FaceDev

Subscribers 90.4K

Videos 52

Views 6.3M

Channels Like FaceDev

FaceDev covers a range of self-driven programming and technology projects, including operating systems, graphics engines, real-time vision AI, self-hosted platforms, and web-related innovations, as suggested by titles like I built my own Linux Distro, I made my own Search Engine, I built real-time Anime Vision, and I added eye-tracking to YouTube ads. The channel appears to focus on tutorials and deep-dive style explorations rather than regular vlogs or shorts, with a recent mix of ambitious, large-scale builds and project demonstrations. Uploads are infrequent, with 52 videos published since joining in January 2021, and the channel averages very low views per video so far, indicating a developing reach.

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84% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 790

Views 673.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 74%

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Both target developers with project-based content that covers building systems (e.g., operating systems, graphics engines) and self-hosted platforms, sharing high search overlap (100%) and substantial content similarity (74%), indicating aligned topics and tutorials for advanced coding audiences.

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80% relevance

Subscribers 11.5M

Videos 2.1K

Views 954.1M

Appearances 10

SERP 96%

Similarity 70%

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Aligns with FaceDev on web and system-level topics such as web development projects and distributed systems design, showing very high search overlap (96%) and strong content similarity (70%) in practical, tutorial-style videos.

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67% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 163

Views 59.3M

Appearances 5

SERP 61%

Similarity 71%

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Similar audience interested in systems and distributed computing (search overlap 61%), with FaceDev-like depth in topics like search engine design and parallel computing patterns reflected in somewhat comparable content (71%).

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63% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 1.5K

Views 108.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 59%

Similarity 66%

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Shares focus on advanced developer tooling and deployment patterns (ai-assisted code, cloud-native deployment) with FaceDev, evidenced by moderate search overlap (59%) and solid content alignment (66%) around modern software infrastructure.

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63% relevance

Subscribers 18.4K

Videos 28

Views 2.6M

Appearances 3

SERP 42%

Similarity 77%

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Both discuss graphics and game-engine related topics (graphics engine projects, custom engine features) and attract a similar tech-savvy audience, with decent search overlap (42%) and high content similarity (77%).

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63% relevance

Subscribers 4.1K

Videos 39

Views 227.1K

Appearances 5

SERP 44%

Similarity 75%

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Targets graphics programming and real-time rendering, paralleling FaceDev’s interest in low-level graphics APIs; search overlap is moderate (44%) but content similarity is high (75%), indicating aligned technique-focused tutorials.

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Discovered competitors include Fireship (84% match) and freeCodeCamp.org (80% match) as the top two. Both contend in overlapping queries such as building operating systems, graphics engine projects, self-hosted platforms (Fireship) and web development projects, distributed systems design (freeCodeCamp.org). ByteByteGo (67% match) also aligns on search engine development and distributed systems design. In terms of audience size, FaceDev has 90.4K subscribers, while Fireship has about 4.1M and freeCodeCamp.org has about 11.5M, indicating substantial differences in scale though sharing similar technical topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to FaceDev?

FaceDev's biggest YouTube competitors are Fireship (84% match, 4.1M subscribers), freeCodeCamp.org (80% match, 11.5M subscribers), and ByteByteGo (67% match, 1.4M subscribers). They share a focus on tech and programming tutorials and code-related content, similar to FaceDev's tech-centric channel theme.

What type of content does FaceDev make?

FaceDev creates tech and programming content, as suggested by video titles like 'Modern browser games suck. So I fixed them.', 'I built a Video Editor, but multiplayer', 'I made my own Galaxy (in C++)', 'I built my own Linux Distro', and 'The Web Sucks... so I built my own'. The channel has 0 views per recent video, with an implied frequency of multiple uploads, though the exact average views per video are 0 and the uploads per week are not specified.

How do we determine which channels are similar to FaceDev?

We analyze FaceDev's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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