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How To Make Everything
Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 433
Views 225.9M

Channels Like How To Make Everything

How To Make Everything covers tutorials and explorations of making things from scratch, examining manufacturing and production processes across DIY, historical methods, and science-based projects. The channel emphasizes educational, craft, and engineering topics with a practical, exploratory style, featuring videos that show building tools, devices, and experiments. It publishes frequently, with recent videos spanning topics like forging tools, building networks, ancient glass blowing, and power generation, and averages around 633.1K views per video.

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Subscribers 11M
Videos 100
Views 1.2B
Appearances 15
SERP 100%
Similarity 77%
primitive technology projects primitive metallurgy primitive metalworking techniques

High search overlap on primitive-era build queries and metalworking (100% search, 77% content); both channels focus on hands-on, self-reliant construction using basic materials, though How To Make Everything explains concepts more than step-by-step primitive builds.

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Subscribers 5.3M
Videos 2.6K
Views 1.4B
Appearances 8
SERP 55%
Similarity 72%
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Shares audience interest in how things are made and manufacturing history (search 55%, content 72%), but How To Make Everything tends to be more tutorial-driven while Science Channel covers broader science programming with experiments.

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#3
Justin Voss

64% relevance

Subscribers 111K
Videos 108
Views 13.2M
Appearances 3
SERP 45%
Similarity 76%
DIY fabrication techniques manual fabrication skills

Common ground in DIY fabrication and manual fabrication skills (search 45%, content 76%), yet Justin Voss emphasizes practical techniques and projects more than the broader explanatory style of How To Make Everything.

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#4
Primitive Skills

61% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M
Videos 420
Views 240.7M
Appearances 8
SERP 37%
Similarity 77%
primitive metallurgy primitive metalworking techniques primitive toolmaking

Strong alignment on primitive metallurgy and toolmaking (search 37%, content 77%), giving a shared focus on traditional techniques, though How To Make Everything typically spans a wider range of make-from-scratch topics.

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#5
Self Sufficient Me

59% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M
Videos 880
Views 295.5M
Appearances 3
SERP 32%
Similarity 77%
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Overlap in self-sufficiency projects and living skills (search 32%, content 77%), with HTME serving as a broader maker-resource while Self Sufficient Me concentrates on homesteading lifestyles.

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Subscribers 1.4M
Videos 43
Views 60.6M
Appearances 3
SERP 38%
Similarity 71%
historic manufacturing methods traditional production methods artisan manufacturing basics

Common interest in historic and traditional production methods (search 38%, content 71%), but HTME usually presents accessible, hands-on explanations rather than formal engineering tutorials.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Primitive Technology (86% match, 11M subscribers) and Science Channel (65% match, 5.3M subscribers). Both overlap with How To Make Everything on queries about primitive technology projects, historic manufacturing methods, and how things are made from scratch. Justin Voss (64% match, 111K subscribers) also competes on DIY fabrication techniques, aligning with the channel’s focus on manual fabrication skills. Primitive Technology and Primitive Skills (61% match, 1.2M subscribers) share interest in primitive metallurgy and toolmaking. How To Make Everything (1.9M subscribers) sits between these scales, with substantial audience reach but smaller than Primitive Technology and Science Channel; competitors differ in size but converge on artisanal fabrication, self-sufficiency, and historical production methods.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to How To Make Everything?

Primitive Technology — 86% match, 11M subscribers; Science Channel — 65% match, 5.3M subscribers; Justin Voss — 64% match, 111K subscribers. They share a focus on educational, hands-on making and science-inspired content, often involving building or constructing from scratch.

What type of content does How To Make Everything make?

How To Make Everything creates DIY and educational videos about making and creating things from scratch, including tools, networks, photography techniques, ancient crafts, and charging devices. The channel averages about 633.1K views per video, with recent uploads covering topics like forging tools for a sandwich, building a telecommunications network, ancient Roman glass blowing, and charging with rocks; upload frequency is described as ~uploads per week.

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