clabretro

Subscribers 75.6K

Videos 137

Views 8.3M

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clabretro covers videos about computer gear from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s, focusing on enterprise and networking hardware such as netro gear, servers, storage, and telephony. The channel uses tutorials and deep-dives into historic hardware with long-form formats, including several high-view lectures (often around one hour to two hours) and a consistent upload cadence of about 0.7 videos per week, averaging roughly 59.1K views per video.

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PowerCert Animated Videos view on YouTube

81% relevance

Subscribers 1.7M

Videos 127

Views 153.4M

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 69%

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Both target tech hardware nostalgia and enterprise-era gear; they share high search overlap on terms like 'server rack hardware' and 'networking gear nostalgia,' with PowerCert's content aligning closely to similar retro enterprise topics (81% match overall, 69% content).

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Cloud Ninjas

66% relevance

Subscribers 18.7K

Videos 1.3K

Views 4.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 52%

Similarity 75%

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Similar focus on rack-mounted/server hardware and enterprise infrastructure; they overlap on precise queries such as 'rack mounted servers' and 'rack mount servers,' indicating shared audience even though Cloud Ninjas' content has only moderate overlap in theme (66% match, 52% search, 75% content).

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Primerli view on YouTube

62% relevance

Subscribers 25.6K

Videos 163

Views 1.1M

Appearances 6

SERP 50%

Similarity 71%

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Both cover enterprise server history and server rack hardware with attention to enterprise storage gear, yielding comparable query overlap on 'enterprise server history' and 'enterprise storage gear,' while Primerli emphasizes a broader historical hardware angle (62% match, 50% search, 71% content).

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Techquickie view on YouTube

58% relevance

Subscribers 4.3M

Videos 1.2K

Views 915.1M

Appearances 7

SERP 31%

Similarity 76%

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Share interest in old workstation/server-era topics and enterprise storage history; high content similarity (76%) yet lower search alignment (31%), suggesting similar depth and style but divergent episodic focus from clabretro’s niche.

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Tech Enthusiast

56% relevance

Subscribers 21.1K

Videos 120

Views 1.0M

Appearances 3

SERP 25%

Similarity 76%

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Converge on enterprise storage history and gear; substantial content overlap (76%) indicates similar presentation of hardware histories, though Tech Enthusiast reaches a somewhat different mix of storage topics despite overlapping queries like 'enterprise server history.'

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56% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 553

Views 194.9M

Appearances 7

SERP 26%

Similarity 75%

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Focuses on rack-mounted servers and networking nostalgia with x86 hardware, aligning on key queries like 'rack mounted servers' and 'networking gear nostalgia,' producing a strong audience overlap (75%) with a comparable hardware-centric approach (56% match, 26% search, 75% content).

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Top competitors include PowerCert Animated Videos with an 81% match and 1.7M subscribers, Cloud Ninjas with a 66% match and 18.7K subscribers, and Primerli with a 62% match and 25.6K subscribers. These channels compete on overlapping queries such as enterprise server history, server rack hardware, networking gear nostalgia, rack-mounted servers, and enterprise storage gear. clabretro has 80.1K subscribers, positioning it between Cloud Ninjas and Primerli in size, and behind PowerCert Animated Videos and Techquickie (4.3M subscribers). Techquickie (58% match) and Tech Enthusiast (56% match) also share queries around old workstation servers and enterprise storage history, signaling broad competitive interest in legacy IT hardware and networking topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to clabretro?

PowerCert Animated Videos — 81% match, 1.7M subscribers; Cloud Ninjas — 66% match, 18.7K subscribers; Primerli — 62% match, 25.6K subscribers. They share a focus on retro or vintage tech topics and educational hardware demonstrations, aligning with clabretro's retro computing and server hardware themes.

What type of content does clabretro make?

Clabretro creates content about vintage and retro computing hardware, such as IBM xSeries, Unix RS/6000, SunPCi, and Dell servers, with an average of 59.1K views per video and about 0.7 uploads per week.

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