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High search overlap on metalworking and CNC topics (queries like metalworking shop tour, CNC machining, EDM machining) with a strong content similarity to Practical Machinist, indicating a shared audience and tutorials or demonstrations that appeal to machinists.
Shares audience interest in metalworking shop tours and fabrication topics, with substantial content focus on machining tutorials and shop tours, aligning closely with Practical Machinist's practical machining community.
Targets similar topics in machining tutorials and metal cutting speeds/feeds, matching Practical Machinist's instructional niche, though its content style is somewhat different from PM’s forum-style resources.
Competes for viewers seeking machine shop and metalworking shop tours; strong content alignment around shop walkthroughs and fabrication topics, signaling a shared practical machining audience.
Appeals to the same professional machining audience with content on fabrication shop tours and American machining history, mirroring Practical Machinist’s industry-focused, career-oriented interests.
Draws viewers interested in machine shop tours and home shop machining, overlapping with PM’s audience although content emphasizes individual hobbyist/maker projects more than PM’s discussion-based format.
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| #7 | 56% | MS Milling CNC | 84% | 7.6K | 14% | 3 |
| #8 | 56% | KULI WELDING | 74% | 584K | 29% | 10 |
| #9 | 55% | Museum of Our Industrial Heritage | 84% | 44.1K | 11% | 5 |
| #10 | 54% | Toms Techniques | 75% | 99K | 21% | 6 |
| #11 | 53% | Octane Workholding ▶ | 78% | 171K | 16% | 11 |
| #12 | 53% | Artisan Makes | 77% | 147K | 16% | 5 |
| #13 | 52% | Topper Machine LLC | 76% | 147K | 16% | 5 |
| #14 | 52% | Tooling U-SME | 79% | 36.1K | 12% | 2 |
| #15 | 52% | Wisconsin Metal Parts | 81% | 9.3K | 8% | 2 |
| #16 | 52% | wireedmguy | 76% | 2.5K | 16% | 2 |
| #17 | 52% | Smithy Industries | 78% | 28.2K | 13% | 4 |
| #18 | 52% | HOWEESMACHINESHOP | 81% | 111K | 7% | 4 |
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| #21 | 51% | RAPID DIRECT ▶ | 79% | 17.2K | 10% | 4 |
| #22 | 51% | Hydraulic Hands | 80% | 76.7K | 8% | 4 |
| #23 | 51% | Mach Super | 75% | 17.9K | 15% | 4 |
| #24 | 51% | shop and math | 77% | 20K | 12% | 2 |
| #25 | 50% | Protolabs | 79% | 35.1K | 7% | 2 |
| #26 | 49% | TRUMPFtube | 76% | 33K | 9% | 1 |
| #27 | 49% | Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org | 77% | 271K | 8% | 3 |
| #28 | 49% | Lets Roger That | 77% | 2.6K | 7% | 1 |
| #29 | 49% | Someone Should Make That | 76% | 30.6K | 7% | 2 |
| #30 | 48% | Blondihacks ▶ | 74% | 271K | 11% | 5 |
| #31 | 48% | Top 10 Machines | 74% | 1.1K | 9% | 3 |
| #32 | 48% | Aggressive Hydraulics | 74% | 1.2K | 9% | 1 |
| #33 | 48% | myfordboy | 74% | 265K | 7% | 2 |
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| #36 | 47% | Jon Peters - Longview Woodworking | 67% | 1.1M | 17% | 3 |
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| #39 | 47% | POWERNATION | 74% | 1.8M | 7% | 1 |
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TITANS of CNC MACHINING — 87% match, 1.1M subscribers; Inheritance Machining — 62% match, 559K subscribers; Machining-Tutorials — 60% match, 38.7K subscribers. All three have content focused on machining, CNC, and metalworking, overlapping with Practical Machinist in topics such as CNC programming, machining techniques, and factory tours.
Practical Machinist creates videos about machining and metalworking, illustrated by titles like Inside a Shop Machining Inconel for Aerospace, The Cradle of the American TAP & DIE Industry, Inside DMG MORI Giant Machine Tool Factory, and American Precision Museum Tour. The channel averages about 191K views per video, with recent uploads featuring 14K to 310.8K views, indicating a mix of high- and mid-range view counts, and a typical posting cadence of multiple videos per week.
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