Paddy Doyle has a good following but his stuff from the last 12 months just lame now. Nothing unique. He has failed to evolve.

Walkabout Wayne same footpath walks. Nothing to bother with. Not many followers.

People watch this sort of blatherskite?

I'd like to see a better comparison between cities also add in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Top 5 condo picks

Top 5 restaurants

Top 3 gyms

Top 5 bars

Do 5 to 10 cities in each country and compare them all.

Large, medium and small.

54 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

I'd like to see a better comparison between cities also add in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Top 5 condo picks

Top 5 restaurants

Top 3 gyms

Top 5 bars

Do 5 to 10 cities in each country and compare them all.

Large, medium and small.

What is stopping you from doing it? You've been to every city in Thailand already, or so you claim.

They ran out of ideas about ten years ago

4 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

What is stopping you from doing it? You've been to every city in Thailand already, or so you claim.

Can't be bothered. These guys have the gear and the channel in place.

I was thinking of starting a YouTube channel on Pattaya Statistics

Maybe even do a vid on Bangkok and how many dentists have the word "smile ,,," in them

I would love to start a YouTube channel

21 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I was thinking of starting a YouTube channel on Pattaya Statistics

Maybe even do a vid on Bangkok and how many dentists have the word "smile ,,," in them

I would love to start a YouTube channel

Georgetta, brilliant idea, girl. You have finally found what you were always destined to do with your life.

You’ll easily get seven subscribers by Christmas.

One of them will be you refreshing the analytics.

Another will be your mum checking the comments.

The remaining five will be dentists seeing whether they made this week’s Smile Index.

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and mop till you drop, darl.

22 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I was thinking of starting a YouTube channel on Pattaya Statistics

Maybe even do a vid on Bangkok and how many dentists have the word "smile ,,," in them

I would love to start a YouTube channel

Go for it, will be a rivetting must watch channel.

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

People watch this sort of blatherskite?

Only people who are housebound with no life.

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I was thinking of starting a YouTube channel on Pattaya Statistics

Maybe even do a vid on Bangkok and how many dentists have the word "smile ,,," in them

TravelGuides & Travelogues

I would love to start a YouTube channel

I would tune in. Please do and if I may recommend a format. Do a trio-host format. For example, Gamma, Georgio, and Rocky Cast. Possibly use one of Rocky's prior iterations.

Half of the crap on my Youtube suggestions is now AI generated content. I wish there was a filter to block those.

3 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Paddy Doyle has a good following but his stuff from the last 12 months just lame now. Nothing unique. He has failed to evolve.

Walkabout Wayne same footpath walks. Nothing to bother with. Not many followers.

I agree, having watched Paddy Doyle from the early days of "The Budgeteers" and most of his solo stuff since. he's definitely gone quite stale. It's a shame because his production skills are top notch, but I guess you can only post so much of the same old content before people start to get bored and stop watching.

I'm sure he'll maintain a large following as new viewers discover him for the first time. For me though.. sadly I stopped watching him a while ago.

29 minutes ago, captainjackS said:

Half of the crap on my Youtube suggestions is now AI generated content. I wish there was a filter to block those.

Skip the "suggestions". There is a search field. Enter what is of interest to you. You Tube can be a gold mine for those that want to learn something, rivalling the Library of Congress.

55 minutes ago, atpeace said:

I would tune in. Please do and if I may recommend a format. Do a trio-host format. For example, Gamma, Georgio, and Rocky Cast. Possibly use one of Rocky's prior iterations.

If you’re going to do that, you might as well swing by your local mental institution, ask for the three lowest IQ and most cognitively impaired patients they have, hand each of them five kilos of Play-Doh, and tell them to knock themselves out. Then hit record, sit back, and enjoy the show. It would be virtually indistinguishable from putting those three other stooges you mentioned in a video together, except the Play-Doh version would probably be more creative, have a higher combined IQ, and somehow produce content that would actually be worth watching... Or you could just watch a Mark Rober video.

