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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)

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
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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 · 15 years ago
Positive
Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner2:56Vlog

Discussing the Afghan Call to Prayer at Dinner

· 2K views · 15 years ago
Positive
Grappa and a Roman's Dream1:23Vlog

Grappa and a Roman's Dream

· 2K views · 15 years ago
Highly Positive
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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

· 93K 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

· 147K 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

· 96K 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

· 40K views · 15 years ago
Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Anne
Jutland, Denmark: Legoland and Aarhus4:52Tips

Jutland, Denmark: Legoland and Aarhus

· 58K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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Viking Cruise Lines
North Wales: Caernarfon Castle - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite2:00Tour

North Wales: Caernarfon Castle - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 47K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Elizabeth
Rick Steves' European Christmas: Norway6:42Tour

Rick Steves' European Christmas: Norway

· 284K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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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
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Viking Cruise Lines
Roskilde, Denmark: Historic Capital4:14Tips

Roskilde, Denmark: Historic Capital

· 49K views · 16 years ago
Positive
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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

· 96K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Salzburg, Austria: Music, Lakes, and Mountains - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite5:14Tips

Salzburg, Austria: Music, Lakes, and Mountains - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 1.5M views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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MSC Cruises USA
Travel as a Political Act Lecture: Part 24:26Tips

Travel as a Political Act Lecture: Part 2

· 4K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Burgundy, France: Barging in Burgundy - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite2:31Tips

Burgundy, France: Barging in Burgundy - Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 70K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
Nice, France: Beaches, Pasta, and Perfume - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:54Tips

Nice, France: Beaches, Pasta, and Perfume - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 619K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria
Liverpool, England: Home of the Beatles - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite3:12Tips

Liverpool, England: Home of the Beatles - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

· 189K views · 16 years ago
Highly Positive
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Cunard Line
Cunard Line logo
Queen Victoria