Channels Like How To Drink

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How To Drink
Subscribers 1.8M
Videos 771
Views 252.7M

How To Drink covers drink making, cocktails, mixology, and related topics using tutorial-style videos and recipe-focused content. The channel emphasizes how to craft drinks, often tying in game or movie themes, with a mix of practical demonstrations and entertaining concepts. It posts regularly, with an average view count of about 177.6K per video across 771 published uploads since 2015.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Anders Erickson (89% match) and The Educated Barfly (89% match). Both align with overlapping queries such as bartender techniques, home bartending, and cocktail or drink recipes, positioning them as direct peers in the how-to-bartending space. BarChemistry (86% match) also competes on cocktail making and mixology tips, while Tipsy Bartender (70% match) and Lui Fernandes (70% match) share related topics but with substantially larger and smaller audiences, respectively (8.8M vs. 101K subscribers). How To Drink and its competitors intersect most strongly on queries about cocktail making, bartender techniques, and drink recipes.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to How To Drink

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#1 Anders Erickson

89% relevance

Subscribers 634K
Videos 299
Views 67.8M
Appearances 17
SERP 99%
Similarity 83%
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Both target cocktail enthusiasts with strong emphasis on bartender techniques and classic drinks, matching on searches like bartender techniques and historic cocktails (high search 99% and content 83%), indicating overlapping audience but slight stylistic difference from HTD.

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#2 The Educated Barfly

89% relevance

Subscribers 529K
Videos 1.5K
Views 87.5M
Appearances 14
SERP 100%
Similarity 81%
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Centers on cocktail making and drink recipes much like HTD, with near-identical search overlap (100%) and solid content overlap (81%), signaling a highly similar audience and presentation.

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#3 BarChemistry

86% relevance

Subscribers 490K
Videos 1K
Views 266.1M
Appearances 27
SERP 94%
Similarity 81%
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Shares focus on cocktail making and mixology tips, evidenced by strong search alignment (94%) and content similarity (81%), indicating comparable topics with a potential emphasis on science-y approaches.

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#4 Tipsy Bartender

70% relevance

Subscribers 8.8M
Videos 3.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 12
SERP 68%
Similarity 72%
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Appeals to cocktail making and drink recipes like HTD, with substantial search overlap (68%) and content overlap (72%), suggesting a broad, entertaining drink-focused audience despite a lighter style.

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#5 Lui Fernandes

70% relevance

Subscribers 101K
Videos 808
Views 28.4M
Appearances 10
SERP 60%
Similarity 76%
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Targets cocktail making and bartender techniques with mixology tips, showing moderate search alignment (60%) and higher content similarity (76%), implying overlapping topics but different stylistic execution.

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#6 Cocktail Time with Kevin Kos

67% relevance

Subscribers 208K
Videos 326
Views 15.4M
Appearances 9
SERP 46%
Similarity 81%
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Covers craft cocktails and historic cocktails with flavor pairing, aligning in searches and topics (46% search; 81% content for craft/heritage content), though HTD may emphasize more modern bartending guidance.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to How To Drink?

How To Drink's biggest competitors on YouTube are Anders Erickson (634K subscribers) with a 89% match, The Educated Barfly (529K subscribers) with a 89% match, and BarChemistry (490K subscribers) with an 86% match. All three focus on cocktail making, mixology, and bartending content similar to How To Drink.

What type of content does How To Drink make?

How To Drink creates cocktail and mixology content, as suggested by video titles like Welcome to How to Drink!, The Future of Bartending: Ultrasonic Syrups, This Drink Tastes Like a Thunderstorm, Real People Ordered these Horrible Drinks, and What to drink in your Snow Fort, and it averages about 177.6K views per video with multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to How To Drink?

We analyze How To Drink'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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