Junkyard Digs

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 301

Views 254.5M

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Junkyard Digs focuses on real cars and real people, delivering content around junkyard-found vehicles, revival and restoration efforts, off-road builds, and road trips. The channel emphasizes long-form, investigative-style videos that explore whether abandoned cars can run, be driven, or revived, with multiple full-length episodes and challenges, as indicated by recent videos such as 1+ hour revival tests and multi-part restorations. Uploads appear frequent, with an average around 2.1M views per video and typical runtimes around 48 minutes, suggesting a mix of tutorials, deep-dives, and project-based vlogs rather than shorts.

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88% relevance

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Videos 116

Views 10.7M

Appearances 41

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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Both target audiences interested in reviving abandoned or historic cars, with high search alignment on terms like 'abandoned car revival' and similar on-road restoration themes, and strong content overlap (80%) indicating comparable video topics and project types.

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Appearances 9

SERP 26%

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Shares a focus on car restoration and revival projects with Junkyard Digs, ranking for 'abandoned car revival' and 'car restoration challenges' in searches, though TOM'S REFURB shows a notably higher content similarity (86%) suggesting similar builds but a different style perspective.

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62% relevance

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Videos 400

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Appearances 8

SERP 21%

Similarity 90%

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Appearances 6

SERP 13%

Similarity 90%

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Videos 241

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Emphasizes budget-conscious car revival projects, ranking for 'abandoned car revival' and 'abandoned truck revival' in searches, with a high content similarity (89%) that suggests comparable DIY, budget-focused builds and tutorials.

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Top competitors by match strength are Vintage Car Revival (88% match) and TOM'S REFURB (62% match). Both share overlapping queries with Junkyard Digs such as 'abandoned car revival' and 'on road car revival' (Vintage Car Revival) and 'abandoned car revival' and 'car restoration challenges' (TOM'S REFURB). Pole Barn Garage (62% match) also competes on similar topics like 'junkyard cars' and 'car project in junkyard'. Junkyard Digs has 1.3M subscribers, while Vintage Car Revival has 54K and TOM'S REFURB has 1.1M, highlighting a large gap in audience size between Junkyard Digs and the larger competitors.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Junkyard Digs?

Junkyard Digs' biggest competitors are Vintage Car Revival (88% match, 54K subscribers) and TOM'S REFURB (62% match, 1.1M subscribers) and Pole Barn Garage (62% match, 328K subscribers). They share a focus on automotive restoration, salvaged or abandoned vehicles and hands-on mechanical work similar to Junkyard Digs.

What type of content does Junkyard Digs make?

Junkyard Digs creates videos about abandoned or vintage vehicles, revival projects, and long-distance 'will it run/drive' style challenges, with titles like 'Will an ABANDONED Chevy RUN & DRIVE 450 Miles after 30 YEARS!?' and 'Will a 1970's Wagon SURVIVE 2,100 Miles with NO REVERSE?'. The channel averages about 2.1M views per video and uploads regularly, with recent videos ranging from 1.3M to 3.1M views.

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