Channels Like Justin Outdoors

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Justin Outdoors
Subscribers 130K
Videos 503
Views 27.3M

Justin Outdoors is a Canadian channel focused on backpacking, hiking, camping, gear, and general outdoors content. The channel covers tips, gear reviews, and trip-based videos, including full-length documentary-style adventures and backpacking system discussions, with a mix of tutorials and gear-focused content. It publishes new videos regularly, with an average of about 126.8K views per video across 503 published uploads since joining in 2006.

Content Landscape

The top competitors identified are MyLifeOutdoors (88% match) and Eric Hanson (70% match), with additional close matches from JupiterHikes (69% match) and Homemade Wanderlust (66% match). These channels share overlapping queries such as ultralight hiking gear, backpacking gear list, winter camping setup, and through hike gear essentials, aligning with Justin Outdoors’ topics. MyLifeOutdoors has 1.2M subscribers, while Justin Outdoors has 130K, illustrating a size difference where the competitor is significantly larger. Eric Hanson has 128K subscribers, also larger than Justin Outdoors. The connections are strongest around gear lists, ultralight approaches, and long-distance hiking content.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Justin Outdoors

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#1 MyLifeOutdoors

88% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M
Videos 233
Views 141.6M
Appearances 24
SERP 100%
Similarity 80%
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Both target ultralight and backpacking enthusiasts, ranking for ultralight hiking gear and backpacking gear lists, with high search overlap (100%) and strong content alignment (80%), indicating a similar gear-focused audience.

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#2 Eric Hanson

70% relevance

Subscribers 128K
Videos 148
Views 16.5M
Appearances 15
SERP 51%
Similarity 82%
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Shares a focus on ultralight hiking gear and backpacking gear lists, with solid content overlap (82%) and notable search overlap (51%), suggesting a similar gear-forward, educational approach with occasional winter camping topics.

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#3 JupiterHikes

69% relevance

Subscribers 102K
Videos 226
Views 11.8M
Appearances 10
SERP 45%
Similarity 84%
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Aligns on backpacking gear lists and ultralight backpacking tips, presenting a similar audience with content that mirrors Justin Outdoors’ tips-and-gear format (high content match at 84%, moderate search overlap at 45%).

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#4 Homemade Wanderlust

66% relevance

Subscribers 448K
Videos 860
Views 97.3M
Appearances 7
SERP 39%
Similarity 84%
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Shares ultralight backpacking tips and shelter-focused topics, engaging a similar audience; strong content similarity (84%) but slightly lower search overlap (39%), indicating comparable style with broader topic coverage.

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#5 Jon Conti

66% relevance

Subscribers 41.4K
Videos 409
Views 3.9M
Appearances 6
SERP 48%
Similarity 78%
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Covers backpacking gear lists and through-hike essentials as well as system design, matching Justin Outdoors in gear-centric, trail-edition content with notable content similarity (78%) and moderate search overlap (48%).

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#6 Backcountry Exposure

65% relevance

Subscribers 79.9K
Videos 830
Views 21.5M
Appearances 9
SERP 35%
Similarity 85%
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Targets ultralight backpacking tips and sleeping pad comparisons, offering parallel tips-on-gear content and backcountry camping guidance with high content alignment (85%) and moderate search overlap (35%).

Didn't Make the Cut

41 additional channels that were close

Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 65% Oscar Hikes 84% 84.4K 36% 12
#8 63% Darwin onthetrail 84% 354K 30% 9
#9 58% Greenbelly 83% 27.9K 22% 8
#10 58% Miranda Goes Outside!! 86% 190K 16% 2
#11 58% I Suck At Hiking 83% 10.4K 20% 4
#12 57% Catherine Gregory 79% 120K 25% 6
#13 57% Nate Hikes 86% 4.0K 14% 3
#14 57% StepMassive 82% 14.2K 19% 3
#15 57% Coalcracker Bushcraft 81% 570K 19% 5
#16 57% TheOutdoorGearReview 78% 751K 24% 4
#17 56% David on Earth (David on Earth) 86% 4.5K 13% 2
#18 56% REI 75% 448K 29% 9
#19 56% Outdoor Adventures 86% 83.9K 12% 4
#20 56% Tayson Whittaker 85% 44.9K 13% 2
#21 56% Kane Does Outdoors 82% 13K 16% 7
#22 55% Tim Schwartz 83% 14.7K 14% 2
#23 55% Ryan Kodak Brown 81% 25.3K 17% 2
#24 55% Chris Tomer 69% 32.5K 34% 15
#25 55% Outdoor Empire 80% 94.5K 19% 3
#26 55% Dose of Dirt 84% 23.6K 11% 3
#27 53% John Zahorian 82% 32.7K 10% 2
#28 53% Matti & Stina - JOKKMOKKGUIDERNA 80% 41.8K 12% 3
#29 53% Dad Camps 78% 6.1K 15% 2
#30 53% Harmen Hoek 81% 447K 10% 2
#31 53% The Bear Essentials 78% 1.5M 14% 4
#32 52% Dan Becker 76% 502K 18% 7
#33 52% WildBeare 78% 429K 13% 2
#34 51% Madison Clysdale 73% 711K 18% 6
#35 51% Jack Schmidt 76% 2.8K 13% 2
#36 50% Little Campfires 74% 23.7K 12% 3
#37 49% GearSkeptic 75% 39K 11% 3
#38 48% PrepMedic 72% 648K 13% 2
#39 48% LastBush Survival 73% 1.3M 11% 1
#40 47% CGS Tech 71% 312K 11% 1
#41 46% American Trails 70% 1.9K 11% 1
#42 46% Skill Builder 70% 736K 11% 1
#43 46% Garand Thumb 69% 4.5M 11% 1
#44 45% Hayk Simonyan 65% 98.7K 14% 1
#45 44% ByteByteGo 63% 1.4M 16% 5
#46 44% Dr. Janine Bowring, ND 63% 908K 15% 2
#47 43% Matty McTech 65% 1.4M 11% 1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Justin Outdoors?

MyLifeOutdoors (88% match, 1.2M subscribers), Eric Hanson (70% match, 128K subscribers), JupiterHikes (69% match, 102K subscribers). All three channels focus on outdoor gear, hiking, camping, and trail-related content, overlapping with Justin Outdoors in topics like backpacking, camping gear, and trail tips.

What type of content does Justin Outdoors make?

Justin Outdoors creates gear-focused outdoor content, including ultralight gear, lightweight backpacking lists, winter camping, camp pillows, and sleeping pads. The channel averages about 126.8K views per video, with recent uploads featuring topics like ultralight gear for thru-hiking, lightweight gear lists, winter camping, and bedding comfort gear. Upload frequency is not explicitly listed, but recent videos suggest multiple uploads per month.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Justin Outdoors?

We analyze Justin Outdoors'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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