We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Before You Play
They share a strong audience for two-player and co-op board games and provide teach-through content, aligned with a high search match (100%) and solid content similarity (80%).
They compete in the co-op and two-player space and produce teach-through content, matching a large portion of search queries (52%) with content that resembles Before You Play (79%).
They target two-player and co-op and emphasize strategic/thinky titles, overlapping in searches (45%) while delivering content with high similarity to Before You Play (79%).
They publish board game playthroughs and co-op/strategic titles, drawing from similar query topics (41%) and offering content that aligns closely (73%).
They cover board game playthroughs and teach-through alongside co-op titles, sharing search interest (33%) and producing content broadly similar to Before You Play (77%).
They explore two-player and modern board games with teach-through content, yielding moderate search overlap (28%) but high content similarity (76%).
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 57% | The Board Game Garden | 75% | 37.1K | 29% | 11 |
| #8 | 56% | No Rolls Barred | 76% | 403K | 26% | 9 |
| #9 | 56% | BoardGameBollocks | 79% | 39.2K | 21% | 8 |
| #10 | 55% | BigPasti | 79% | 17.6K | 20% | 7 |
| #11 | 55% | Totally Tabled | 80% | 35.6K | 16% | 10 |
| #12 | 53% | 3 Minute Board Games ▶ | 78% | 98.2K | 17% | 9 |
| #13 | 53% | Shut Up & Sit Down ▶ | 77% | 458K | 18% | 12 |
| #14 | 53% | Adam in Wales - Board Game Design | 73% | 23.7K | 22% | 7 |
| #15 | 52% | Board Game Sanctuary | 80% | 29.8K | 12% | 8 |
| #16 | 52% | All You Can Board | 79% | 23.2K | 11% | 5 |
| #17 | 52% | Room and Board | 77% | 18.9K | 15% | 4 |
| #18 | 52% | Board Gaming Ramblings | 79% | 23.9K | 11% | 5 |
| #19 | 52% | Stonemaier Games | 79% | 57.1K | 12% | 6 |
| #20 | 51% | Easily Distracted Games | 71% | 25.2K | 23% | 8 |
| #21 | 51% | Games4two | 71% | 2.9M | 21% | 17 |
| #22 | 51% | Marathon Meeples | 81% | 1.3K | 6% | 3 |
| #23 | 51% | Gaming Caravan | 79% | 2.0K | 8% | 5 |
| #24 | 50% | Rolling Solo | 76% | 45.5K | 12% | 4 |
| #25 | 50% | Should I Buy This Board Game | 77% | 2.5K | 10% | 2 |
| #26 | 50% | Bitewing Games | 77% | 3.4K | 9% | 1 |
| #27 | 49% | 925 Gamers | 76% | 15.4K | 9% | 4 |
| #28 | 49% | gamewise | 69% | 82.4K | 19% | 4 |
| #29 | 49% | The Dicey Review | 77% | 5.4K | 7% | 1 |
| #30 | 49% | Tim Chuon | 76% | 42.6K | 9% | 4 |
| #31 | 49% | Watch It Played | 77% | 416K | 7% | 1 |
| #32 | 48% | Tiktok BoardGames | 75% | 339K | 9% | 3 |
| #33 | 48% | Board Game Design Lab | 76% | 13.4K | 7% | 3 |
| #34 | 46% | GameGen | 69% | 151K | 12% | 6 |
| #35 | 46% | Classic Co-op | 72% | 17K | 7% | 1 |
| #36 | 46% | Games Puff | 72% | 16.5K | 6% | 3 |
| #37 | 45% | Grant Lyon | 63% | 19.2K | 19% | 9 |
| #38 | 45% | Exvarghra GameLog | 72% | 7.9K | 6% | 3 |
| #39 | 45% | Geek & Sundry | 68% | 2.4M | 11% | 2 |
| #40 | 45% | Tuesday Knight Games | 71% | 5.3K | 7% | 1 |
| #41 | 45% | BestGames2Play | 70% | 15.2K | 9% | 1 |
| #42 | 45% | GamerZakh | 68% | 223K | 11% | 4 |
| #43 | 45% | ProZD | 68% | 3.9M | 10% | 5 |
| #44 | 44% | Best GameX | 69% | 23K | 7% | 2 |
| #45 | 43% | Orbital Potato | 66% | 160K | 8% | 4 |
| #46 | 43% | MadMorph ▶ | 67% | 763K | 7% | 5 |
| #47 | 37% | Relatable Games | 58% | 364K | 7% | 2 |
Before You Play's biggest competitors on YouTube are Board Game Hangover (67.6K subscribers) with an 88% match, The Dice Tower (357K subscribers) with a 68% match, and Tabletop Turtle (20.3K subscribers) with a 66% match. They share a focus on board game content and reviews, appealing to tabletop gaming audiences.
Before You Play creates board game content such as reviews, teach & playthroughs, and tutorials, evidenced by titles like 'Ranking Uwe Rosenberg's Board Games', '5 Minute One Piece - Teach & Playthrough', and 'Defenders of the Wild - Teach & Playthrough'. The channel averages about 20.3K views per video, with recent uploads including several teach & playthrough videos; an upload frequency of roughly multiple videos per week is indicated by the 'average views per video' and the list of recent titles.
We analyze Before You Play's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.
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