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Rick Steves' Europe

Rick Steves' Europe

🥉Knowledgeable Creator
194 Cruise Videos on Trip Bacon2,063 Total Videos on YouTube2.1M subscribers

Rick Steves' Europe description on YouTube:

Explore Europe with Rick Steves, best-selling travel author and host of public television's "Rick Steves' Europe" and public radio's "Travel with Rick Steves." www.ricksteves.com Rick Steves advocates smart, affordable, perspective-broadening travel. As host and writer of the popular public television series "Rick Steves' Europe," and best-selling author of over 50 European travel books, he encourages Americans to travel as "temporary locals." He helps American travelers connect much more intimately and authentically with Europe — and Europeans — for a fraction of what mainstream tourists pay.

Catalogue Coverage
Developing read · Rick Steves' Europe

We’ve analysed 194 of 2,100+ videos so far.

Published
194
analysed and live on Trip Bacon
On YouTube
2,063
total catalogue
Catalogue coverage9.4%

Topic and audience patterns reflect this sample. We're still building toward a confident creator-authority read.

Annual Activity
Rick Steves' Europe’s output · year over year

How cruise-focused are they, and how much of it have we analysed?

YearDiscoveredCruise Coverage(cruise-related ÷ discovered)Trip Bacon Coverage(analysed ÷ cruise-related)
  1. 2026
    8
  2. 2025
    51
  3. 2024
    44
  4. 2023
    33
  5. 2022
    35
  6. 2021
    38
  7. 2020
    51
  8. 2019
    162
  9. 2018
    214
  10. 2017
    178
Heat scale
0% → 100%“Discovered” = videos we’ve found for this channel, not necessarily on the site yet.
Showing the most recent 10 years · 9 earlier years not shown.

Top Creator Topics

Ranked by creator sentiment, scored on the Trip Bacon Score.

  1. 1Booking2 video mentions
  2. 2Crew & Service15 video mentions
  3. 3Balcony Cabins5 video mentions
  4. 4Pool Deck4 video mentions
  5. 5Excursions64 video mentions
How to read the Trip Bacon Score
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Sad Bacon — creators took issue with this
Meh — no strong opinion either way

Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.

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Who’s this ship for?

How the ship rates with different travel parties.

Best Match
Families (Young Kids)
90%
Loved
Groups
83%
Loved

Videos (194)

360 Degrees of Berlin from the Reichstag Dome2:07Tour

360 Degrees of Berlin from the Reichstag Dome

· 8K views · 11 years ago
Highly Positive
The View from Oslo2:11Tour

The View from Oslo

· 4K views · 11 years ago
Highly Positive
Croatia: Adriatic Delights24:56Tips

Croatia: Adriatic Delights

· 3.4M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Salzburg and Surroundings25:05Tips

Salzburg and Surroundings

· 2.9M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg26:00

Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg

· 3.6M views · 12 years ago
The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands26:00Tour

The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands

· 3.6M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry26:04Tips

South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry

· 2.4M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Viking Cruise Lines
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria
+1 more
Dublin and Mystical Side Trips25:56Tips

Dublin and Mystical Side Trips

· 2.1M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Elizabeth
Budapest: The Best of Hungary26:08Tips

Budapest: The Best of Hungary

· 4.6M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
French Riviera: Uniquely Chic26:08Tips

French Riviera: Uniquely Chic

· 4.1M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria
London: Mod and Trad26:08Tips

London: Mod and Trad

· 1.5M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Cunard Line logo
Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria
Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland26:08Tips

Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland

· 2.7M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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MSC Cruises USA
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria
Istanbul24:57Tips

Istanbul

· 6.3M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
North England's Lake District and Durham24:57Tips

North England's Lake District and Durham

· 3.6M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Venice and Its Lagoon24:57Tips

Venice and Its Lagoon

· 1.5M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
European Travel Skills Part I24:57Tips

European Travel Skills Part I

· 767K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
European Travel Skills Part II24:56Tips

European Travel Skills Part II

· 367K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Rick Steves Tour Guides: Liz and Roy12:58Tour

Rick Steves Tour Guides: Liz and Roy

· 4K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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P & O Cruises
P & O Cruises logo
Iona
What Does It Take to Be a Rick Steves Tour Guide?5:21Tips

What Does It Take to Be a Rick Steves Tour Guide?

· 16K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Viking Cruise Lines
Rick Steves Tour Experience: Comfy and Quaint Hotels2:34Tour

Rick Steves Tour Experience: Comfy and Quaint Hotels

· 79K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Oslo, Norway: Lively, Lovely City on the Fjord - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:02Tips

Oslo, Norway: Lively, Lovely City on the Fjord - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 218K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Dining Out in St. Petersburg2:21Vlog

Dining Out in St. Petersburg

· 22K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Waking up in Germany2:16Vlog

Waking up in Germany

· 10K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Princess Cruises
Italy's Amalfi Coast25:05Tips

Italy's Amalfi Coast

· 5.4M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive