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Subscribers 23.5K

Videos 66

Views 3.9M

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Extreme Survival Stories covers real-life survival tales from extreme and dangerous environments, featuring in-depth narratives that align with topics like wilderness survival, life-or-death situations, and survival journeys. The channel tends toward long-form storytelling and true survival narratives with a focus on endurance, resilience, and harsh conditions, supplemented by keywords such as Survival Stories, Wilderness Survival, Extreme Environments, and Survival Challenges. With 66 videos published and an average of about 92.2K views per video, the channel posts roughly 1.4 uploads per week and has accumulated 3.9M total views from its Poland-based audience.

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#1

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86% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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High search overlap on extreme survival and real life survival queries (100% and 77% content similarity) indicates they target the same survival-interest audience, with Outdoor Boys delivering practical wilderness and survival adventure content similar in theme to Extreme Survival Stories.

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Back 2 Basics Adventures

78% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 353

Views 526.5M

Appearances 22

SERP 77%

Similarity 79%

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Strong alignment on real life survival and island/jungle survival stories (77% search, 79% content) shows they attract the same survival-curious viewers while focusing on adventurous, outdoor exploration narratives akin to Extreme Survival Stories.

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69% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 264

Views 311.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 50%

Similarity 82%

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Shares audience through survival story searches (50% search) and emphasizes island, mountain, and general survival stories (82% content), aligning on storytelling of perilous survival albeit with a possibly more sensational tone.

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65% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 151

Views 209.9M

Appearances 7

SERP 39%

Similarity 83%

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Overlaps with wild survival themes (39% search, 83% content) including survival in the wild, jungle tales, and shipwreck survival, attracting a similar audience to Extreme Survival Stories.

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63% relevance

Subscribers 920K

Videos 506

Views 180.5M

Appearances 6

SERP 52%

Similarity 71%

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Similar emphasis on extreme survival and wilderness tactics (52% search, 71% content) targets viewers seeking survival skills and rugged outdoor challenges alongside Extreme Survival Stories.

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62% relevance

Subscribers 156K

Videos 997

Views 34.5M

Appearances 14

SERP 41%

Similarity 76%

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Close match on island and jungle survival stories (41% search, 76% content) plus shipwreck survival themes, indicating a shared niche of high-stakes real-life survival narratives.

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Top competitors by match strength are Outdoor Boys (86% match) and Back 2 Basics Adventures (78% match). Outdoor Boys shares overlapping queries like extreme survival, real life survival, and survival in the wild, while Back 2 Basics Adventures aligns on real life survival, island survival stories, and jungle survival tales. Xander Budnick (65% match) and Scary Interesting (69% match) also compete on similar topics such as survival in the wild, island survival stories, and mountain/jungle survival tales. Extreme Survival Stories has 23.5K subscribers, significantly smaller than its listed competitors, which range from about 1.4M to 19.3M subscribers. Shared queries include survival stories, island survival stories, and jungle survival tales, indicating competition primarily around narrative survival content and survival in extreme environments.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Extreme Survival Stories?

Outdoor Boys — 86% match, 19.3M subscribers; Back 2 Basics Adventures — 78% match, 1.4M subscribers; Scary Interesting — 69% match, 1.9M subscribers. They all create adventure and survival-focused content featuring outdoor activities and survival scenarios, similar to Extreme Survival Stories.

What type of content does Extreme Survival Stories make?

Extreme Survival Stories creates survival and adventure content based on real-life wilderness scenarios, as indicated by video titles like 'Mexico’s Lost Colony: The Dark Story of Clipperton Island' and '76 Days Lost in the Atlantic Ocean: The Man Who Refused to Die.' The channel uploads ~1.4 times per week, and videos average about 92.2K views.

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