Channels Like The Fantasy Forge

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The Fantasy Forge
Subscribers 85.4K
Videos 232
Views 5.9M

The Fantasy Forge focuses on worldbuilding, campaign planning, and D&D/TTRPG storytelling, using tutorials and deep-dive style content to teach worldbuilding, map creation, campaign plotting, and dungeon master tips. The channel emphasizes practical guides, worldbuilding strategies, and campaign development, with recent videos showcasing act plotting, realistic maps, worldbuilding mistakes, capital city design, and creating cults. Uploads appear frequent, with an average of several videos per week and average views around 267.2K per video, reflecting strong viewer engagement.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Mystic Arts (89% match) and Pointy Hat (86% match). Both share overlapping queries with The Fantasy Forge such as dnd worldbuilding, dnd campaign planning, fantasy worldbuilding, and capital city design fantasy. Jed Herne (81% match) also overlaps significantly with fantasy worldbuilding and capital city design fantasy. The Tale Tinkerer (78% match) and Bob World Builder (73% match) further align on related topics like worldbuilding mistakes and first act campaign plotting. The Fantasy Forge has 85.4K subscribers, while Mystic Arts has 103K and Pointy Hat has 543K, indicating smaller audience size compared with the top competitor, with Jed Herne at 162K, The Tale Tinkerer at 22.9K, and Bob World Builder at 236K.

Similar Channels

We found 50 YouTube channels similar to The Fantasy Forge

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#1 Mystic Arts

89% relevance

Subscribers 103K
Videos 131
Views 7.5M
Appearances 13
SERP 100%
Similarity 82%
dnd worldbuilding dnd campaign planning dnd campaign setting

Shares a strong overlap in D&D/worldbuilding search queries (dnd worldbuilding, dnd campaign planning) and similar content focus on campaign planning and fantasy settings, aligning with The Fantasy Forge's audience (89% match; search 100%, content 82%).

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#2 Pointy Hat

86% relevance

Subscribers 543K
Videos 103
Views 56.2M
Appearances 11
SERP 93%
Similarity 82%
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Targets D&D and fantasy worldbuilding with campaigns and settings, mirroring The Fantasy Forge's focus on worldbuilding and campaign planning (search 93%, content 82%; 86% overall match).

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#3 Jed Herne

81% relevance

Subscribers 162K
Videos 350
Views 14.7M
Appearances 14
SERP 80%
Similarity 82%
fantasy worldbuilding capital city design fantasy worldbuilding mistakes

Delivers fantasy worldbuilding and worldbuilding mistakes content that appeals to the same audience interested in capital city design and worldbuilding pitfalls (search 80%, content 82%; 81% overall).

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#4 The Tale Tinkerer

78% relevance

Subscribers 22.9K
Videos 140
Views 1.8M
Appearances 10
SERP 70%
Similarity 83%
capital city design fantasy creating fantasy cults fantasy history creation

Covers capital city design, fantasy cults, and history creation similar to The Fantasy Forge’s worldbuilding tutorials, with strong content alignment though slightly different emphasis (search 70%, content 83%; 78% overall).

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#5 Bob World Builder

73% relevance

Subscribers 236K
Videos 408
Views 45.9M
Appearances 11
SERP 61%
Similarity 80%
dnd worldbuilding dnd campaign planning first act campaign plotting

Focuses on D&D worldbuilding and campaign planning plus first act plotting, overlapping with The Fantasy Forge’s tutorials and planning videos (search 61%, content 80%; 73% overall).

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#6 Power Word Spill

72% relevance

Subscribers 86.7K
Videos 101
Views 7.4M
Appearances 6
SERP 52%
Similarity 86%
dnd campaign planning first act campaign plotting building a campaign setting

Centers on D&D campaign planning and building a campaign setting, aligning with The Fantasy Forge’s setting creation and plot planning content despite a broader execution style (search 52%, content 86%; 72% overall).

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Fantasy Forge?

Mystic Arts — 89% match, 103K subscribers; Pointy Hat — 86% match, 543K subscribers; Jed Herne — 81% match, 162K subscribers. All three channels share a focus on tabletop roleplaying, D&D tips, world-building, and dungeon master guidance, similar to The Fantasy Forge.

What type of content does The Fantasy Forge make?

The Fantasy Forge creates D&D and tabletop RPG content, including world-building, campaign planning, and DM tips, as evidenced by titles like 'How to Plot THE FIRST ACT of a D&D Campaign' and 'Creating a Realistic Fantasy Map | Fantasy World-Building.' The channel averages about 267.2K views per video and posts multiple times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Fantasy Forge?

We analyze The Fantasy Forge'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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