Channels Like Merle O'Neal

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Merle O'Neal
Subscribers 186K
Videos 267
Views 21.3M

Merle O’Neal covers vegan food ideas, healthy lifestyle vlogs, and personal experiments with a balance-focused hedonist lens. Content includes tutorials and reviews (e.g., vegan meal ideas, cheap vegan meals, how to cook tofu), lifestyle vlogs, and weekly meal planning content, with new uploads averaging ~1.4 per week and videos typically around 30K–90K views, averaging about 33.7K views per video.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Sarah's Vegan Kitchen (90% match) and The Vegan Gym (81% match) as top rivals, followed by Andrew Bernard | The Nard Dog Cooks (73%) and Simnett Nutrition (68%). These channels share overlapping queries with Merle O’Neal such as vegan meal ideas, vegan meal plans, and cheap vegan meals. Merle O’Neal has a smaller subscriber base (~186K) compared with these competitors (e.g., Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen at 536K, The Vegan Gym at 159K, The Nard Dog Cooks at 654K, Simnett Nutrition at 772K), indicating Merle is niche but within a broad vegan/healthy lifestyle search space.

Similar Channels

We found 48 YouTube channels similar to Merle O'Neal

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#1 Sarah's Vegan Kitchen

90% relevance

Subscribers 536K
Videos 381
Views 65.7M
Appearances 38
SERP 100%
Similarity 83%
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High overlap in search terms (vegan meal ideas/plans) and strong content alignment to Merle O'Neal's vegan-focused repertoire, indicating a shared audience and similar recipe-centric videos.

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#2 The Vegan Gym

81% relevance

Subscribers 159K
Videos 165
Views 8.4M
Appearances 27
SERP 82%
Similarity 81%
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Similar emphasis on vegan meal plans and affordable vegan meals; good search overlap but slightly different content emphasis (nutrition/fitness integration) while maintaining a vegan-focused channel.

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Subscribers 654K
Videos 212
Views 29.6M
Appearances 27
SERP 60%
Similarity 82%
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Shares core queries like vegan meal ideas and cheap vegan meals, reflecting a common audience, though content shows broader cooking styles beyondMerle's approach.

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#4 Simnett Nutrition

68% relevance

Subscribers 772K
Videos 614
Views 69.9M
Appearances 22
SERP 47%
Similarity 82%
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Targets vegan nutrition ideas and meal prep, aligning on vegan food concepts but diverges in execution/style, suggesting a substantial audience overlap with Merle O'Neal.

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#5 Mina Rome

68% relevance

Subscribers 571K
Videos 370
Views 62.4M
Appearances 20
SERP 48%
Similarity 81%
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Common queries include vegan meal ideas and tofu tips, indicating a similar vegan cooking niche though Mina's content includes distinct comfort-food flair.

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#6 Pick Up Limes

63% relevance

Subscribers 4.4M
Videos 264
Views 317.9M
Appearances 16
SERP 37%
Similarity 80%
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Overlap on vegan/plant-based meals and balanced vegan diets; substantial audience similarity, though Pick Up Limes often emphasizes aesthetically driven, wellness-focused recipes.

Didn't Make the Cut

42 additional channels that were close

Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 62% Rainbow Plant Life 81% 1.5M 35% 15
#8 59% Ahmad Noori 77% 1.0M 34% 18
#9 59% PlantWhys 84% 68.9K 22% 12
#10 58% Thee Burger Dude 82% 576K 22% 14
#11 58% Cheap Lazy Vegan 81% 795K 22% 10
#12 57% Shakayla Felice 80% 313K 22% 14
#13 57% peas etc. 83% 7.5K 18% 8
#14 56% The Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show 79% 445K 22% 7
#15 54% Full On Plants 82% 101K 12% 6
#16 54% Fitgreenmind 82% 1.1M 12% 7
#17 53% Chelsea Mae 82% 141K 9% 5
#18 53% SweetPotatoSoul 75% 731K 20% 10
#19 53% Well Your World 83% 158K 8% 3
#20 53% That Vegan Babe 82% 39.6K 8% 5
#21 53% Sweet Simple Vegan 82% 261K 8% 3
#22 52% Make It Dairy Free 80% 256K 11% 4
#23 52% Rachel Ama 81% 760K 7% 5
#24 51% Amanda Ducks 80% 97.3K 8% 3
#25 51% Caitlin Shoemaker 79% 848K 10% 5
#26 51% Alexandra Andersson 80% 249K 8% 4
#27 51% FullyRawKristina 80% 1.4M 7% 2
#28 51% Glutenfreevegans 80% 3.5K 7% 2
#29 50% Vegan Healthy Comfort 78% 28.1K 9% 6
#30 50% Gabrielle Reyes 79% 182K 7% 3
#31 50% HealthyVeganEating 77% 287K 10% 9
#32 50% Turnip Todd (Good Food & Growing Mushrooms) 77% 375K 9% 6
#33 50% Dr. Matthew Nagra, ND 74% 10.5K 14% 2
#34 50% Earthling Ed 78% 455K 8% 1
#35 50% Natalie Matthews 78% 91.2K 8% 6
#36 50% Nimai Delgado 78% 155K 8% 4
#37 50% Mic the Vegan 78% 403K 7% 4
#38 48% Tasty 73% 21.3M 11% 5
#39 48% Goodful 74% 1.6M 10% 7
#40 47% Max vs Food 73% 88.5K 9% 2
#41 47% Myprotein 72% 343K 10% 3
#42 47% Pinch of Yum 73% 73.2K 8% 1
#43 47% Jamie Oliver 72% 6.2M 9% 5
#44 46% Freelee The BananaGirl 72% 800K 7% 2
#45 46% Food Impromptu 72% 640K 7% 6
#46 46% Sambucha 70% 11.3M 9% 2
#47 44% BBC Global 68% 751K 9% 3
#48 42% Madeleine Olivia 66% 553K 7% 5

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Merle O'Neal?

Merle O'Neal's biggest competitors are Sarah's Vegan Kitchen (90% match, 536K subscribers), The Vegan Gym (81% match, 159K subscribers), and Andrew Bernard | The Nard Dog Cooks (73% match, 654K subscribers). They share a focus on vegan cooking and healthy recipes for a plant-based audience.

What type of content does Merle O'Neal make?

Merle O'Neal creates vegan cooking content, with video titles like $35. One Week. 21 Vegan Meals., I Tried the Most Unhinged Burgers So You Don’t Have To, Confessing My Most Unhinged Vegan Meals, How Meat-Loving Chefs Cook Tofu — I Ranked Them, and Trying Your CHEAPEST Vegan Meals Again… Things Got Weird. The channel uploads ~1.4 videos per week, and average views per video are about 33.7K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Merle O'Neal?

We analyze Merle O'Neal'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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