Paris vs London

We mapped every place in 130 travel-creator videos filmed in Paris (59 creators, 404 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

• Creators' food spots run dearer in Paris: 34% are "$$$" or more on Google, against 22% in London.
• London creators film street food & casual 3.1x as often as Paris creators (18% of spots against 6%).
• Paris creators film museums & culture 2.8x as often as London creators (8% of spots against 3%).

Also worth knowing (descriptive, not a comparison):

• One base in Paris, around Louvre Museum, puts 30% 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 Paris creators agree on: Eiffel Tower (22 creators).
• The named spot most London creators agree on: Borough Market (16 creators).

How far you walk

In a typical Paris video the spots sit within 1.4 km of their middle; in London, 1.4 km. The same in both. 93% of Paris videos stay walkable (2.5 km) against 82% of London's (a gap, but p = 0.014: not one we call).

One video maps a median of 4 spots in Paris and 2 in London.

What closes when

• Monday: 21% of Paris' food spots closed, 13% of London's (a gap, but p = 0.028: not one we call)
• Sunday: 21% of Paris' food spots closed, 13% of London's (a gap, but p = 0.020: not one we call)
• Monday sights and museums: 26% closed in Paris, 8% in London (a gap, but p = 0.016: not one we call)
• Open past 10 pm on a weeknight: 54% of food spots in Paris, 67% in London (p = 0.0073, but under a 1.3x gap: not one we call)

From Google opening hours of the 119 food spots in Paris and 475 in London that have full-week hours.

Where creators agree

12% of Paris' mapped spots were filmed by three or more creators, against 8% of London's; 75% and 82% are one creator's pick.

In Paris: Eiffel Tower (22 creators); Louvre Museum (20 creators); Arc de Triomphe (14 creators); Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris (12 creators); Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre (10 creators); Musée d'Orsay (9 creators). 9 more are on the locked Paris map (6 to see and do · 2 to shop · 1 to eat).

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

• Paris: around Louvre Museum: 121 filmed spots within a 15-minute walk (30% of Paris'), from 49 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, 17% of Paris' food spots are "$" and 34% "$$$" or more; in London, 22% and 22%. The "$$$" gap is one we call (p = 0.0031). 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.