Ryan Shirley
Ryan Shirley makes cinematic travel guides, pairing destination lists with drone views, mountain scenery, island adventures and wildlife encounters.
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YouTubeOverview
- Work
- Travel filmmaker and YouTube creator
- YouTube beginnings
- Joined in June 2009; started with magic and science videos.
- Audience favorite
- Top 100 Places To Visit In Europe (2020), his most-watched long video.
- Recognition
- Drone Video Awards finalist for his Dolomites aerial film.
Mini bio
How it started.
Before the destination guides, Ryan made magic and science videos. His YouTube channel dates back to June 2009. In the description of My Year 2017, he recalls starting that year with a GoPro, a cheap camera and uncertainty about how to afford his travels. He spent hours learning and editing, and kept going places even when he had little money or nobody to join him.
Finding his audience.
His 2020 Top 100 Places To Visit In Europe brought medieval cities, Alpine landscapes and years of European travel into one long guide. It became his most-watched long video. He followed it with a Top 100 Italy guide in 2022, and in 2026 returned to the Europe format with a new film drawing on a decade of travel.
The view from above.
Drone filmmaking runs through Ryan’s work. For his Dolomites aerial film, he described spending ten days flying among peaks around Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Seceda, Sassolungo and Lago di Braies. AirVuz selected the film as a Nature and Landscape finalist in its second annual Drone Video Awards.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel guides
- 2026Top 100 Places To Visit In Europe - Travel GuideCreator and narrator
- 2022Top 100 Places To Visit In Italy - Ultimate Travel GuideCreator and narrator
- 2020Top 100 Places To Visit In EuropeCreator and narrator
Travel films
- 2018My Year 2017Filmmaker
Awards
Quotes
Just keep uploading, be unrealistic, and don't worry what others think.Ryan Shirley, YouTube channel description
His advice to other creators appears in his channel’s own description.
Trivia
- His early uploads explored magic and science before he turned toward travel cinematography.
- He thanked his brother and friends for joining the adventures shown in My Year 2017.
- He spent ten days filming drone footage for his Dolomites aerial film.
- His Italy guide links viewers to his separate relaxation channel.
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