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JOE LEE
Subscribers 224K
Videos 657
Views 42.8M

Channels Like JOE LEE

JOE LEE focuses on minimalism, sustainability, wellness, nutrition, and fitness with a strong emphasis on eco-friendly and intentional living. The channel combines lifestyle topics, minimalist design, and practical cafe/business diaries, featuring a mix of tutorials, vlogs, and diary-style videos about starting and running a cafe, small business operations, and health-conscious living. With 657 videos published since 2013, the channel averages around 29.9K views per video, and the content is posted regularly, reflecting ongoing interests in cafe entrepreneurship and holistic wellness.

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We found 44 YouTube channels similar to JOE LEE

Coffee Business Basics YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 34.1K
Videos 20
Views 1.8M
Appearances 74
SERP 100%
Similarity 78%
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Both target aspiring cafe owners with shared searches like 'coffee shop startup' and 'cafe opening tips,' and they align closely on content around cafe marketing, resulting in high search and strong content overlap.

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#2
tommy oswald

55% relevance

Subscribers 72.3K
Videos 45
Views 3.5M
Appearances 11
SERP 13%
Similarity 83%
coffee shop startup barista daily life cafe owner lifestyle

They share an audience interested in cafe life and owner lifestyle, with searches for 'coffee shop startup' and related topics; however, while Joe Lee focuses on practical guidance, tommy oswald emphasizes daily life and lifestyle, creating similar search intent but a different content angle.

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Subscribers 138K
Videos 930
Views 90.4M
Appearances 4
SERP 7%
Similarity 81%
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Both address cafe staff development and customer service, with overlapping queries like 'barista tips for beginners' and 'staff training,' yielding moderate search similarity and high content focus on service skills.

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Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 335
Views 95.4M
Appearances 5
SERP 3%
Similarity 83%
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They share interest in cafe openings and small business diaries, with searches like 'opening a cafe' and 'cafe pop-up launch,' producing matched search intent but annika's leaf tends toward personal journaling content rather than tactical cafe operations.

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#5
Zhysin

51% relevance

Subscribers 93.5K
Videos 73
Views 11.6M
Appearances 2
SERP 4%
Similarity 83%
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Both discuss cafe owner mindset and lifestyle, aligning on queries about the cafe owner perspective; the match is driven by audience overlap, though Joe Lee’s content remains more strategic than Zhysin’s emphasis on mindset.

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#6

51% relevance

Subscribers 535K
Videos 154
Views 32.1M
Appearances 2
SERP 5%
Similarity 82%
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They converge on 'barista daily life' and 'cafe work-life balance' searches, sharing an audience interested in day-to-day cafe operations, with similar search intent but different stylistic focus in content.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Coffee Business Basics (87% match) and tommy oswald (55% match). Coffee Business Basics aligns on queries like coffee shop startup, cafe opening tips, and coffee shop marketing, while tommy oswald overlaps on coffee shop startup, barista daily life, and cafe owner lifestyle. stefania marzelia (51% match) and annika's leaf (51% match) also compete, with annika's leaf having a large 1.1M subscriber base and overlapping on small business diary and opening a cafe. Zhysin (51% match) also overlaps on cafe owner lifestyle themes. JOE LEE has 224K subscribers, which is smaller than annika's leaf (1.1M) and stefania marzelia (138K) but larger than Coffee Business Basics (34.1K) and tommy oswald (72.3K), indicating competitive density increases with larger creators while still sharing core cafe and lifestyle topics.

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#11 49% Tasty Inside ▶ 79% 188K 5% 7
#12 49% IssackxCoffee 79% 118K 5% 7
#13 49% UpFlip ▶ 71% 1.6M 16% 19
#14 49% Wilson K Lee - How To Open A Restaurant / F&B Shop 71% 210K 15% 18
#15 48% Lolita Olympia 78% 177K 4% 1
#16 48% ConnorDoesCoffee ▶ 77% 666K 5% 7
#17 47% MyCafeSupplies 75% 3.0K 5% 3
#18 47% Home Cafe by Charlie ▶ 71% 48.5K 11% 10
#19 46% mike bausch 70% 6.3K 11% 7
#20 45% Ryan Dean Dexton 72% 78.2K 5% 2
#21 45% Massimo Montone | Restaurant Keys 72% 11.4K 6% 2
#22 45% Valor Coffee 72% 11.1K 4% 5
#23 45% TEDx Talks ▶ 69% 44.2M 8% 8
#24 45% The Restaurant Boss 70% 143K 6% 6
#25 44% Easy Marketing School ▶ 70% 25.4K 6% 5
#26 44% 2nd Passport. 71% 5.3K 3% 1
#27 44% Mat Co Mo - Matcha. Coffee. Protein Lattes 71% 4.2K 3% 1
#28 44% The Coffee Chronicler 71% 63.5K 3% 1
#29 44% European Coffee Trip ▶ 70% 386K 4% 7
#30 44% Luisa Zhou ▶ 70% 42.6K 4% 4
#31 43% NYT Cooking ▶ 70% 1.3M 4% 6
#32 43% James Hoffmann ▶ 70% 2.5M 4% 6
#33 43% Simon Sinek ▶ 68% 2.7M 6% 4
#34 43% PBS Wisconsin 69% 79.8K 3% 2
#35 42% Young Entrepreneurs Forum 68% 896K 3% 6
#36 42% Reetu Maz 68% 57.6K 3% 5
#37 42% Harvard Business Review ▶ 67% 1.6M 4% 2
#38 42% OG 67% 276K 4% 2
#39 42% Jay Shetty 67% 4.9M 3% 2
#40 41% Valuetainment 63% 7.1M 7% 2
#41 40% TED-Ed ▶ 64% 22.4M 5% 3
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to JOE LEE?

Coffee Business Basics — 34.1K subscribers, 87% match; tommy oswald — 72.3K subscribers, 55% match; Stefania Marzelia — 138K subscribers, 51% match. They share a focus on business, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle/wellness topics related to running a small business or personal brand, similar to JOE LEE's themes around Minimalism, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship.

What type of content does JOE LEE make?

JOE LEE creates videos about the café/small business experience, introversion in new city contexts, and entrepreneurial life, as seen in titles like 'nyc solo diaries: saying yes to more things as an introvert in a new city' and multiple 'small business diaries' episodes. Uploads appear to be frequent, with an average of about 29.9K views per video across recent titles.

How do we determine which channels are similar to JOE LEE?

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