM0/) | 2026-05-30 | Long-form | 107,244 | 33:08 | 0.94x |
| [These Jeep Parts Will Fail](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/mVu8_wLEjsM/) | 2026-05-23 | Long-form | 183,332 | 31:52 | 1.66x |
| [My New Ultimate Off-Road Tow Rig](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/Cq6HfKsbD_8/) | 2026-05-16 | Long-form | 91,692 | 32:14 | 1.04x |
| [The Most Luxurious Off-Road Trailer I've Ever Towed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/t74evQg1Xh4/) | 2026-05-10 | Long-form | 144,036 | 36:25 | 1.31x |
| [This Trail Leads to New Mexico's Weirdest Town](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/LA68kMRcEbk/) | 2026-05-03 | Long-form | 253,909 | 19:48 | 2.3x |
| [What I Found at the End of This New Mexico Trail](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/yMxbVf8vNnQ/) | 2026-04-29 | Long-form | 121,046 | 19:54 | 1.1x |
| [The Trail Most People Never Finish](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/tKDlw6Msln0/) | 2026-04-17 | Long-form | 159,651 | 27:25 | 1.44x |
| [It Went Sideways Fast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/QUru3mZjQM0/) | 2026-04-11 | Long-form | 99,446 | 24:39 | 1.01x |
| [Put 37s on My Jeep and Took It Straight to Moab](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/m_VYYQyN1zU/) | 2026-04-05 | Long-form | 72,833 | 17:30 | - |
| [Can I Make it Up the Pickle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/nczA7qjiH5A/) | 2026-03-31 | Short | 11,385 | 0:15 | - |
| [Harsh Reality of Modifying a Jeep Wrangler](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/kuV1B72sc2Y/) | 2026-03-29 | Long-form | 93,329 | 12:45 | - |
| [I Found a Forgotten Gold Empire in the California Desert](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/FmdNiduMlxs/) | 2026-03-27 | Long-form | 78,850 | 34:54 | - |
| [The Moab Detour You NEED to See](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/CbfisY7do9o/) | 2026-03-20 | Short | 24,526 | 1:00 | - |
| [Moab vs. My Jeep Willys: Did I Build It Up Enough?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/DjjLUhnGrls/) | 2026-03-13 | Long-form | 121,628 | 43:07 | 1.15x |
| [These USED Parts Changed Everything on My Jeep Wrangler](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/QPtZ0EbBWEI/) | 2026-02-27 | Long-form | 68,534 | 13:47 | - |
| [I Found a Top Secret WWII Base Hidden in the Desert](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/dISAWpihA5M/) | 2026-02-20 | Long-form | 381,344 | 32:51 | 3.34x |
| [Removing My Jeep Wranglers Biggest Mistake + 5 New Upgrades](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/ul8URv53Msk/) | 2026-02-06 | Long-form | 173,337 | 17:30 | 1.76x |
| [Exploring a Vanished Empire in the Nevada Desert](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/TBK1n9FESIU/) | 2026-01-30 | Long-form | 264,802 | 28:47 | 2.69x |
| [Is This Off-Road Trailer Actually Worth Pulling Behind a Jeep?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/jZWBBbPwRYI/) | 2026-01-25 | Long-form | 50,324 | 23:50 | - |
| [Was My New Jeep Build Ready for This Arizona Trail?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/DNR2sjVo8tI/) | 2026-01-19 | Long-form | 90,393 | 21:10 | 1.24x |
| [The Shakedown on Smiley Rock](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/SrxbPU5bMa0/) | 2026-01-18 | Short | 22,637 | 0:36 | - |
| [Why I’m Changing Everything for 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/E9RYOpemW0U/) | 2026-01-01 | Long-form | 138,286 | 22:19 | 1.03x |
| [Searching for Real Trails in the Texas Hill Country](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/mGMDQdTUfYk/) | 2025-12-26 | Long-form | 87,160 | 33:44 | 1.19x |
| [The Texas Beach That Looks Like Hawaii](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/NEqMgRyheJo/) | 2025-12-23 | Long-form | 60,249 | 18:30 | - |
| [My Truck Caught Fire on Day 1 in Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/a4yc2_RPnqs/) | 2025-12-05 | Long-form | 73,815 | 32:09 | - |
| [Crossing Arizona Border to Border: Mexico to Utah](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@trailrecon/videos/7uTKCEA03UM/) | 2025-11-21 | Long-form | 140,403 | 1:53:41 | 0.92x |

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