Before You Play

Subscribers 93.5K

Videos 768

Views 16.6M

Channels Like Before You Play

Before You Play focuses on full board game playthroughs and reviews from a 2-player perspective, with content spanning board game reviews, how to play tutorials, and teach-through videos. The channel emphasizes two-player and co-op play, strategy and euro game topics, and has weekly uploads averaging around 20K views per video (average 20.3K views/video) across 768 videos since joining in 2019.

Results last updated 3 months ago.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Before You Play

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#1

Board Game Hangover view on YouTube ▶

88% relevance

Subscribers 67.6K

Videos 388

Views 9.4M

Appearances 37

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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They share a strong audience for two-player and co-op board games and provide teach-through content, aligned with a high search match (100%) and solid content similarity (80%).

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#2

The Dice Tower view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 357K

Videos 26K

Views 388.7M

Appearances 26

SERP 52%

Similarity 79%

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They compete in the co-op and two-player space and produce teach-through content, matching a large portion of search queries (52%) with content that resembles Before You Play (79%).

#3

Tabletop Turtle

66% relevance

Subscribers 20.3K

Videos 96

Views 1.6M

Appearances 12

SERP 45%

Similarity 79%

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They target two-player and co-op and emphasize strategic/thinky titles, overlapping in searches (45%) while delivering content with high similarity to Before You Play (79%).

#4

The Brothers Murph

60% relevance

Subscribers 57.4K

Videos 1.8K

Views 14.4M

Appearances 15

SERP 41%

Similarity 73%

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They publish board game playthroughs and co-op/strategic titles, drawing from similar query topics (41%) and offering content that aligns closely (73%).

#5

BoardGameGeek

59% relevance

Subscribers 174K

Videos 8.5K

Views 48.4M

Appearances 11

SERP 33%

Similarity 77%

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They cover board game playthroughs and teach-through alongside co-op titles, sharing search interest (33%) and producing content broadly similar to Before You Play (77%).

#6

Actualol

57% relevance

Subscribers 146K

Videos 225

Views 14.7M

Appearances 8

SERP 28%

Similarity 76%

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They explore two-player and modern board games with teach-through content, yielding moderate search overlap (28%) but high content similarity (76%).

Content Landscape

Top competitors include The Dice Tower (68% match) and Board Game Hangover (88% match) who share overlapping queries such as two player board games, co-op board games, and board game teach-through. The Dice Tower is larger, with 357K subscribers, while Board Game Hangover has 67.6K subscribers; Before You Play has 93.5K subscribers. Other close matches are Tabletop Turtle (66% match) and The Brothers Murph (60% match), both engaging with two player/co-op playthroughs and strategic/board game content. Common queries among these channels include board game playthroughs, teach-throughs, and co-op/strategic tabletop games.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Before You Play?

Before You Play's biggest competitors on YouTube are Board Game Hangover (67.6K subscribers) with an 88% match, The Dice Tower (357K subscribers) with a 68% match, and Tabletop Turtle (20.3K subscribers) with a 66% match. They share a focus on board game content and reviews, appealing to tabletop gaming audiences.

What type of content does Before You Play make?

Before You Play creates board game content such as reviews, teach & playthroughs, and tutorials, evidenced by titles like 'Ranking Uwe Rosenberg's Board Games', '5 Minute One Piece - Teach & Playthrough', and 'Defenders of the Wild - Teach & Playthrough'. The channel averages about 20.3K views per video, with recent uploads including several teach & playthrough videos; an upload frequency of roughly multiple videos per week is indicated by the 'average views per video' and the list of recent titles.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Before You Play?

We analyze Before You Play'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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