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The Truth About Dash Cams: Which Ones Work and Which Are Total Crap

Scotty Kilmer· 6.7M subscribers

9d ago · English audio

Thinking about buying a dash cam to protect yourself from bad drivers and insurance scammers? Wait until you see what happened when I tested a bunch of them out. There are hundreds of dash cams on Amazon ranging from $29 to $300+, and the truth is, a lot of them are total garbage. Worse yet, some of the "clean look" plug-and-play systems that tap directly into your car's factory wiring can trigger warning lights and…

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86.6KMedian · 31 videos

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This score was measured on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:56:37 GMT. Current view counts may differ.

322.4K views ÷ a 86.6K baseline = 3.7×. Compared with 31 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

YouTube snapshot: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:55:59 GMT. Counters may have changed.

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Cars & Road Vehicles

Channel-balanced percentile: 75

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39 videos from 23 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 1,000,000–9,999,999 subscribers. Observed at 219 hours after publication, within ±44 hours.

The comparison uses this broader topic because the specific niche has too few examples. This describes the collected sample, not all of YouTube. Updated Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:19:56 GMT.

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