Ya that's possible. I'm sure some people do that to get views. The thing is though that the UK bloggers seem to stay fairly stable in terms of subscribers and views. Some of the popular UK Disney channels have less than 20K subscribers, 5k is a respectable figure but they seem to be able to turn these low numbers into revenue better than some of the big channels. Maybe people find them more relatable? Maybe having a small channel means they can give their hardcore followers attention via live chats, book clubs, quizzes, meetups which means people develop stronger feelings in either direction etc but there are so many small channels that have very active 'hate watch' threads on here but also very active supporters who generate a grand a month or more on Patreon and another few hundred from t-shirts and live chats not to mention the gifts they get sent. You can see on Patreon how many subscribers they have and some tiny channels with 3K subs are able to turn that into 150 Patreons donating min £10 a month.
I found the small channels and the really tiny folks with a dozen subs by searching for 'Orlando travel day' on YT. Travel days are my fav videos to watch. I have no interest in Tim Tracker or the other super popular bloggers, it's the excitement and the anticipation of people who are not there every week that I enjoy watching. If they are somehow strange or daft I will search here and 9/10 there's a thread or some mention of them. Many of them have never been mentioned here as they have 200 views but the videos are very enjoyable nevertheless.