Back to Yesterday YouTube channel thumbnail
Back to Yesterday
Subscribers 87.7K
Videos 275
Views 20.1M

Channels Like Back to Yesterday

Back to Yesterday explores America's history and nostalgic pop culture from the early 1900s to the 1990s, including vintage cars, forgotten places, and memorable moments. The channel appears to use a documentary-style approach with deep-dives into era-specific topics, and it engages viewers through nostalgic storytelling. Uploads have been ongoing since 2009, with an average around 289K views per video across 275 published pieces, reflecting regular content and a broad historical focus.

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We found 45 YouTube channels similar to Back to Yesterday

WhoRemembers ? YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 209K
Videos 497
Views 59.0M
Appearances 19
SERP 92%
Similarity 71%
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Both target audiences seeking vintage American history and retro culture, with high search overlap (92%) and similar content focus on old America, though WhoRemembers ? has broader content breadth (71% content match) beyond Back to Yesterday's specific house-and-era features.

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#2
Reading Through History

74% relevance

Subscribers 105K
Videos 433
Views 40.0M
Appearances 16
SERP 100%
Similarity 56%
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Shares a strong emphasis on retro American culture and US past lifestyle, matching 100% in search queries but slightly less alignment in content (56%), indicating similar topics but different presentation style.

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Subscribers 81.2K
Videos 57
Views 17.9M
Appearances 7
SERP 69%
Similarity 75%
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Both emphasize midcentury nostalgia and historical American aesthetics; high alignment in queries (69%) and strong content overlap (75%), showing very comparable subject matter with similar treatment of old-house/history themes.

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#4

70% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M
Videos 11K
Views 5.0B
Appearances 9
SERP 86%
Similarity 60%
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Addresses vintage American history and decades-long biographies, yielding substantial search overlap (86%) but more generalized content focus (60%), meaning related topics with broader storytelling compared to Back to Yesterday.

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#5
Vintage America

62% relevance

Subscribers 32.1K
Videos 165
Views 5.3M
Appearances 8
SERP 53%
Similarity 68%
vintage America history

Covers vintage American history with a similar audience; notable search overlap (53%) and solid content similarity (68%), though the channel is smaller and more narrowly scoped.

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#6

60% relevance

Subscribers 744K
Videos 182
Views 76.7M
Appearances 5
SERP 49%
Similarity 67%
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Targets nostalgic Americana and early 20th-century America with rare archival footage, sharing audience interests (49% search overlap) and strong content similarity (67%), but with a broader, more glamorous archival angle.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include HISTORY (70% match) and WhoRemembers (80% match) due to overlapping queries about vintage America history, retro American culture, and old house features history. Reading Through History (74% match) also competes on retro American culture and pop culture history USA. These channels differ in size, with HISTORY far larger at 15.2M subscribers, while WhoRemembers has 209K and Reading Through History has 105K. American Rewind (72% match, 81.2K subscribers) also overlaps on midcentury nostalgia and old house features history. All share overlapping queries related to vintage/retro American culture and historical lifestyle, positioning them as direct competitors in the same search space.

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Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 59% WatchMojo.com 59% 25.9M 59% 7
#8 54% Vivid History 69% 122K 32% 4
#9 51% America Nostalgia 71% 44.1K 22% 2
#10 51% This House 65% 339K 30% 4
#11 51% DroneScapes 61% 484K 36% 4
#12 51% Discoverize USA 62% 8.3K 33% 2
#13 51% It's A Charming Life 70% 53.1K 21% 3
#14 50% Memory Trails 70% 35.5K 20% 4
#15 50% Wonders 73% 126K 14% 3
#16 50% PeriscopeFilm 68% 876K 22% 2
#17 49% The History Lounge 67% 172K 22% 6
#18 49% Joe & Nic's Road Trip 61% 729K 30% 4
#19 48% Dave's Archives 68% 165K 18% 1
#20 47% 4k Historical Footage 68% 3.0K 17% 2
#21 47% History Colored 66% 749K 18% 1
#22 47% American Rod Shop 66% 44.9K 18% 1
#23 47% Roseate Summer 65% 13.6K 20% 6
#24 46% The Modern House & Inigo 66% 293K 17% 2
#25 45% The Paint Doodler 59% 4.0K 24% 3
#26 45% CrashCourse 57% 16.9M 28% 7
#27 45% Vintage TV Shows 65% 191K 15% 2
#28 45% Ed's Auto Reviews 65% 200K 15% 2
#29 45% ITN Archive 62% 680K 19% 4
#30 45% Amazing Melody 64% 364K 15% 4
#31 45% Tomorrows Filmmakers 64% 955K 15% 1
#32 44% samspace81 63% 174K 16% 4
#33 44% Weird History Food 62% 747K 18% 6
#34 44% J.J. McCullough 61% 1M 18% 1
#35 44% The Vintage Tribute 63% 123K 15% 1
#36 44% LunXmix 63% 7.7K 15% 1
#37 44% Jänkmedia 63% 8.2K 15% 1
#38 43% Jorge Aguilar 63% 1.3K 15% 1
#39 43% SeeStew - History of America 63% 4.7K 15% 1
#40 43% Weird History 62% 4.7M 15% 5
#41 43% Francesco Favero | Animator 62% 3.2K 15% 1
#42 43% Amanpour and Company 59% 615K 18% 1
#43 42% Historian Sleepy 61% 200K 14% 2
#44 42% Hugo Henderson 59% 101K 17% 2
#45 40% MsMojo 57% 5.7M 15% 1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Back to Yesterday?

WhoRemembers ? — 80% match, 209K subscribers; Reading Through History — 74% match, 105K subscribers; American Rewind — 72% match, 81.2K subscribers. They share a focus on nostalgia and historical topics, similar to Back to Yesterday, including retro-era content and reminiscence-focused history videos.

What type of content does Back to Yesterday make?

Back to Yesterday creates nostalgic, history- and retro-themed videos based on titles like Old Home Features Your Grandparents Had (That We Wish Would Come Back). The channel averages about 289K views per video, with recent uploads including a high-view video (866.7K views) and two lower-view clips from Video Biển Sầm Sơn 2026, suggesting a mix of long-form nostalgic content and location-specific videos, with an implied irregular upload frequency described as ~? uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Back to Yesterday?

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