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ColeyDoesThings
Subscribers 870K
Videos 750
Views 183.2M

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ColeyDoesThings covers fandom-focused content centered on ship dynamics, fan fiction analysis, and AO3/ Tumblr-related communities. The channel’s videos trend toward deep-dives, drama analysis, and list-style explorations of ships, fandom rivalries, and fanfics, often with themes of humor and discourse. Uploads appear frequent, with an average view count around 89.9K per video across 750 published videos since joining in 2015, reflecting an active publishing cadence and steady audience engagement.

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Content Landscape

Competitors identified include tonka joey (87% match) and Sarah Z (62% match) as the top two by match strength. These channels compete through overlapping queries such as fandom ships, AO3 communities, and fan fiction analysis, aligning closely with ColeyDoesThings’ focus on ship dynamics and fanfic recommendations. tonka joey has 148K subscribers, while Sarah Z has 622K, highlighting a size gap relative to ColeyDoesThings’ 870K subscribers. Other overlapping channels include ShippersGuideToTheGalaxy (56% match) and uncarley (54% match), which also address fic rec lists, romance tropes, and fandom drama analysis, though with smaller or comparable audience scales. The common thread across these competitors is creating content around fandom ships, fanfics, and drama analysis that mirrors ColeyDoesThings’ search queries.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to ColeyDoesThings?

ColeyDoesThings' biggest competitors are tonka joey (87% match, 148K subscribers) and Sarah Z (62% match, 622K subscribers). A third is ShippersGuideToTheGalaxy (56% match, 93K subscribers). All three channels focus on fandom culture, shipping, and drama analysis related to anime, manga, and fan communities, similar to ColeyDoesThings.

What type of content does ColeyDoesThings make?

ColeyDoesThings produces content based on fandom drama, shipping, and community topics, as suggested by video titles like 'a deep dive into the heated rivalry fandom' and 'the top ships on tumblr (2025)'. The channel averages about 89.9K views per video, with an implied frequent posting schedule ( uploads roughly weekly ), though the exact uploads per week are not specified.

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