CinemaStix

Subscribers 704K

Videos 76

Views 132.1M

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CinemaStix focuses on filmmaking stories and video essays centered on popular and classic movies, offering deep-dives into production, cinematography, directing, and acting analyses. The channel presents tutorials and analytical essays in a long-form style, with new content primarily on Saturdays, and videos with average views around 650K. Upload frequency is roughly 0.4 videos per week, with a total of 76 published videos and a subscriber base of 704K.

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84% relevance

Subscribers 2.2M

Videos 633

Views 146.0M

Appearances 72

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Both target filmmaking professionals with a strong overlap in searches for filmmaking stories and movie production topics, and their content closely aligns with production-focused analysis (84% match, high search, 73% content).

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51% relevance

Subscribers 281K

Videos 133

Views 21.3M

Appearances 20

SERP 21%

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Shares a focus on filmmaking and movie production stories, with substantial search overlap but more variance in content style (51% match; search 21%, content 71%), suggesting similar topics delivered with different storytelling angles.

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50% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 158

Views 153.6M

Appearances 10

SERP 13%

Similarity 75%

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Appeals to cinephiles and filmmakers through cinematography and classic film analysis, matching CinemaStix on the cinematography analysis angle (50% match; search 13%, content 75%), but differentiates in coverage breadth.

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49% relevance

Subscribers 2.2M

Videos 1.2K

Views 243.5M

Appearances 10

SERP 11%

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48% relevance

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Appearances 2

SERP 3%

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The Media Insider view on YouTube

48% relevance

Subscribers 148K

Videos 85

Views 8.0M

Appearances 9

SERP 14%

Similarity 70%

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Targets cinematography and acting/film analysis compatible with CinemaStix’s central topics, reflected in a solid 48% match driven by content similarity (search 14%, content 70%).

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Discovered competitors include StudioBinder (84% match) and Standard Story Company (51% match) as the top two, along with Thomas Flight (50% match) and Film Riot (49% match). The overlapping queries include filmmaking stories, movie production stories, cinematography analysis, directing techniques, and screenwriting craft. StudioBinder has 2.2M subscribers, which is larger than CinemaStix, while Standard Story Company has 281K and Thomas Flight has 1.3M; all compete in similar spaces for production storytelling and craft analysis. The common thread is a focus on filmmaking processes and behind-the-scenes/storytelling analysis, appealing to viewers searching for in-depth film production content.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to CinemaStix?

StudioBinder (84% match, 2.2M subscribers) and Standard Story Company (51% match, 281K subscribers) and Thomas Flight (50% match, 1.3M subscribers) are CinemaStix's biggest YouTube competitors. They share a focus on film production, storytelling, and cinema-related tutorials or analysis content.

What type of content does CinemaStix make?

CinemaStix creates videos that critique or reflect on cinema moments, with titles like "The moment you realize it's 2006..." and similar, indicating entertaining, retrospective video essays. The channel averages about 650.6K views per video and releases approximately 0.4 uploads per week.

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