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Subscribers 90.7K

Videos 728

Views 13.8M

Channels Like Marketing Against the Grain

Marketing Against the Grain covers marketing trends, growth tactics, and innovative strategies led by Kipp Bodnar and Kieran Flanagan, with a focus on AI-driven marketing, audience building, and lead generation. The channel features tutorials, deep-dives, and AI workflow explorations, highlighting actionable insights and undiscovered strategies. It publishes content consistently (recent videos listed) and averages around 9K views per video.

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#1

HubSpot Marketing view on YouTube ▶

87% relevance

Subscribers 591K

Videos 1K

Views 40.6M

Appearances 26

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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Shares high search overlap on ai marketing trends and tactics with Marketing Against the Grain (100% and 79% content alignment, respectively), indicating a similar audience interest in practical AI marketing strategies, though HubSpot’s content is more platform/tool focused than MAG’s broader unconventional angle.

#2

Dan Martell view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 2.9K

Views 283.0M

Appearances 19

SERP 78%

Similarity 85%

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Aligns with MAG on ai marketing tactics and AI-driven marketing (high content similarity at 85%), signaling a comparable focus on AI-enabled growth and automation for startups, even though Martell emphasizes founder-focused coaching and systems.

#3

TED view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 15

SERP 86%

Similarity 75%

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Shows strong audience interest in ai marketing trends and tactics (86% search, 75% content), suggesting MAG shares viewers seeking big-picture AI marketing ideas, though TED presents more high-level talks than MAG’s practical, strategy-oriented style.

#4

Leveling Up with Eric Siu

69% relevance

Subscribers 195K

Videos 2.3K

Views 29.2M

Appearances 12

SERP 47%

Similarity 83%

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Has notable overlap on ai marketing tactics and trends (content similarity 83%), indicating a shared audience seeking actionable growth playbooks, while Siu’s channel blends broader marketing wisdom with education-focused formats.

#5

Jordan Platten

66% relevance

Subscribers 388K

Videos 1K

Views 23.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 43%

Similarity 82%

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Targets AI-driven lead generation and funnel optimization (82% content similarity) aligning with MAG’s AI-driven growth themes, though Platten concentrates more on demand generation tactics than MAG’s broader anti-mainstream angles.

#6

AI Master view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 257K

Videos 358

Views 26.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 37%

Similarity 83%

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Converges on AI content automation/creation (content similarity 83%), reflecting audience interest in AI-assisted content workflows similar to MAG, with AI Master focused more on content tooling than MAG’s strategic narrative.

Content Landscape

Top competitors include HubSpot Marketing (87% match) and Dan Martell (82% match), both sharing overlapping queries like ai marketing trends, ai marketing tactics, and growth hacking ai. TED (79% match) also competes on ai marketing trends and ai marketing tactics, indicating a broader stand in the same niche. Marketing Against the Grain has 90.7K subscribers, while HubSpot Marketing has 591K and Dan Martell has 2.4M, showing a smaller audience size but aligned topic space. Shared queries across competitors include ai marketing trends, ai marketing tactics, and AI-driven marketing, establishing a tight competitive landscape around AI-enabled marketing strategies.

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#7	61%	Adam Erhart ▶	81%	666K	32%	12
#8	60%	Nate Herk \| AI Automation ▶	83%	568K	25%	9
#9	60%	Greg Isenberg ▶	86%	567K	21%	8
#10	59%	Grace Leung	87%	124K	18%	5
#11	58%	Alex Hormozi ▶	72%	4.0M	36%	9
#12	58%	AI Chris Lee	86%	16.3K	16%	2
#13	57%	Zubair Trabzada \| AI Workshop ▶	88%	117K	12%	6
#14	56%	Neil Patel ▶	81%	1.6M	19%	6
#15	56%	Canadian Crossroads	85%	10.5K	12%	3
#16	56%	AI Andy ▶	83%	215K	14%	4
#17	55%	Stephen G. Pope	85%	89.2K	10%	2
#18	55%	Jeff Su ▶	84%	1.6M	12%	4
#19	55%	Michele Torti ▶	85%	46K	10%	1
#20	55%	Nick Ponte	83%	147K	12%	2
#21	55%	Tech Sales With Higher Levels	80%	40.1K	17%	4
#22	54%	Jesse Cunningham	84%	109K	10%	1
#23	54%	Riley Brown	83%	239K	11%	4
#24	54%	Wide Silvente \| Audiovisual con IA	81%	9.4K	12%	2
#25	53%	TECHtalk	80%	69K	13%	2
#26	53%	Product Marketing Alliance	72%	6.0K	23%	3
#27	53%	Tina Huang ▶	80%	1.1M	11%	2
#28	53%	Guardian Owl Digital	81%	3.8K	10%	1
#29	52%	Marketing Explained	78%	66.2K	14%	4
#30	52%	Google Ads	76%	890K	18%	4
#31	52%	Dr. Raj Ramesh	80%	104K	11%	2
#32	52%	Surfer Academy	80%	29.8K	10%	2
#33	52%	Matt Mike ▶	76%	17.7K	15%	3
#34	51%	Funnel	79%	10.7K	9%	3
#35	51%	Potential	79%	27.3K	10%	1
#36	51%	Growth Tribe	79%	76.4K	10%	4
#37	51%	Yoodli AI	79%	2.9K	9%	2
#38	51%	BOI (Board of Innovation)	78%	7.5K	10%	1
#39	51%	Exposure Ninja ▶	75%	106K	14%	4
#40	49%	LinkedIn for Marketing	73%	54.5K	12%	1
#41	48%	Jack Craig	74%	219K	9%	2
#42	46%	orenmeetsworld ▶	71%	127K	10%	2
#43	45%	Easy Marketing School ▶	68%	25.4K	10%	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Marketing Against the Grain?

HubSpot Marketing — 87% match, 591K subscribers; Dan Martell — 82% match, 2.4M subscribers; TED — 79% match, 27.2M subscribers. They share a focus on marketing, business growth, and AI-driven strategies, often featuring actionable insights and thought leadership similar to Marketing Against the Grain.

What type of content does Marketing Against the Grain make?

Marketing Against the Grain creates content focused on marketing strategies, AI applications in business, and growth experiments, as evidenced by titles like The AI System That Built a 1.4M Audience, I Spent 10 Hours Building an AI Consultant, and The AI Business Opportunity Everyone’s Missing. Uploads appear frequent, with an average of about 9K views per video across recent titles.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Marketing Against the Grain?

We analyze Marketing Against the Grain's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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