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Ghost Town Living
Subscribers 2.0M
Videos 122
Views 164.2M

Channels Like Ghost Town Living

Ghost Town Living covers living in and restoring abandoned ghost towns, with a focus on mining histories, exploration, and DIY restoration projects. Content appears as long-form vlogs and explorations, sometimes projects like turning waste rock into a silver knife, and historical storytelling, with a cadence around multi-part investigations. The channel publishes numerous videos, averaging around 2.2M views per video, with a substantial library of 122 published videos since joining in April 2020.

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#1
Adventure Archaeology

87% relevance

Subscribers 140K
Videos 561
Views 29.5M
Appearances 9
SERP 100%
Similarity 78%
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Both target audiences interested in ghost towns and mining town archaeology, matching on queries like 'mining town archaeology' and 'ghost town archaeology' and sharing a niche focus (87% search alignment) with content that closely resembles ghost town exploration.

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#2
UnderMine Explorations

76% relevance

Subscribers 3.0K
Videos 75
Views 356.6K
Appearances 5
SERP 67%
Similarity 82%
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They appeal to the same audience through terms like 'clearing abandoned mine' and 'underground mine exploration,' aligning with Ghost Town Living on mining-related exploration, though their content style diverges within the same niche (67% search, 82% content).

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#3
Part-Time Explorer

76% relevance

Subscribers 482K
Videos 182
Views 76.5M
Appearances 10
SERP 82%
Similarity 72%
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Similar audience for ghost towns and preservation topics, matching searches like 'ghost town preservation' and 'haunted mining town history' with content that explores preservation and history (82% search, 72% content).

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#4
Noble Nest Revival

75% relevance

Subscribers 1.6K
Videos 30
Views 341.7K
Appearances 3
SERP 75%
Similarity 75%
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Shares interest in restoration of abandoned towns and ghost towns, aligning on the core queries 'abandoned town restoration' and 'restoration of ghost towns' (75% search and 75% content), though the channel's style may differ.

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#5

68% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 509
Views 5.7B
Appearances 4
SERP 54%
Similarity 78%
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Targets a broad audience with 'abandoned town restoration' and 'surviving ghost towns' queries and occasional ghost town overnight content, overlapping with Ghost Town Living on topic but with a much larger, lifestyle-driven format (54% search, 78% content).

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#6
Dave Explores

68% relevance

Subscribers 37K
Videos 357
Views 12.9M
Appearances 6
SERP 47%
Similarity 82%
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Covers ghost town preservation and overnight stays off grid, aligning on both 'ghost town preservation' and 'ghost town overnight stay' queries, yet with a more off-grid exploration emphasis (47% search, 82% content).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Adventure Archaeology (87% match, 140K subscribers) and Part-Time Explorer (76% match, 477K subscribers). Both align with overlapping queries such as ghost town archaeology, ghost town preservation, and survival of ghost towns. UnderMine Explorations (76% match, 3K subscribers) also competes on queries like clearing abandoned mine and underground mine exploration. Ghost Town Living is larger than UnderMine Explorations but trails Adventure Archaeology and Part-Time Explorer in subscriber count; however, all compete on similar topics of exploring, preserving, and elucidating history of abandoned mining towns. Shared queries include ghost town restoration, surviving ghost towns, and abandoned town restoration.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Ghost Town Living?

Adventure Archaeology — 87% match, 140K subscribers; UnderMine Explorations — 76% match, 3K subscribers; Part-Time Explorer — 76% match, 477K subscribers. All three channels explore historical or abandoned sites and present discoveries or explorations similar to ghost towns, aligning with Ghost Town Living's theme.

What type of content does Ghost Town Living make?

Ghost Town Living creates documentary-style videos about abandoned places, ghost towns, and mining history, with videos like I Spent My Life Savings On An Abandoned Ghost Town (8.9M views) and I Spent 5 Years Digging Into an Abandoned Mine…and Finally Got In (3.8M views). The channel appears to upload multiple videos per month, with an average about 2.2M views per video.

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