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Rick Steves' Europe

Rick Steves' Europe

Casual Creator
148 Cruise Videos on Trip Bacon2,062 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 148 of 2,100+ videos so far.

Published
148
analysed and live on Trip Bacon
On YouTube
2,062
total catalogue
Catalogue coverage7.2%

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
    3
  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.
Live Reviews

What Creators Are Saying About Rick Steves' Europe

Top Creator Topics

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

  1. 1Booking2 video mentions
  2. 2Crew & Service16 video mentions
  3. 3Balcony Cabins5 video mentions
  4. 4Pool Deck4 video mentions
  5. 5Excursions67 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.

About our Bacon Score methodology

Who’s this ship for?

How the ship rates with different travel parties.

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

Videos (148)

Athens and Side-Trips24:56Tour

Athens and Side-Trips

· 2.3M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Helsinki and Tallinn: Baltic Sisters24:57Tips

Helsinki and Tallinn: Baltic Sisters

· 1.5M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Copenhagen24:57Tips

Copenhagen

· 2.3M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
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Viking Cruise Lines
Denmark Beyond Copenhagen24:56Tips

Denmark Beyond Copenhagen

· 2.7M views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Test Drive a Tour Guide: Italy's Cities52:29Tips

Test Drive a Tour Guide: Italy's Cities

· 25K views · 12 years ago
Highly Positive
Russian Good Luck0:43Tips

Russian Good Luck

· 7K views · 13 years ago
Mixed
Dinghy Sales Pitch on the Nile1:31Vlog

Dinghy Sales Pitch on the Nile

· 3K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
European Travel Skills with Cameron Hewitt2:07:47Tips

European Travel Skills with Cameron Hewitt

· 173K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
European Travel Skills: On Your Own vs On a Tour - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide3:18Tips

European Travel Skills: On Your Own vs On a Tour - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide

· 27K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
Rick Steves Presents an Irreverent History of His Tour Program1:36:38Tour

Rick Steves Presents an Irreverent History of His Tour Program

· 546K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
European Travel Skills: Driving in Europe - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide4:26Tips

European Travel Skills: Driving in Europe - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide

· 196K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
Rick Steves' Europe: A Symphonic Journey: Italy7:08Tour

Rick Steves' Europe: A Symphonic Journey: Italy

· 5K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
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AIDA Cruises
Keswick, England: Communing with Nature - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:38Tips

Keswick, England: Communing with Nature - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 33K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
Cruising Alaska: Piggyback Ride over an Alaskan-Sized Puddle0:16

Cruising Alaska: Piggyback Ride over an Alaskan-Sized Puddle

· 12K views · 13 years ago
Cruising Alaska: Breaching Whale on Icy Strait0:26

Cruising Alaska: Breaching Whale on Icy Strait

· 8K views · 13 years ago
Monster Ship Cuts Through Sinking City0:48

Monster Ship Cuts Through Sinking City

· 8K views · 13 years ago
Rick Steves Tour Experience49:54Tour

Rick Steves Tour Experience

· 155K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
Beating the Crowds in Venice0:48Tips

Beating the Crowds in Venice

· 12K views · 13 years ago
Highly Positive
Vicky and Cristina! Gaudí's Dream Is Coming True!1:05Tour

Vicky and Cristina! Gaudí's Dream Is Coming True!

· 3K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Helsinki, Finland: Vibrant Baltic City - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:01Tips

Helsinki, Finland: Vibrant Baltic City - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 160K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Bergen, Norway: Salty Harbor Town - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite5:26Tips

Bergen, Norway: Salty Harbor Town - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 263K views · 14 years ago
Positive
Piazza Navona Entertains2:05Vlog

Piazza Navona Entertains

· 4K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Each Ship is Designed with a Style in Mind2:26Compare

Each Ship is Designed with a Style in Mind

· 3K views · 14 years ago
Positive
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Royal Caribbean Group
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Celebrity Cruises
Santorini Delights the Masses1:17Vlog

Santorini Delights the Masses

· 7K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive