Kathleen Illustrated YouTube channel thumbnail
Kathleen Illustrated
Subscribers 140K
Videos 246
Views 11.4M

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Kathleen Illustrated produces thrift-focused craft and journaling content, blending thrift store finds, journaling, collage art, and DIY upcycling into tutorials and lifestyle videos. The channel emphasizes hands-on projects, craft nights, and mid-century home updates, with an average of about 60k views per video and a publishing pace of roughly 0.7 uploads per week since joining in 2016.

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#1
Our Upcycled Life

88% relevance

Subscribers 535K
Videos 1.4K
Views 61.7M
Appearances 14
SERP 100%
Similarity 81%
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Both target DIY craft audiences with thrifted items, showing high search overlap on thrift-to-craft queries and strong content alignment around thrifted upcycling and craft tutorials (88% match, 100% search alignment, 81% content).

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Subscribers 321K
Videos 438
Views 40.6M
Appearances 11
SERP 80%
Similarity 79%
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Shared interest in handmade journals and thrift-store crafts, evidenced by overlapping search queries like journal making and thrift-store crafting tutorials and solid overall content similarity (79% match, 80% search, 79% content).

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Subscribers 1.0M
Videos 279
Views 253.7M
Appearances 9
SERP 51%
Similarity 82%
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Audience overlap around thrift shopping and upcycling thrifted clothing, with substantial content resemblance in thrifted outfit ideas and upcycling tutorials despite differing emphasis (70% match, 51% search, 82% content).

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#4

68% relevance

Subscribers 970K
Videos 329
Views 110.7M
Appearances 7
SERP 53%
Similarity 78%
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Similar focus on thrift store finds and DIY crafts from thrifted items, plus mid-century décor DIY, yielding strong content similarity and notable search alignment (68% match, 53% search, 78% content).

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Videos 185
Views 309.9K
Appearances 3
SERP 48%
Similarity 80%
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Overlap centers on craft projects, especially collage and paper techniques; search queries align around collage art while content remains highly aligned to craft tutorials (67% match, 48% search, 80% content).

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#6
JashiiCorrin

63% relevance

Subscribers 148K
Videos 1.1K
Views 22.9M
Appearances 6
SERP 44%
Similarity 76%
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Both channels appear for journal-making ideas and bullet journal inspiration, reflecting a consistent niche within creative paper crafts and journaling (63% match, 44% search, 76% content).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Our Upcycled Life (88% match) and Treasure Books (79% match). They, like Kathleen Illustrated, target DIY crafts from thrifted items, thrift store crafting tutorials, and journal or craft-related ideas. Ally Purugganan (70% match) and XO, MaCenna (68% match) also share overlapping topics such as thrift hauls, upcycling thrifted clothes, and mid-century decor projects. Kathleen Illustrated has 140K subscribers, while its closest peers range from 321K to 1M+ subscribers, indicating smaller audience size but similar content focus and search queries around thrift-inspired crafts, journaling, and upcycling.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Kathleen Illustrated?

Our Upcycled Life — 88% match, 535K subscribers; Treasure Books — 79% match, 321K subscribers; Ally Purugganan — 70% match, 1M subscribers. All three channels share a focus on crafts, DIY projects, and budget-friendly, handmade content that appeals to viewers interested in thrifted or upcycled crafts.

What type of content does Kathleen Illustrated make?

Kathleen Illustrated creates thrift-inspired craft and journaling content, including journal covers, sewing/serger finds, and collaborative craft activities. The channel uploads about 0.7 videos per week, with an average of 60.3K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Kathleen Illustrated?

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