Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin · Aired Oct 31, 2026

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The YouTube channel 'Outdoor Boys' has 20 million subscribers.

We revised this check on Oct 31, 2026. See what changed and why ↓

The finding

What remains unresolved

The guest gives a rounded 20-million subscriber estimate for Outdoor Boys at about 1:05:27. A current third-party tracker was cited initially, but no dated first-party YouTube count was independently preserved here. The adjacent statement that every video gets 90 million views is a separate exaggeration, not evidence for this subscriber count. Joe's speculation about reading comments is also not established.

No supporting source was captured. This finding should not be treated as a sourced conclusion.

Quick answer & review status

Quick answer

Is it true that the YouTube channel 'Outdoor Boys' has 20 million subscribers?

We can't say yet. The guest gives a rounded 20-million subscriber estimate for Outdoor Boys at about 1:05:27. A current third-party tracker was cited initially, but no dated first-party YouTube count was independently preserved here. A guest said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2574 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin, aired Oct 31, 2026, at 1:05:27. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.

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Coverage: One selected claim from the episode

Revisions to this check

Oct 31, 2026

Previously: The YouTube channel 'Outdoor Boys' has 20 million subscribers. [Accurate]: VidIQ's channel tracker lists Outdoor Boys at about 20.9 million subscribers as of October 31, 2026, so 20 million is a fair round figure. The channel had about 15 million when Luke Nichols announced he was stepping back in May 2025 and kept growing afterward. Joe's aside that every video gets around 90 million views is much too high, since the totals work out to roughly 8 million views per video on average. YouTube's own public count showing the channel well under 20 million would make this wrong.

Now: The YouTube channel 'Outdoor Boys' has 20 million subscribers. [Unverified]: The guest gives a rounded 20-million subscriber estimate for Outdoor Boys at about 1:05:27. A current third-party tracker was cited initially, but no dated first-party YouTube count was independently preserved here. The adjacent statement that every video gets 90 million views is a separate exaggeration, not evidence for this subscriber count. Joe's speculation about reading comments is also not established.

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