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Maker
Subscribers 145K
Videos 481
Views 19.3M

Channels Like Maker

Maker covers ideas and content inspired by making and creating, with a focus on topics like ai safety, artificial intelligence ethics, machine learning explainers, computing tutorials, and hardware hacking. The channel appears to lean toward tutorials, explainers, and deep-dives, often exploring complex tech concepts for makers, with an upload pattern that results in an average of about 60.7K views per video across 481 publications since joining in 2012, and an overall channel size of 145K subscribers in the United States.

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IBM Technology YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 1.5K
Views 108.6M
Appearances 39
SERP 100%
Similarity 76%
ai safety artificial intelligence ethics machine learning explainers

Both channels frequently appear for queries on ai safety and artificial intelligence ethics, with Maker sharing a similar audience interested in explainers and overviews despite IBM Technology delivering more enterprise-focused content, reflected in a high search overlap (100%) but a lower content alignment (76%).

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#2

64% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M
Videos 790
Views 673.5M
Appearances 10
SERP 51%
Similarity 73%
machine learning explainers computing tutorials computer science basics

They target a tech-savvy audience with machine learning explainers and CS basics, showing similar search terms to Maker (100% overlap reflected in the 51% search score here) and strong content overlap (73%), indicating parallel topics but a distinct presentation style.

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Subscribers 11.5M
Videos 2.1K
Views 954.1M
Appearances 17
SERP 47%
Similarity 70%
ai safety artificial intelligence ethics machine learning explainers

Both channels cover ai safety and machine learning explainers, and share a broad audience seeking fundamentals, evidenced by high search alignment (100%) but still mixed content similarity (70%), pointing to overlapping topics yet different video formats.

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#4

57% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 9
SERP 37%
Similarity 71%
ai safety artificial intelligence ethics ai risk discussion

TED and Maker both discuss ai safety and ai risk topics, aligning on a broad interest audience with substantial search overlap (37%) and solid content similarity (71%), though TED emphasizes talks while Maker tends toward instructional explainers.

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#5
The Cyber Mentor

54% relevance

Subscribers 981K
Videos 573
Views 36.9M
Appearances 8
SERP 35%
Similarity 67%
hardware hacking tutorials hardware hacking ideas

While Maker concentrates on AI and safety topics, The Cyber Mentor targets hardware hacking, yielding moderate search overlap (35%) and decent content similarity (67%), indicating shared interest in tech but divergent specialization.

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Subscribers 85.7K
Videos 19
Views 2.7M
Appearances 1
SERP 9%
Similarity 80%
ai apocalypse

Both address ai apocalypse themes, resulting in notable audience overlap via searches (9%) and high content alignment (80%), suggesting similar right-leaning speculative topics but different depth and format.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified by match strength are IBM Technology (86% match) and Fireship (64% match), followed by freeCodeCamp.org (61% match) and TED (57% match). The overlap centers on queries around ai safety, artificial intelligence ethics, and machine learning explainers, with additional overlap into computing tutorials and computer science basics. IBM Technology, Fireship, and freeCodeCamp.org are significant in size, with 1.6M, 4.1M, and 11.5M subscribers respectively, compared to Maker's 145K; TED (27.2M) also aligns on ai safety and AI ethics. The top two competitors by match strength are IBM Technology (86% match) and Fireship (64% match).

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#22 45% Tim Pool Show 72% 96.7K 6% 1
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#26 44% TechTrends 69% 76.2K 7% 5
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#32 44% CrashCourse 69% 16.9M 6% 4
#33 44% Simplilearn 67% 6.1M 8% 3
#34 43% Makers 64% 1.8K 11% 2
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#36 42% Nikodem Bartnik 66% 224K 7% 4
#37 42% Wacky Science 66% 736K 8% 3
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Maker?

IBM Technology (86% match, 1.6M subscribers), Fireship (64% match, 4.1M subscribers), and freeCodeCamp.org (61% match, 11.5M subscribers) are Maker's biggest YouTube competitors. They share a focus on technology topics and programming/content about tech concepts, similar audience interests.

What type of content does Maker make?

Maker creates content about technology and conspiracy theory topics, with video titles indicating tech discussion, AI, and conspiracy theory iceberg explorations. The channel has an average of 60.7K views per video and uploads multiple videos per week, including recent titles with views such as 9.6K and 229.1K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Maker?

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