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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
Happy Bacon — creators loved this aspect
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)

The Istanbul Tram Crush2:56Tour

The Istanbul Tram Crush

· 4K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Security Back on Ship1:25Vlog

Security Back on Ship

· 3K views · 14 years ago
Positive
Arrival in Kuşadası — Be Independent or Go on a Tour Bus3:42Tips

Arrival in Kuşadası — Be Independent or Go on a Tour Bus

· 16K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Celebrity Cruises logo
Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Cruises logo
Celebrity Equinox
A Speedy Cruise-Ship Orientation3:19Tour

A Speedy Cruise-Ship Orientation

· 5K views · 14 years ago
Positive
Royal Caribbean Group logo
Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group logo
Liberty of the Seas
On a Cruise Ship — Enjoying the Easy Life, Poolside2:29Vlog

On a Cruise Ship — Enjoying the Easy Life, Poolside

· 5K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Stockholm, Sweden: Nobel's Home and City Hall - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:15Tips

Stockholm, Sweden: Nobel's Home and City Hall - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 27K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
It's 6:30 in the Morning: Welcome to Civitavecchia, the Springboard to Rome1:28Vlog

It's 6:30 in the Morning: Welcome to Civitavecchia, the Springboard to Rome

· 8K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
FlowRider: Leaving Barcelona with a Splash0:39

FlowRider: Leaving Barcelona with a Splash

· 3K views · 14 years ago
Oslo, Norway: Maritime History in Bygdøy - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:57Tips

Oslo, Norway: Maritime History in Bygdøy - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 18K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner2:56Vlog

Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner

· 1K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
The Tour Bus Parking Lot at Ephesus1:27Vlog

The Tour Bus Parking Lot at Ephesus

· 5K views · 14 years ago
Positive
Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner2:56Vlog

Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner

· 2K views · 14 years ago
Positive
Grappa and a Roman's Dream1:23Vlog

Grappa and a Roman's Dream

· 2K views · 14 years ago
Highly Positive
Oceania Cruises logo
Oceania Cruises
Coffee Break in Sestri Levante2:30Vlog

Coffee Break in Sestri Levante

· 5K views · 15 years ago
Positive
Tallinn, Estonia: Old World Meets New - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite2:55Tips

Tallinn, Estonia: Old World Meets New - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 92K views · 15 years ago
Highly Positive
Hvar, Croatia: Made for Relaxing - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:25Tips

Hvar, Croatia: Made for Relaxing - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 146K views · 15 years ago
Highly Positive
Stockholm, Sweden: Cruising the Archipelago - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide3:08Tips

Stockholm, Sweden: Cruising the Archipelago - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide

· 95K views · 15 years ago
Highly Positive
Bath, England: Neoclassical Royal Crescent and Circus - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide3:40Tips

Bath, England: Neoclassical Royal Crescent and Circus - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide

· 39K views · 15 years ago
Highly Positive
Jutland, Denmark: Legoland and Aarhus4:52Tips

Jutland, Denmark: Legoland and Aarhus

· 58K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Rick Steves' European Christmas: Norway6:42Tour

Rick Steves' European Christmas: Norway

· 284K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Norwegian Cruise Line logo
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line logo
Norwegian Spirit
Ærø, Denmark: Denmark's Charming Isle - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite4:50Tips

Ærø, Denmark: Denmark's Charming Isle - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 44K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Roskilde, Denmark: Historic Capital4:14Tips

Roskilde, Denmark: Historic Capital

· 49K views · 16 years ago
Positive
Viking Cruise Lines logo
Viking Cruise Lines
Istanbul, Turkey: Golden Horn and Bosphorus - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite2:05Tips

Istanbul, Turkey: Golden Horn and Bosphorus - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 124K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Vienna, Austria: The Danube and Melk Abbey - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite4:01Tips

Vienna, Austria: The Danube and Melk Abbey - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 95K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive