Threading the film…
Threading the film…
Watch The Outdoors is a hand-curated library of outdoor YouTube channels. Getting featured is free, your views stay yours, and leaving is as easy as asking.
This is the part creators ask about most, so let's be plain: every video here plays through the official YouTube embedded player. A play on our site is a real view on your channel — it counts toward your watch time, your ad revenue, and your subscriber growth, exactly like a view on youtube.com. We never download your videos, never re-upload them, and never touch your ads. Think of us as a well-organized trailhead sign pointing people to your channel.
People, not algorithms. Our editors pick every channel in the library, across 35+ outdoor activities. Once your channel is in, new uploads show up here automatically within hours and get sorted into the right activity — so someone browsing fishing or backpacking finds you at exactly the moment they care about your topic.
Email creators@watchtheoutdoors.com with a link to your channel and a line about what you film. An editor will actually watch your videos — that's the whole process. No fee, no forms, no "growth partnership" pitch.
Email us from an address connected to your channel and we'll remove it — the channel and every video, permanently. No hard feelings, and it won't quietly reappear later.
No. Videos play through the official YouTube embedded player. Every play on Watch The Outdoors counts as a real YouTube view — your watch time, your ad revenue, your subscribers. We never download, re-upload, or strip ads from your videos.
Email creators@watchtheoutdoors.com with a link to your channel. An editor watches your recent uploads and adds the channel if it fits. There is no fee and no catch.
Channels that actually go outside: hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, climbing, paddling, skiing, overlanding, wildlife, and about 30 more activities. Consistent uploads and honest thumbnails help. Clickbait farms and reaction channels do not get in.
Automatically. Our system checks featured channels around the clock and pulls in new uploads within hours, then sorts them into the right activity so people searching that activity find you.
Email creators@watchtheoutdoors.com from an address connected to your channel and ask. We remove the channel and all of its videos, and the removal is permanent — it will not creep back in later.