Channels Like The Honest Carpenter

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The Honest Carpenter
Subscribers 1.0M
Videos 274
Views 138.7M

The Honest Carpenter covers DIY carpentry, home repair, woodworking projects, and equipment tips, as reflected by its keywords and video titles. The channel uses tutorials, tool recommendations, and project guidance to help homeowners and DIY enthusiasts, with frequent topics on lumber, storage, and tool usage. It publishes content from its active period starting March 4, 2018, and delivers tutorials and how-to content with an average view count around the 268.6K per video figure shown for recent uploads, across a substantial catalog of 274 videos and 1M subscribers.

Content Landscape

Competitors include 1) 731 Woodworks (91% match, 886K subscribers) and 2) Training Hands Academy (90% match, 420K subscribers) as top competitors by match strength, sharing overlapping queries such as DIY carpentry tools, drill bit recommendations, and miter saw alternatives. The Funny Carpenter (82% match, 689K subscribers) also competes on circular saw tips and framing lumber guidance, while Jonathan Katz-Moses (81% match, 617K subscribers) targets lumber selection and finishing techniques. Steve Ramsey - Woodworking for Mere Mortals (76% match, 2M subscribers) appears as a larger benchmark channel focusing on lumber selection, screws explained, and miter saw alternatives. The common thread is instructional carpentry content, tool usage, and practical home repair topics, with subscriber counts ranging from hundreds of thousands to over two million, indicating The Honest Carpenter competes with mid-to-large DIY woodworking channels on similar search queries.

Similar Channels

We found 50 YouTube channels similar to The Honest Carpenter

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#1 731 Woodworks

91% relevance

Subscribers 886K
Videos 1.8K
Views 243.2M
Appearances 19
SERP 98%
Similarity 86%
DIY carpentry tools drill bit recommendations miter saw alternatives

Shares a strong search overlap on DIY carpentry tools and project-focused tool recommendations (queries like DIY carpentry tools and drill bit recommendations) and has high content similarity to The Honest Carpenter (86%), indicating similar tutorials and tool guides with a practical woodworking approach.

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#2 Training Hands Academy

90% relevance

Subscribers 420K
Videos 113
Views 41.7M
Appearances 11
SERP 100%
Similarity 83%
circular saw tips screws types explained jig saw techniques

High search overlap on circular saw tips and jig saw techniques, with 83% content similarity, showing a comparable instructional style focused on hands-on tool guidance and technique.

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#3 The Funny Carpenter

82% relevance

Subscribers 689K
Videos 260
Views 179.6M
Appearances 14
SERP 75%
Similarity 87%
circular saw tips framing lumber guide finishing carpentry tips

Significant search overlap for circular saw tips and framing/finishing topics, but their content diverges in tone (87% content similarity) suggesting similar topics delivered with a more humorous or entertaining presentation.

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#4 Jonathan Katz-Moses

81% relevance

Subscribers 617K
Videos 340
Views 81.1M
Appearances 9
SERP 76%
Similarity 85%
lumber selection guide measuring accuracy tips wood finishing techniques

Overlap in core topics like lumber selection, measuring accuracy, and wood finishing yields 76% search similarity and 85% content similarity, aligning on technique-focused, craft-centric videos.

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Subscribers 2.0M
Videos 789
Views 335.8M
Appearances 15
SERP 68%
Similarity 81%
lumber selection guide screws types explained miter saw alternatives

Shared queries on lumber selection and miter saw alternatives produce solid search alignment, with 81% content similarity indicating a practical, beginner-friendly woodworking approach akin to The Honest Carpenter.

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#6 Essential Craftsman

68% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M
Videos 941
Views 280.8M
Appearances 8
SERP 45%
Similarity 84%
lumber selection guide circular saw tips screws types explained

Common interest in lumber selection and screws/types explained drives 45% search overlap but 84% content similarity, implying similar in-depth technique coverage even if audience reach differs.

Didn't Make the Cut

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#35 55% ToMoBoxBox 78% 2.0M 21% 2
#36 55% Finish Carpentry TV 78% 551K 22% 4
#37 54% Adam Savage’s Tested 72% 7.2M 28% 2
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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Honest Carpenter?

1. 731 Woodworks — 91% match, 886K subscribers; 2. Training Hands Academy — 90% match, 420K subscribers; 3. The Funny Carpenter — 82% match, 689K subscribers. All three channels focus on carpentry and woodworking projects, tutorials, and tool guidance, overlapping with The Honest Carpenter in topic area and instructional content.

What type of content does The Honest Carpenter make?

The Honest Carpenter creates DIY carpentry and woodworking content, with video titles focusing on tools, techniques, and project tips (e.g., ULTIMATE CARPENTRY CHECKLIST, MOST USEFUL Drill Bit, You Don't Really Need a BELT SANDER, Avoid These TAPE MEASURE Mistakes, Make Everything You Build STRONGER). The channel averages about 268.6K views per video, and uploads multiple videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Honest Carpenter?

We analyze The Honest Carpenter'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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