Clay Hayes

Subscribers 920K

Videos 506

Views 180.5M

Channels Like Clay Hayes

Clay Hayes covers traditional archery, bow building, and survival skills through tutorials and outdoor adventure videos. Content revolves around self bow and recurve bow hunting, primitive skills, bushcraft, hunting (deer, elk, hogs), and related camping and meat preservation topics, with frequent project-based and instructional videos. The channel shows active production since 2009, with an average of about 386.6K views per video across 506 published videos, and an emphasis on long-form, how-to content and outdoor exploration.

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#1

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89% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 10

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Shares a strong audience with Clay Hayes for bushcraft and primitive camping topics (search 100% overlap; content 81% similar), including winter survival techniques.

#2

Ranger Survival and Field Craft

83% relevance

Subscribers 331K

Videos 268

Views 49.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 92%

Similarity 77%

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Appeals to the same bushcraft and primitive camping audience as Clay Hayes (search 92% overlap; content 77% similar), with overlap on winter survival techniques.

#3

Kazden Ammons

77% relevance

Subscribers 300K

Videos 387

Views 65.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 72%

Similarity 80%

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Targets traditional archery and bow-building interests that align with Clay Hayes’s audience (search 72% overlap; content 80% similar) though focus is more archery-specific.

#4

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75% relevance

Subscribers 112K

Videos 76

Views 27.2M

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 76%

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Shares bow-building and at-home woodworking content for archery enthusiasts (search 75% overlap; content 76% similar), aligning with Clay Hayes’s craft focus.

#5

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70% relevance

Subscribers 170K

Videos 915

Views 61.8M

Appearances 6

SERP 49%

Similarity 84%

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Overlaps with hunting-oriented audience and techniques (search 49% overlap; content 84% similar), notably around elk hunting tips rather than general bushcraft.

#6

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68% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 602

Views 377.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 64%

Similarity 71%

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Competes for the bushcraft and campcraft audience (search 64% overlap; content 71% similar), including forest survival gear topics.

Content Landscape

Top competitors identified are Outdoor Boys (89% match) and Ranger Survival and Field Craft (83% match). They share overlapping queries with Clay Hayes such as bushcraft survival skills, primitive skills camping, and winter survival techniques. In addition, Kazden Ammons (77% match) also overlaps on traditional archery and bow building tutorials. Clay Hayes has 920K subscribers, while Outdoor Boys trails with 19.3M subscribers and Ranger Survival and Field Craft has 331K subscribers, highlighting a large gap to the leading competitor but closer sub-community alignment. The overlapping query themes primarily center on traditional archery, bow building tutorials, and bushcraft survival topics.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Clay Hayes?

Outdoor Boys — 89% match, 19.3M subscribers; Ranger Survival and Field Craft — 83% match, 331K subscribers; Kazden Ammons — 77% match, 300K subscribers. All have channels focused on traditional living, survival skills, bushcraft, and outdoor self-reliance, similar to Clay Hayes.

What type of content does Clay Hayes make?

Clay Hayes creates content about traditional bow hunting, archery, survival skills, bushcraft, and primitive skills, evidenced by video titles like bow builder, hunter, and survival experiments. Uploads appear to be multiple videos per week with an average of about 386.6K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Clay Hayes?

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