John Kim

Subscribers 27.9K

Videos 192

Views 1.1M

Channels Like John Kim

John Kim covers tech, AI, and software engineering career topics, delivering tutorials, insights, and workflow discussions. Video titles and keywords emphasize AI coding, Claude Codex workflows, agent-based AI engineering, career guidance, and developer productivity, suggesting a tutorial and explainer style. The channel posts about Meta staff engineer perspectives, with an average of ~65.3K views per video across 192 published since joining Nov 15, 2017, indicating regular content and engagement, though exact uploads per week aren’t specified.

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#1

Fireship view on YouTube ▶

85% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 790

Views 673.5M

Appearances 20

SERP 100%

Similarity 74%

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Both target software engineers with a strong emphasis on coding speed, tools, and AI/ML workflows; they share high search overlap for queries like 'software engineer career' and 'coding productivity tools' and have substantial content similarity (74%) in practical, tool-focused tutorials.

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freeCodeCamp.org view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

Subscribers 11.5M

Videos 2.1K

Views 954.1M

Appearances 25

SERP 85%

Similarity 76%

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Competes in the same space for machine learning coding and AI coding tools, with high search alignment on 'machine learning coding' and 'job interview software engineer' and strong content similarity (76%) in tutorials and full-length coding walkthroughs.

#3

Tech With Tim view on YouTube ▶

74% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 1.8K

Views 209.2M

Appearances 22

SERP 60%

Similarity 83%

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Illustrates a similar focus on software engineer career paths and AI coding workflows, matching John Kim on 'software engineer career' and 'coding workflows' despite higher content specialization (83%) in project-oriented tutorials.

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IBM Technology view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 1.5K

Views 108.6M

Appearances 14

SERP 46%

Similarity 76%

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Shares interest in AI coding workflows and machine learning coding, aligning on search intents like 'ai coding workflow' and 'machine learning coding' though IBM's content style is more enterprise-focused (76% content similarity).

#5

AI Engineer view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 375K

Videos 613

Views 12.3M

Appearances 5

SERP 34%

Similarity 83%

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Targets AI coding workflows and coding workflows, clustering with John Kim on the same AI-oriented queries while maintaining a strong content overlap (83%) in conceptual and practical AI engineering topics.

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ForrestKnight view on YouTube ▶

60% relevance

Subscribers 688K

Videos 404

Views 47.2M

Appearances 10

SERP 34%

Similarity 77%

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Appears in the same AI coding workflow space with overlapping queries on 'ai coding workflow' and 'coding workflows,' sharing a high content similarity (77%) in practical guides and tooling.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Fireship (85% match) and freeCodeCamp.org (79% match). They share overlapping queries such as software engineer career, machine learning coding, and AI coding tools. Tech With Tim (74% match) also competes on software engineer career and AI coding workflow. In terms of size, John Kim has 27.9K subscribers, which is smaller than Fireship (4.1M), freeCodeCamp.org (11.5M), and Tech With Tim (2M), while IBM Technology (1.6M) and AI Engineer (375K) are intermediate. All identified competitors align on similar topics like AI coding workflows, coding productivity, and career guidance for developers.

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#7	58%	Andrew Codesmith ▶	82%	75.4K	22%	3
#8	57%	Travis Media ▶	84%	328K	15%	7
#9	56%	Riley Brown ▶	87%	239K	11%	4
#10	56%	Matt Pocock ▶	85%	175K	11%	2
#11	55%	Erik Cupsa	81%	99.6K	17%	6
#12	55%	NeetCode ▶	77%	1.1M	22%	11
#13	54%	Maddy Zhang ▶	84%	58.6K	9%	5
#14	54%	The Coding Sloth ▶	78%	593K	18%	6
#15	54%	Beyond Coding	79%	57.6K	17%	4
#16	54%	CodeHead ▶	72%	69.8K	25%	6
#17	53%	Sajjaad Khader ▶	77%	272K	18%	10
#18	53%	Joma Tech ▶	76%	2.3M	20%	6
#19	53%	Coding with Lewis ▶	83%	735K	8%	2
#20	53%	OpenAI	77%	1.9M	16%	6
#21	52%	A Life Engineered ▶	77%	196K	14%	6
#22	52%	Edmund Yong ▶	81%	146K	9%	4
#23	51%	ByteByteGo ▶	72%	1.4M	21%	6
#24	51%	Kyle Balmer \| AI with Kyle	79%	69.4K	9%	2
#25	51%	phillip che	71%	47K	21%	3
#26	51%	Anwar Haq	77%	17K	11%	1
#27	50%	Leonard Thiele	76%	2.2K	12%	2
#28	50%	Marina Wyss - AI & Machine Learning	74%	128K	13%	6
#29	50%	Andy Sterkowitz	72%	350K	15%	3
#30	49%	ThePrimeagen ▶	72%	541K	16%	6
#31	49%	Cody Engel	77%	23.8K	8%	1
#32	49%	Programming with Mosh ▶	72%	5.0M	14%	6
#33	49%	Simplilearn ▶	71%	6.1M	16%	9
#34	49%	EasyA	73%	421K	12%	2
#35	48%	Exponent ▶	73%	481K	11%	3
#36	48%	bigboxSWE ▶	71%	266K	14%	3
#37	48%	Keep On Coding	75%	330K	8%	2
#38	48%	Sarah Li	74%	95.2K	8%	3
#39	48%	Jake's Tech ▶	72%	21.6K	11%	3
#40	47%	Naolife	71%	53.8K	11%	2
#41	47%	KodeKloud	72%	322K	9%	3
#42	46%	TEDx Talks ▶	65%	44.2M	17%	4
#43	46%	Life at Google	70%	705K	9%	4
#44	45%	Chris Titus Tech	66%	752K	14%	2
#45	45%	Online PM Courses - Mike Clayton	69%	142K	8%	1
#46	43%	Yudi J	65%	311K	11%	1
#47	43%	Vinh Giang	66%	4.4M	8%	2
#48	42%	A Cloud Guru	65%	143K	8%	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to John Kim?

Fireship — 85% match, 4.1M subscribers; freeCodeCamp.org — 79% match, 11.5M subscribers; Tech With Tim — 74% match, 2M subscribers. All three channels produce tech-focused tutorials and explanations on software development, programming, and AI topics, similar to John Kim's content focus.

What type of content does John Kim make?

John Kim creates tutorial and explainer content around AI, machine learning, coding, software engineering principles, and productivity workflows, as shown by video titles like 'How I use Claude Code (Meta Staff Engineer Tips)' and 'Claude Code Workflows That Will 10x Your Productivity'. He uploads multiple videos with high view counts, with an average around 65.3K views per video, indicating frequent content production; specific recent videos range from 38K to 385K views.

How do we determine which channels are similar to John Kim?

We analyze John Kim'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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