New York vs London

We mapped every place in 894 travel-creator videos filmed in New York (190 creators, 1,541 spots) and 369 videos in London (62 creators, 862 spots), then compared what creators eat, how far one video walks, what the spots charge and when they close. A difference is only called when it holds at p < 0.01 with a 1.3x gap.

The short version

• Sundays hurt more in London: 13% of its food spots are shut, against 8% in New York.
• London creators film sights & landmarks 2.3x as often as New York creators (7% of spots against 3%).

Also worth knowing (descriptive, not a comparison):

• One base in New York, Bowery, puts 23% of its filmed spots within a 15-minute walk.
• One base in London, Carnaby, puts 32% of its filmed spots within a 15-minute walk.
• The named spot most New York creators agree on: Katz's Delicatessen (34 creators).
• The named spot most London creators agree on: Borough Market (16 creators).

How far you walk

In a typical New York video the spots sit within 1.5 km of their middle; in London, 1.4 km. The gap isn't one we'd call (p = 0.63). 78% of New York videos stay walkable (2.5 km) against 82% of London's (a gap, but p = 0.24: not one we call).

One video maps a median of 1 spot in New York and 2 in London.

What closes when

• Monday: 12% of New York's food spots closed, 13% of London's (no real difference)
• Sunday: 8% of New York's food spots closed, 13% of London's (p = 0.0015)
• Monday sights and museums: 12% closed in New York, 8% in London (a gap, but p = 0.59: not one we call)
• Open past 10 pm on a weeknight: 59% of food spots in New York, 67% in London (p = 0.0029, but under a 1.3x gap: not one we call)

From Google opening hours of the 1,019 food spots in New York and 475 in London that have full-week hours.

Where creators agree

10% of New York's mapped spots were filmed by three or more creators, against 8% of London's; 77% and 82% are one creator's pick.

In New York: Katz's Delicatessen (34 creators); Levain Bakery – Original Location, 74th St, NYC (18 creators); Mama's TOO! Pizzeria West Village (14 creators); Apollo Bagels (13 creators); L'industrie Pizzeria - Williamsburg (13 creators); Times Square (13 creators). 16 more are on the locked New York map (12 to eat · 2 to see and do · 2 to shop).

In London: Borough Market (16 creators); Buckingham Palace (13 creators); Tower of London (12 creators); Big Ben (12 creators); London Eye (10 creators); The British Museum (8 creators). 17 more are on the locked London map (12 to see and do · 5 to eat).

Where to stay

• New York: Bowery, by Katz's Delicatessen: 354 filmed spots within a 15-minute walk (23% of New York's), from 118 creators.
• London: Carnaby, by Piccadilly Circus: 277 filmed spots within a 15-minute walk (32% of London's), from 50 creators.

What it costs

On Google's price levels, 31% of New York's food spots are "$" and 16% "$$$" or more; in London, 22% and 22%. The typical spot is $$ in both.

How we measured this

Places come from Varedelo's maps of each creator video, grouped into kinds and assigned to a city by distance from its centre. Dishes come from each video's dish list and are counted by creators. Spot-level tests treat spots as independent, which overstates certainty when spots cluster inside one video, so we only call a difference at p < 0.01 with a 1.3x gap. Opening hours and price levels are Google's; hours that cover only part of the week are left out. Spots counted but not named are part of Varedelo's locked city maps. Covers the creators Varedelo maps, not all of YouTube. Data as of 2026-10-30.