Unfortunately that's a major challenge for many YouTubers trying to create content. Trying to find new, interesting or unique content depending on the channel reaches an inflection point and like you mention, things seem stale.

Definitely not easy depending on subject of content. One YouTuber mentioned they are working on 6 ideas when they upload a video.

Would love to have a garage and build a bunch or cool stuff and get paid for it

I thought only flogs, bogans and dropkicks watch those foreigner YouTube channels about Thailand?

I get the feeling that a lot of the Thailand-based YouTubers these days do it very much for the money. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, and all power to them to make a decent return / living form their work, but at the same time you get the feeling that for some of these YouTubers their heart isn't in it and they're not passionate about it. Rewind several years and I didn't feel this way. It felt like many produced content simply because they enjoyed doing so. There are hardly any Thailand YouTube channels I watch any more.

Sa

On 7/5/2026 at 3:34 PM, Rockyroad said:

Paddy Doyle has a good following but his stuff from the last 12 months just lame now. Nothing unique. He has failed to evolve.

Walkabout Wayne same footpath walks. Nothing to bother with. Not many followers.

Same as that Buzzin Pattaya bloke Trevor. He does the same old video's over and over again, it's now boring so I've stopped watching

On 7/5/2026 at 4:45 AM, Rockyroad said:

I'd like to see a better comparison between cities also add in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Top 5 condo picks

Top 5 restaurants

Top 3 gyms

Top 5 bars

Do 5 to 10 cities in each country and compare them all.

Large, medium and small.

That's an expensive request. To accomplish that, the channel must be sufficiently monetized including promotion/branding deals with sponsors. The downside of those freebies and promos is that the subject very quickly loses credibility. Most of these influencers do not pay for the restaurant meals they receive, or the gym memberships they have. Who do you expect will pay for the visits to the multiple locations in multiple countries?

On 7/5/2026 at 3:34 PM, Rockyroad said:

Paddy Doyle has a good following but his stuff from the last 12 months just lame now. Nothing unique. He has failed to evolve.

Walkabout Wayne same footpath walks. Nothing to bother with. Not many followers.

The guy is notorious for stealing short drone clips from other YouTubers. I found the drone stuff I recorded on at least 4 occasions. I confronted him once, but he denied wrongdoing. Of course, what else is he going to say, that he stole it? Yeah, right. On the other hand, the Japanese NHK channel loved my drone footage of the Thee Lor Su Waterfall and made me a more than fair financial offer, which I accepted.

Edited July 7Jul 7 by BMW Overlander

19 minutes ago, BMW Overlander said:

The guy is notorious for stealing short drone clips from other YouTubers. I found the drone stuff I recorded on at least 4 occasions. I confronted him once, but he denied wrongdoing. Of course, what else is he going to say, that he stole it? Yeah, right. On the other hand, the Japanese NHK channel loved my drone footage of the Thee Lor Su Waterfall and made me a more than fair financial offer, which I accepted.

Interesting comments. Nice vid.

Hopefully Thailand follows Indonesia.

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Hopefully Thailand follows Indonesia.

Kind of fascism

16 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Hopefully Thailand follows Indonesia.

Bali will lose money over this. Dumb move.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

Bali will lose money over this. Dumb move.

I think it is fantastic.... <deleted> them dumb bogan content creators.

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I think it is fantastic.... <deleted> them dumb bogan content creators.

Their videos are free advertising which brings in tourists to regions especially remote ones. Really dumb move. I went to Phattalung cause of Youtubers.

23 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Their videos are free advertising which brings in tourists to regions especially remote ones. Really dumb move. I went to Phattalung cause of Youtubers.

Ohhh... your one of those that watch the crap.

Now I see your angle.

8 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Ohhh... your one of those that watch the crap.

Now I see your angle.

You are an alcoholic who hates travel

51 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Hopefully Thailand follows Indonesia.

Philippines also cracked down on YouTubers , as from 2026 it's illegal to film people without consent

Several YouTubers were arrested the most famous was Vitaly who was jailed