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Kraig Adams
Subscribers 816K
Videos 296
Views 73.0M

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Kraig Adams focuses on nomad-leaning hiking, photography, and filmmaking content with an emphasis on long backpacking trips, high-altitude trekking, alpine routes, and minimalist gear. His videos feature trekking adventures, solo hikes, and ambient-footage style explorations, with tutorials and guides embedded in vlogs and multi-day treks. The channel uploads irregularly but at an average of about 0.2 uploads per week, and each video averages roughly 198K views, based on recent data from 296 published videos and 73M total views since joining in 2011.

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#1

91% relevance

Subscribers 447K
Videos 41
Views 40.2M
Appearances 37
SERP 100%
Similarity 86%
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Both target high-altitude and alpine trekking audiences with similar search interest (high altitude trekking, alpine hiking routes) and Kraig Adams’ content style aligns with his focus on mountain backpacking, achieving a 91% match primarily due to overlapping search terms.

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#2

71% relevance

Subscribers 84.4K
Videos 116
Views 21.9M
Appearances 19
SERP 60%
Similarity 79%
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Oscar Hikes attracts viewers interested in solo hiking and multi-day treks, mirroring Kraig Adams’ emphasis on solo backpacking adventures and extended trips, which is reflected in a 71% match driven by similar search queries and strong content overlap.

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#3

67% relevance

Subscribers 128K
Videos 148
Views 16.5M
Appearances 12
SERP 43%
Similarity 83%
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Eric Hanson covers backpacking through mountains and remote wilderness treks, matching Kraig Adams’ mountain-focused backpacking niche, with high content similarity but broader search coverage yielding a 67% overall match.

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#4

63% relevance

Subscribers 41.4K
Videos 409
Views 3.9M
Appearances 9
SERP 39%
Similarity 80%
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Jon Conti’s focus on backpacking through mountains and solo hiking aligns with Kraig Adams’ core topics, and while the content style differs (minimalist gear), the audience overlap from similar searches contributes to a 63% match.

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Subscribers 130K
Videos 503
Views 27.3M
Appearances 14
SERP 36%
Similarity 81%
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Justin Outdoors targets backpacking through mountains and ultralight/minimalist gear, which overlaps Kraig Adams’ audience and topic emphasis, resulting in a 63% match driven by similar queries and substantial content alignment.

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#6
Greenbelly

60% relevance

Subscribers 27.9K
Videos 72
Views 4.9M
Appearances 10
SERP 28%
Similarity 81%
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Greenbelly’s emphasis on high-altitude trekking and hiking guides draws the same mountain-adventure audience as Kraig Adams, with strong content overlap but moderate search overlap, yielding a 60% match.

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The top competitors are Harmen Hoek (91% match) and Oscar Hikes (71% match). Harmen Hoek overlaps on high altitude trekking, alpine hiking routes, and backpacking through mountains, while Oscar Hikes overlaps on solo hiking adventures, hiking guides, and multi-day hikes. Eric Hanson (67% match) also competes on backpacking through mountains and remote wilderness topics. Kraig Adams has substantially higher subscriber counts than Oscar Hikes (816K vs. 84.4K) and Harmen Hoek (816K vs. 447K), illustrating a size difference but similar search-query interests centered on long backpacking trips, minimalist hiking gear, and solo/extreme hiking adventures.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Kraig Adams?

Harmen Hoek — 91% match, 447K subscribers; Oscar Hikes — 71% match, 84.4K subscribers; Eric Hanson — 67% match, 128K subscribers. All three are travel/filmmaking YouTubers focused on hiking, exploring remote locations, and minimalist/practical outdoor content, similar to Kraig Adams.

What type of content does Kraig Adams make?

Kraig Adams makes hiking and travel videos, often documenting long-distance treks and minimalist living in outdoor settings, as indicated by titles like Hiking 100 miles to K2 Base Camp in Pakistan and Hiking the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites. He posts with an average of about 198K views per video, and his channel uploads occur at roughly 0.2 videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Kraig Adams?

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