markcrilley

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 847

Views 412.5M

Channels Like markcrilley

markcrilley focuses on how-to-draw content across manga, anime, and general drawing tutorials, with topics spanning facial features, chibi characters, page layouts, coloring with markers, and stylistic development. The channel emphasizes instructional videos and time-lapse content, maintaining an average of about 237.5K views per video and uploads around 12 minutes in length on recent pieces, with a publishing history dating back to 2006 and a substantial library of tutorials and art-related topics.

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#1

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88% relevance

Subscribers 4.3M

Videos 1.1K

Views 477.5M

Appearances 45

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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High search overlap on comic drawing techniques and character design basics (100% search overlap) with content closely aligned to figure and anatomy guidance common to markcrilley, yielding an 80% content similarity.

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61% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 106

Views 104.5M

Appearances 16

SERP 33%

Similarity 80%

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Significant overlap in queries around how to draw manga and character design basics (content is strong at 80%), suggesting a shared audience despite potential stylistic differences.

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pikat view on YouTube ▶

60% relevance

Subscribers 882K

Videos 435

Views 107.2M

Appearances 11

SERP 29%

Similarity 81%

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Shared interest in character design basics and drawing facial features with strong content similarity (81%), while search overlap is moderate (29%), indicating both audience and topic alignment with some stylistic divergence.

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55% relevance

Subscribers 119K

Videos 1.1K

Views 8.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 22%

Similarity 77%

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Converges on manga drawing topics and page layout for comics (search 22% overlap but content 77%), indicating a similar instructional focus with markcrilley’s audience though niche differences exist.

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54% relevance

Subscribers 296K

Videos 148

Views 22.9M

Appearances 6

SERP 14%

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54% relevance

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Videos 292

Views 4.3M

Appearances 2

SERP 10%

Similarity 83%

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Shares audience interests in marker coloring tutorials (content 83%), paired with low search alignment (10%), suggesting a similar drawing process focus but different query behavior.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Proko (88% match) and Draw like a Sir (61% match). Proko and Draw like a Sir share overlapping queries with markcrilley such as comic drawing techniques, character design basics, and how to draw manga or faces. Proko has 4.3M subscribers (larger than markcrilley’s 3M), while Draw like a Sir has 2M subscribers. pikat (60% match) and Learn to Draw Manga (55% match) also appear as competitors, aligning on topics like how to draw facial features, how to draw chibi, and manga-specific techniques, with subscriber counts of 882K and 119K respectively. These competitors collectively reflect similar search intents around manga drawing, facial features, and character design, indicating overlap in audience interests and query targets.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to markcrilley?

Proko — 88% match, 4.3M subscribers; Draw like a Sir — 61% match, 2M subscribers; pikat — 60% match, 882K subscribers. All three channels focus on drawing and art tutorials, sharing instructional content similar to markcrilley.

What type of content does markcrilley make?

Markcrilley creates drawing and art tutorial content, as indicated by video titles such as Self Portrait: Eyes, How to Draw a FACE IN PROFILE: Narrated Tutorial, and Comic Page Layouts: 2 Different Methods. Upload frequency appears to be multiple videos, with the channel averaging about 237.5K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to markcrilley?

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