Frank van Dam

Subscribers 150K

Videos 13

Views 39.5M

Channels Like Frank van Dam

Frank van Dam posts documentary-style travel content focusing on extreme and dangerous destinations, exploring topics like cold climates, survival, and ethnographic environments. The channel emphasizes travel adventures with descriptive titles and keywords such as 'extreme travel', 'travel documentary', and 'underground city travel', and uploads roughly a few times per week with an average of about 713.5K views per video across 13 published works.

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We found 45 YouTube channels similar to Frank van Dam

#1

Drew Binsky view on YouTube ▶

88% relevance

Subscribers 6.7M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.4B

Appearances 22

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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Both target a worldwide travel audience with high search overlap on dangerous or challenging travel topics, and while Frank’s content is more experiential, Drew’s use of dangerous journeys and extreme destinations aligns with the same viewer interests (search 100%, content 80%).

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#2

New Travel Insight

80% relevance

Subscribers 84.6K

Videos 282

Views 26.7M

Appearances 20

SERP 87%

Similarity 76%

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Shares interest in extreme travel and remote, harsh environments, appealing to viewers who seek difficult destinations, with strong search alignment (87%) and content that mirrors Frank’s adventurous travel tone (content 76%).

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#3

Back 2 Basics Adventures

72% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 353

Views 526.5M

Appearances 9

SERP 60%

Similarity 80%

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Both focus on survival and adventure travel, attracting audiences into challenges and survival travel vibes, with a solid content overlap (80%) and notable audience search interest (60% search).

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#4

Drew Binsky Top Videos

66% relevance

Subscribers 60.5K

Videos 54

Views 18.2M

Appearances 7

SERP 45%

Similarity 80%

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Similar in emphasizing dangerous travel and extreme destinations, serving viewers who seek high-risk travel content, though the channel is a playlist hub rather than a standalone creator (search 45%, content 80%).

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#5

Outdoor Boys view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 10

SERP 49%

Similarity 77%

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Appeals to survival and cold-weather trekking enthusiasts, mirroring Frank’s adventure-forward niche with strong content similarity (77%) andshared survival/outdoor themes, while search overlap sits around 49%.

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#6

Joe Fazer view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 2.1M

Videos 319

Views 369.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 44%

Similarity 78%

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Targets dangerous travel and coldest places journeys, overlapping on perilous destinations and exploration of dangerous countries, with moderate search overlap (44%) and high content similarity (78%).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Drew Binsky (88% match) and New Travel Insight (80% match). They share overlapping queries like dangerous travel journeys, coldest places travel, and remote harsh environments, aligning with Frank van Dam’s extreme travel and survival-themed searches. A third competitor, Back 2 Basics Adventures (72% match), also competes on survival travel adventures. Drew Binsky Top Videos (66% match) and Outdoor Boys (66% match) similarly target dangerous travel experiences and survival/climate topics. Frank van Dam has 150K subscribers, which is smaller than Drew Binsky (6.7M) and Outdoor Boys (19.3M), indicating a gap in audience size despite overlapping content.)

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Frank van Dam?

Drew Binsky — 88% match, 6.7M subscribers; New Travel Insight — 80% match, 84.6K subscribers; Back 2 Basics Adventures — 72% match, 1.4M subscribers. They all create travel-oriented documentary-style videos and have large subscriber bases, similar to Frank van Dam’s focus on travel and documentary storytelling.

What type of content does Frank van Dam make?

Frank van Dam makes travel documentary-style videos, often featuring extreme or challenging travel scenarios based on titles like 100 Hours In The Coldest City On Earth! and 72 Hours In Skid Row!, with uploads roughly once per week and average views around 713.5K per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Frank van Dam?

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