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Otis Boone

@otisbooneyt

Language: EnglishCountry not available57 days old

  • Persona: Otis Boone · Homesteader · Senior
  • Sells · $19.99 guide
  • Appalachia
  • Folklore
  • Cryptids
  • Survival tips
  • Hiking safety
  • Haunted places
  • True crime
  • Mountain life
Subscribers
11.8K
Total views
3.17M
Videos
48

Stats updated Stats from YouTube

Growth

Subscribers · daily totals we stored, UTC days

Dotted: 2 days without a fresh subscriber total stored in this range. Left out, not filled in.

Show the numbers
Subscribers per UTC day, last 30 days, newest first
Day (UTC)Subscribers
Oct 14, 202611,800
Oct 13, 202611,600
Oct 12, 202611,500
Oct 11, 202611,300
Oct 10, 202611,200
Oct 9, 202611,000
Oct 8, 202610,800
Oct 7, 2026not available
Oct 6, 2026not available
Oct 5, 202610,400
Oct 4, 202610,100
Oct 3, 20269,940
Oct 2, 20269,730
Oct 1, 20269,500
Sep 30, 20269,120
Sep 29, 20268,970
Sep 28, 20268,690
Sep 27, 20268,420
Sep 26, 20268,130
Sep 25, 20267,930
Sep 24, 20267,810
Sep 23, 20267,520
Sep 22, 20267,360
Sep 21, 20266,990
Sep 20, 20266,500
Sep 19, 20265,890
Sep 18, 20264,780
Sep 17, 20264,310
Sep 16, 20263,000
Sep 15, 20262,770
Sep 14, 20262,250

Top videos

Most viewed

What they sell

From the public store pages the channel links to, checked Oct 13, 2026.

How they sell it

  1. 1Video
  2. 2DescriptionFirst line of every recent description links otisboone.com, often naming the book
  3. 3Landing pageGumroad · Single-product sales page; also the about link 'my survival guide' · otisboone.com
  4. 4Landing pageGumroad · Buy buttons lead to this Gumroad product, titled 'Surviving the Appalachian Mountains' · otisboone.gumroad.com
  5. 5CheckoutGumroad
  • Store link in 100% of recent descriptions
  • Link in descriptions since Aug 18, 2026
  • Entry points: the About page, the first line of descriptions, the description body

Every recent description opens with a link to otisboone.com, either naming 'The Appalachian Book of the Living and the Lost' or promising what it takes to walk the mountains and come back alive; the about link 'my survival guide' points to the same page. The page sells one illustrated 138-page PDF ebook of 16 chapters at a $19.99 founding-reader price for the first 100 readers, after which it lists $39.99. Its buy buttons lead to a Gumroad product page and Gumroad checkout. The page shows no email form and no guarantee text.

Analysis

Our own reading of the channel’s public titles, descriptions and thumbnails, not data from YouTube.

Persona

Otis Boone

Homesteader · Senior · Male · Appalachian woods, cabins, hollers and back roads

Niche

Appalachian folklore, dangers and mountain survival told by an old local

Audience

Viewers drawn to Appalachian folklore, cryptid and haunted stories, outdoor danger and old mountain ways, including hikers and campers (inferred from titles and the about text).

Avatar
  • Realistic avatar
  • A photorealistic elderly man with a long grey beard, a battered brimmed hat, a plaid shirt and overalls, set in dark, cinematic mountain scenes.
Format

A 12-23 minute monologue by the old mountain-man persona on one Appalachian topic: a list of rules, creatures or warning signs, or 'the truth about' a legend, place or dark event.

Content pillars
  • Appalachian legends and cryptids (Bigfoot, Dogman, skinwalkers)
  • Survival rules for trails, woods and back roads
  • Dark history: coal mines, serial killers, missing people
  • Haunted places and ghost towns
  • Old mountain ways: folk healers, warning signs, holler life
Title patterns
  • There Are [N] Rules To Survive [Appalachian place]... (From An Appalachian Local)
  • I'm From Appalachia. Here's the Truth About [X].
  • The Truth About [X]... (From An Appalachian Local)
  • Why So Many [X] In The Appalachian Mountains
  • [N] [Things] The Old Folks Never Ignored (Old Mountain [X])
Thumbnails

The bearded mountain man fills one side of a dark, moody scene (cabin, woods, mine, shelter), often with a threat behind him such as glowing eyes or blood; short white or sign-style text in 5 of 8.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

Why it works
  • Near-daily output: 39 videos since Aug 18 (about 6 a week), with +2.26M views and +8,700 subscribers in the last 24 days
  • Local-insider hook: 12 of 30 recent titles say 'From An Appalachian Local' or 'I'm From Appalachia'; so do 6 of the top 10
  • One tight niche: 26 of 30 recent titles name Appalachia, mixing danger, folklore and cryptids
  • Survival 'rules' lists: the top video, '6 Rules To Survive The Appalachian Trail', has 490k views; 4 of 30 recent uploads use the form
  • One recognisable persona: the same old mountain man fronts every viewed thumbnail, in a consistent dark cinematic grade

Where the channel points

Links from the channel’s About page and its video descriptions.

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