Just watched videos of people driving to isolated regions in Northern Quebec (Radison and the James Bay Route). That's kinda niche... And had 51k views... Amongst the very large adventurer community. You're vids would target two inches: bitcoiners and third world countries. Without a major outlet/channel promoting the story it's just not going to get the views. That's just math.

BUT does it mean the stories shouldn't be told? Nah. Your journey is for you. The stories you tell? Some will hit and fund the next adventure (like the other traveller vids) and some will miss. Never count the individuals but the zoom out to the whole.